DUST 514 is a little too instantaneous right now. In Eve online, it can take players 5 - 10 or even 30 minutes to travel to different parts of the universe in their starships. In DUST, you just magically pop up on different planets while traveling in Clone Ships that EVE players can't even see or shoot at! In the future, they should allow EVE Online players to destroy our Clone ships which would decrease the amount clones we have in battle.

CCP would be very foolish to ever make the basic process of getting into a game in Dust time consuming or imbalanced by events out of the hands of players, like "clone ships" being "shot down".

Traveling in EVE is time consuming and boring. If they made players wait 10 - 30 minutes to travel to a fight every time they hit Instant Battle, it'd be the end of the game. Nobody wants to wait long periods of time to play a single game.

A while ago I heard talk of fast travel via transferring into a clone in a different area (called 'gate-cloning' or somesuch). No need for ships, just a solid communication line and available clones at the destination.

Actually in EVE they are called Jump Clones. They give Capsuleers the ability to transfer consciousness over many light years into a different body instantly. Would be interesting if that's the same system Mercenaries use, but not sure how it would work in a lore friendly way.

What is there in the lore that would keep us from using Jump Clones?

Actually in EVE they are called Jump Clones. They give Capsuleers the ability to transfer consciousness over many light years into a different body instantly. Would be interesting if that's the same system Mercenaries use, but not sure how it would work in a lore friendly way.

Hotswaps were common in areas of the galaxy where the fighting was particularly intense. There was seldom time to pack everything up. Far more efficient to redeploy on the frontlines and let the Reclaimers do the cleaning up. Somebody in operations would hit the kill switch and every clone keyed with the proper ident would drop dead where they stood. Seconds later they would wake up on the other side of the planet or half a galaxy away GÇô the exact location seldom mattered anymore - ready to fight. This time Balac never made it.

From what I've gathered from some EVE players, the lore has it that us Dusters have actually gone crazy, so we're just randomly killing each other in our clone bodies that apparently only last like 48 hours anyway.

We're supposed to be insane nutcases, so we're not supposed to know how to use Jump Clones. x_x

Well generally speaking, Jump Clones are more or less permanent bodies where Mercenary Clones are basically as disposable as the gear they are wearing. I think the mercs actual body is plugged up somewhere safe. I guess if you just make clones on the distant battlefields with medical facilities there really isnt a reason for mercs to move.

ItGÇÖs hours before IGÇÖm allowed to return to my quarters. I donGÇÖt see it until IGÇÖm almost on top of it. Lying in the middle of the floor is a gun, and underneath it, a handwritten note with just two words on it: KILL YOURSELF. I would learn, much later, that seven days is the maximum allotted time for a recruit to commit suicide and complete the procedure. Anyone who fails to do so is removed from the program permanently. They could kill you, of course. A single pill or injection would be far more efficient. Instead, they had you do it yourself. ItGÇÖs a test, the first of many.