DUST Search - Eve link idea

Larry Desmo wrote:

this idea is an eve-side idea to increase the interaction between pilots and mercs

In eve there should be a rig type to fit onto subcapital ships that alow pilots to transport, drop, and provide off map support to mercs. the rig should add a deck similar to the warbarges preparation room that displays the district data to that big ass screen and fancy map table, the rigs and ship classes should dictate how many mercs may be on board and dropped from 12(frig) to 18(cruiser) to 24(BC) to 32(battleships), i posted this in dusts ideas section but because i really dontlikethe idea oflegion being pc exclusive, please consider ps4 if u use my idea

Regis Blackbird wrote:

Joint EVE and Legion Missions.

A security agent (in EVE) have a mission to retrieve some stolen documents from a rouge operative, which is hiding on his base located in somewhere in dead space. The base is heavily fortified both with ships outside and security drones on the inside.

The mission is initially accepted by the EVE player, which selects if the merc "squad" should be locked (playing with friends) or open to everyone. He then continues to load a mobile CRU into his cargo-hold, which makes the mission available in Legion. Accepting the mission (in Legion) will load you into the ships loadingbay (similar to the warbarge, but smaller). A custom channel is created where the mercs (and EVE player) can interact during the travel to the destination (they can also spawn in during the travel).

When the EVE player reaches the jump gate he needs to decide if he have enough mercs (CRU contains 50 clones total), since when he jumps to dead space the mission will be locked in Legion.

After jumping the EVE player will be engaged by the enemy, and his first objective is to eject the CRU within X km from the base (it will refuse to eject beyond that point). After ejecting, the CRU will "dock" with the station which will initiate the fight for the mercs. The mission should state which objectives needs to be met, but preferably the fight should be in tandem. I.e. to speed up the progress in the base, the EVE player can destroy objectives in space (i.e a power relay or similar), and the mercs can disable auto turrets targeting the ship by hacking the consoles in the station etc. None of these things should be required to complete the mission, but it will promote cross play for mutual benefit. If the EVE player is destroyed or the clones run out, their individual mission will fail. (both EVE player and Mercs have individual goals along with a common goal)

When the mercs have obtained the documents, they will extract the same way they came and "eject" the CRU into space again where it can be picked up by the EVE player, and returned to base.

The example mission above would promote cross play between EVE and Legion, but not make the two games fully dependent on each other, since there is nothing that forces anybody to accept the missions. The results though will be very similar to the EVE Forever video shown during Fanfest. Big smile


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Regis Blackbird DUST University Ivy League 334	Posted - 2014.07.12 11:13:00 - [1] - Quote Larry Desmo wrote: this idea is an eve-side idea to increase the interaction between pilots and mercs In eve there should be a rig type to fit onto subcapital ships that alow pilots to transport, drop, and provide off map support to mercs. the rig should add a deck similar to the warbarges preparation room that displays the district data to that big ass screen and fancy map table, the rigs and ship classes should dictate how many mercs may be on board and dropped from 12(frig) to 18(cruiser) to 24(BC) to 32(battleships), i posted this in dusts ideas section but because i really dontlikethe idea oflegion being pc exclusive, please consider ps4 if u use my idea This is basically what I had envisioned as well +1 Although, I agree with the rest of the comments that rig slots are not the way to go. I would go for a high slot, or actually no slot at all? What if the only thing required is a mCRU in the cargohold? That way the only limiting factor for EVE players are cargo space, and any type of ships can be used. In the salvage thread, there is talk about sky spawns right now, where the proposed lore is that we "spawn" from a ship in orbit. If so, then it should be enough for the EVE capsuleer to be connected to the district satellite to "drop off" the mercs in question. Even for more specific missions as the one I mentioned a while ago, no "launcher" is needed. Regis Blackbird wrote: Joint EVE and Legion Missions. A security agent (in EVE) have a mission to retrieve some stolen documents from a rouge operative, which is hiding on his base located in somewhere in dead space. The base is heavily fortified both with ships outside and security drones on the inside. The mission is initially accepted by the EVE player, which selects if the merc "squad" should be locked (playing with friends) or open to everyone. He then continues to load a mobile CRU into his cargo-hold, which makes the mission available in Legion. Accepting the mission (in Legion) will load you into the ships loadingbay (similar to the warbarge, but smaller). A custom channel is created where the mercs (and EVE player) can interact during the travel to the destination (they can also spawn in during the travel). When the EVE player reaches the jump gate he needs to decide if he have enough mercs (CRU contains 50 clones total), since when he jumps to dead space the mission will be locked in Legion. After jumping the EVE player will be engaged by the enemy, and his first objective is to eject the CRU within X km from the base (it will refuse to eject beyond that point). After ejecting, the CRU will "dock" with the station which will initiate the fight for the mercs. The mission should state which objectives needs to be met, but preferably the fight should be in tandem. I.e. to speed up the progress in the base, the EVE player can destroy objectives in space (i.e a power relay or similar), and the mercs can disable auto turrets targeting the ship by hacking the consoles in the station etc. None of these things should be required to complete the mission, but it will promote cross play for mutual benefit. If the EVE player is destroyed or the clones run out, their individual mission will fail. (both EVE player and Mercs have individual goals along with a common goal) When the mercs have obtained the documents, they will extract the same way they came and "eject" the CRU into space again where it can be picked up by the EVE player, and returned to base. The example mission above would promote cross play between EVE and Legion, but not make the two games fully dependent on each other, since there is nothing that forces anybody to accept the missions. The results though will be very similar to the EVE Forever video shown during Fanfest.