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Posted - 2009.09.16 20:43:00 -
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Change.....it is what has kept CCP in business. Personally, I like what I am hearing (from the devs) so far. And I do not believe many are taking into consideration the "other" eve console game, and how those mechanics will play out along with this (or future) expansions. What I have gathered is that CCP has seen this game becoming a bit stagnant and in need of something to bring back the pew pew, new ways to make isk, and shiny new toys. POS's will still be an integral part of the game, just not the sov. mechanics. And when the devs said "think big" I cannot help remembering this new console game and planetary colonization.
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DUST 514 will figure prominently into the CCP Games strategy to revamp EVE Online's system of galactic control, called sovereignty. It was originally discussed in the current issue of EON magazine that planetary control would be an aspect of changing how EVE's player alliances gain control of territory. Apparently, what players can do in DUST 514 will also play a major role in EVE moving forward. Hilmar explained more about how the terrestrial gameplay of DUST 514 will be interconnected with the ship-centric gameplay of EVE Online. Currently, player alliance sovereignty (regional control) is tied to maintaining numerous player-owned structures across different solar systems to establish a territory as belonging to that alliance, and as shown on the game's star map. Since DUST 514 is set in the same galaxy as the core MMO, with the same planets, EVE players will have the option of contracting DUST (player) mercenaries to gain control of planets. Hilmar said, "DUST battlefields will dictate who control specific planets inside the EVE MMO. If a player contracts a DUST mercenary team to go and conquer this district of a planet. Then ultimately he will be able to control the planet, and therefore the solar system, and therefore the constellation, and the region."
So there you have it! I believe this is where all of this is going. It will be interesting to say the least. I just wish I could find an angle on the current market!
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