Wow, it never occurred to me to try that, but props for your adventures. Pics next time please?

Sorry, can't. There is no proper approved place where we can put pictures with the current NDA.

Yes there is. Google Docs. Upload it as a PDF and you can set permissions for specific emails that can only be posted here in the forums. Others have tried it.

But just to be sure, ask CCP.

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Yes there is. Google Docs. Upload it as a PDF and you can set permissions for specific emails that can only be posted here in the forums. Others have tried it.

But just to be sure, ask CCP.

Google Docs. Read the User Agreement.
Every content you upload to Google Drive grants Google permission to redistribute copy and overall you basically give them your copyright.
So no. Google is not an option either.

BTW, don't worry. We will be playing on the whole map sooner or later. The red area is just temporary.

Sorry, can't. There is no proper approved place where we can put pictures with the current NDA.

You know all those red zones around our designated battle confinement? Well I took an interest in them.
I decided to explore as much of them as possible within my 20 second death timer (unsafe countdown).

For this I worked on my LAV driving skills and also my dropship speedy navigation. Training for a race is quite different to training to dodge missiles I'll tell you...
So I did all this and went out exploring 20 seconds at a time. What I found was beautiful.

There are basically 2 main areas I took interest in. The first, which I explored by LAV was the road we all presumably drive in on as attackers before the fight starts. I think I was able to drive almost to it's beginning and the area was just breathtaking. Like a deserted dessert road in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful.
The second area I was intent on exploring was the one that lays beyond where the MCC docs at the end of the match. This, in turn, broke up into two interest points for me. The first were the buildings the MCC theoretically docks with (even though it basically just parks overhead). I ran around them a few times both on foot and by LAV but couldn't find any entrances. They do seem quite impressive though. I would really love to explore them further.
And then there was a complex most of you may not even be aware of. Going straight east and a slight bit to the north of the first buildings there is a complex which seems to be either an orbital gun or a space elevator for mined minerals. As this is really at the end of the 20 second timer even at full speed with a dropship, it's quite hard to get a good look at but it's also quite nice.

I can't wait to be able to explore those areas. Really beautiful and interesting. Maybe there's a skill I can train to add time to those 20 seconds.

My next exploration is going to be the large canyon to the south-east of the battle area. This will have to be explored by dropship (a shame as I really do like actually touching the landscape). I hope it'll also be as impressive as the previous 2.


Am I the only crazy merc out there or have others also tried exploring?

Like a deserted dessert road in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful.

Actually, I'm curious about a related topic: the 'sandtable' in the merc war room. This appears to show the MCC, what I take to be two defensive structures (earlier objectives I believe, judging from early Dust videos, although that could be from another location) and the structures around the MCC's objective.

On looking again however, there are only two towers on the table, not six, and the layout doesn't look right. What's going on here? Are there any signs of these defensive structures on the 'rocky' road Grit? Is it just a placeholder? Can anyone shed any light?