Jita Park Speakers Corner

full disclosure I love dust and want it to succeed, and want pretty much what you say on your platform. That said I'm afraid that most of the people here are right, if self-righteous self-important douche bags. CSM8 is not the right time to push a dust focused platform. While all these things that you list need to start moving that way now they really should be secondary platforms and approached from an eve centric point of view. Add to that, using CCPs track record on vision vs speed of progress, your platform is way to forward looking. Now foreword looking is not a bad thing, like I said these things need to happen, but for your platform cut down on the grandeur and give some clear paths forward, and achievable goals for the next year, that is where you will have some impact. Once you set the ground work for your platform you can start showing how that leads to your end goal.

"Start at the beginning, and when you reach the end, stop."

I'll state here and now, as I have on a few other occasions, that CSM8 is exactly the time we need to push a DUST focused CSM Representation.

Why? You ask. Well the answer is in the community, and the development of DUST.

What do Capsuleers want from DUST? New resources, new possibilities, the ability to simply reign death and destruction on other players from orbit?

What do Soldiers want from EVE? Support in orbit, ISK, or the ability to strike down the so-called 'gods' in orbit with Skyfire Batteries?

These are question that the community answers daily, and should be represented durign development, not after the game has been fully implemented, setting the standard level of interaction that we must then move to have changed.

In addition my platform does consist of short and longterm goals. Many of which are achievable in a year's term. The 'groundwork' as you say, is set by the rewards for DUST and EVE Interaction. (LP for Orbital Strikes / Engaging Enemies in District Space while a Battle is underway), or increased rewards for systems that have DUST controlled Districts in them. (Increased LP / ISK rewards for Militia actions based on the % that is gained via district control.)

During development is when these should be put in place, not after, else it will be yet another 'change' to the demographic after the first case, and seen as a quick fix for lack of interaction, or abuse of system.

I do also have purely EVE-based agendas, PoS Security and set-up, Nullsec Intel / Warfare, variety of missions, and redistribution of Faction Warfare rewards to make them slightly more viable.

Hunter Blake
aka The Black Jackal

My apolgies for not seeing this message sooner. This is a point I'd love to address.

The integration I'm suggesting will benefit both DUST and EVE.. rewarding EVE for supporting DUST, and vice versa. Capsuleers could get LP for Bombarding planets... or destroying WTs in District Space while a Battle takes place (denying hostile Orbital Strikes).

And on that note, it is actually more correct to say this is 'our' universe now, rather than capsuleers or soldiers. We're all here together, and that's what I wat to represent.

Regarding your question about my secondary platform. "making nullsec more fluid' refers to breaking the wealth and power single coallitions can have in null sec into a more divisable state. Probably one of the biggest amongst these is the presence of Technetium Moons. Highly concentrated in certain region, controlled exclusively by the head corporations. Now moving said deposits around a bit, spreading them evenly through Null sec, would distribute the potential wealth and power, and give those not in the Technetium Rich regions a chance to amass wealth equal to the others.

Or it would cause the larger Alliances to try regain lost resources and overstretch, leaving their own empires vulnerable.

This would, of course, apply to more than just Technetium, but a range of resouces.

One idea of such was one of destructable Stations in non-NPC Nullsec. Coupled with a select few stations capable of docking Super Capitals and Titans.

The idea would work thusly:

A Station would still follow similar rules to what it does now, reinforcement timers etc. but at half hull it would first become Incapacitated, then destroyed at 0%. Leaving behind a 'wreckage'. That wreckage will have an assortment of 'dropped' equipment resulting from EVERYTHING that was housed in that station, and the station would have to be 'rebuilt' using resources in order to be used again.

In addition, giving a few stations in Nullsec, (10% maybe) the capability of docking Supercaps, and Titans would draw big alliances into conflict over control of those stations. The ability to dock up Supercaps would be an invaluable tool, and make those stations extremely well defended and magnets for conflict.

Thirdly, coming around to the DUST 514 tie in, Once a Station is incapped, instead of destroying it, you could send in a DUST Soldier team you've hired to capture the station. Capturing the station results in the hiring corporation /alliance being handed everything that was in that station, as well as the station control.

These are the future visions, but the groundwork lies in beginning them by having a CSM representative for DUST 514 who can present DUST Soldier points of view.

Hunter Blake
aka The Black Jackal

Just out of curiosity, why do you sign all your posts? You are of course aware that it has your name and details to the left of the text on these forums?

What support?

Hunter Blake
aka. The Black Jackal

So who aren't you purporting to represent?

Furthermore,



and



are both terrible ideas in the context of EVE players wanting a reduced role and increased risk of capitals, especially supercapitals.

You are aware that EVE accounts have to be subscribed to the game for three months before the elections in order to be eligible to vote? I hope that you mean that DUST accounts would have to pay for three months of EVE-time, and have the foresight to do it in advance of the elections.

I feel your platform is a valid position. Although, at this point in time, I don't think it will have enough support to win you the position.

1. Dust players can't vote. Unless the are also an eve player and feel the same appeal you do, for the changes you do.

2. Dust is beta and built, for now, to introduce new players to eve. As a Free Dust will be free throughout beta and function as a gateway MMO for eve, for now. Development will come, integration will come, subscriptions will come and CCP will develop revenue. This is no normal FPS.

3. As long as your plans for dust include pay to play like eve, you may motivate support for your integration ideas and suggestions. I don't see one council member voicing this proposal alone effecting the development plan enough for these changes.

I play both, I would enjoy more interaction options, for the new player and veteran player, on both sides. Good luck, you have work to do.

I interviewed Hunter as part of the Crossing Zebras CSM Election Interviews. You can find the interview here:

http://c-z.me/csm8hunterblake

Sadly TwoStep won't offer you much of a vision, since he isn't running again.