I was wondering if there will be pirate factions added to FW, also if there will be loyallty points for doing FX battles. Also if there would be a way to add a section to the market to use the loyality points to get different kinds of gear, I.E an upgraded version of say a caldari assault dropsuit that was modded by a different faction( kinda like the black eagle scout suits that we recieved from the event)

just throwing this idea out there CCP... but maybe if you work for a certain faction, the SP required for the dropsuit for that faction (i.e amarr heavy dropsuit, or amarr medium dropsuit) would be less. just an idea thought i would throw it out there. thanks

friendly fire on pls. leave the casual stuff in instant battles.

As long as we can tag people for the team to see after they've team-killed us

The future of Factional Warfare in DUST
We have mentioned multiple times that factional warfare (FW) battles are changing come Uprising and we have also said in varying places what is changing. What we have have yet to do is write one concise public document for you guys about what the changes to FW are. So here we go. :D

The following changes are going live on May 6th with Uprising.

Dynamically created battles
FW battles will no longer be created by corporations selecting a district to attack. Instead the server will dynamically generate battles for players to join. Where these battles take place will be based on where complex are being completed in EVE FW.

The system will make sure there is always a battle available to join. So as running battles fill up new ones will be generated.

Choosing your side
When joining a battle for FW you will have the choice in which side you join. Pretty simple and straightforward. :) I love those changes.

Picture of awesome

Rewards
For now the FW battle rewards will match those of instant battles. We are looking into ways we can change this, things like if you fight for one faction continuously you gain standings and the standings affect your reward.

For now though the rewards will match those of instant battles.

EVE changes
There are actually no client side changes in EVE to how FW works in DUST. Orbital bombardments will be the same and the effects controlled districts have over systems will also be unchanged. The only change to EVE is the monitoring of completed complex to determine where battles in DUST should take place.

Battles
The FW battles will be 16 versus 16 and NO friendly fire.
These battles can be found under the Mercenary tab of the Battle Finder come May 6th with the release of Uprising.

Thats it for now. Just a quick and simple blog to bring you all up to speed and allow for some discussion in the comments thread. I look forward to seeing you all in battle come May 6th.

Team True Grit

FF off, period. FriendlyFire should only be enabled when you can control who is on your side. Otherwise you are asking for exploitation.

We really need some sort of reward........

FF off... i just want to play on a team and be a team. MCC campers are annoyong enough add some ass clowns or genuinely poor players and nothing but 4 hour game sessions with corpmates would be profitable. Other FPS don't lose suits and equipment. This game is different genre of game that closely resembles other FPS. Wtf do people want FF on?... giving 1 more thing for people to cry about on comms.

Friendly fire is needed bozo. It may save dust. Hopefully.

For friendly fire we are looking at ways we can get it introduced into factional warfare. Our concern is not really about it being "more hard core" but about the ability for people to control who is in the matches and such. Right now there would be no conscience for people going into a FW match and just killing team mates.

We have ideas like faction standings and such, but they are not on the roadmap right now. Once we have something like that though we can look at adding friendly fire to FW. :)

Friendly fire is needed bozo. It may save dust. Hopefully.

This tells me the layout is already decided.

The man has to work! He also needs a fresh new pair of woolly socks, just in case cold weather hits -.o

Check out the Wikipedia article on Reykjavik, specifically the climate section. The highest temp they've ever recorded was 79.2f/26.2c. Their average high for September is 51.6f/10.9c. He definitely needs those socks.

Man, if we were averaging 10c this month I would be a much more happy man.