Mobius Wyvern
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Posted - 2015.04.19 16:15:00 -
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I'm all for this.
The only issue is that Faction Warfare is the only aspect of Dust that really matters in EVE, and Faction Warfare in EVE is virtually ignored by a fair portion of the playerbase and even CCP it seems.
I mean, I hope they turn their sights on Faction Warfare after the Sov changes this summer, but history has shown that FW is something they'll leave to wither and die before even thinking about trying to improve it.
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Mobius Wyvern
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Posted - 2015.04.19 19:42:00 -
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Aelns Dene wrote:Good point Mobius.
Listening on the Hidrostatic podcast I get the impression that lore (and indirectly FW) has gained momentum these last few months. But you are absolutely right: FW should NOT be the link between EVE and DUST.
The link between EVE and Dust should ultimately be economic and the mechanic integral to SOV.
SOV drives the highest meta gameplay in New Eden and is the end game in EVE online. It has it's parallel in Dust (PC) but although EVE players already can substantially help DUSTs end game the opposite isn't a reality yet. I trully believe CCP is on this path and the Roadmap (as it is right now) prepares us for this future vision.
However the harsh truth is that unless EVE players see the use of DUST in their SOV mechanics as a major improvement over their structure bashing we will not have the leverage to convince CCP to invest in this.
"The Scope" in quarters hopefully sparks the will for some of us to reach out to EVE and lobby our vision of being real players in their SOV mechanics.
See you around... boots on the ground!
Aelns Dene
You remind me of how ambitious I was before we learned about CCP Jian's incompetence and CCP Rouge's plan to trade us in for PC gamers.
I mean, I would love a world where we actually have all those wonderful things I loved in EVE Universe (the new art book), what with the drawings of the orbital elevators in space and the ground stations that can be seen on planets. When the idea was that Dust and EVE players could play their own games but both would benefit from cooperating together.
Right now all we have is a multiplier on Faction Warfare that can prevent EVE players from getting anything done through no fault of their own, and in some cases just makes them resent Dust rather than want to cooperate with us to capture systems.
I want to see that change, but I'm not sure if CCP thinks it's worth it. As much as Rattati has done, he's still subject to the whims of higher management, and if they decide they don't want to give him more resources, than we'll still be stuck with what we have right now.
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