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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2015.06.10 13:23:50 -
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Hello everyone! As we announced first at Fanfest, we are running a test server playtest of the new sovereignty capture system so that players can get a chance to try it out before it hits TQ, and so that we can get lots of testing to prevent bugs and issues before they reach the live server.
We accepted signups via EVEMail for a few months, and we've now sent response EVEMails to all the interested alliance executors to give them all the details. If your alliance signed up to participate, poke your executors and make sure they've checked their EVEMails.
We'll be revealing the list of participating alliances once we have final confirmation from more of the executors, but for now I'm going to post the rules and preliminary schedule for the competition for all to see. This will also serve as a general purpose thread for questions and comments about the Duality playtest.
Quote:Rules:
All rules and dates are subject to change. The primary purpose of this event is testing of new Sovereignty features. CCP staff reserves the right to penalize or disqualify alliances if they act in a manner which interferes with the goal of testing. The server simulation is taken as is, and we guarantee no reimbursement or compensation for any losses on Duality. The server may go down unexpectedly, and in extreme cases there may be database resets required. It's a test server running fresh features so a bunch of **** is probably going to break, make peace with that reality.
The Duality server is expected to open up for you all this weekend (approximately June 12th), with the competition beginning early next week (approximately June 15th) and ending on July 6th. These dates are all subject to change, but if we do change them we'll give you as much notice as possible. A mass test will likely take place at some point during this time period, which may disrupt the competition temporarily.
Alliances are welcome to accept members on Duality even if those players aren't members on TQ. If you would like CCP to help advertise your Duality recruitment for this playtest, let us know and weGÇÖll help as much as we can. We do not currently plan on restricting access to the Duality server during this competition, so pilots who are not involved with any of the competing alliance are welcome to show up and interact with the ongoing competition.
This competition will take place in the entirety of Providence and three constellations in Catch (NNLX-K, T-HHHT, and FDR-EQ). Players are not restricted to this area and are welcome to use nearby areas for movement and to base in nearby NPC stations to launch counterinvasions if they lose their space. However be aware that outside of the competition zones server performance will likely be significantly poorer.
Important: There will be some characters on the Duality server with the tag "PTW" in their name, as well as ISD bug hunters and CCP characters. These are QA professionals working on systematically testing the new features. They will generally be in completely different regions than the playtest, but if you do encounter them you are not allowed to shoot them or otherwise interfere with them. If you Entosis their **** we'll smite you with the banhammer.
Each alliance will begin the competition with sovereignty over one constellation (assigned by CCP) in the competition area. Any remaining constellations will be claimed by a set of neutral placeholder alliances. The neutral placeholder alliances will not make any serious efforts to defend their space during this playtest (I may or may not show up in a Maulus to mess with you). Each system will begin the competition with a TCU and an IHUB, and most systems have stations (because Providence).
The objective of the competition is to have as many of the three core sovereignty structures (TCU, IHUB, Station) belonging to your alliance online in the competition area as possible at the time when the competition ends. Alliances are welcome to make agreements with each other, support each other, and generally scheme however they want. Each TCU, IHUB and Station in the competition area will be worth one point. The prizes (more details below) include special honour for the alliance with the most points, as well as some prizes that are drawn randomly with each point providing the alliance with one "ticket" to the draw. This means that even if you do not expect to be able to come 1st it is still worthwhile to hold as many systems as possible by the end of the competition.
Each constellation will have a market seeded system, and players are welcome to bring their own equipment from the TQ mirror as well.
Please bug report any issues you find, and if you find a clear exploit please report it and then refrain from abusing it.
Prizes:
The names of every alliance that participates in this testing event (by capturing at least one system within the competition area) will be listed in the description of the Entosis Link I blueprint, in order from the highest points to lowest points. The identity of the first place alliance will be incorporated prominently into the lore surrounding the Entosis Link.
We will also be naming four meta variations of the Entosis Link after four of the alliances in this playtest. The meta naming alliances will be drawn in a raffle, with each point counting as one raffle ticket for that alliance. Of the four randomly selected alliances, we will first allow the one with the highest point value to choose which meta variation they prefer to bear their name, and then the next highest and so on. For instance, if I Whip My Slaves Back and Forth get drawn in the raffle, people could be looting the blueprint for the "J4LP Modified Compact Entosis Link" for decades to come.
Thank you all very much for participating in this playtest, and we hope you'll have a great time competing and that you'll also enjoy the results of a more stable, less buggy sov system this July! -Team Five 0, EVE QA and EVE Community
Game Designer | Team Five-0
https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie
http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/
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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.10 14:34:58 -
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Meta variations for entosis links? My my my
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SilentAsTheGrave
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
285
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Posted - 2015.06.10 15:26:10 -
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Get ready for Brave!
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Tappits
North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2015.06.10 16:33:40 -
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SilentAsTheGrave wrote:Get ready for Brave!
Hi Brave 0/ |
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Jovian Labs Jovian Enterprises
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Posted - 2015.06.10 18:07:55 -
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Lore Incorporation? Count us in! This all looks very exciting :)
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utec asmo
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.06.11 08:38:16 -
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It would make more sense to award points every (few) day for structures owned. This would be an incentive to contest systems during the whole competition and not just for the last 3 days. |
Rowells
ANZAC ALLIANCE Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2015.06.11 18:26:58 -
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How will the index levels be handled? |
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CCP Lebowski
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2015.06.12 17:15:06 -
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Thanks to everyone who's signed up and shown interest so far, your help in creating the most stable and bug free Soveriegnty system possible is much appreciated.
A quick update on the status of Duality: We're working hard to get the server ready to handle the increased load we are expecting. At this stage it seems likely that we will be able to open it for setup at some point in the next two days, with the competition now more likely to begin on Tuesday 16th June at the earliest.
We'll continue to update this thread as this timetable becomes clearer.
Thanks for your patience while we get everything in place!
CCP Lebowski | EVE Quality Assurance | Team Five-0
@CCP_Lebowski
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Jayne Fillon
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Posted - 2015.06.12 17:37:52 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:Spectre Fleet will be forming an alliance on Duality and has asked us to let people know that they will be accepting characters into their alliance. So if you are interested in joining this test but aren't a member of a participating alliance feel free to give them a shout. Quoted for visibility. Good luck to all participants.
Can't shoot blues if you don't have any. Long Live NPSI.
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Araneatrox
Sanctuary of Shadows Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2015.06.12 18:15:06 -
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AHAHAH! We actually managed to get KBP7 and the Easy jump routes into the area.
Dis gon be fun. |
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Jonny Copper
Disruptive Tendencies
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Posted - 2015.06.12 19:22:26 -
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I would be interested in taking part in this. If any of the alliances would be open to me putting my corp in their alliance let me know. |
utec asmo
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.06.12 21:00:30 -
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What about the T-HHHT constellation? Is it gonna be unclaimed at the beginning? |
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2015.06.12 21:07:45 -
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utec asmo wrote:What about the T-HHHT constellation? Is it gonna be unclaimed at the beginning?
T-HHHT and 4BZ-R3 will both begin claimed by neutral placeholder alliances that we'll set up.
Game Designer | Team Five-0
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http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/
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Tappits
North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2015.06.12 23:53:46 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:utec asmo wrote:What about the T-HHHT constellation? Is it gonna be unclaimed at the beginning? T-HHHT and 4BZ-R3 will both begin claimed by neutral placeholder alliances that we'll set up.
Lets hope the neutrals are not in RUS TZ guys... |
Tinkeng
Habitual Euthanasia Pandemic Legion
15
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Posted - 2015.06.13 09:10:40 -
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If the server was mirrored on the 5th of May then I don't think my account will be activated on Duality since I re-subbed after that date (assuming it works the same as on SiSi). Is there anyway I can get my account activated on duality to check out this new system and help test? |
Arthie Madullier
Know your Role EON Alliance
0
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Posted - 2015.06.13 13:07:57 -
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Will there be an API running on Duality to at least see the progress of sov? (someone could make a cool map for example) |
Lychton Kondur
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
49
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Posted - 2015.06.13 15:35:14 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c
Relevant. |
d0cTeR9
Astro Technologies SpaceMonkey's Alliance
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Posted - 2015.06.13 18:06:22 -
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Are random players allowed to come ceptor-troll? |
SilentAsTheGrave
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.13 20:19:49 -
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d0cTeR9 wrote:Are random players allowed to come ceptor-troll? Oh. You still think ceptor-trolling is possible? lol Sure, come and do it.
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Callduron
Bearded BattleBears Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.14 06:27:34 -
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d0cTeR9 wrote:Are random players allowed to come ceptor-troll?
BRAVE is recruiting :)
How does the cash side of things work? Can we welp unlimited seeded Tengus for 100 isk each or is there some limitation?
Also what can I do to get wealth from alts on to my character or is it a snapshot based on May 5th?
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
12955
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Posted - 2015.06.14 16:14:50 -
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Hey everyone. Getting Duality running with the new hardware is taking some time, and it's now clear that we won't be able to open the server this weekend. Currently our best estimate is that we may be able to open the server for people to start getting themselves in sometime during the day tomorrow, and then start the competition Tuesday or Wednesday.
Game Designer | Team Five-0
https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie
http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/
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SilentAsTheGrave
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.14 20:04:12 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:Hey everyone. Getting Duality running with the new hardware is taking some time, and it's now clear that we won't be able to open the server this weekend. Currently our best estimate is that we may be able to open the server for people to start getting themselves in sometime during the day tomorrow, and then start the competition Tuesday or Wednesday. Tonight, Game of Thrones. Tomorrow, Game of Sovereignty.
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marin marinere
The New Gallentean Combine Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.14 21:50:35 -
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Shall we play a game?
That said this is probably going to turn into a festival of logistics, strategy, unintended consequences, bugs and the like.
If we are going to be playing as if ship value is meaningless as on sisi then sp will likely also become a deciding factor, another fun element is that the involved alliances might become somewhat divided in attention between attempting to rule over duality and protecting assets on tq during the game's timeframe. |
Eodp Ellecon
Northstar Cabal Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2015.06.15 04:43:53 -
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Forums get messy and who knows where the right place to post is...so here goes since this is where you're working stuff out.
Seems CCP would have to address the Cloaky Camper meta prior to FozzieSov roll out given that the whole system is based on Indexes.
Q. The once mentioned possibly fabled Anti-cloak Module release?
If there's a better, proper place for this question I look forward to the redirect.
Thanks, Eo
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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.06.15 05:21:52 -
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Hi CCP Fozzie,
From what I heard, the mirror is from the 5th on Duality. Instead of trying to incorporate characters created in time meantime and all that, why not give 1m unallocated sp to everyone on Duality and be done with it?
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Exploration Frontier Inc [Ex-F] CEO - BRAVE - Eve-guides.fr
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
12955
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Posted - 2015.06.15 19:16:21 -
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Since we're running out of the character limit on this OP and I forgot to reserve some extra posts at the top, we're going to lock this thread and create a new one with the same info: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5822466
Please take your discussion and questions over there.
Game Designer | Team Five-0
https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie
http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/
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