Geldar Wroontik
Gallente
Galactic System Lords Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.19 12:41:00 -
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 Originally by: BhallSpawn
There not?
Region sov depends on the success of a console gamer.
Yes.
They are merging them
Not in looks or gameplay, but in consequences... which is what matters in eve-online.
*headdesk*
We do not know yet how much of an effect Dust will have on sovereignty. What we do know so far from the press release video and the interview is that it will play a role in sovereignty alongside the other mechanics to gain sovereignty.
To put that in simpler terms, regional sovereignty will not rely entirely on a console gamer. If it ends up that way then I will really headdesk, but nothing of the sort has been said so far, and in fact we've been told the contrary.
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Geldar Wroontik
Gallente
Galactic System Lords Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.19 12:47:00 -
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Originally by: Blane Xero
Originally by: Geldar Wroontik
Originally by: BhallSpawn
There not?
Region sov depends on the success of a console gamer.
Yes.
They are merging them
Not in looks or gameplay, but in consequences... which is what matters in eve-online.
*headdesk*
We do not know yet how much of an effect Dust will have on sovereignty. What we do know so far from the press release video and the interview is that it will play a role in sovereignty alongside the other mechanics to gain sovereignty.
To put that in simpler terms, regional sovereignty will not rely entirely on a console gamer. If it ends up that way then I will really headdesk, but nothing of the sort has been said so far, and in fact we've been told the contrary.
According to the interview with HIlmar, its as simple as this; Eve players supply DUSTers with resources who then fight to gain control of "Cells" on a planet, after X Cells planet is owned by Alliance Y, after X planets, System is owned by alliance Y and after X Systems, Const/region belongs to, alliance Y.
Unless he severely oversimplified things, what else could there be to do?
As I recall he also said that the new mechanic would be used alongside fleet battles and POSes what-have-you to determine sovereignty. Not in so many words but the point was made.
The fact is that I sincerely doubt that CCP are going to completely upend EVE mechanics and make sovereignty completely reliant on Dust. Not only would that incite an enormous firestorm from the playerbase, I can't imagine it would be easy to write out the current sovereignty code from the game without messing other stuff up. It would make far more sense logically to have the Dust sovereignty mechanic be part of a greater picture.
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Oh so true
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