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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.24 13:29:00 -
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As im sure you are aware eve has a vast and diverse set of ships each playing an independent role in the game. Following on from CCP Oneiromancer's event to test the balance of office modules we will be holding an event on Singularity to give you a chance to try out different faction ships and give us feedback on there balance.
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Test schedule:
Saturday [August 29] @ 18:00 GMT Fleet fight and POS test
Sunday [August 30] @ 18:00 GMT MYSTERY EVENT
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How to connect to Singularity for this test:
- Make a copy of the current Tranquility (TQ) client
- Visit the Sisi patch page.
- Patch the copied client to the Singularity build
- Login to the singularity test server
- Join the in-game channel "faction test"
- Disable brackets | Read here if you're not sure how
- Listen for instructions and ask questions in-channel
What exactly is being tested?
- The first test will be a simple fleet fight
- Second we will move the engagement to a Starbase-siege (POS)
- You should pay attention to your FPS (use ctrl+f to view in-game)
- Anyone able to use multiple accounts is strongly encouraged to bring your alts!
- CCP staff and ISD will be on hand prior to the test to help move players to the starting location
- Don't forget to fill out the feedback thread after the test (links will be clearly posted at the end of the test!)
What should I bring?
- You will be supplied with faction ships on the day
- Fit drones!
- Give weapon linking a try
- Spider tanks 4tw
See you all there 
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.24 14:10:00 -
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There will be no skill "bumping" i'm afraid it would take me far to much time. Get training soon Battleship level 1 will not take very long.
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.24 16:08:00 -
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All pirate and empire faction ships that you are able to obtain on tq, so no unique (Storm, Corvus, Imp Apoc ect) but otherwise everything.
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.27 08:48:00 -
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 Originally by: ollobrains
in other words ccp wants to nerf faction ships - perhaps this is leading up to t3 battleships that will take the faction ship dps and other bonuses ?
Originally by: Ulasim
So wait your gonna balance 1 bilion +isk ships around large fleet fights and pos sieging?
In response to all your tinfoilery the intention is to get a player perspective on how the ships are balanced, be that they need a nerf or a boost depends entirely on the feedback we receive.
I would also stress that this is an exercise to gather information and enable you all to voice your opinions on the matter, and that no definitive action is planed, but mainly we just thought you would all enjoy it
So put the tinfoil hats away and il see you on Saturday 
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.27 20:24:00 -
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Originally by: Ulasim
Originally by: CCP WeirdFish
There will be no skill "bumping" i'm afraid it would take me far to much time. Get training soon Battleship level 1 will not take very long.
Right because having battleship I will give you an excellent idea of how a ship preforms.
Im sorry if you will be unable to utilize your desired ship, but im am just to busy to go and put all your skills up.
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.29 13:49:00 -
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Originally by: Jarome Keel
This clearly isnt a faction ship test but more of a server stress test.
Evidence; a FLEET fight, how often does some one who pvps in a faction ship do it in a fleet with only other faction ships? They are much more commonly used for solo or very small gang fights, also watching for FPS, i didnt realise that FPS had such a large impact on how good my faction ship was and finally a POS shoot which gives CCP alot of information as it takes a long time to drop a pos. I dont really have a problem with stress tests but would rather you actually say it was a stress test rather then a faction ship balancing event. It wouldnt surprise me if CCP allready knows what they are going to do about faction ships and thought they might as well get a server stress test out of it as a bonus!
The fleet and pos test are purely to get some numbers and data the idea is to give you the ships and then let you play with them and that's where we get our balance data. Yes there will be stress tests runing but the aim of the whole event is to get a feeling of how you all see the ships as comparing with there T1 and T2 counterparts as well as each other.
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.29 15:50:00 -
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Originally by: Perry
CCP, i am disappointed and happy.
Disappointed because you are running ballancing as a democratic process here, you let the people tell you what they want and you try to do their bidding ( i know you have the last word). So why is that bad? Because its hypocracy. If some player requests boosts to a ship, others tell him to shut up and use the ship as intended. Now these same poeple make suggestions as to how to boost their ships.
I am happy because faction ships actually need a boost, and you finally do it. But ccp, you should have some ideas of your own first. Like with Sansha, you should present your ideas here and then let people comment these ideas. Otherwise you may get more suggestions then you could manage to review.
So CCP, what are your ideas, what should each faction feature, how far do you want to go, where should faction ships stand? T1,5? T2? Whats with the LP? Any concepts flying around? Its your job to do these concepts, ya know?
Thank you in advance.
As i have already explained this is not a design decision in progress, all we want to do is give you the opportunity to give us some feedback so we get a good idea of what people think of the ships and there balance, any changes or designs that might be made in this area in future will have some idea of how you think it should be. That does not mean that if you all cry over one ship being uber and another being useless that they will be altered in the next patch. Just tell us what you think so we are aware of your opinions.
Now stop finding things to complain about and come have some fun
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CCP WeirdFish
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Posted - 2009.08.30 20:48:00 -
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Originally by: Linas IV
CCP throw us a bone please. Are you planning to rebalance the faction-ships or is this just a "for fun" Event.
I need your constructive opinions on the ships, so please go to the feedback thread and give me your opinions, that was the aim of the event.
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