Many players already run their own events. We heartily encourage this.

Not realy the same thing.

The players don't have the resources to spawn x, y or z granted this comes from having the title DEV.

As an example say I wanted to be part of an event in jita but on the NPC pirate side this as it is from what I understand is impossible.
Now say I want to spawn more support because of the insane number of pilots attending this again is impossible.

This is the level of player interaction I would love to see I duno you could do a scheem like the ISD recruitment but for live events i'm prity sure you would get alot of support.

I would love to play as a pirate NPC pilot calling in more NPC's to support the ever growing event.

There are many ideas floating around in my head some off the wall maybe this is one such idea that is just never going to work Idea submited regardless.

Not realy the same thing.

The players don't have the resources to spawn x, y or z granted this comes from having the title DEV.

As an example say I wanted to be part of an event in jita but on the NPC pirate side this as it is from what I understand is impossible.
Now say I want to spawn more support because of the insane number of pilots attending this again is impossible.

This is the level of player interaction I would love to see I duno you could do a scheem like the ISD recruitment but for live events i'm prity sure you would get alot of support.

I would love to play as a pirate NPC pilot calling in more NPC's to support the ever growing event.

There are many ideas floating around in my head some off the wall maybe this is one such idea that is just never going to work Idea submited regardless.

You have made 0.0 too safe so scrubs finding kills in hs.

Bears prosper.

Edit: Pavel Andreievich Chekov, players can spawn items you spacebad, just require isk to do so. Be less spastic.

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.... If we went crazy and gave out event info 1 week in advance, publicising it daily on the EVE Online twitter and facebook, renting some ad space during the Superbowl, etc. we would likely see a massive increase in the amount of players in and around system......

You do realize there are players like me who do not use twitter, facebook, or watch the superbowl?

That would be extremely costly on both ends. Most likely, it's either we have our own player events indefinitely, or have Live Events hosted by CCP. I prefer the latter. Collaborative work with CCP is good, but that tends to leave or alienate many other players.

I say have CCP dictate the terms and make amends depending on capsuleers' reaction.

"Slave Heavenbound" is a fine example of the marriage between CCP and players. Let capsuleers roleplay and let CCP use its resources to play out our ideas while simultaneously playing out the already written Live Event Story initially conceived by CCP team. Players should not be empowered with controlling/spawning Angels or something so far fetched.

Or "Citizen Arson" who was directly based on an other player Drake Arson

And there are also many players who use twitter, facebook, and/or watch superbowl.

CCP Goliath is not saying that these are the only venues that will be used to disseminate Live Events info. They will be used in addition to the existing Devblogs, Live Events channel, and forums.

Part of the problem is the dev blog is referencing "fluffer RP" that is, material that has no actual visual impact in-game, i.e. Angel bombarding planets has no impact on players, we can't see it happening, can't see a giant hole in the planet afterwards. Since fluffer content has been posted for years, the change now that this actually means something and people should pay attention to it becomes confusing, primarily with the constant switching between IC/OOC.

Millions dead means nothing to an eve pilot, a buy order in that system for kilo-tones of medical supplies at a good markup does :)

when a mothership shows up maybe have it get cyno'd in using dev hacks to use cyno's in high sec. It would give role players and people who participate in live events a chance to get a good heads up and form a fleet, without someone just telling them whats about to happen.. and also give them a chance to intercept these forces before they can reach their target..

The Devs don't want to give anyone a heads up that isn't in their in-game circle of friends. This is just another way to reward their buddies. Like giving BOB all those BPO's and stuff back in the day. It's a transparent way they can give fat loots to their buddies in front of everyone and make it look legit. That is why they won't make live events public for everyone.

1/10 - The pirate live events are and have been made public for everyone and don't drop any loot of real consequence. I wish there was an emoticon for a derisive snort.

Then why did you let me blow up a hauler that was carrying 600 PLEX for his "Pirate" buddies after I went out drinking with you the one time? You know when you arranged for that Live Event to take place in a safe spot only me and you had the bookmarks too? You know, you said yo'd do it as long as I let you go on a date with my sister?



(Note: For the dim I need to add this din't actually happen).

So, what you're saying is - your sister's still available?

As a player who back when the Sansha Incursions were first starting up tried diving into the RP (being an old school table-top RPer), ended up joining the Sansha player side, saw the Devs who at the time were doing things draw this player base in, make some vague promises, then turn around and completely burn them... I'd like to have some sort of idea is this going to be something that players who enjoy being part of the pirate factions for RP purposes would actually see some real support over?

Also, the Event flag you originally linked has only 1 Dev post followed by trolling and then is locked indefinately... did I miss a post to a different thread somewhere? If so, could you repost it in reply to this?

PS: If I come across abit unclear, I'm up rather late for me, going through abit of insomnia, please ask for clarifications if needed.

The Devs don't want to give anyone a heads up that isn't in their in-game circle of friends. This is just another way to reward their buddies. Like giving BOB all those BPO's and stuff back in the day. It's a transparent way they can give fat loots to their buddies in front of everyone and make it look legit. That is why they won't make live events public for everyone.

*hates hates hates forums* umm... the flag was the one linked somewhere near the beginning of all of this and mentioned as being a place to monitor for when events would happen.... *sucks at finding things on forums (sorry)*

As for support, well, for a brief time period, the Devs during the Sansha Inc live events were including the Sansha players as members of the invading force, having even made promises to figure out a way to flag them as part of the event so that not only did the NPCs not shoot at them, but possibly even set it up so that they could fire back at the other players shooting at the NPCs even though it was in HS, and there were even some rumors that perhaps there might eventually develop a way to actually join the NPC pirate faction corps (though that last part was strictly rumor mill)

In short, I'm (p)fishing abit here, to see what you have in mind to keep this from being what last time I was involved in these things went from starting out with all sorts of promises to a pretty dead fish.

Yes, it was the links in that post you linked, and when I clicked on the one at the top with a flag on it, though, there was nothing in it... or should I be looking for a different link on the destination site?

Ok, so I should watch it for new posts by the Devs then, is it listed by most recent at the top, or oldest at the top?