HEAR THAT?! "Dust 514 is heading towards launch". That means all that "It's not a beta anymore cos it's open beta" stuff has been complete bull crap this entire time! WOW I NEVER WOULD'VE THOUGHT

That's like saying "We're heading towards Friday" means it's not Thursday anymore.

heading toward launch doesn't make it not a beta. Many things were complained about, it was said "still beta" and have been fixed.

CCP has also said the next build seems like a different game. So even if the next build is the launch, it is improved from now, making comment still valid. It was also said multiple builds would be in open beta, so I doubt next build will be launch. At least one more beta build, probably 2-3.

If game launches in another year, it is still moving toward launch now. Moving toward doesn't equal now or even SOONGäó just means they are going in right direction and can see eventual end of beta.

In my eyes it would be saying that if I actually said it isn't in beta anymore. I said it IS beta.

Awesome and please, get a CCP Punch and get him to post after you.

I hope I can flip the switch that makes the Shiigeru, crash. Death to Tibus Heth!!!

as a caldari, i support this message

(man's gone apeshit crazy)

As a Caldari, you should still believe that we, Caldari, should rightfully control our ancestral homeworld of Caldari Prime; however, should Heth slip up and either lose this planet, or order the Shiigeru to attack the homeworld, it will be reason enough for a full-on coup by the megacorporations, citizens, and anti-Heth Capsuleers and Mercs. At the end of the day, we still want to control Caldari Prime.

(Plus, who doesn't like the refreshing sight of a Titan in hi-sec ;) )

Good stuff sounds most interesting!

I would like to see what ccp uses to have the players take part in the plot. What info they use to get the outcome or is it all ready written and we don't really influence anything?

The new skybox we had seems like the story has been written, I hope not but looks that way.

Good stuff sounds most interesting!

I would like to see what ccp uses to have the players take part in the plot. What info they use to get the outcome or is it all ready written and we don't really influence anything?

The new skybox we had seems like the story has been written, I hope not but looks that way.

oh, don't get me wrong, going to be on the ground battling to keep control of our homeworl AND in space to make sure the gallente don't try anything

IIUC, they have Devs and/or GMs monitoring the battle outcomes and watch the forums to decide the next step based on a flow chart-like system that the storyline people have mapped out. However, weird stuff often happens.

The UFO sighted by some mercs the other day was probably one possibility that they had expected could happen. There could be others.

It is worth noting, though, that when they did storyline events for The Empyrean Age, they actually blew up an existing station and some people actually lost in-game assets that were in it when it blew.

This event is possibly that epic and historical.

A storm is coming,

A storm is coming,

I hope I'm reading this right, finally an event that lasts all weekend?

No! just one day... same ambush, skirmish with tiny map changes like (changed NULLs location, amount on the map... moved CRU 20 meters south, hey look we have new map!), still can't chose side, or help from orbit on Caldari Prime... but it will be epic historical event!??? or rather not.

Bah, cheap stuff CCP... i mean such historical event and i want at least to fight for Gallente side, instead i will be "randomly" forced to play for Caldari side... lol wtf?

To my understanding, in the past, it has been like this. But has there been any confirmation where you'll be forced upon a side in this historical event?

Little bit of history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWf-l71MY4

Caldari Prime was invaded by the Gallente more than a hundred years ago, and 5 years ago the Caldari got it back and put a Titan to watch over it.

Today, we have civil unrest, we have our fights to desestabilize the Caldari on the planet, and it seems things are escalating quickly and we-¦ll have a huge fight with all the parties that have an interest on the planet.

As a Minmatar, i know what is like to have your home taken away from you, and i will do whatever it takes so that people don-¦t have to suffer it a second time.

Me and my friends, fellow mercs and capsuleers, are going to help the Caldari to maintain their rightfully control of their homeplanet.

Let-¦s hope we don-¦t get another sacrifice like the one Admiral Yakiya Tovil-Toba did to secure the safety of his population, for should a supercarrier or a titan do something to the planet, there will be no planet left do something about.

You do realize that the gallente and minmatar are allies... right?

Also Caldari prime was a part of the gallente federation. So were the caldari. They seceded and are now genrally pains in the ass...

Also tibus heth just needs to die. Lets be honest...

Death to Heth. Only with his downfall will the State be free to thrive once again free from the clutches of a madman.

May one day the Federation and the State be united once again.

Little bit of history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWf-l71MY4

Caldari Prime was invaded by the Gallente more than a hundred years ago, and 5 years ago the Caldari got it back and put a Titan to watch over it.

Death to Heth. Only with his downfall will the State be free to thrive once again free from the clutches of a madman.

May one day the Federation and the State be united once again.

There is no space in the Federantion for the Caldari will, i-¦m afraid.

Not exactly. The Caldari people were duped by the megacorporations into surrendering their place in the Federation so that their rich oligarchs could keep getting richer.

The Gallente gave the Caldari space technology (as they also did with the Intaki, Mannar, and Jin Mei). The Caldari megacorps chose to abuse that gift in secret and then threw a fit when the Federation that they supposedly supported tried to get them to act responsibly.

The "invasion" of Caldari Prime was undertaken to protect civilians after Caldari rebels killed nearly a million people by flooding an underwater city.

The Federation did not start the outbreak of violence. That was all the doing of Caldari extremists.

Not exactly. The Caldari people were duped by the megacorporations into surrendering their place in the Federation so that their rich oligarchs could keep getting richer.

The Gallente gave the Caldari space technology (as they also did with the Intaki, Mannar, and Jin Mei). The Caldari megacorps chose to abuse that gift in secret and then threw a fit when the Federation that they supposedly supported tried to get them to act responsibly.

The "invasion" of Caldari Prime was undertaken to protect civilians after Caldari rebels killed nearly a million people by flooding an underwater city.

The Federation did not start the outbreak of violence. That was all the doing of Caldari extremists.

exciting!

This means we get to pick our side soon right? I mean the wording in the dev blogs makes it seem like that would be the whole point?



I don't consider being forced to fight for the wrong side at all in line with what level of influence your trying to convince me I'll have.

Rise gallente pride,let the caldari blood fill the planet

Let our drones block out the sun.

For liberty, for freedom, for the Federation!

Not gonna happen. Its our planet and we will have it

You guys realize you are mercs right? You're not supposed to care who wins unless its planetary conquest. So get out there and die, all this bickering over which faction wins is best left to the politicians.

You guys realize you are mercs right? You're not supposed to care who wins unless its planetary conquest. So get out there and die, all this bickering over which faction wins is best left to the politicians.

So about the picking sides thing in the mercenary battles..... didn't we do that when we made our character? So if I picked caldari in the beginning am I thrown into the other side? I didn't actually check that today does anyone know if that is true or not?

Yeah, everyone quit playing your roles and fit into Charlie's notion of how a mercenary should work.

Hmm, not sure but i would really like to know the answer to these questions. O_O

What I mean is mercenaries, by definition, fight for money or isk in this case. If you were meant to fight for one side or another then the game would be more along the lines of us fighting for the military of those particular factions. But instead we are mercenaries who in this situation are literally there to fill boots and make for flashy firefights. Embrace it, enjoy it. Its actually pretty fun to just sit back and see where the chips fall after I put in a little work on the field of battle.

If *you* are a mercenary then you logic is valid.

I-¦m an immortal soldier with super kickass tech and a power of destruction to accomplish whatever the hell i want.

Hei guys, when you create your merc, you choose what side to support... I choose the Gallente so, i will fight for then...I think this not so randomly...

OK well you guys keep pulling your hair out and wasting time worrying about which side you'll be on in this particular fight. I'm going to enjoy this free game in all the glory it has right now, don't get me wrong, when FW is live and I'm able to pick sides I'm going to enjoy making all you gallente lovers eat your words ;)

The Matchmaker cares not for your preference of date race unfortunatelly. You may end up fighting for Caldari as Gallente and vice versa. Better yet you may end up fighting your corpmates Happened to me last night. Both cases .

Hey it's not a bug it's a feature of being a mercenary. If you wanna fight for a cause you should join regular militia

Good luck to all

All I'm saying is instead of freaking out about an option we all know is coming, try making the most of this situation. I RP in my head about my character. In this particular situation my guy just wants to get paid for killing people. I love this game and I love the scope, there's nothing productive about saying "wah wah I can't pick my side! This game sucks!" But that's just me, not a cool kid, just someone who enjoys a cool game :)

See? THIS is a reasonable argument.

Before you sounded like you were telling other people they aren't allowed to think for themselves and have a preference, and that because we're mercenaries, we shouldn't care. But then you said you're looking forward to having the option everyone else is wishing we already had.

Saying "it's coming, and until it does, just enjoy what you have" is a very different argument to "but you shouldn't care about that".

+1 to this post, but I'd be giving you dislikes on your others if that was an option.

When you shoot at them,if they run they are caldari and if they stand still they are caldari armforces

CCP, may we please have a status update on the win counts for each side going into this final push? They were coming in regularly until the last post yesterday morning.

Its still a beta!!!!!! Why do you people keep thinking this is the complete game? Everyone who has read up even a little on this game knows we will have many many more options in the full release. So either do better research or go back to a game that can be produced in less than a year. I personally don't care if it takes another year to release I'm just happy the beta is available. I remember getting excited about this game years ago when I first heard about it

Its still a beta!!!!!! Why do you people keep thinking this is the complete game? Everyone who has read up even a little on this game knows we will have many many more options in the full release. So either do better research or go back to a game that can be produced in less than a year. I personally don't care if it takes another year to release I'm just happy the beta is available. I remember getting excited about this game years ago when I first heard about it

There have been events run at 4am GMT, in the middle of the night for Europe, but at decent times for the US. AFAIK, Australia and NZ miss out on both TZ's.

There won't be region specific times for battles. Instead, there will be battles around the clock. If another corp wants to fight at 4am GMT, then there'll be a fight at 4am GMT. If they want a fight at 6pm GMT, there'll be a fight at 6pm. Kay?