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CCP Logibro
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:26:21 -
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Drifters have been drifting around space, and they have found some pilots lacking. To see just what they have drifted past, read this new dev blog by CCP Affinity with all the details, including graphs!
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Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
3170
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:36:01 -
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Drifters are so cute.
Know a Frozen fan? Check this out
Frozen fanfiction
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
550
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:43:23 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:Drifters have been drifting around space, and they have found some pilots lacking. To see just what they have drifted past, read this new dev blog by CCP Affinity with all the details, including graphs!
There is a "next phase" ?! 
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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Daedra Blue
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
65
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:43:24 -
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Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!! |
Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel
EvE-Scout Enclave
969
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:46:06 -
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I, for one, welcome our Next Phase overlords.
Don't get lost alone
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CCP RedDawn
C C P
C C P Alliance
622
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:46:46 -
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Daedra Blue wrote:Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!!
Drifters with festival launchers.
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CCP Affinity
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:49:36 -
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Daedra Blue wrote:Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!!
ok... you asked for a hint.. here it is..... IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
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Team Space Glitter
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Liner Xiandra
Sparks Inc
356
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:50:06 -
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Now if only there was some actual reason to shoot these Circadian Seekers or Drifters. |
Brain Gehirn
Reikoku
Pandemic Legion
64
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:50:34 -
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Such amazing job so far.
I hope that they start dropping titans and supers on us soon.
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Dangeresque Too
Pistols for Pandas
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:51:15 -
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So a carrier is required to kill a drifter... or just such a large amount of cannon fodder as for the fleet to survive longer than the drifter?
Why are people even bothering? There is no benefit to doing so, unless it is just for the challenge.
Or are they just getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time if a drifter lands on a gate? (Still don't understand the empty cargo fit haulers or shuttles, even a few autopilot interceptors with no aggressive mods) |
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Jennifer Starfall
Repracor Industries
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:53:59 -
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The Drifters were a popular topic at the Fourth Seyllin Conference, and in-game, in-character science and research conference held this past weekend. The first Seyllin Conference was held by The Synnenose Accord [SYNE] in 2009 after the first appearance of wormholes.
ISD covered the event, but they have 8 hours of presentations to sort through. In the meantime, here are the transcripts of the event's presentations. Most of the Drifter discussion occurred on day 2, and included discussion of their aggression patterns, a summary of what we know about them, and some speculation on why they're here.
Kithrus's presentation on day 1 had some interesting speculation on why the Sleepers are here and how they relate to the wormholes.
https://thesynenoseaccord.wordpress.com/seyllin-conference/fourth-seyllin-conference-117-02-28-117-03-01/transcript-day-1/
https://thesynenoseaccord.wordpress.com/seyllin-conference/fourth-seyllin-conference-117-02-28-117-03-01/transcript-day-2/
Jennifer Starfall
Media & Communications
Repracor Industries
The Fourth Seyllin Conference
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Jennifer Starfall
Repracor Industries
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:58:02 -
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CCP Affinity wrote:Daedra Blue wrote:Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!! ok... you asked for a hint.. here it is..... IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
At the risk of a "me too" style post.
<3 CCP Affinity.
I will admit, I was nervous when it was announced on o7 that your blog would drop on Friday, the day before the conference, and I was worried about it blowing half my presenters' presentations out of the water.
The Drifters added a great sense of immediacy and mystery to the conference.
I'm looking forward to see if any of our presenters were right. :)
Jennifer Starfall
Media & Communications
Repracor Industries
The Fourth Seyllin Conference
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Darkblad
Hilf Dir selbst in EVE
760
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Posted - 2015.03.02 15:58:28 -
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Dangeresque Too wrote:So a carrier is required to kill a drifter... or just such a large amount of cannon fodder as for the fleet to survive longer than the drifter?
Why are people even bothering? There is no benefit to doing so, unless it is just for the challenge.
Or are they just getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time if a drifter lands on a gate? (Still don't understand the empty cargo fit haulers or shuttles, even a few autopilot interceptors with no aggressive mods) For a while, a Cerberus was enough to destroy Drifter Battleships. Using a Chimera (and losing it in the process) sure was an option.
But then there came Tiamat 1.3 and the Super Weapon that now appears to have a range that might be like 500km.
Now the probably easiest strategy (that CCP looks like they want to enforce) is: Engage with 2+ players, sacrifice one and then finish the job.
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
550
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:01:36 -
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CCP Affinity wrote:Daedra Blue wrote:Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!! ok... you asked for a hint.. here it is..... IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
I'm speechless...oh wait...
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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Mizhir
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
74067
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:02:01 -
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Go Drifters \o/
Death to all bots.
One Man Crew - Collective Solo PVP - Video is out!
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
550
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:04:39 -
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CCP Affinity wrote:Daedra Blue wrote:Please for the love of GOD JOVE give us 1 single hint at what's coming!!!!!!! I'm literally dying of curiosity!! ok... you asked for a hint.. here it is..... IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
We begged thee for a hint not more teasing :D
The "awesome" part is already known!
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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ChromeStriker
Out of Focus
Odin's Call
843
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:06:43 -
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I LOVE how they follow you through warp lol +lots for that one
No Worries
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Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel
EvE-Scout Enclave
970
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:06:45 -
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Nami is about to go all Drifter up in here.
Don't get lost alone
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Darkblad
Hilf Dir selbst in EVE
760
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:09:39 -
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No words on what the Drifter's loot was?
I knew and expected them to drop nothing when I killed them and salvage also was minor (8 Melted Nanoribbons from a total of 21 wrecks), but there are images out that, that (look photoshopped and) suggest otherwise. 
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Opner Dresden
Lugus Foundry
The Explicit Alliance
31
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:13:46 -
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Someone poke Fozzie... I want my sov dev blogs!!! |
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
550
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:15:16 -
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Ned Thomas wrote:Nami is about to go all Drifter up in here.
You know it!
I am also about to sacrifice 20 Exotic Dancers [Male] to BOB in the hopes of more juicy CCP info on these guys.
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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CCP RedDawn
C C P
C C P Alliance
624
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:21:30 -
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Nami Kumamato wrote:Ned Thomas wrote:Nami is about to go all Drifter up in here. You know it! I am also about to sacrifice 20 Exotic Dancers [Male] to BOB in the hopes of more juicy CCP info on these guys.
Better yet, bring them along for my pub crawl at fanfest.
Team Space Glitter
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
550
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:29:46 -
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CCP RedDawn wrote:Nami Kumamato wrote:Ned Thomas wrote:Nami is about to go all Drifter up in here. You know it! I am also about to sacrifice 20 Exotic Dancers [Male] to BOB in the hopes of more juicy CCP info on these guys. Better yet, bring them along for my pub crawl at fanfest.
Sadly I'm gonna miss another one 
But I'll sure as heck follow it while I'm sipping cocktails on a sunny beach in Greece.
( there goes another chance to enrich my collection of lanyards with an EVE inscribed one, I R now a sad bunny )
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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War Kitten
Panda McLegion
5902
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:52:25 -
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Darkblad wrote:Dangeresque Too wrote:So a carrier is required to kill a drifter... or just such a large amount of cannon fodder as for the fleet to survive longer than the drifter?
Why are people even bothering? There is no benefit to doing so, unless it is just for the challenge.
Or are they just getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time if a drifter lands on a gate? (Still don't understand the empty cargo fit haulers or shuttles, even a few autopilot interceptors with no aggressive mods) For a while, a Cerberus was enough to destroy Drifter Battleships. Using a Chimera (and losing it in the process) sure was an option. But then there came Tiamat 1.3 and the Super Weapon that now appears to have a range that might be like 500km. Now the probably easiest strategy (that CCP looks like they want to enforce) is: Engage with 2+ players, sacrifice one and then finish the job.
I'm all for cool AI and new tricks. But unless the drifters are just a test-bed for new ultra-powerful, but still defeatable, Concord, I'm not interested.
Anyone can just beef up the range/speed/HP/whatever stats on an NPC and make sure it harder to kill or harder to survive against. Someone managed to kite the Drifters, so you increase the range on the doomsday? Gee, seems like fair play. That's not so much showing off new intelligent AI. Intelligent AI would disengage, warp away, or do something within it's existing mechanics... not have a developer rewrite its mechanics.
I find that without a good mob to provide one for them, most people would have no mentality at all.
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
551
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Posted - 2015.03.02 16:57:18 -
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War Kitten wrote:Darkblad wrote:Dangeresque Too wrote:So a carrier is required to kill a drifter... or just such a large amount of cannon fodder as for the fleet to survive longer than the drifter?
Why are people even bothering? There is no benefit to doing so, unless it is just for the challenge.
Or are they just getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time if a drifter lands on a gate? (Still don't understand the empty cargo fit haulers or shuttles, even a few autopilot interceptors with no aggressive mods) For a while, a Cerberus was enough to destroy Drifter Battleships. Using a Chimera (and losing it in the process) sure was an option. But then there came Tiamat 1.3 and the Super Weapon that now appears to have a range that might be like 500km. Now the probably easiest strategy (that CCP looks like they want to enforce) is: Engage with 2+ players, sacrifice one and then finish the job. I'm all for cool AI and new tricks. But unless the drifters are just a test-bed for new ultra-powerful, but still defeatable, Concord, I'm not interested. Anyone can just beef up the range/speed/HP/whatever stats on an NPC and make sure it harder to kill or harder to survive against. Someone managed to kite the Drifters, so you increase the range on the doomsday? Gee, seems like fair play. That's not so much showing off new intelligent AI. Intelligent AI would disengage, warp away, or do something within it's existing mechanics... not have a developer rewrite its mechanics.
Be careful what you wish for...
Played Alien: Isolation last night for 4 hours, spent 2.5 hours dying. AI TOO STRONK. When those guys say "Nightmare" they really mean "Nightmare".
" And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit -
I never felt so good, I never felt so hid ! "
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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Jaantrag
14
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Posted - 2015.03.02 17:01:25 -
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Quote:So far a rather impressive 129,593,602,454 ISK has been lost to The Drifters!
no data about how much isk they have dropped ... |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
7935
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Posted - 2015.03.02 17:31:20 -
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Looks like Drifters like fireworks, NEXT STEP: just allow them to loot the wrecks, so the next guy who kills drifter, gets everything what he accumulated. 
Technical Support
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Darkblad
Hilf Dir selbst in EVE
760
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Posted - 2015.03.02 17:31:37 -
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War Kitten wrote:Anyone can just beef up the range/speed/HP/whatever stats on an NPC and make sure it harder to kill or harder to survive against. Someone managed to kite the Drifters, so you increase the range on the doomsday? Gee, seems like fair play. That's not so much showing off new intelligent AI. Intelligent AI would disengage, warp away, or do something within it's existing mechanics... not have a developer rewrite its mechanics. Agreed! It's no change of the AI but just adjustment of the offensive - and defensive - stats of the NPC.
Series of my observations:
Sisi
Subcaps could survive the Super Weapon.
Increased that damage.
Jam could blinfold the Drifters completely, also preventing the Super Weapon in the Process.
Sensor strength got increased.
It was possible to get the Super Weapon fired without taking damage when your ship was in warp at that exact moment.
TQ
Drifters pointed.
Kiting the Drifters, keeping distance above 200km prevented the Super Weapon from firing.
Range got increased. Got hit 258km away, but some suggest a range of up to 500km.
After all, they're as smart as they were in the beginning.
They attack you when you're 77km or closer to the structure.
They attack you when you're 28km or closer to the Wormhole.
They follow you to where you warp to in the system as long as you're in the same ship.
They just got boosted to ridiculous power.
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
7935
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Posted - 2015.03.02 17:34:08 -
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Quote:They attack you when you're 28km or closer to the Wormhole.
Circadians also attack you, if you are too close to wormhole.
Technical Support
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Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel
EvE-Scout Enclave
974
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Posted - 2015.03.02 17:38:30 -
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Nami Kumamato wrote:CCP RedDawn wrote:Nami Kumamato wrote:Ned Thomas wrote:Nami is about to go all Drifter up in here. You know it! I am also about to sacrifice 20 Exotic Dancers [Male] to BOB in the hopes of more juicy CCP info on these guys. Better yet, bring them along for my pub crawl at fanfest. Sadly I'm gonna miss another one But I'll sure as heck follow it while I'm sipping cocktails on a sunny beach in Greece. ( there goes another chance to enrich my collection of lanyards with an EVE inscribed one, I R now a sad bunny )
Rum and coke in my living room for me. One of these days........
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