"A martial, strong-willed people, the Brutor hold their tribal heritage close to their hearts. Strong advocates of transforming the Republic into a tribal-based government, they would love nothing more than for all seven of the Minmatar tribes to reunite as one nation. The Brutor are renowned for living regimented, disciplined lives. Despite presenting a tough, no-nonsense exterior, they are deeply introspective and "in the moment", aware of even the smallest detail. Immersed in ancient martial traditions that begin at childhood, they are physically robust individuals and intimidating to face in the flesh."

It is confirmed, I told you all.
Skins are Dust future.

Ps. Now on topic (though it still applies ^).
Any news on FW rank names?
I'd rather see FW rank name next to my nick than my Aurum rank.

I would love to see more lore related battles in the "other" section (now that we know it actually does have a use sometimes!).

CCP doesn't have to go crazy making new assets, just give us some text and an agenda and let us pick sides for the duration.

Hell they could be their own events.

E.G

Amarr + Caldari Assault on Minmatar + Gallente outlying systems. Give us a bit of lore about the who and the why's and then let us pick a side or something I dont know.

I hope it is going to be another event like Battle for Caldari Prime.

How about an in-game encyclopedia that works similarly to the Codex from the Mass Effect series? New entries would be added as players explore the game, detailing the history of New Eden and provide information about the four main factions, their sub-factions, pirate groups, technology, etc.

No, it is about as useful as a one legged pig in a horse race.

It's alright Aeon, some people just don't know friends and lore are the only thing this game has going for it. Keep up the good work!

I would just kill to see channel info like motd and other such. This game is more interesting to rp than play.

If I could throw in my two cents on Immersion factors, I would suggest making the corps you fight for in Public Matches be a bit more focused, and help drive a "player-centric" lore angle that is so important to New Eden.

To do this I would propose the following steps:

Reduce the number of corps that can be "drawn" as the Attacker and Defender to a much smaller pool. (For instance, only Quafe, Core Complexion, and Effir And Co)

Potentially differ these pools by game type. (So different corporations will be drawn for attacker and defender in Acquisition than in Skirmish)

Keep track of which corp wins and which corp loses. (As far as we know CCP already keeps a track of win / losses for matches, so adding a collection metric based on the actual corps should not be too difficult)

Finally, add in some lore snippets and news based on weekly / monthly statistics, with a bit of lore explaining why Quafe is so fevered about hiring mercenaries to go kick the teeth in of Core Complexion, with these news segments including some data on win / loss ratios, and "MVPs" who were essential in the operations.

Even potentially tie in some rewards or store items based on these outcomes. (Example, Quafe suits going on sale, or Core Complexion introducing a new SKIN)

The idea here is to make the world feel more alive by having lore created around player action, rather than lore being independent of player action. Having those corp tags pop up on public matches should give players a reason to care about them. The idea has a low impact development cost (as it mostly involves slimming down the possible pool of corps to pull from when making contract sides and keeping track of metrics we likely already have) And the lore / news updates do not have to be that involved or frequent. (Weekly at max, monthly at min)

No need to be polite, your opinion is worthless whatever you say.

If you can't see the usefulness of my feedback, then that my friend is quite probably an IQ problem on your part.

K.I.S.S.

Is dude crying about the design of the Minmatar suit while you're talking about lore-related issues...

I'm not even going there.

A fair point, seeing as in EVE I've had to do that dumb mission God knows how many times I've had to that mission.

Still, some lore based on answering why Quafe seems to have such a well stocked armory of personalized suits, and employs mercenaries so frequently might be some interesting lore.

I would lose immersion in a film about vietnam war if the American soldiers all had AK-47s and not M-16s

It does break my immersion using my caldari flying scotsman as is with an assault rifle and scrambler pistol
Just change the description to say it was designed by Mercs to fit a specific situation, It is NOT what a Caldari soldier would use