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Klivve Cussler
Ransoms Incorporated
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Posted - 2012.08.29 20:23:00 -
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If you aren't from Eve Online, then it's hard to see just where it is you are fighting. Right now, we're just seeing a few static maps, with a half-dozen variations of color and atmosphere.
But this is where we are:
Eve Planets
Each planet has a unique terrain map. There are 7200 Terran-class planets in Eve Online. Even with the limits that reality imposes on terrain generation for FPS games to make maps playable, we'll be looking at a universe of variety in the full game.
Shorelines, mountains, plains, and valleys. Deserts and Jungles. Islands and badlands. Variations of color, weather, and vegetation. Night and day.
Add to that the variations for industry (basically, the buildings will be buildable by corporations, not just emplacements), and we'll have no cause to complain about the map engine.
And that's just the start. There are 7 other classes of planets in Eve online, six of which have mining installations on them, which means something for Dust Bunnies to fight over:
Eve Wiki: Planets
This isn't what's coming (except for the industry thing, that's coming) this is what IS. This is on Singularity and Tranquility right now. Dust is in this universe. As soon as CCP lights a cyno jump point for our warbarge, we're off and running. |
Klivve Cussler
Ransoms Incorporated
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Posted - 2012.08.29 21:39:00 -
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There are 4 capital planets, one for each race. These are the heart of each empire. They have cities, but I doubt we'll ever fight there.
Then there are the high-security planets, within the sphere of the four empires. These planets are highly populated. Certainly there are cities on them: you can see them from space.
Towards the frontier, there are low-security areas. These are border systems near the edge of the empires. Some of these would have cities, but these worlds are less populated.
Beyond the four empires is the domain of the eve pilots: Null-security space or 0.0 (security is rated on a scale from 1.0 -safe- to 0.0 -unregulated-. These areas are made up of Eve Player alliances, with little NPC presence beyond pirates. Right now, it's fairly safe to say that cities in 0.0 space are rare. |
Klivve Cussler
Ransoms Incorporated
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Posted - 2012.08.30 17:12:00 -
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According to what I've read, the quickbattles and quickskirmishes will all be in hi-sec, since those planets can't change hands and land can't be owned.
At first release or soon after, low-sec "faction warfare" battles will be in the game, allowing battles for "occupation" of low-sec planets on behalf of the empires.
Then, soon(tm) after that, we'll get the null-sec battles, where dust corporations can claim territory for themselves and their Eve corp allies. |
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