EVE General Discussion

So this video seems to be pointing to a rather bleak future for mortal and non-mortals alike.

I observed several things in this video, and subtle as they are, I think their important.

A. The nebula in the background match the nebulae from Thera and some other Shattered Systems.
B. Massive Sleeper type structure surrounded by Drifter, which Hilen is circling.
C. Hilen transmission records alarms indicating rapid loss of shield, armor, and hull damage before the transmission terminates.

Conclusions:

A. Drifters are amassing in unknown W-Space location.
B. Hilen Tukoss is either dead or captured.
C. DED are trying to down play the issue to prevent a panic.

Speculation for the future:

A. Drifters are going to invade somewhere.
B. Empires and/or DED will declare martial law.
C. Entosis Link may be used on structures in W-Space or elsewhere to locate coordinates for the construct or other previously hidden sleeper outposts.

Chime in with you all's thoughts!

Video link:
http://evenews24.com/2015/05/08/watch-this-the-scope-hilen-tukoss-broadcast-revealed/

I find it interesting that the same Tukoss who had been missing for quite some time and recently turned back up is again in the, how shall I say it, the spotlight. It is disturbing that DED and CONCORD are trying to hush this up as well as their attempts to intimidate the Scope personnel.

We capsuleers may not always be the most humane, but one would think that with our combined resources we would be better capable of seeking out Tukoss' last position and discover the staging area the Drifters appear to be using.

I think we certainly need to redouble our efforts get a better handle on the uses of the Entosis link and figure out how to adopt the Drifter tech that is allowing them to stabilize wormholes for their private use. That is one avenue that may lead us directly to where Tukoss is being held, if he still lives, and have the added benefit of possibly giving us technology to stabilize (even create?) wormholes for our own purposes.

I like it.

It just occurred to me, is that the same structure valed in smoke and gases from the Emergent Threat Video where the Seekers were making Drifters from harvested Jove bodies? Maybe that's why they dismanteled the observatories. To fix that thing ( Big structure).

This could be the same one or a different object. Looks like the size of an Iapetan Titan to me.

I just reviewed both videos, those are indeed the same kind of cofiguration. Both videos have the structure or ship class which ever it may be.

Thanks.

We dun goofed, Capsuleers.

I'm not sure about concord disappearing or being nerfed, as eve need a high sec. I can see the game is moving toward having player build stargates, for unknown reason concord is going to allow these gates, or even jump drives / static cynos beacons from player structures.

What probably CCP is doing is far beyond changing the game aggro mechanics in the empire, I think it's more along the lines of malfunctioning stargates and drifters incursions, CCP is going to touch heavly on empire logistic.

Think a second about it, what's more deep gaming wise, you being able to freely engage people like you do in low sec, just with the interference of faction police, or having player build station, used to jump or cyno away around drifter sieges and system lockdowns, with all the possible gameplay of disrupting player operation, put up cyno jammers, conquer stations and ultimately shoot people in the face because of defending or attacking said stations?

Also remember, at fanfest they said all the station services are going away, why is that? How is that? Is it related to next iteration of entosys being able to alter system indexes (mining, industrial, ratting, etc)? Are sleepers going to use entosys like we do to conquer and/or disable stations in empire and low sec?

You don't need concord nerfed to stir the water of this game, simply disable heavly the logistic, how you move your goods and how you base your operation, regardless you are the bearest of the bears or the most dreaded of the pirates, you need somewhere to store your stuff safely (even if you use a neutral alt), you need to move your stuff across systems, be it your shiny marauder for missions or your catalysts for ganking miners.

Also noted should be ticker at the bottom of The Scope piece on Tukos reporting that capsuleers are applying pressure on CONCORD with regards to their alliance registration. I postulate that should CONCORD be attacked by the Drifters then there would be a significant consolidation of CONCORD and DED in and around high security space to maintain 'law and order'. The significant benefit of this to capsuleers will simply be that CONCORD's ability to limit our actions will be curtailed.

There also must be other uses for the tech released by Carthum apart from their current application on the Jovian listening posts.

Hm has anyone tried using entosis link on the drifter structures and ships? Maybe we will get some info like from jovian observatories?