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Massive EVE online battle, 10 hours, 2000 players, 57 dead titans.
- Thread starter TOAO_Cyrus
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IAmRandom31
Banned
I would go out in my Venture mining ships named AdVenture I , II and so on. Was fun headed out into hostile territory and mining super rare minerals and then praying you can get back home with the goods without running into a bored " pirate " out there.
First thing I did was create the means to build my own frigates and Ventures so if I did die in null I just went back to base and jumped into the next one
Money burning.
TOAO_Cyrus
Member
That would be GoonWaffe and they are already on field in the largest numbers.
two hundred thousand dollars on fire.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
These crazy EVE battles would actually be pretty good inspiration for a sci-fi film or TV series.
All this over a rent payment? Damn, wait until it involves a girl...
All this over a rent payment? Damn, wait until it involves a girl...
shaowebb
Member
Folks are saying PL lost this the moment the order for retreat was given and that CFC have this won...but I need to know if Goonswarm is a part of either. I dont know the factions and if Goon is CFC or what. If not...well could we be about to see the Goonswarm here to dig into the CFC and PL remaining ships to take them on in a weakened state? Someone clarify whats happening with them here.
Damn! $200,000 lost?! Where's that Goonsquad(?) in all of this??
Before or after she moves into the house?
Before or after she moves into the house?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
goonswarm is in cfc i believe
KingGiddra
Member
Goonswarm operates the CFC. Much of the battle was decided in the early hours of the fight. This was a system owned by Nulli which their ally PL was staging out of. This is a massive blow for Nulli in the long term above all else.
TOAO_Cyrus
Member
Goonswarm (now Goonwaffe) is the largest alliance fighting PL already. Black Legion is the one remaining cap/supercap superpower not engaged but I believe they just arrived and are on Goonwaff's side.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
This is stunning, thanks.
shaowebb
Member
Kick ass. Thanks for that because the politics of EVE is a friggin' huge history lesson. This stuff is nuts. This is by far the most expensive online battle ever to my knowledge.
Seems my problem is between the chair and keyboard then, lol
This is incredible. These large-scale events in EVE are fascinating to watch as an outsider, and I guess this dwards pretty much everything before it. The money on the line, the backroom politics, the giant space battle, it's so awesome to read about. Not my cup of tea for actually playing, but it's such a unique thing, I love it.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Just wait till Star Citizen lol.
Star Citizen looks like Eve Online with 2014 graphics and an even more detailed economy ( maybe )
PsychoSoldier
Banned
As someone who has been in some of these huge fights before the story of it is a lot more fun than actually playing inside it.
EVE does have the craziest stories though.
EVE does have the craziest stories though.
"Today, N3PL surprisingly lost sovereignty over PL's warzone staging system of B-R5RB, apparently due to an administrative issue with sovereignty bills. CFC forces were quick to capitalize and dropped their own Territorial Control Units, which take 8 hours to online until sovereignty is claimed."
And we bitch about how boring Star Wars: Episode I is.
And we bitch about how boring Star Wars: Episode I is.
KingGiddra
Member
That is nothing close to what Star Citizen is promising. It's a much smaller scope with instanced fights of ~100 people. Don't go into that game with the wrong expectations or it could disappoint. If you want some small-scale dogfighting with a pretty expansive universe, Star Citizen might be what you're looking for (when it comes out).
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Only in EVE could something like this happen.
I really wish I could play EVE when i see this stuff, its always amazing.
I have to wonder how hard it is to organize a battle with that many ships.. do they have front line commanders directing ships? how do you even battle at 5 fps?
Those screenshots are amazing but I have no idea how anyone knows who is targeting whom.
I have to wonder how hard it is to organize a battle with that many ships.. do they have front line commanders directing ships? how do you even battle at 5 fps?
Those screenshots are amazing but I have no idea how anyone knows who is targeting whom.
razgriz417
Member
Noob question, wasn't Goonswarm the ones that broke apart Band of Brothers a few years back? Is that group still around now?
TOAO_Cyrus
Member
Yep. They lead a coalition that controls half the galaxy at this point and are fighting a coalition, lead by old allies Pandemic Legion, that owns the other half. This battle looks to end that war I think.
razgriz417
Member
Ah ok, how about the old band of brothers? Or have them been swallowed up by these 2 power blocs now?
Dreams-Visions
Member
That photo album is amazing.
Would be nice if EVE's servers could handle this kind of situation a little better. More dynamically, perhaps. 4 or 5 frames per second fucking sucks. I guess on the positive side, it means people can coordinate and organize a little better. But shit man.
Would be nice if EVE's servers could handle this kind of situation a little better. More dynamically, perhaps. 4 or 5 frames per second fucking sucks. I guess on the positive side, it means people can coordinate and organize a little better. But shit man.
TOAO_Cyrus
Member
Most of the corps are scattered between many alliances but the core corp, Evolution, runs its own small independent alliance that doesn't control any space.
Yeah, if there was some massive "neutral" group that waited for them to practically wipe each other out...then moved in and took everything....that would be awesome.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
How weakened are these two after this whole thing?
KingGiddra
Member
Goonswarm originally broke up BoB. There is a lot of difference between the Goonswarm of today and the Goonswarm that destroyed BoB. Goonswarm is more seen as a coalition of tens of thousands today, than a few thousand person alliance. It's not primarily a SomethingAwful-based alliance anymore. Goonswarm focuses on its space empire and expansion.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Lol yeah, want to hear something crazy? I used to get .... Drunk .... And fly around trade stations free flying around players ships, parking 50m away from them, acting like I an self docking, flying around at 2.5 KM/h, etc. I met some miner who had been around for 2 years. 2 years mind you. I flew around the asteroid field he was in trying not to hit the collision detection fields. He radios me " HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU DOUNG THAT ITS AWESOME! ".
I then proceeded to " dock " next to his ship. I asked him ... Really you cant do this! All you have to do is double tap the screen and your shop goes where you clicked LMAO. The dude was completely floored and had no idea. I was indeed amazed and ran into plenty of other people who had no clue you could fly around anywhere and not point and click to go places lmao.
Was funny and sad.
ipitydatfu
Member
i would love to have a fucking huge screen to play this on
razgriz417
Member
Thanks for the explanation, man this game's political landscape changes everytime I read about it
KingGiddra
Member
There isn't a "third largest." There are two superpowers in EVE. No one else could realistically enter the battle at this point.
Smaller entities have been destroying key assets during this battle. A small pirate corporation managed to destroy a lone titan in the middle of nowhere attempting to get to the battle. A primarily roleplaying alliance managed to gank a Russian supercarrier in a similar situation.
I always loved bumping people mining. Miners were so easy to piss off, I would can flip them, get them to open my can, and Pop.
hahaha. This perfectly summarizes this situation.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
lol