Starting after todayGÇÖs downtime you will find multiple contracts issued in the GÇ£MercenaryGÇ¥ tab of the battle finder between MorduGÇÖs Legion and Templaris Dragonaurs. The contracts will run until 18:00 GMT.

We're monitoring these battles as the "official" fighting on the planet. Depending on how the results pan out, we'll adjust the direction of the storyline accordingly. If the Templaris Dragonaurs (attackers) win overwhelmingly, there will be less surviving DUST mercs in the backstory, while if Mordu's Legion (defenders) wins, more will have survived.

There is no specific reward for this event, but there will be something in future events.

So... If I'm placed on the Templaris Dragonaurs side, time to die a lot? ;)

For this first run, we're limiting the event timers to make sure everything rolls out smoothly. We'll be setting up more in the future and will be sure to have greater timezone coverage.

That depends on how you want the story to unfold.

The statistics for people joining these battles so far are amazing, and it's very encouraging to see people getting actively involved with the ongoing rollout of storyline

We're monitoring these battles as the "official" fighting on the planet. Depending on how the results pan out, we'll adjust the direction of the storyline accordingly. If the Templaris Dragonaurs (attackers) win overwhelmingly, there will be less surviving DUST mercs in the backstory, while if Mordu's Legion (defenders) wins, more will have survived.

There is no specific reward for this event, but there will be something in future events.

What's the point if you can't pick a side to fight on?

Also, I joined a merc fight that was advertized as Temp.Drag. vs. Mordus Legion, but ended up as a Bragian Order vs Blood Raiders game. All in all very confusing. Is fighting Bragian Order helping Mordus Legion? Is this an error altogether?

Sorry... little bit confused here.... but I just played one of these "Event" merc matches.

Now maybe im just a ******** but there was something familiar about this "Event" match.... couldnt quite put my finger on it.


OH WAIT THATS IT! Its exactly the same as skirmish!! except it takes longer to get in a game.

WTF LOL? is this just some roleplaying nonsense for roleplayers?

Sort it the **** out ccp.

Also a dev mentioned that they was impressed with the numbers of players interested in this "Event".

Of course we ******* are lol there is nothing else to do in the game is there.... jesus christ.

cant stop laughing.

Back to instant battles.

am i the only one that doesnt give a rats arse whats happening in EVE? Im not playing EVE im playing dust. I dont give a **** whats happening in a game im not playing. and i dont care how im affecting a game im not playing. This is such epic fail.

Pure Awesomeness!

Can't wait to get involved and roll back the Templaris purge.

For Mordu!

I was disappointed to hear about the time limit but I am glad to hear this will change in future and i am looking forward to getting involved!!

having read the backstory, even though i'm caldari, i support mordu, heth is off his rocker(so to speak) and no longer has the states best interests at heart.
the quicker he is gone, the better

I was disappointed to hear about the time limit but I am glad to hear this will change in future and i am looking forward to getting involved!!

There is no specific reward for this event, but there will be something in future events.

We're monitoring these battles as the "official" fighting on the planet. Depending on how the results pan out, we'll adjust the direction of the storyline accordingly. If the Templaris Dragonaurs (attackers) win overwhelmingly, there will be less surviving DUST mercs in the backstory, while if Mordu's Legion (defenders) wins, more will have survived.

There is no specific reward for this event, but there will be something in future events.

Sorry... little bit confused here.... but I just played one of these "Event" merc matches.

Now maybe im just a ******** but there was something familiar about this "Event" match.... couldnt quite put my finger on it.


OH WAIT THATS IT! Its exactly the same as skirmish!! except it takes longer to get in a game.

WTF LOL? is this just some roleplaying nonsense for roleplayers?

Sort it the **** out ccp.

Also a dev mentioned that they was impressed with the numbers of players interested in this "Event".

Of course we ******* are lol there is nothing else to do in the game is there.... jesus christ.

cant stop laughing.

Back to instant battles.


Am i the only one that doesnt give a rats arse whats happening in EVE? Im not playing EVE im playing dust. I dont give a **** whats happening in a game im not playing. and i dont care how im affecting a game im not playing. This is such epic fail.

Think of the event this way though: Things, just like in EVE, will not always happen exactly when you want them to happen. It is living and breathing world and it is a single shard universe. Sometimes you have to be in the right place in the right time to experience something unique and live to tell the tale to others.

I missed a lot of amazing EVE battles myself and yet I get chills just from listening to the stories my friends tell me later and vice versa. But you will have so many things to experience that you simply will not be able to get in all of them unless you simply don't sleep at all :) And I know some of you are even capable of doing that.

But rest assured that you will make an impact in New Eden. Because you are here to do that.

Sorry... little bit confused here.... but I just played one of these "Event" merc matches.

Now maybe im just a ******** but there was something familiar about this "Event" match.... couldnt quite put my finger on it.


OH WAIT THATS IT! Its exactly the same as skirmish!! except it takes longer to get in a game.

WTF LOL? is this just some roleplaying nonsense for roleplayers?

Sort it the **** out ccp.

Also a dev mentioned that they was impressed with the numbers of players interested in this "Event".

Of course we ******* are lol there is nothing else to do in the game is there.... jesus christ.

cant stop laughing.

Back to instant battles.


Am i the only one that doesnt give a rats arse whats happening in EVE? Im not playing EVE im playing dust. I dont give a **** whats happening in a game im not playing. and i dont care how im affecting a game im not playing. This is such epic fail.

Do you think that Mordu's Legion is going to wait for some "Real life" to line up with people so they can participate? EVE Events are the same, they run for short time and only those that really want to join - join. Others will have to see the result. But you will probably participate in a few. I am fine with missing an event, and that makes stronger and versatile community of various players owning other things and being unique and in 10 years you will have people that have cool weapons back from closed beta and people that have items back from that one event that happened once, or just contributed to a RP story that used to happen back then. And CCP seems to have very limited tools to organize these events so maybe you can't even make mercenary battle where you can choose side right now? And yet they do events for us. And I appreciate that.

Not the issue, the issue is that only today's event pertains to the actual in-game event, but there's still going to be more so people can get "rewards".

(unless I misinterpreted something)

So, essentially, there's going to be more opportunities to be part of the "event" but only in the metaphorical sense. War is on-going, not something that happens over the course of a few hours when everyone is too busy working to do something about it. Dust Mercs being immortal, they would just give up and die off because of one day they'd keep fighting.

Which is where my discouragement comes from. I don't care about the rewards, I want to fight back and change the course of the in-game events. So unless the other battles are actually going to matter, I'm liable to just skip them unless there's some BPO in it for me.

Hey guys, we appreciate the feedback here and everywhere else. We're quite happy with the turnout even though there are obviously some kinks/hurdles to overcome.

1) We know you can't pick which side to join at the moment. It's a bit of a pain, but our backend currently doesn't have the capability to do it properly, though we're looking into ways to get around that.
2) The problem with the corps switching away from the Templaris Dragonaurs and Mordu's Legion were unexpected and we're looking into ways to keep that from happening. In case it occurs in the future, we'll be sure to clearly identify who is supposed to be the attacked and who is supposed to be the defender.
3) THIS event did not have any specific reward tied to it, but we might be giving some extra rewards out for future battles. My lips are sealed about what they might be.
4) You're not only affecting the EVE storyline, you're affecting the DUST storyline as well. If you don't care about that, fair enough. But for those who do, trust me, your actions were noticed (and will be reflected).
5) We currently have to put all these events into the system manually, which means we need a GM sitting there putting in new contracts as battles end. This is obviously suboptimal, but is part of the reason the length of the events are restricted for now. We've got some crazy people in the Live Events team, however, so we've got plans to cover additional timezones and get some extended events going.

If the Templaris Dragonaurs (attackers) win overwhelmingly, there will be less surviving DUST mercs in the backstory, while if Mordu's Legion (defenders) wins, more will have survived.

Hey guys, we appreciate the feedback here and everywhere else. We're quite happy with the turnout even though there are obviously some kinks/hurdles to overcome.

1) We know you can't pick which side to join at the moment. It's a bit of a pain, but our backend currently doesn't have the capability to do it properly, though we're looking into ways to get around that.
2) The problem with the corps switching away from the Templaris Dragonaurs and Mordu's Legion were unexpected and we're looking into ways to keep that from happening. In case it occurs in the future, we'll be sure to clearly identify who is supposed to be the attacked and who is supposed to be the defender.
3) THIS event did not have any specific reward tied to it, but we might be giving some extra rewards out for future battles. My lips are sealed about what they might be.
4) You're not only affecting the EVE storyline, you're affecting the DUST storyline as well. If you don't care about that, fair enough. But for those who do, trust me, your actions were noticed (and will be reflected).
5) We currently have to put all these events into the system manually, which means we need a GM sitting there putting in new contracts as battles end. This is obviously suboptimal, but is part of the reason the length of the events are restricted for now. We've got some crazy people in the Live Events team, however, so we've got plans to cover additional timezones and get some extended events going.

Is there a choice which side i get to fight with?
if there is no choice then is mostly just random as most people dont care they just want to grind, or MCCC

edit: http://community.eveonline.com/news/newsFromEve.asp?of=true&newsTitle=mordus-legion-intervenes-in-caldari-ground-combat-escapes-unscathed

I was there

We're working on getting that functionality soon.

Trust me, we're very very excited about having that in place.

Hey guys, we appreciate the feedback here and everywhere else. We're quite happy with the turnout even though there are obviously some kinks/hurdles to overcome.

1) We know you can't pick which side to join at the moment. It's a bit of a pain, but our backend currently doesn't have the capability to do it properly, though we're looking into ways to get around that.
2) The problem with the corps switching away from the Templaris Dragonaurs and Mordu's Legion were unexpected and we're looking into ways to keep that from happening. In case it occurs in the future, we'll be sure to clearly identify who is supposed to be the attacked and who is supposed to be the defender.
3) THIS event did not have any specific reward tied to it, but we might be giving some extra rewards out for future battles. My lips are sealed about what they might be.
4) You're not only affecting the EVE storyline, you're affecting the DUST storyline as well. If you don't care about that, fair enough. But for those who do, trust me, your actions were noticed (and will be reflected).
5) We currently have to put all these events into the system manually, which means we need a GM sitting there putting in new contracts as battles end. This is obviously suboptimal, but is part of the reason the length of the events are restricted for now. We've got some crazy people in the Live Events team, however, so we've got plans to cover additional timezones and get some extended events going.

We're working on getting that functionality soon.

Trust me, we're very very excited about having that in place.

Sorry... little bit confused here.... but I just played one of these "Event" merc matches.

Now maybe im just a ******** but there was something familiar about this "Event" match.... couldnt quite put my finger on it.


OH WAIT THATS IT! Its exactly the same as skirmish!! except it takes longer to get in a game.

WTF LOL? is this just some roleplaying nonsense for roleplayers?

Sort it the **** out ccp.

Also a dev mentioned that they was impressed with the numbers of players interested in this "Event".

Of course we ******* are lol there is nothing else to do in the game is there.... jesus christ.

cant stop laughing.

Back to instant battles.


Am i the only one that doesnt give a rats arse whats happening in EVE? Im not playing EVE im playing dust. I dont give a **** whats happening in a game im not playing. and i dont care how im affecting a game im not playing. This is such epic fail.

Firstly DUST is part of EVE and DOES/WILL effect it. You, my good friend can play or not as you see fit. I would suspect that you will eventually quite playing Dust and go back to COD, Halo or whatever other game to get your jollies.

Most of the people that play this game at the moment are EVE players, so it DOES matter to us and through the bluster, back talk and trolling that takes place we are over all an erudite group that look for more immersion into what we play and do. I would say that we mostly detest the current "lack of attention span, instant gratification, Ill mannered , in articulate" individuals that are playing this game and forgetting that not only we are testing this game, we are creating its back story.

Am I implying that Eve players are superior or more important to your typical console gamer? The answer is an emphatic "no". What I am saying, hoping if you will, is that the typical console player embraces Dust as we have embraced EVE. That you help us create, improve and immerse yourselves into the EVE tapestry. We want you to be legion with us.

Will you become Legion?

~Respectfully