Speculation on the Dust514 > Eve link...

[Zoidberg]

Which means certain people have been buying up lots of AURUM coins on the cheap, lol.

n1n1 although the aurum coins were only available via christmas rewards, correct?

They also came from a Russian retail box offering, if I'm not mistaken. I think it was this one.

[Mike deVoid]

At the Fanfest Dust tournament, everything was cheap. Even the dropship was like 14,000 isk each. Playing the matches (team deathmatch) you got paid on performance, even if your team lost. Pay rates I received were about 150k to 400k. So even if you died loads it was pretty hard to end up with a net loss. It was easy to buy in bulk, and easy to buy all items equipped in any fit all at once (also in bulk).

[Rakshasa The Cat]

There's a bunch of new articles over at http://www.dust514.org/ worth checking out.

[Opati]

looks like the first keys were send, to some playstation guys and not me

[Caldrion Dosto]

well if not enought peopel play Dust they just need to scrap moon minerals from moons in Eve and put em on Dust planets.

U want capitals and t2 ships, pay the mercs


(ofc not gonna happen, but the rage would be fun)

[Mike deVoid]

That doesn't make sense - you don't increase the link between dust and eve if dust is failing.

Also, it appears the 5000 keys sent out are are an internal beta stress test using the fanfest rough build and isn't the 'more polished' version intended for public beta

[Jack bubu]

Hey guys no pay to win here, move along

whahaha :ccp:

[moomers]

wahahaha because alpha build prices are obviously final.

[Rakshasa The Cat]

Also the Aurum stuff is supposed to be equivalent in stats to normal items.

[Jack bubu]

so yeah some ccp dude replied in the dust channel

[15:54:09] GM Karidor > the killswitch is basically identical to the GEK-38 below, it just needs one skill level less to be used. So you can use it earlier, but it's not better than the others in the category.
[15:54:18] GM Karidor > (in it's current incarnation).
[15:54:26] GM Karidor > it's basically a sidegrade on the skill.

[Joshua Foiritain]

Hey guys no pay to win here, move along

whahaha :ccp:

Lolling more at building a titan being 'epic', it being 'epic' at combat and its loss being 'epic'. Not sure who the person talking is but he clearly hasnt actually played eve

Apart from that; The fitting, items, etc all look very eve like. I still find it hard to believe console fps players are going to sit around and compare guns, armor, other stats to see which one is better. Not to mention skill training. "Yes all skills would require 7 years of training" followed by the other guy going

[Rakshasa The Cat]

The untermenschen will never be capable of reaching the same level of intellectual superiority that we EVE players hold.

At the very least add some classes and uniform leveling system so they don't get lost.

[Aurora148]

so yeah some ccp dude replied in the dust channel

[15:54:09] GM Karidor > the killswitch is basically identical to the GEK-38 below, it just needs one skill level less to be used. So you can use it earlier, but it's not better than the others in the category.
[15:54:18] GM Karidor > (in it's current incarnation).
[15:54:26] GM Karidor > it's basically a sidegrade on the skill.

That actually makes a lot of sense.

[Marlona Sky]

How do I find out if I was unlucky enough to get a beta key?

[Jack bubu]

How do I find out if I was unlucky enough to get a beta key?

you probably didnt recieve one, the 5K that went out gone to Sony Keytesters for server stresstesting (dont ask me how you bekome a sony keytester)

[Joshua Foiritain]

How do I find out if I was unlucky enough to get a beta key?

you probably didnt recieve one, the 5K that went out gone to Sony Keytesters for server stresstesting (dont ask me how you bekome a sony keytester)

Know someone who works for sony i imagine.

[Aurora148]

How do I find out if I was unlucky enough to get a beta key?

there is a newfangled technology called email, you should receive an invitation letter in your internet postbox if selected

[DaBigCheez]

...Is it just me, or when scrolling past the skills, was there both a "Light Weapon Capacity" and a "Light Weapon Capacity Proficiency"?

I see they've continued with their intuitive and informative skill names

[DaneJa]

I, for one, will be very proficient in my light weapon capacity.

[Xiang Jiao]

...Is it just me, or when scrolling past the skills, was there both a "Light Weapon Capacity" and a "Light Weapon Capacity Proficiency"?

I see they've continued with their intuitive and informative skill names

They better fucking have Surgical Strike.