Jita Park Speakers Corner

I support the fact that you have your own preferred candidate. And Twostep has done great things for the community as the Wormhole Candidate and more.

In response to your belief that this isn't the time to shove content down their 'throat' proverbially, I believe that the content is already coming. With the integration of DUST into the community and more, the path is already set, and short of a major setback, DUST 514's integration will continue to become more and more prominent through the course of CSM8.

Here is where I want to be. Tempering the integration, helping shape the content, not shoving down their throat, but helping with content that is already in the works.

I appreciate your honesty, however, and should you vote for the next Twostep endorsed candidate, it would draw ill of me to hold it against you, as I am sure he would only endorse someone fully capable fo filling his shoes.

I hope, however, that I can change you mind on my position, and see that I am simply trying to implement 'reasons' for DUST 514 to be integrated into the community for EVE, and vice versa.

I would push for both, but if it did come to an unlikely crucnch, I would support a DUST / EVE Integration feature before improving PoSes. To say otherwise would devalue my own campaign and be an outright lie. The fact is, I am running for DUST, to represent DUST. I have enough experience in EVE Online to have valuable input into most other areas, but my main focus will be the EVE / DUST Link.

As to the funding. Yes, those 'profits' could have gone to improving EVE Online's existing structures, and to great benefit to the existing community. But would such an initiative, no matter how revolutionary, brought over a million new players to the New Eden Universe? With current Aurum purchases, even during Open beta, I clearly don't have an exact figure as CCP is the one checking incoming revenue, but DUST's AURUM packages are being bought fairly frequently, and that revenue stream would likely be able to keep DUST 514 in development with no, or minimal support from EVE Online bar their initial investments.

With the issue of choice. That doesn't refer to actually playing the game in the end. The quote, taken out of context, may seem to do such a thing, but it refers more to the choice of EVE Players, Corporations, and Alliances able to choose whether or not to utilise DUST mercs or not.

On porting the game across to the PC, I am actually against this process. Not to exclude any particular crowd (by intent anyway), but to prevent further segregation of the community. Not to mention that Sony and CCP have an exclusivity deal that I would hope both companies are going to show good faith in and honor.

A PC port would also cannibalize moreso the EVE Community, and possibly create a segregation within the DUST community itself. If you are capable of producing much highre levels of graphics on the PC version comparative to the DUST 514 version, what incentive is there for anyone to pick up the console version?

The Console -> Server Link is a masterful piece of work, and CCP has worked so hard to achieve it. I believe it would drag EVE players away from EVE, and force most of them to chose. Since alot of people continue to play eve due to its' ability to run on far outdated hardware.

It appears Dust 514 players don't want Hunter Blake as their CSM.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=53193&find=unread is not going well.

Well I am just saying, they don't seem happy with you at all. They're tried of cookie cutter candidates and I hate to admit I hate cookie cutter candidates as well. I normally only vote for folks I ran into the past and had the pleasure (or sometimes displeasure) of working for.

I mean what you got in your bag is a bunch of fairy dust. Its not tangible at all, other CSM people that been in the council in the past had at least marbles. Just because you're an alliance leader, doesn't automatically qualify you for CSM leadership. If anything that's a detractor because most voters would believe you're in the council to try to benefit your alliance.

Either way according to post counts, you're not in bed with the dust 514 community enough. You should post in many more threads and with ideas that are much fresher than the parrots repetitive rabbeling that they been either complaining, clarifying, or confirming the last few months.

My greatest reservation about supporting you is your dangerous lack of knowledge about certain EVE realities. In your Crossing Zebra's interview, you indicated a belief that titans are not usable in lowsec and that only large 0.0 groups have them. In fact, titan use in lowsec for bridging is extremely common, many lowsec alliances have one, and many many more are blue to someone that has one.

How will you approach filling the gaps in your EVE knowledge to positively contribute to development discussions with distant-at-best connections to DUST?

I have seen them sold into lowsec. And I know they aren't altogether 'rare'.

As stated, it was an example. And likely a poor one at that, but the intent was role-specific craft to give a tactical edge.

I have previously stated in another thread that I hope Tiericide will hit Carriers and other Capitals in some way. Allowing for more Capital Role Specific ships. With the addition of treating the 'Super Carriers' as T2 Versions of Carriers.\

The premise ins to push the limits on what is currently the 'meta-game' and bring more variety to some roles.

There are a lot of people who believe that Carriers should ONLY be fit as Support. Remote Reppers, Nuets, etc... And generally they seem to be right, as that's the metagame. However, split the ships up, give them more defined roles into different areas. Support Carrier Vs. Combat Carrier, etc.

That's what I was trying to get across, though as stated, I did use a poor example.

In the future, I will chose examples more carefully, and as always, will continue to look into the aspects of EVE Online that I have little, or less experience of than I would otherwise wish.

These are some things I've decided to elaborate on. Ideas that I'm putting forward, not as part of my CSM Campaign, but as visions for the future of this game, EVE, New Eden, and beyond! I hope to share these visions with you, in the hopes that you can see where I want to lead the community, the game, and it's true potential.

DUST / EVE Integration

I stand for our desire to be a part of the New Eden Community. A part of their world. A part, in such a way, that we are to them, as they are to each other. We play a different game, but these games exist, side-by-side in a grand universe, in real-time, with the ability to affect each other in profound, and meaningful ways.

This begins in Faction Warfare. With the ability to fire at, and call in fire from EVE Capsuleers in orbit. A functionality that is already half in effect. Such a link, magnificent in the making, deserves nourishment, and expansion, into planetary blockades, defence satellites, truly immersive gameplay.


DUST Immersion and Expansion

Here, I will make a statement, and hope that DUST players and EVE players alike don't crucify me before I can clarify my position. DUST needs more of EVE's framework built into it.

We've all been in the 'Instant Battles' that resemble nothing more than the stale, old style of First Person Shooters we either love or hate. But it's the same thing. DUST has the potential to be so much more.
To me, and the overlay of an EVE-style structure on the premise of an MMO FPS like DUST would give it a level of immersion beyond the scope of anything out there, save EVE itself.

Each DISTRICT would become as a System in EVE, with multiple controllable sections, building lots, and truly customizable templates (Player-owned Bases) that can serve as manufacturing, gathering, and defence installations.
Each DISTRICT then has points, similar to Stargates, that link it to other Districts across a Planet's Surface. These points are neutral (CONCORD Controlled), and allow travel to other DISTRICTs for people, vehicles, and aircraft. This gives the ability for Planetary Warfare to span multiple DISTRICTs at a tme, and develop overall strategy. Also grants Planets equivalency to Constellations in EVE.

Each Planet can also have multiple 'Starports' for lack of a better term to allow inter-planetary travel between 'linked' Planets in a System. Thus System-wide Warfare can be extended.

Now, some of your may ask, where do MCCs and Warbarges fit into this? It's a great question, one I'm happy to provide an answer to. Warbarges are where your vehicles are stored, your deployable installations, and other forms of non-carriable equipment belong, waiting to be called down. So if your Warbarge is in orbit, you gain access to your deployable equipment, Precision Strikes, and so on. The MCC is required to 'dock' at certain facitilities to assume control. This 'ship' is controlled by the Commander, and holds firepower enough to damage another MCC, or large ground installations. It also doubles as a mobile Base, able to carry HAVs, LAVs, and Dropships beyond the zone of influence of your Warbarge. (Think Airborne Carrier).

Travelling beyond the influence of your MCC disconnects you from it's CRU, and you then rely on deployed or captured CRUs. Moving beyond the Influence of your Warbarge, means you lack the ability to call in your support vehicles, and / or installations.
These ideas, based within the framework of New Eden, will bring new depth to this grand, expansive MMO FPS and take it beyond anything developed.

Some have asked one question, "If DUST and EVE are unable to grief each other, has the link failed?" This was raised during a conversation with volunteers working for the CPM in fact, a meeting I was fortunate enough to be a part of for a time. And overwhelmingly, the answer was YES. Even from the EVE Players in attendance.

The above ideas give the framework for deep, involved interaction that will bring these two communities together in such a way that there will be no DUST 514, and no EVE Online, but New Eden, and two ways to see the Universe.

One Universe // One War

*Snigger*

I am still not sure why I should in any way shape or form care about dust other than a balance sheet showing that Dust 514 has stopped sucking money out of EvE and that it is economically standing on its own two feet.

And if its not why shouldn't it just be shot in the head now before it costs us more money that could be used to make EvE, the game we all pay for better?