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Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.11.24 01:52:00 -
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If you allow neutral "war correspondents" into a battle, this would be a great way to bring the gritty war to civillian (read: Hisec dwellers) eyes.
They would spawn in with this dropsuit and camera, then they could take pictures or video of the battle, so that their news corporation could run stories and sell them to The Scope.
For live feeds, just go to the in-space Territorial Claim Unit (already exists), pick the battle you want to use, and it will pop up on the holo-projector that normally shows the alliance logo. For extra ISK/minute cost, the video can be fed to a TCU in a nearby system for others to watch!
Battles deemed important enough by CCP can be fed to the CONCORD billboards across hisec as well.
The goal of this post is to take the "joke" idea of OP, and turn it into a brand-new, useful profession in New Eden. In-game news updates without averting my eyes from my ship would be something i'd pay good ISK for. |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2012.11.24 03:41:00 -
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Mobius Kaethis wrote:I'd like to post a correction here to the idea, as stated by Zat, that my OP was a joke. I was 100% serious. This would be great. I must say I like Zat's additions to the role as well. I don't know how CCP would program them in but it would add some depth and value to the role.
Edit: Note that I never said that the photographer dropsuits would be neutral. All major mercenary organizations have PR wings and DUST mercs will need them too. The side arm is a nessecity in this role since people will definitely be gunning for the PR men. Who doesn't want to put a dent in the enemy's propaganda machine after all.
First: My apologies on the joke part.
Especially since, if full journalism like my additions were implemented, it would be a game-changer in both DUST and EVE.
As for your PR notes:
Exactly. "Neutral" doesn't necessarily mean "non-combatant". Especially if a particular side wants to cover up some event to further their own ends, the journalists are going to need a form of self-defense. Having an AV ammo-type may allow the SMGs to provide that ability.
Also, propaganda is obvious - I can almost guarantee that there is not a single media outlet on this planet (IRL) that doesn't at least color their reports to favor a particular side, if not receiving outright "contributions" from a political party.
The same is going to be true with EVE, especially when 0.0 powerblocs are involved - That is part of the reason I even have in-space broadcast hubs, as public opinion is one of the strongest weapons a faction can have. |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2012.11.26 01:31:00 -
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Ecshon Autorez wrote:By "neutral" do you mean people who aren't registered to be fighting for either side? If so, then it would be insanely easy for a corporation to get info from behind enemy lines in a corp battle. All they would need is for someone willing to do this and to make sure that person gets to be a war correspondent, then make a chat (in the neocom) with that person and they can just follow the enemy around behind there lines and provide intel to the corp through the chat.
That's why you can shoot them if you wish.
Journalists have nowhere near the logistical ability of militaries, so their clone count is very low - and can never be infinite. That way you really can wipe a pesky reporter off the battle map should they be deemed spies. If the "correspondent" is lurking behind your lines, then that's pretty obvious...
Don't forget people are going to infiltrate corps and do exactly what you described anyway! |
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