EVE Fiction

Trying my best not to spoil the book, could any CCP give comment as to the changes of allegiance present in Templar One affecting the in-game aspects of EVE?

For instance CorpA's missions should no longer target FactionC's ships. Where as CorpA should perhaps have their targets changed to FactionB? Im sorry if this is confusing but if you read the book it makes perfect sense. Just read the damned thing in a 24 hour period. Couldn't put it down.

The problem I see with it translating to Tranquility is the fact that events in the book should ultimately change the missions that players run for corporations directly involved. A fair few of them had alliances created and disolved, however the agents would be acting counter-intuitive to these changes of aggression.

That and I would love to have an idea when to be around for some crazy in game first hand experience to watch said events happen.

Yes I figured some things had already happened... but a specific corporation would suddenly stop engaging a certain faction after events, yet I still get kill missions against that faction. From what happened that goes counter the storyline.

Man up and get a second hand PS3. You'll spend less on in that you would on a non-mmo game habit, and if your playing dust and eve your won't have time for any other games :P

It's not always about owning a PS3 - I got one hooked up to a fuckin' huge Plasma, but I still would rather play an FPS (MMO or not) on a PC.

Best interface, best graphics, best connectivity and more frags.

AK

Amamake is a system I have seen populated enough that I don't think if an event was likely to happen, it has yet. I haven't checked the timeline in book vs current in EVE so maybe it has or hasn't happened already. Maybe they just didn't do anything here, but they did nuke a station with a nyx to much fanfare, I think they would not pass up the chance for people to witness a huge battle.

And yes, the book is mostly behind the scenes, but as I said, I travel Amamake enough to see enough pilots there at times that if it did happen already, even in the late hours someone would have actively been in game in system when fight was to take place. All events like that have been live events that I have seen.

But there are some things that should resonate outward now, the Ishukone corporation did muster nearly 25% of its forces and it was not a secret. Something should reflect that as this I think would be a very recent development. Some things are just too big to not reflect in game.

Templar 1 makes an entire mockery of the A'J effort in Anoikis. There we all are trying to work out this deep mystery and then along comes a guy with a book (which I still plan on reading) and explains it all? So yeh, looks like a good book, but not yet canon. And if it does become canon then bye bye A'J...

Yes they do add up which was why I was thinking I had missed some events. It's just that Ishukone CLEARLY engaged Amarrian forces with Gallente Federation and the like.

The fact it wasn't a remote system makes it hard to believe that SOMEONE somewhere wouldn't have reported to some news agency or some "player body" what would have happened. It's not that I would ever think it so that characters know what goes on outside the game, but rather it's an potentially great story line change to the humdrum of constant faction states. The empires since the game started have pretty much had a hard line of what empire story line wise acts and feels toward each other.

Templar one presents what would be tantimount to invading your neighbor you are on so so terms with. Gallente didn't out and out engage against Amarrians on the battlefield nearly as much as one would think, rather they assisted Minmatar in a more indirect method against their enemies.

President Roden clearly engaged in an act of war against the Amarrians with Ishukone and Mordu's Legion. This in itself I think warrants a change in hostilities between involved factions. Newslines should speak about sanctions taken against federation and Ishukone interests from some companies. Hell even Caldari Empire I think would at least have tried in a vein attempt to pin down Ishukone after defending themselves against Provists, Tibuss Heth (the prick) should be visibly shattering his career trying to give Ishukone a black eye and saying they killed civilians or some sort of political crap.

I just think a huge waste of an opportunity is happening concerning something that could shift the universal dynamics of politics and war between empires in EVE. We ARE in a sandbox, but the most unsandbox feature of EVE is the fact the empires are not changing their aggression.

Just because Germany was once an enemy for half the world doesn't mean we continue attacking them over half a century later with no change just cause. Amarr now has not only Minmatar as enemies but they SHOULD be actively engaging Ishukone, Gallente, and Mordu's Legion as well, or at least speaking out about how some "heathens committed an affront to God" or some crap.