Dust 514

[HiredMan]

Goddamn I hope this takes off. EVEryone (heh) should buy this. I can fund your merc clan and nuke your enemies from orbit.

[Natrak]

I refuse to encourage your dangerous habits!

[HiredMan]

Quiet you!

I might (briefly) stop playing EVE to play this.

Ah who am I ****en kidding.... I'll play both!

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Put these nerdy games on the 360 or the Windows.

[HiredMan]

Originally Posted by igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!

Put these nerdy games on the 360 or the Windows.

Geez I wish. They're wasted on the likes of you.

Ya gotta understand complicated stuff for a game like this. Like economics, and fun. S'ok, I'm sure you're having lots of fun with the simple stuff.

[Lazlow]

I have no idea what this is... a FPS that ties in with EVE Online?

Didn't really grab me. Felt like a game I'd seen many times before; what's the hook?

[HiredMan]

Originally Posted by Lazlow

I have no idea what this is... a FPS that ties in with EVE Online?

Yup, exactly. I havent done too much reading up on it yet (there was apparently a comprehensive article on it in EDGE a few months back which I'll chase up at some stage), but I believe the gist is that the Dust 514 mercenary clans are hired and funded by EVE pilots/corporations/alliances and the battles will have effects on system sovreignty and planetary assets. The trailer shows the cost of the mercs equipment in ISK, which is the currency of EVE, so I'm pretty sure theree will be direct monetary transaction between EVE capsuleers and Dust mercs (I currently have about 1.6billion ISK so should be able to buy my mercs a fair few of those command ship thingies ).

In earlier trailers there have been EVE ships firing on the planetary surface, and in this trailer some sort of cannon is activated from the battlefield that destroys a dreadnought class capital ship orbiting the planet, which alludes to some direct interaction between EVE pilots and Dust players, which will be awesome if it happens.

I believe that the Dust battles will be hosted on Tranquility, EVE's massive single shard super-server (I think it's being beefed up now for the release), so there's definitely potential for a lot of interaction. CCP have a habit of constantly updating EVE with free expansions (2 per year) so I'm guessing this will be the case with Dust too.

The potential is huge, really keen to see how it pans out.

[Vindik8or]

In reality you could win a planetary war by hovering your ship near an asteroid until your gravity deflected its trajectory enough to hit the planet. Or, you know, launch a 2 tonne block of steel out of your hold. War's over.

[HiredMan]

But that ignores the non-science of shields and stuff!

[Vindik8or]

Do these shields and stuff resist multi-megaton explosions?