DUST Search - [Request] PVE NPC ship boarding (EVE players are safe)

Ranger SnakeBlood wrote:

Id have to agree to this idea i wanted us to have a mode like this in PVE missions against various faction ships of various sizes, not sure if frigs would be big enough to board but destroyers and up should be easy enough to do they are only around 300m long should be a nice easy sort of mission, they higher end missions could have you a launhing a full squad at cruisers, Battlecruisers to take them out, and then for a Lvl4 equivelent would be more than one squad taking down a battleship battleships are rather large so might need at least 2 squads to down any way efficiently, then there are the capitals which would live in low and null only way to raid these you be low and null via the highest end missions the Dust version of LVL 5 maybe?

I think another PVE element worth looking into would be Faction warefae the idea here is to have various sized groups attacking hostive races military instalations such as camps, factories, barrackses, Fortified bases, maybe even ship yards would be nice to have this affect the influence metre in the same way as plexing in eve would be nice

Sorry if i went off tangent but i think its somewhat related +1 to OP it would be good to see in the game


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KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.14 11:58:00 - [1] - Quote EDIT: PVE means player vs environment, NOT against real players, but hostile non-player-character (NPC) enemies. This thread is not about boarding the ships of EVE players. I just want to make sure everyone understands this. Ship boarding would be fun, and exciting. It would offer players a new type of environment to enjoy (freaken space ships IN SPACE!). [THE PROBLEM OF EVE PLAYER SHIP BOARDING]: Many have imagined systems in which mercs could be hired to cripple, destroy, steal, or steal from an EVE ship, while the ship's owner hires a defensive team of mercs. Such scenarios would require disabling of self destruct sequences of EVE ships (though self destruct would benefit the invaders if the goal is sabotage or destruction, and would be a guaranteed economic loss, while simply hiring defense mercs gives a good chance of stopping the invasion while still keeping one's ship intact). Conditions would have to be devised under which ship boarding could happen; like the ship must have no shields left, expensive CRU or drop uplink missiles must be fired by another EVE ship to penetrate for boarding (which means it would require coordination with EVE and Dust players). EVE ships are insanely more expensive than merc gear, so it would be very unfair and financially imbalanced for us mercs to be able to board EVE ships, though this could be balanced out by the need for uber-expensive equipment, and coordination with an allied EVE ship. Even with all that, there is still the problem of how to keep other EVE players from interfering (maybe cloak device to hide the ship?). There is also the problem of how to transfer the looted ship cargo to the contractor (or war barge of the merc's corp), and how to transfer control of the ship to the contractor (or desired capsuleer). Those problems would require that the boarded ship does not escape (like temporarily paralyzed) so that an EVE ally or contractor stays nearby to receive the war spoils, or else the mercs might find themselves on a fleeing ship in the middle of nowhere with no one nearby to carry the stolen goods, or no one to transfer the ship to when its done. As you can guess from reading this so far, doing PVP ship boarding on EVE ships would be EXTREMELY complicated, difficult, and messy (though if it can somehow work, I would totally support it). There are 2 alternatives for ship boarding left: 1) Boarding NPC ships and doing PVP: This has been suggested before in a great thread by Laurent Cazaderon in which he proposes war barge boarding as an NPC-contracted attack/defend mode. 2) Boarding NPC ships, and doing PVE: This is my suggestion. I want to invade hostile NPC ships full of PVE enemies. SKIP HERE IF TL;DR [SHIP BOARDING PVE MISSION]: I did some Googling earlier, and stumbled upon some pretty pictures of EVE NPC ships, like rogue drone ships (click here, here, and here for the coolness). We will already be getting rogue drones on planets as a PVE enemy in the future for Dust 514, but why not take the battle to space? These rogue drone ships could be carrying planetary rogue drones as a defense against mercs boarding them. This could lead to such a great PVE mode much more interesting than fighting off some horde infestation; we can be the infestation, and fight our way through a series of objectives and disable and entire ship, set up a bomb, and boom. This would give the sense of progression that Skirmish 1.0 had, since you have to move through the "map" (ship), and unlock more of it by completing the objectives. Objectives can include hacking doors, disabling indoor defensive systems (like a computer controlling turrets and cameras), fighting our through to the ship's "brain" to plant a bomb, all while fighting past all the hovering killer drones patrolling the corridors. Another plus could be the lack of artificial gravity, meaning that can drift through with some kind of boosters on our backs. This kind of NPC ship boarding could also apply to Sansha's Nation. We could board Sansha ships, and fight our past the enslaved mind-controlled cyborg armies await us inside. [RELATED THREADS]: EVE ship boarding (too many threads too link) War barge fights (Laurent Cazaderon's idea) Wildlife PVE Sansha's nation PVE Thank you for reading.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.15 03:31:00 - [2] - Quote John Genericname wrote: I would just be happy with a zero gravity indoor map :] Me too, 0 gravity should be implemented someway in the future in at least one thing in Dust.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.15 04:36:00 - [3] - Quote Vermaak Kuvakei wrote: Necrodermis wrote: quit suggesting it, the system will never support it and EVE players wouldn't support it. Do you not understand the term PVE? OMG... these people. I guess I have to alter the OP to explain what PVE means.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.16 02:44:00 - [4] - Quote Moar PVE for the future please.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.16 23:25:00 - [5] - Quote Garrett Blacknova wrote: Just for future reference, PvE actually means Player versus ENVIRONMENT (not enemy). You have the definition correct, just not the right use of words. Also, this post is a friendly bump for a good topic. Thank you, fixed it.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.17 04:22:00 - [6] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: As long as it causes absolutely no performance issues for EVE players on Tranquility. I don't get the obsession with it, but if it's NPC ships, I can't really find an issue with it. You fancy shmancy space folk take it for granted.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.17 06:09:00 - [7] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: Mobius Wyvern wrote: As long as it causes absolutely no performance issues for EVE players on Tranquility. I don't get the obsession with it, but if it's NPC ships, I can't really find an issue with it. You fancy shmancy space folk take it for granted. I just don't understand why you'd want to be shooting in some tiny little ship environment than outdoors with a lot more space? I mean, even enclosed spaces in Dust will still allow you to exit them and go outside. Given the size of ships, its a bit presumptuous to assume that they will only provide tiny tight spaces.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.12.27 23:45:00 - [8] - Quote I want to fight boldly where no merc has fought before.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2013.01.04 10:45:00 - [9] - Quote J'Jor Da'Wg wrote: Go for the big guns: Make capturing POS's a DUST merc option since that takes auite a bit of time in EVE, and it wouldn't be directly endangering EVE players That would be cool too, but don't see why we can't have both.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2013.01.12 07:47:00 - [10] - Quote Ranger SnakeBlood wrote: Id have to agree to this idea i wanted us to have a mode like this in PVE missions against various faction ships of various sizes, not sure if frigs would be big enough to board but destroyers and up should be easy enough to do they are only around 300m long should be a nice easy sort of mission, they higher end missions could have you a launhing a full squad at cruisers, Battlecruisers to take them out, and then for a Lvl4 equivelent would be more than one squad taking down a battleship battleships are rather large so might need at least 2 squads to down any way efficiently, then there are the capitals which would live in low and null only way to raid these you be low and null via the highest end missions the Dust version of LVL 5 maybe? I think another PVE element worth looking into would be Faction warefae the idea here is to have various sized groups attacking hostive races military instalations such as camps, factories, barrackses, Fortified bases, maybe even ship yards would be nice to have this affect the influence metre in the same way as plexing in eve would be nice Sorry if i went off tangent but i think its somewhat related +1 to OP it would be good to see in the game I would love something like this for faction warfare.

KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2013.01.20 10:30:00 - [11] - Quote Still would like to board NPC ships and shoot drones in space.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2013.02.07 19:34:00 - [12] - Quote I want to to shoot drones in the face... IN SPACE!
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2013.02.26 23:43:00 - [13] - Quote Do it!