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CCP Announces Console MMO Tie-In To the EVE Universe
Hork_Monkey writes "CCP Games, developer of the popular MMO EVE Online, has announced a new game called Dust 514. Building on the EVE universe, this game will provide planetary combat from an RTS and FPS perspective, with significant impact into the space combat aspects of EVE Online. Love or hate EVE Online, this appears to be an innovative way to expand the overall universe by catering to a different gamer audience. A video with a trailer and further explanation was posted from GDC Europe."
That seems like an interesting first.
I've heard that there is a "walk around in stations" change coming to E.O. Does that mean that once this is in place, you will have to be careful when walking around stations? I guess it might allow for station taking missions where you have to fight your way through the station. That could be cool I guess, But EVE is pretty complex as it is.
Both FPSs and RTSs require keyboard+mouse control to be enjoyable. This game is certainly going to suck.
About 4 months now, I was playing wow for a few years and just needed a change.
The universe is complex, but the training and progression system is unbelievable. I have friends int he service who are on duty for sometimes weeks at a time. They are progresssing at the exact same pace that the rest of us are that might play 3-4 nights a week. After about 6 months, you're competent with just about anything you want to do, and then further specialization allows for deeper access to ships and better equipment.
The difference i like between EVE and WoW, you don't really need to raid to get into a decent ship and get good equipment. Just about everyone has access to everything in the game. Just fly to Jita and buy what you're looking for :)
Massively has run another wrap-up article on the announcement: http://www.massively.com/2009/08/18/ccp-games-reveals-new-eve-online-console-mmo-dust-514/ Details on how exactly this will impact 0.0 soverignty are scarce and as usually happens with the EVE forum when big announcements occur, people are assuming the worst. It's an ambitious plan that has the potential to extend EVE into the console market but there's a lot that could go wrong with it. If past experience is anything to go by though, CCP are certainly capable of doing the "impossible".
I thnk it's pretty nice that eve manages to make big news time and time again. The game is already complex and very interesting and ever-changing. This will just add another layer to it, increasing the complexity but also giving eve's universe a chance to interest non-MMORPG people. Yes, i know this new game is called an MMO, but you're using guns. You need to aim. It's not goign to be an MMO, it's going to be an fps with MMO elements, like call of duty already has. The big difference will be the dependancy on you from another game - wich is completely unique. CCP is really trying to make a good game here, and with their history i would like to see how this ends up.
I'm going to be hiring Dust soldiers to do my bidding
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I'm curious how they're going to go about this. For the most part people who play EVE don't do much FPS, and vice versa. Without an overlap in the player base, they'll be essentially making a completely different game for a different demographic. So what's the point of trying to tie the two together?
If you're looking for a game that: ...you should check out PlanetSide.
- is grind free (you play to play, not just to get the next *ding*)
- doesn't have straight jacket classes
- has a shallow power curve (and therefore no noobstomping)
- has no currency (and therefore no gold farmers, no buying of virtual items, no twinking)
- requires some skill (as opposed to letting equations and die rolls do the work)
- encourages/rewards teamwork, but also allows solo play
- rewards strategy and tactics
- has massive maps
- can have up to 150 vs. 150 vs. 150 on one map
- Does not reset every X minutes, or when the "round" is over (anything you conquer stays yours for as long as you can hold it)
- allows for multiple play styles (stealth, flight, infantry, armor, power armor suits, support, sniping etc)
Download the SOE Station Client and then the PlanetSide 14 day trial client. Create a Vanu Sovereignty character on the Gemini (US) server. Around 1930 Eastern, look for players with the tag "Ghosts of the Revolution". That's my outfit (guild). They will help you get started. We have weekly raids on Thursday of 30 to 90 players organized into divisions and using TeamSpeak. My primary character is N1H1L (Nihil).
Hit reply to pour on the PlanetSide hate or to ask questions about the game or my outfit.
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Will there be a PC VERSION ?!?!?! EVE is great fun and I almost died last year when they started talking about FPS combat for EVE. I have too much money in my PC as it is I don't want a reason to buy a consol. Plus I F***ing hate thumb sticks.
In the top-right corner of this page is an advert* for the following site: http://mmorpged.net/eve/ ** ...but I don't know where to report it to.
IT IS A SCAM
* for those of you not blocking ads. I myself have the slashdot "Ads disabled" checkbox immediately below that ad ticked, rather than running adblock on this site, but the advert's still there for some reason.
** url is not a link to protect the stupid
If you go to that crazy page and read, it talks about "owning your server", "leveling" and "if you just want the ISK for your mount". NONE OF THESE APPLY TO EVE. EVE is a one server game, your character doesn't "level up" and you don't buy a "mount" with lots of currency. The page is a copy of another advert scam page, and they haven't even made it match the game they are scamming for, more than changing the currency. It even says "strategies that [...] make kama for you!". Kama is the currency from the Dofus, which unsuprisingly they ALSO have a page for: http://www.mmorpged.net/dofus/
The Everquest 2 page on the same site is better: http://www.mmorpged.net/everquest2/
It says "all you have to do is take the link here to order your copy of EVE Ultimate gold Guide." (whoops, wrong game) and if you click the order link it invoices you for "Lord of the Rings Online Gold Guide". Clever.
Now, does anyone know where I could report it to google (ads) as a scam?
footage was 'slipped' into one of the speeches during fanfest last year and they also showed off the planetary interface. this has probably been in the works for the last two years already.
i look forward to it as it will add a new dynamic to the mmo while giving a new view into the universe. i have an xbox and an sli-pc so if it comes out on either i will be happy.
I would give everything i own for a little bit more.
In the video Hilmar mentioned that the number 514 had some signifficance in the gameworld. Has anyone figured out what that is?
Sindri Traustason.
So which GM should I pay off with the new expansion to get all of the good rare items?
The problem with these games is trying to bring new people into this game. The game and economy are so established that it will be very difficult to make it up higher in the ranks of the other players.
I am the type of gamer where I am a perfectionist. I always go for a 1000 gamer score per 360 game, and will feel stuck on a game until I do it.
With something like Eve, the economy and game are so massive that it will be difficult to take out the highest people in the highest guilds to make yourself the top dog
I cannot believe something as interesting as this is a blurb that never hit the front page.