[EVE] Dust 514

Tetsuo_Shima

Tetsuo_Shima

In Cryo Sleep
Thanks, though. It's an interesting concept, maybe this is a better way for me to involve myself with you lot without having to subscribe to the 'mother' game? I'm not sure what the relationship is between Eve and Dust, is it something simple like game monies can be transferred between the two or is it more in depth like you can train your pilots on the console game, or even involve yourself with some of the goings on in EVE? I guess the decision on whether I try it out or not hinges on that link. It'd be cool if a connection to the console game offered your corporation some important benefits that only the consoleers could obtain, then I'd definitely be up for some of that action.
 
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Rhivre

In Cryo Sleep
The current speculation is that the Dust part will be planetside, somehow linked to sovereignty etc, and land battles down there, and the Eve part will still be just pilots, and linking either purely through market transactions, or through supplying each other directly somehow.


Awaiting more info at fanfest :)
 
Traxata

Traxata

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The Video states that the Consoler's have to do the FPS stuff to take over a planet in the new Sov system, so it's very much connected.

You can join the HNW corporation (or our NERF Alliance) and par-take in helping us as a whole progress. I think that's what you were going for Tetsuo? :)
 
NISYN Aelisha

NISYN Aelisha

In Cryo Sleep
This will be a very interesting change in eve, and a good bussiness oppurtunity for those with the will, planning and funds to harness the manpower we have at our disposal.

Merging the latent potential of our alliance console gamers with the untapped potential of HNW's console fanbase who might enjoy a good sci fi shooter - We have a decent emerging force.

This is all hearsay and speculation atm - but without a doubt, this will add an entirely new direction to aspects of the EVE experience, and potentially line our pockets as investors if we can get a good merc operation running as a team.
 
BiG D

BiG D

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thatbloke said:
Also, releasing for PC means they cut into the existing EVE playerbase
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Because people who play eve definitely don't own consoles, right? :p

In any case, it should be interesting. The few persistent world games that have been released on the consoles have almost always failed (for a recent example, see EndWar.) The FPS/RTS hybrid sort of game has also had trouble in most iterations.

Also, the shooter market on the consoles (especially the 360) is incredibly saturated, so it's going to need to be a damn good game to stand out. Otherwise, the audience isn't going to be comprised of new players, it'll be mostly eve players looking for a leg up. Just another way to grind...

Hard to really judge how it will end up without some proper gameplay footage, but I'd say they've got quite the uphill battle ahead of them.
 
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Rhivre

In Cryo Sleep
I think they will be doing like a halo type thing, as they have mentioned it will be all battleground style matches.
 
waterproofbob

waterproofbob

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Well I've got the guys at work excited now. They are all xbox monkies and all got very jumpy reading about it. Quite funny as I take a bit of stick at work for being a PC game fanboy and for playing eve.
 
Ronin Storm

Ronin Storm

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Re: [EvE] Dust 514

Some more details are slowly being made available (link to: Eurogamer).

Eurogamer said:
But the real juice is in Dust 514's connection to the EVE Online universe. The console players will act as mercenaries - with the potential to be contracted, funded and armed by the fleet pilots of the PC game - and fight for control of planets in the same universe. The battles in both EVE and Dust will contribute to the NPC faction warfare and player-driven territorial warfare in the EVE universe.
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Wasted

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Looking forward to playing DUST seeing as I am mainly what has been referred to as a 'console monkey'.. I assume we will have a more structured xbox clan closer to the time? :p
 
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