There was a battle between Guristas, which were played by CCP actors, and capsuleers loyal to the Caldari State over Vellaine III yesterday. My pilot is barely tolerated by Caldari and is liked by the Guristas so he couldn't engage the loyalists without CONCORD smacking him down so I just sat him there watching and looting.

If you've been paying attention the instant battles have moved from Luminaire to Vellaine III. Not that it matters any to us.

Are these "events" just flavor text to keep us up to speed on how we fit into EVE lore, or will there be something for us to do in game?

Another relevant thread: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=199453

I'm wondering if we could eventually see live event corp battles in the future with devs at least hosting contracts for vital story lines...?

where would i find this "templar one"?

Tony Gonzales - Templar One, at Amazon for example:
http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/B0096DS34M

It is a direct sequel to Tony Gonzales' "Empyrian Age" which describes the events prior to Templar One, which sets the current backstory for EVE Online, and explains why the main factions (Caldari, Amarr, Gallente & Minmatar) are currently at war with each other.

If you're going to read the books, I'd definitely recommend reading them in order :

1. The Empyrean Age
2. The Burning Life
3. Templar One

They give a good insight into the last 5 years of New Eden's backstory and will flesh things out up to current day events

Do we have to LARP?

I'm kinda like the one's in the car than the one's in the park.

This is odd seeing a dev post more then once in any given thread... Will you be my friend?

I'm everyone's friend

You're not my friend

Also hai CCP Falcon.

For anyone that is interested in the EVE side of Live Events and wants to know more, feel free to poke me (here or as Grideris in EVE). I seem to keep showing up at these things with a motley collection of anyone that will join me.

I'm everyone's friend

Please don't punch me. Also where'd you get the suit?

Bought it from a cute Gurista girl flying a jump-freighter last night. I wanted red, but they had none left.

As is apparent from the news, the orbital part of the event had player involvement in EVE.

Was there a matching set of DUST matches with mercs on Vellaine III fighting a holding action while waiting for the extraction ships to make groundfall?

(I figure it's unlikely, and it would have to be "called" based on a normal match since there aren't any of those art assets or proper game mode in the program yet, but it doesn't hurt to ask.)

As is apparent from the news, the orbital part of the event had player involvement in EVE.

Was there a matching set of DUST matches with mercs on Vellaine III fighting a holding action while waiting for the extraction ships to make groundfall?

(I figure it's unlikely, and it would have to be "called" based on a normal match since there aren't any of those art assets or proper game mode in the program yet, but it doesn't hurt to ask.)

Over the next few months, the storyline of New Eden will be evolving in such a way that it effectively dovetails the two games together in one persistent, growing universe. There will be events in both DUST and EVE which will reflect this.

The two games are very much entwined, and are intrinsically linked via backstory already, but we still have a very strong focus on bringing them even closer together.

The vision is a single living, breathing, sci-fi universe, that can be viewed through two windows. These two windows are DUST and EVE, which provide two very different views of New Eden through which players can interact with one persistent universe.

In terms of events, the DUST team are working very hard to put together a solid experience for those players who are interacting with New Eden through DUST, and are collaborating very closely with the EVE Live Events team (which I lead) to make sure that things sync up and people have an awesome experience as we bring the two games closer together.

In EVE, we've nicknamed these kinds of ingame happenings "Live Events", and they've been running in various forms since EVE's early days with various breaks along the way.

We'd like to bring them to DUST too, and we'd love for every one of you to get involved and help in shaping New Eden's storyline.

Bought it from a cute Gurista girl flying a jump-freighter last night. I wanted red, but they had none left.

It's all a learning process, and personally I'm hoping that it's going to be both epic and enjoyable for everyone involved.

As the newly appointed EVE/DUST Community Crossover Guy (For The Time Being), I can promise you we're going to try to make things as epic for you as possible.

So, right now the instant battles are shifting around to reflect the unrest in New Eden. Every week or so, they'll shift to match up with live events. For this first Event in the uprising storyline, there was no representation in DUST other than mentions of mercenaries in the news.

However, there are plans in place to ensure that there will be physical DUST events that mercs will be able to involve themselves in. These will come in the form of rolling battles, set up in contract form by involved parties.

Initially we're going to test the waters with this type of thing, until we're comfortable enough to move on to larger things, pending player participation and available manpower and ingame assets.

Hope this answers your question

However, the Guristas combat forces were able to hold off the loyalists long enough for the Rhea to deploy dropships, which quickly retrieved the groundside combatants and extracted them.

Is it possible for players to volunteer as actors for these events as it's somthing I would love to get involved in used to love doing it in MxO they had the best live events

Are these the same as our dropships? The same ones that can't climb higher than 300 feet?

OH hell Yea!! If that gets implemented I'd be All in that.

I've read all 3 books and this is very exciting stuff. game modes set up as contract types will really give this game depth and variety. it will also let us craft our own experiences. this sounds like an extraction game mode where you have to get the 'friendlies' out of a hot zone. if so you just added yourselves a bunch of new fans. skirmish and ambush variations can get bland really quick..but this? this could be EPIC.

can't wait for the PVE or PVP modes where our mercs can try to accept contracts on the lives of random CEOs, or prominent NPCs like Muryia Mordu, Empress Jamyl and maybe even Heth. hope you have some 'single life' no respawn game modes on tap. would really add to the suspense and excitement.

The new game modes are a very interesting suggestion. It'd be cool to see an extraction mode, or skirmish/ambush.

However, in terms of backstory, a single life event wouldn't make much sense for immortal clone soldiers

agree there. unless of course one mistake meant you woke up in your clone back on the war barge. [wink! ] while we know it can't be in the majority of game modes, maybe one single-death mode just for a change of pace? respawn dominates FPS and u guys are the one dev that takes chances and does something different.

either way these modes have us really excited!

If there is no local CRU or mCRU, then it is single-life.
Getting from Point A (grab-point) to Point B (extraction) within a time-frame, with little support and with no (m)CRUs handy ... could be fun.

We used to have a Volunteer team for EVE Live Events, but it was disbanded several years back. The decision has been made that we'll be keeping all ingame Event organization and acting internal using CCP Employees.

Over the next few months, the storyline of New Eden will be evolving in such a way that it effectively dovetails the two games together in one persistent, growing universe. There will be events in both DUST and EVE which will reflect this.

The two games are very much entwined, and are intrinsically linked via backstory already, but we still have a very strong focus on bringing them even closer together.

The vision is a single living, breathing, sci-fi universe, that can be viewed through two windows. These two windows are DUST and EVE, which provide two very different views of New Eden through which players can interact with one persistent universe.

In terms of events, the DUST team are working very hard to put together a solid experience for those players who are interacting with New Eden through DUST, and are collaborating very closely with the EVE Live Events team (which I lead) to make sure that things sync up and people have an awesome experience as we bring the two games closer together.

In EVE, we've nicknamed these kinds of ingame happenings "Live Events", and they've been running in various forms since EVE's early days with various breaks along the way.

We'd like to bring them to DUST too, and we'd love for every one of you to get involved and help in shaping New Eden's storyline.

We used to have a Volunteer team for EVE Live Events, but it was disbanded several years back. The decision has been made that we'll be keeping all ingame Event organization and acting internal using CCP Employees.

so how does one become an internal CCP employee :)

no joke i would live in igloo outside of the office if it meant i could anything on this game :) .

shame though it worked well in matrix online but i understand eve is a different beast given that you know you have to deal with EvE players :P

Over the next few months, the storyline of New Eden will be evolving in such a way that it effectively dovetails the two games together in one persistent, growing universe. There will be events in both DUST and EVE which will reflect this.

The two games are very much entwined, and are intrinsically linked via backstory already, but we still have a very strong focus on bringing them even closer together.

The vision is a single living, breathing, sci-fi universe, that can be viewed through two windows. These two windows are DUST and EVE, which provide two very different views of New Eden through which players can interact with one persistent universe.

In terms of events, the DUST team are working very hard to put together a solid experience for those players who are interacting with New Eden through DUST, and are collaborating very closely with the EVE Live Events team (which I lead) to make sure that things sync up and people have an awesome experience as we bring the two games closer together.

In EVE, we've nicknamed these kinds of ingame happenings "Live Events", and they've been running in various forms since EVE's early days with various breaks along the way.

We'd like to bring them to DUST too, and we'd love for every one of you to get involved and help in shaping New Eden's storyline.

and maybe even Heth.

I'd love the opportunity to put a bullet into Tibus Heth.

So yeah , don't make me ask!
Are we going to receive prizes or exclusive blue indigo pistols for joiining the events ? (like server swarm...)

OK WAIT. Whats going on? i must have missed something here because im not sure what all this means. Story line coming to DUST? Is that it? me confused..

so how does one become an internal CCP employee :)

As a writer, my mind is literally in meltdown right now. CCP, you took a while to get there, and one heck of a fright while we waited, but boy you got there, and you made up for it one hundred-fold!!!

We're hoping that this kind of feeling toward ongoing events will continue, and that as many people as possible will get on board

But I don't live near any of these locations... can't I just help moderate the forums from home? Pleeeeeeese?

Aaahh the advantages of being young and single. Life advice to get the best jobs you have to be willing to move A lot. Iv had 6 flats in two years lol I spent 3 months in London sleeping on people's floor :-(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4aVnWUx8mg we have video!

Iron Wolf Saber, you seriously do know how to get all the information you want, don't you? Thanks a bunch, man