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Bringing Down a Keepstar-Class Citadel Could Cost Pandemic Horde $1M - EVE Online - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited January 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageBringing Down a Keepstar-Class Citadel Could Cost Pandemic Horde $1M - EVE Online - MMORPG.com

EVE Online News - EVE Online players are massing for what appears to be the most costly, if not the largest, space battle in the game's history. Over the course of the past two weeks, The Imperium has been assaulting Pandemic Horde's Keepstar-class Citadel, the largest single structure that players can own. As of today, the Keepstar is in serious trouble and, if destroyed, it could cost players over a million dollars in in-game items.

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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    Wow , that is awesome stuff , cant wait to see the results and some video of this
    MrMelGibsonPhaserlight
  • JunglecharlyJunglecharly Member UncommonPosts: 167
    Breaking news as i am currently watching the battle. A large number of blue dots are colliding with the multiple orange dots approximately at the center of the black background.

    A conversation i had with an expert came to the conclusion that when you're dealing with colliding dots, it usually leads to a repeating pattern. All in all, it can continue indefinitely.

    Masses of blue and orange dots appeared on the black background near the outer edges of the big mass of the orange-blue colliding center.

    It was chaos, dots were blinking, appearing and disappearing on that black background. Was it something to be expected? Yes it was by many. Some are even saying more dots will appear soon.

    I will continue my coverage of this story as more dots appear.
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  • time007time007 Member UncommonPosts: 1,062

    Junglecharly said:

    Breaking news as i am currently watching the battle. A large number of blue dots are colliding with the multiple orange dots approximately at the center of the black background.



    A conversation i had with an expert came to the conclusion that when you're dealing with colliding dots, it usually leads to a repeating pattern. All in all, it can continue indefinitely.



    Masses of blue and orange dots appeared on the black background near the outer edges of the big mass of the orange-blue colliding center.



    It was chaos, dots were blinking, appearing and disappearing on that black background. Was it something to be expected? Yes it was by many. Some are even saying more dots will appear soon.



    I will continue my coverage of this story as more dots appear.




    exactly, thats what turned me off to this game.
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  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    Torval said:
    lol every EVE battle just a little more expensive and epic than the previous one. The next battle will be ultra mega super epic. :lol:
    And some third-world country worth about the cost of these battles is currently going "Mothafuckin dots.  Can I get a case of clean water over here, first world?"
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  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619
    If Pandemic Horde is what is left of Pandemic Legion then I say BLOW THAT SUCKER UP!!!!
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  • TalulaRoseTalulaRose Member RarePosts: 1,247

    Talonsin said:

    If Pandemic Horde is what is left of Pandemic Legion then I say BLOW THAT SUCKER UP!!!!



    Pandemic Horde is the new player corp for Pandemic Legion.
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    And now EVE and Destiny 2 are in the same genre due to some unobserved evolution sequence according to this site...

    Ps. Sorry lads, couldn't pass on this opportunity to be annoying ;)
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Torval said:
    time007 said:

    Junglecharly said:

    Breaking news as i am currently watching the battle. A large number of blue dots are colliding with the multiple orange dots approximately at the center of the black background.



    A conversation i had with an expert came to the conclusion that when you're dealing with colliding dots, it usually leads to a repeating pattern. All in all, it can continue indefinitely.



    Masses of blue and orange dots appeared on the black background near the outer edges of the big mass of the orange-blue colliding center.



    It was chaos, dots were blinking, appearing and disappearing on that black background. Was it something to be expected? Yes it was by many. Some are even saying more dots will appear soon.



    I will continue my coverage of this story as more dots appear.




    exactly, thats what turned me off to this game.
    The masses of blue and orange dots don't concur.
    I have it on good authority the green dots will soon be joining the fray....


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  • DijonCyanideDijonCyanide Member UncommonPosts: 586

    I have it on good authority the green dots will soon be joining the fray....







    I forget, are the green dots the Terran, Protoss, or the Zerg?

    KyleranPhaserlight
  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    CCP should write press-release template for "news" like this and just change location and $$$ sum of losses + attach a screen with random dots on it and some Excel sheets.
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    edited January 2018
    Yes i hear the action is dotted all over with odds and ends of dots scattered everywhere,the dots will continue to amass a great portion of the area for quite some time.
    I am sure the Eve ceo can be seen somewhere close by selling ISK to replenish the losses at discount prices.

    Oh breaking news just in....

    I have checked and the value of 1 billion ISK is around $8.90,so doing the math,a loss of around 1 million weighs in at a whopping 8.9 cents !!!.
    I hope they wil be able to recover from the great losses incurred.

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  • frostymugfrostymug Member RarePosts: 645
    Welp, that was a bit of a letdown.

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  • Jester135Jester135 Member UncommonPosts: 21
    Yet they consistently have 40k-50k ppl on at peak hours for the past decade and a half. Must be doing something right if it's still around.
  • DrakolusDrakolus Member UncommonPosts: 134
    Where does the value come from? The prospective loss of the entire fleet? I thought keepstars and citadels in general just packed off all your stored stuff to the nearest friendly/empire station after some timer, thus you don't lose it?
  • IceAgeIceAge Member EpicPosts: 3,200

    Wizardry said:

    Yes i hear the action is dotted all over with odds and ends of dots scattered everywhere,the dots will continue to amass a great portion of the area for quite some time.
    I am sure the Eve ceo can be seen somewhere close by selling ISK to replenish the losses at discount prices.

    Oh breaking news just in....

    I have checked and the value of 1 billion ISK is around $8.90,so doing the math,a loss of around 1 million weighs in at a whopping 8.9 cents !!!.
    I hope they wil be able to recover from the great losses incurred.



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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Drakolus said:
    Where does the value come from? The prospective loss of the entire fleet? I thought keepstars and citadels in general just packed off all your stored stuff to the nearest friendly/empire station after some timer, thus you don't lose it?
    Yeah, I'm not sure where this article is getting it's math from.


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  • MalasorteMalasorte Member UncommonPosts: 56
    when you have no news to report on .. report on the dots lol
    JamesGoblin
  • TalulaRoseTalulaRose Member RarePosts: 1,247

    Jester135 said:

    Yet they consistently have 40k-50k ppl on at peak hours for the past decade and a half. Must be doing something right if it's still around.



    They use to, not so much anymore.
    Kyleran
  • WellspringWellspring Member EpicPosts: 1,464

    Wizardry said:

    Yes i hear the action is dotted all over with odds and ends of dots scattered everywhere,the dots will continue to amass a great portion of the area for quite some time.
    I am sure the Eve ceo can be seen somewhere close by selling ISK to replenish the losses at discount prices.

    Oh breaking news just in....

    I have checked and the value of 1 billion ISK is around $8.90,so doing the math,a loss of around 1 million weighs in at a whopping 8.9 cents !!!.
    I hope they wil be able to recover from the great losses incurred.



    Was it just 1 million ISK at stake? The article used the dollar sign ($) which would lead most people to think they were talking about the American currency, not in-game ISK.
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  • HashbrickHashbrick Member RarePosts: 1,851
    It's a spreadsheet game, in fact when the battle goes on everything is calculated further into the future because of the massive stats their engine has to crunch when there is that many people shooting their lasers. Absolutely horrible to look at or watch but fascinating to hear about and see the stats. $1M USD seems small by the crazy amount of Titans and players in this battle. It is all suspected loss though, like any war it is an economic battle and the cost of war can be baffling. Be interesting what it turns out to be.
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  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338

    The destruction both fleets suffered valued over $1,000,000 USD real money--not ISK. 

    Broke the record for most players in one system at a time. The number is well above 6,000 players (previous record was 5337, not sure what's that 7500 number). 

    The way they the value is by counting the major battleships (ie. 250 Titans) and the previous huge battle (2014) which was smaller was valued at $750,000 (not $300,000) in losses, so $1m is not actually a far off estimate. 

    Man... I miss EVE. 
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  • RenoakuRenoaku Member EpicPosts: 3,157
    I wonder how many trillions of isk are in the game anyways?
  • markh777markh777 Member UncommonPosts: 150
    I have it on good authority that a mega-super-duper ship roughly the shape of a pie missin a piece appeared on the battle feild and started eating all dots...more on this mysterious ship later...wokka wokka....lolol
    Wellspring
  • VaselVasel Member UncommonPosts: 226
    I still follow some of the highlights from this game. Its pretty cool to see some of the battles play out. The core problem of this game is the community and CCP unwillingness to police it. Since CCP basically endorses scummy behavior.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Renoaku said:
    I wonder how many trillions of isk are in the game anyways?
    As of June 2017,  1.089 quadrillion ISK.

    You gotta go to MOP for EVE news, they have a writer who is a regular player.

    http://massivelyop.com/2017/06/09/eve-online-players-own-over-a-quadrillion-isk/

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