Best thing you could do for DUST would be releasing it for PC.
Second best would be letting our ships to descent low enough into planet's atmosphere to be able fire at bunnies directly.

My two cents is that the LP reward is way to high, especially since it is influenced by tier. Is there a limit on the number of strikes you can perform in a single DUST match? You could have a single player sitting on a district earning LP for 3 orbital strikes in 10 minutes which would earn ~2x more LP than completing a novice plex in the same about of time.

How did you come up with the 3000 LP number? Can you elaborate?

My two cents is that the LP reward is way to high, especially since it is influenced by tier. Is there a limit on the number of strikes you can perform in a single DUST match? You could have a single player sitting on a district earning LP for 3 orbital strikes in 10 minutes which would earn ~2x more LP than completing a novice plex in the same about of time.

How did you come up with the 3000 LP number? Can you elaborate?

I agree that it seems kinda high, especially if there's no limit on how often it can be done.

My two cents is that the LP reward is way to high, especially since it is influenced by tier. Is there a limit on the number of strikes you can perform in a single DUST match? You could have a single player sitting on a district earning LP for 3 orbital strikes in 10 minutes which would earn ~2x more LP than completing a novice plex in the same about of time.

How did you come up with the 3000 LP number? Can you elaborate?

You can only do one every 3 minutes at max, the average DUST match is 17 minutes, at most thats 5 assuming you get there right near the beginning, and all the while everyone in the solar system will know you are there and there is no gate to protect you. The risk involved in these is much higher.

3) Who gets to initiate the strike if multiple people are present with ammo? If the first person who is fast enough to launch the strike gets to be the one to selects the target, then this is fairly griefable. If there is a group of militia members above the planet who all have ammo, one or more could be prepared to select a secret Awoxing squad leader within the match. If they can select the player quick enough they could make sure that a bombardment is either wasted in a harmless area, or damages their own team to maximum affect before getting kicked from match. I do see this as a valid form of Awoxing though...

You go to the location, wait somewhere safe till you get the call, and when told warp to the district, and perform you do the orbital strike, then warp out. Not as engaging an experience we hoped to provide.

Say five militia ships appear at a district beacon.

1. Will each of these earn their own orbital strike after waiting for their three minutes?
2. or is it the first one there starts the timer and then whoever shoots first at the end of the timer gets to actually achieve/shoot something?

Both dev blogs read like it's the first, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually the second.

Can both militia's orbit the same button at the same time and earn strikes? (assuming they don't shoot each other!)

Say five militia ships appear at a district beacon.

1. Will each of these earn their own orbital strike after waiting for their three minutes?
2. or is it the first one there starts the timer and then whoever shoots first at the end of the timer gets to actually achieve/shoot something?

Both dev blogs read like it's the first, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually the second.

Can both militia's orbit the same button at the same time and earn strikes? (assuming they don't shoot each other!)

Edit:
If you leave a timer after say, 1.5 minutes, does it restart from scratch when you warp back to it, pause or count down while it's empty?
Depending on the answer, can you count down an enemy timer having killed them or chased them away?

I know the Militia players don't show up in the FW channel. Is there a channel a Pod Pilot can join to talk with the Jarhead in Jars on the ground?

how hard would it be to make active dust battles appear on the system scanner?

also what you guys really should consider to do is to let ship fittings influence the OB performance. We have the meta 0 fitted ships doing fw stuff problem again.


the risk is currently very theoretical. Since destroyers with meta 0 guns filled with WCs cost a tenth of a pvp fitted frig.

Best thing you could do for DUST would be releasing it for PC.
Second best would be letting our ships to descent low enough into planet's atmosphere to be able fire at bunnies directly.

Best thing which may happen with Dust is re-assigning its development team to EVE and Incarna / WiS in particular. "Personal exploration" shooter mini-game in EVE would be much more interesting than present mini-game with loot spill.

How do I find the battles?

Yes killmails will appear in the API like all other killmails. There are type entries in the SDE with name / description etc and (most) types have icons on the image server.

We don't have a static export for the dust game specific data (it is called Catma, the opposite of Dogma) about these items though, I believe that is in the works though.

Does the turret's damage multiplier effect the damage inflicted?

The only thing that affects the amount of damage done right now is the number of turrets used to perform the strike. The damage modifier, the meta/tech level of the turret, and even the type (blasters vs. railgun f.ex.) do not affect the amount of damage done.

you can't find them realistically, unless someone from dust told you where they happen.

We don't have a static export for the dust game specific data (it is called Catma, the opposite of Dogma)

If you are going down that route, I reckon it would be fun to be able to transport your cargo of dusties to an exploration site (wreck, station, PI site, whatever) and drop them off. They then get to explore the site in FPS mode, with whatever npc content you like. They (hopefully) find loot and fight/make their way back to your pickup point. Assuming you haven't abandoned them. Add the ability to for others to drop off dusties to appear in the same (console) game, and all hell breaks loose.

So, when can we missile pilots expect to be able to join in on these orbital strikes?

Best thing you could do for DUST would be releasing it for PC.
Second best would be letting our ships to descent low enough into planet's atmosphere to be able fire at bunnies directly.

if you are part of a militia in Factional Warfare, when you actually complete an orbital strike in the warzone, we will reward you with a tidy sum of 3,000 Loyalty Points (LP)

No one in their right mind would hold a killmail more valuble than something that can actually be traded for ISKGǪ. Right?!

If you are going down that route, I reckon it would be fun to be able to transport your cargo of dusties to an exploration site (wreck, station, PI site, whatever) and drop them off. They then get to explore the site in FPS mode, with whatever npc content you like. They (hopefully) find loot and fight/make their way back to your pickup point. Assuming you haven't abandoned them. Add the ability to for others to drop off dusties to appear in the same (console) game, and all hell breaks loose.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm killmails :D

Yes, that is right. A 'killmail' is nothing more than statistical data it's completely worthless as an incentive or reward.

Wow, another shallow and poorly thought out mechanic. A 3 minute timer? and promoting dual-boxing again?

what is not explained in the devblog:
- what happens if you leave, does the timer reset? - i hope so
- what happens if a hostile or another friend is also there? Is it a "private" per-player timer or is it global like in plexes?

PC master race killing console peasants. Literally.