I really think that the current corp warfare system shouldn't be completely scrapped. The pre-arranged battles allow for grudge matches to take place and can act as a vehicle for competitive play. Is possible that a system can/will be reintroduced to allow for pre-arranged battles with an eye towards competitive play, but not have an effect of Faction Warfare of planetary ownership?

I really think that the current corp warfare system shouldn't be completely scrapped. The pre-arranged battles allow for grudge matches to take place and can act as a vehicle for competitive play. Is possible that a system can/will be reintroduced to allow for pre-arranged battles with an eye towards competitive play, but not have an effect of Faction Warfare of planetary ownership?

I really think that the current corp warfare system shouldn't be completely scrapped. The pre-arranged battles allow for grudge matches to take place and can act as a vehicle for competitive play. Is possible that a system can/will be reintroduced to allow for pre-arranged battles with an eye towards competitive play, but not have an effect of Faction Warfare of planetary ownership?

What about pre-arranged friendly corporation battles or tournaments?
With the corporation contracts being removed, players will need to use the setting of planetary conquest to organize friendly battles. We realize that this is not as flexible as it could be though and so our current development plan is to introduce an arena mode where corporations can arrange a no consequences engagement. This then leads down a very interesting path of tournaments and betting etc.

We also want to make sure that when arenas are introduced they have consequences for not showing up to fight, something the current corporation contracts suffer from.

Yeah i understand you dont want to exclude smaller corps from gettign in on the action. Just personally i would like to see team size remain as a multiple of squad size. And the fact it is only 2 less than 18v18 aka 3 full squads just made me think hmmm why?

A corp that has 16 probaly has 18 in most cases. Dont get me wrong this is far better than the 8v8 corp matches, and id like to see the size increase more over time, however i know that ccp dont want to exclude the smaller entities from carving out their little corner of space like has become so hard for new groups to do in eve.

Is there any thought around the ccp tables about having differant sized corp matches? So a small planet that only has 5 districts might be 8v8 or 12v12 battles on that planet, where as the bigger planets with up to 24 districts could have
the bigger corp battles. Or something like that, so that small corps can still get some competitive play and larger corps can still get into bigger battles, and yet still give everyone the chance to claim some districts?

Maybe its a crap idea, but i was just thinking what happens to these smaller corps anyway when the player cap is increased again, as personally id certainly like to see us getting up to 32v32 ish numbers at some point.

Will we be able to trade/transfer clones between corps. I'm thinking a corp not owning a district buying clones and passing them to one that does to bolster the numbers?

Not sure if that would be a good or bad thing yet...

Yeah i understand you dont want to exclude smaller corps from gettign in on the action. Just personally i would like to see team size remain as a multiple of squad size. And the fact it is only 2 less than 18v18 aka 3 full squads just made me think hmmm why?

A corp that has 16 probaly has 18 in most cases. Dont get me wrong this is far better than the 8v8 corp matches, and id like to see the size increase more over time, however i know that ccp dont want to exclude the smaller entities from carving out their little corner of space like has become so hard for new groups to do in eve.

Is there any thought around the ccp tables about having differant sized corp matches? So a small planet that only has 5 districts might be 8v8 or 12v12 battles on that planet, where as the bigger planets with up to 24 districts could have
the bigger corp battles. Or something like that, so that small corps can still get some competitive play and larger corps can still get into bigger battles, and yet still give everyone the chance to claim some districts?

Maybe its a crap idea, but i was just thinking what happens to these smaller corps anyway when the player cap is increased again, as personally id certainly like to see us getting up to 32v32 ish numbers at some point.

Will we have access these districts outside of battle? Would it be logical that the defender has some sort of advantage in terms of knowing the terrain etc?

When will this build drop?

So as a solo player i can now jump into FW battles when they come up

Will i only be able to take part in PC if i am part of that corp, ie i cant just squad up and jump in with them when they launch

Also for FW and PC are the payouts increased?

Question:

Will clones as a new resource feed into eve as a potential revenue stream for Dust 514 corporations.

And is this tied to the various hints dropped by devs over the last year of changes to the eve online clone replacement system?

"The battles will automatically start based on demand and then players can join whichever side they like from the battle finder or directly from the map."

corps/ alliances involved in Faction warfare should not be able to just play as Caldari, and then make the switch and play a gallente battle


thats stupid

you join 1 militia and fight for it


being able to hop between Militias in Fac war is stupid and breaks Fac war!!!

So large corps can put out multiple attacks or defend multiple locations, where a smaller corp has to decide whether they attack or defend?

There is only 1 hr window a day to attack district A? Win or lose you wait another 24hrs to attack?

So a corp of 16 holds 24 districts and can be attacked at each district that day and they have to fight all 24 or what? do the times overlap? Do the defenders choose the time or is it the attackers?

So large corps can put out multiple attacks or defend multiple locations, where a smaller corp has to decide whether they attack or defend?

There is only 1 hr window a day to attack district A? Win or lose you wait another 24hrs to attack?

So a corp of 16 holds 24 districts and can be attacked at each district that day and they have to fight all 24 or what? do the times overlap? Do the defenders choose the time or is it the attackers?

Another Question:

In future will it be possible to have "Dust Industrial Mongols" acting in a one man corp but defending thier territory by hiring other corporations via contracts and what not?


Edit: or does the present system account for that?

And you will be able to choose your side.

Are there plans in motion to expand the list of facilities we might build in districts? For example, structures that give other defensive advantages than an increase in clone count or expand our industrial options, so that we're not limited to producing only clones? For example, building generic ground vehicle chassis parts that allow you to call in HAVs. Or resources that could be useful to eve players.