When the vast majority of the playerbase creates a coalition to push a minor timezone out of the sandbox and make all districts US timed, there are two things that can happen:

Some fight the coalition for ***** and giggles (CRONOS and Unclaimed.)

US timezone fills the whole PC, making it impossible for anyone else to settle in afterwards.

Now most of dust players are US based. CCP needs to provide the statistics for this, but it is obvious from public server vividity. If CRONOS falls, Dust sandbox will dwindle to US only. When the timers on map are all at early morning to other parts of the world, and the big majority of players are reinforcing those timers, the sandbox would be dead for the rest of the world. Come June 4th, by N-F and EoN pressure, CCP is caving in and releasing timezone swap to district winner instantly. This is a bad move, because it allows the vast majority of players to push everyone else out and set timers, forced by their numbers, into US only for the whole map. This is what happens if CRONOS falls.

Dust514 dies when the sandbox is closed for euro and asia. The chances are slimmer if PC has a good timezone span. CRONOS is holding the last front of timezones outside US in the sandbox. So, either CRONOS survives or Dust dies :)

Pick your side.

What sandbox?

Oh, you mean the litter box in MH?

Meh.

Where's the point to FW for Dust?

We'll have a real sandbox when we can travel around at will and camp Districts and roam freely around in enemy Districts.

I'll agree we have a sandbox then, but not before.

When the vast majority of the playerbase creates a coalition to push a minor timezone out of the sandbox and make all districts US timed, there are two things that can happen:

Some fight the coalition for ***** and giggles (CRONOS and Unclaimed.)

US timezone fills the whole PC, making it impossible for anyone else to settle in afterwards.

Now most of dust players are US based. CCP needs to provide the statistics for this, but it is obvious from public server vividity. If CRONOS falls, Dust sandbox will dwindle to US only. When the timers on map are all at early morning to other parts of the world, and the big majority of players are reinforcing those timers, the sandbox would be dead for the rest of the world. Come June 4th, by N-F and EoN pressure, CCP is caving in and releasing timezone swap to district winner instantly. This is a bad move, because it allows the vast majority of players to push everyone else out and set timers, forced by their numbers, into US only for the whole map. This is what happens if CRONOS falls.

Dust514 dies when the sandbox is closed for euro and asia. The chances are slimmer if PC has a good timezone span. CRONOS is holding the last front of timezones outside US in the sandbox. So, either CRONOS survives or Dust dies :)

Pick your side.

Not our fault we can manage to get people on and fight at your sucky EU times and take your stuff, but you're unable to do it to anybody else. Have you tried getting good?

As Englishsnake says, the problem at the moment is there is only one 1 region.

More generally, there is no MMO sandbox. Thats a real problem.

Opening new regions without the foundation of PC being fixed isn't the answer. Iterate and perfect the system first and then add new space.

When the vast majority of the playerbase creates a coalition to push a minor timezone out of the sandbox and make all districts US timed, there are two things that can happen:

Some fight the coalition for ***** and giggles (CRONOS and Unclaimed.)

US timezone fills the whole PC, making it impossible for anyone else to settle in afterwards.

Now most of dust players are US based. CCP needs to provide the statistics for this, but it is obvious from public server vividity. If CRONOS falls, Dust sandbox will dwindle to US only. When the timers on map are all at early morning to other parts of the world, and the big majority of players are reinforcing those timers, the sandbox would be dead for the rest of the world. Come June 4th, by N-F and EoN pressure, CCP is caving in and releasing timezone swap to district winner instantly. This is a bad move, because it allows the vast majority of players to push everyone else out and set timers, forced by their numbers, into US only for the whole map. This is what happens if CRONOS falls.

Dust514 dies when the sandbox is closed for euro and asia. The chances are slimmer if PC has a good timezone span. CRONOS is holding the last front of timezones outside US in the sandbox. So, either CRONOS survives or Dust dies :)

Pick your side.

When the vast majority of the playerbase creates a coalition to push a minor timezone out of the sandbox and make all districts US timed, there are two things that can happen:

Some fight the coalition for ***** and giggles (CRONOS and Unclaimed.)

US timezone fills the whole PC, making it impossible for anyone else to settle in afterwards.

Now most of dust players are US based. CCP needs to provide the statistics for this, but it is obvious from public server vividity. If CRONOS falls, Dust sandbox will dwindle to US only. When the timers on map are all at early morning to other parts of the world, and the big majority of players are reinforcing those timers, the sandbox would be dead for the rest of the world. Come June 4th, by N-F and EoN pressure, CCP is caving in and releasing timezone swap to district winner instantly. This is a bad move, because it allows the vast majority of players to push everyone else out and set timers, forced by their numbers, into US only for the whole map. This is what happens if CRONOS falls.

Dust514 dies when the sandbox is closed for euro and asia. The chances are slimmer if PC has a good timezone span. CRONOS is holding the last front of timezones outside US in the sandbox. So, either CRONOS survives or Dust dies :)

Pick your side.

When the vast majority of the playerbase creates a coalition to push a minor timezone out of the sandbox and make all districts US timed, there are two things that can happen:

Some fight the coalition for ***** and giggles (CRONOS and Unclaimed.)

US timezone fills the whole PC, making it impossible for anyone else to settle in afterwards.

Now most of dust players are US based. CCP needs to provide the statistics for this, but it is obvious from public server vividity. If CRONOS falls, Dust sandbox will dwindle to US only. When the timers on map are all at early morning to other parts of the world, and the big majority of players are reinforcing those timers, the sandbox would be dead for the rest of the world. Come June 4th, by N-F and EoN pressure, CCP is caving in and releasing timezone swap to district winner instantly. This is a bad move, because it allows the vast majority of players to push everyone else out and set timers, forced by their numbers, into US only for the whole map. This is what happens if CRONOS falls.

Dust514 dies when the sandbox is closed for euro and asia. The chances are slimmer if PC has a good timezone span. CRONOS is holding the last front of timezones outside US in the sandbox. So, either CRONOS survives or Dust dies :)

Pick your side.

TL;DR: QQ more, #getgudscrub, #IMPeffect

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I normally prefer to stay in the shadows but it gives me such pleasure to know that my feedback along with support of the community would lead to so much QQ.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=842680#post842680

Here are the facts

-I claimed a while back to Dark Scrub that CRONOS would fall under its own logistical ineptitude

-I said that this was not a conflict of regions but of Ideology, of PVP vs Carebears. Simply put Carebears ventured too far outside of highsec and appropriately got ganked. Now they expect Concord to intervene.


-CRONOS using its size and early entry into PC took every defensive system they could get their hands on. They then used each others corps to lock on US times while creating a EU buffer on systems that were within acceptable jump range of other systems for corps to use district clone in an effort to force an ISK war.

The caveat here was they relied on a mechanic that was merely put into place for the sole purpose of diminishing the Day 1 Land grab and rapid shift of timers to safe regional times. However it was never necessary because in the end any timer could have been taken back and changed upon a successful takeover. Upon bringing this to CCP's attention they realized they never needed to do what they did and simply corrected their mistake.


-They then tried to use ORION and STB as a meatshield against US corps most of all Negative-Feedback. As a result we did this to you primary meatshield in our space.

#IMPeffect


Furthermore your entire premise relies on the notion that a weekend attack can't be mounted to reclaim territory and changed to the timer desired by the attacking corporation, notice how no non-CRONOS corps fear this reality from CRONOS doing the same to them. It's because we don't fear the fight we relish it because in the end we know we can produce results.

In fact your entire post displays exactly why you should have never ventured into PC to begin with, it is also further proof why CCP needs to hurry up with PVE already as you are clearly not meant to be in a PVP environment. Carebears such as yourselves and a great deal of your alliance approached a primarily PVP game like the PVEers that you are. Sorry we don't want Farmville 514 though we aren't opposed to you cleaning our districts of drones when the time comes, perhaps that will be more your speed, and hey you wont have to worry about lag


I will end my knife twisting with simply saying that in this battle of wits you came to the fight unarmed.

TL;DR: QQ more, #getgudscrub, #IMPeffect

===================================================================================================

I normally prefer to stay in the shadows but it gives me such pleasure to know that my feedback along with support of the community would lead to so much QQ.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=842680#post842680

Here are the facts

-I claimed a while back to Dark Scrub that CRONOS would fall under its own logistical ineptitude

-I said that this was not a conflict of regions but of Ideology, of PVP vs Carebears. Simply put Carebears ventured too far outside of highsec and appropriately got ganked. Now they expect Concord to intervene.


-CRONOS using its size and early entry into PC took every defensive system they could get their hands on. They then used each others corps to lock on US times while creating a EU buffer on systems that were within acceptable jump range of other systems for corps to use district clone in an effort to force an ISK war.

The caveat here was they relied on a mechanic that was merely put into place for the sole purpose of diminishing the Day 1 Land grab and rapid shift of timers to safe regional times. However it was never necessary because in the end any timer could have been taken back and changed upon a successful takeover. Upon bringing this to CCP's attention they realized they never needed to do what they did and simply corrected their mistake.


-They then tried to use ORION and STB as a meatshield against US corps most of all Negative-Feedback. As a result we did this to you primary meatshield in our space.

#IMPeffect


Furthermore your entire premise relies on the notion that a weekend attack can't be mounted to reclaim territory and changed to the timer desired by the attacking corporation, notice how no non-CRONOS corps fear this reality from CRONOS doing the same to them. It's because we don't fear the fight we relish it because in the end we know we can produce results.

In fact your entire post displays exactly why you should have never ventured into PC to begin with, it is also further proof why CCP needs to hurry up with PVE already as you are clearly not meant to be in a PVP environment. Carebears such as yourselves and a great deal of your alliance approached a primarily PVP game like the PVEers that you are. Sorry we don't want Farmville 514 though we aren't opposed to you cleaning our districts of drones when the time comes, perhaps that will be more your speed, and hey you wont have to worry about lag


I will end my knife twisting with simply saying that in this battle of wits you came to the fight unarmed.

"The US is good at starting things, but not very good at accomplishing them. Yeah... i went there..."


uh... hiroshima.

nuff said.

Peace
B

That wasn't a very good way of doing things though, was it?

That wasn't a very good way of doing things though, was it?

It's not a sandbox. It's a tournament.

If MH is owned 100% by one corp/alliance would CCP address any of the issues that have been brought up about PC or would it be "working as intended"?

Let them take it. I'm curious to see what would happen then.

If a district has no anti-ship defenses I should be able to land there, shoot a few things and reinforce it like a POS. Then have a battle for it when it comes out of reinforced.

Why do two warring factions need to schedule their war and are limited to the number of soldiers they can bring. It's not war, it's a soccer/football match. Too much structure for it to be sandbox.