I Am My Own Air Support: Introduction/Mission Statement/About/Rambling Mess

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Introduction/Mission Statement/About/Rambling Mess

"One Universe // One War" is the slogan that CCP has been using to tout the connection between EVE Online and DUST 514, and I hope to take full advantage of that. My EVE main has been involved in Amarrian FW almost since his creation, and I'm hoping on doing a little ground-pounding to help the fight in space. This blog will be all about my experiences of trying to fight the good fight both in space and on the ground, and might even involve a little of me playing with myself, something which all EVE players have a lot of experience with - multiple accounts (what did you think I meant?).

I had been interested in DUST514 since I saw the first promotional trailers CCP put out long ago. When my brother was looking to get rid of his PS3, I bought it off of him for $150 for the express purpose of playing DUST 514, and I hadn't even gotten accepted to the closed beta yet. While I have used my PS3 for other games (Space Marine, Saints Row the Third, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown), its primary purpose was DUST. Unfortunately, a bad internet connection kept me from participating in the closed beta when I was accepted, but a couple of months after the open beta and lift of the NDA, I had a better connection and have been playing ever since. The game still has some glaring bugs, such as spawning in the middle of the enemy, your body spawning in-game before your screen even loads the battle (a combination of the two resulting in your death before you even fully left the spawn screen), and some wonky hit-detection resulting in your rounds hitting sudden impenetrable shields around players (mostly happens with the sniper rifle from my observations), but overall I have enjoyed my time playing.

FW participation in DUST is limited to corporate battles at the moment, something that I am as of yet uninvolved as I look for an Amarrian loyalist corporation to pal around with. Come May 6th and the new DUST build, Uprising, FW battles will apparently be like the current instant battles, where you just pick and go. Dusties will be able to select which side they are fighting for and then go about conquering the district for their chosen faction and making it slightly easier for the FW players in EVE to capture or keep the system.
Anyways, I invite you to follow my likely descent into madness as I try to fight a multi-front war on two different platforms. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

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The Key

Capsuleer’s Guide to DUST 514

Ambush – A game mode where you have to deplete the other team’s clone reserves to win. Each team only has 80 respawns to divide amongst themselves. Kill the enemy 80 times and you win. Also comes in an “OMS,” or “Off Map Support” variant where turrets and supply depots are dropped from the sky.

Dropsuit -The personal armor that is able to be fitted with modules.

Comes in 4 varieties:

Scout – Light, fast, and fragile.
Assault – The main attack class. Good all around.
Logistics – Made to rep and provide support, but lots of slots make them versatile
Heavy – Slow, steady, and the only class able to wield heavy weapons.
There are also 4 tiers for both suits and modules – Militia, Standard, Advanced, and Prototype.

HAV: Heavy Assault Vehicle – The tanks of EVE.

LAV: Light Assault Vehicle – The jeeps and buggies of EVE.

MCC: Mobile Command Center – A giant floating ship that serves as both a spawn point and the objective to destroy in Skirmish matches.

RDV: Rapid Deployment Vehicle – The VTOL craft that deliver vehicles in battles.

Skirmish – A game mode where the objective is to destroy the enemy MCC. MCCs fire at each other automatically but the real damage comes from capture-able NULL Cannons (that shoot missiles for some reason) that will fire at the enemy MCC once captured. Each team also has 150 clones in reserve.

WP: War Points – The points granted in battle for killing/destroying enemy players/vehicles, capturing objectives, and assisting team members. Used to “purchase” Orbital/Precision strikes and can be used as a metric to measure how useful someone is/was in a game.

Merc’s Guide to EVE Online

Ihub: Infrastructure Hub – A large structure in space that can be upgraded to improve the Star System. Needs to be attacked and severely damaged in order to conquer, or “flip,” the system. Invulnerable until enough plexes have been captured.

Plex: Complex - The main sovereignty mechanic in Faction Warfare. A “pocket” of space usually protected a gate that only allows certain ship sizes inside. King of the Hill style where the side that can stay near the bunker, or “button,” inside for the whole timer takes the complex and either adds or removes points from the star system’s sovereignty.

Sovereignty – Ownership of a system. Dusties fight for planets; Capsuleers fight for entire star systems. Can be “contested” by offensively plexing, and then “flipped” when enough offensive plexes have been taken and the ihub flipped.