(...)FoxFour and myself have been getting into deep design discussion about the future of Planetary Conquest which we hinted at in the last developer blog. Splitting the ISK earning from clones and creating a demand in EVE for a new commodity is going to be key to getting EVE players to care about what happens in PC. The CPM and CSM have also been speaking together about this very topic and we have some, lets say interesting, plans to make PC a little more open and "sandbox like" as well as unique from instant battles.

For now though, we will be watching to see if these changes are enjoyed by those corps who want to put in the effort required to play in the deep end of the pool.

(...)While there is no release date or schedule for this stuff here are some things we are actively working towards:

• Separating clones from being the profit maker in Planetary Conquest.
• Introducing a new "thing" to do that generates resources which EVE players care about.
• Said thing should be something anyone else can come and interrupt, preventing your generation of resources and taking it for themselves.
• Separating the battles that conquer planets from the battles that generate resources.
• Building the EVE link by letting EVE players move resources for DUST players.

Again I cannot stress enough that there is no schedule for the above stuff, no designated order for what will be released first, but those are the things we are talking about and trying to work towards for Planetary Conquest.

I also want to reinforce that we will be continuing to watch how Planetary Conquest goes, continue to monitor graphs, numbers, database stuff, logs, and all the assorted things relating to this feature to help us continue balancing in the future. This is not a balance pass then walk away until new features thing. This is something we will continue to monitor and iterate on.

Summary: The future is awesome!(...)