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==Orbital Bombardment== | ==Orbital Bombardment== | ||
[[File:Soundwave.jpg|thumb|300px|CCP Soundwave demonstrates orbital bombardment, March 2012.]] | |||
Demonstrated for the first time at [http://youtu.be/rF4diq-KlXI Fanfest 2012], Orbital Bombardment is the first of the more obvious gameplay links between '''Dust 514''' and '''Eve Online'''. | Demonstrated for the first time at [http://youtu.be/rF4diq-KlXI Fanfest 2012], Orbital Bombardment is the first of the more obvious gameplay links between '''Dust 514''' and '''Eve Online'''. | ||
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There are currently in the Open Beta, two versions of OB. A computer controlled version used in the quick match style Ambush and Skirmish game modes of Dust 514 and the more grandiose and satisfying 'Live', version, performed by a player of '''Eve Online''' on their PC or Macintosh as part of Factional Warfare. | There are currently in the Open Beta, two versions of OB. A computer controlled version used in the quick match style Ambush and Skirmish game modes of Dust 514 and the more grandiose and satisfying 'Live', version, performed by a player of '''Eve Online''' on their PC or Macintosh as part of Factional Warfare. | ||
==Faction Warfare== | ==Faction Warfare== | ||
The use of Orbital Bombardment in New Eden is currently limited to [[Factional_Warfare|Factional Warfare]]. This [http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=74180 Dev Blog] and the links within offers a clearer explanation of the mechanic. By limiting the use of OB to Factional Warfare, CCP are using a live testing facility on the main Eve Server, [[Tranquility#TQ|Tranquility]], while being able to tweak and alter the finer points of OB both in terms of balancing and from a technical standpoint. While doing so, they give Dust Merc's in the Open Beta, the opportunity to have a meaningful impact in New Eden, further cementing the principle of a single | The use of Orbital Bombardment in New Eden is currently limited to [[Factional_Warfare|Factional Warfare]]. This [http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=74180 Dev Blog] and the links within offers a clearer explanation of the mechanic. By limiting the use of OB to Factional Warfare, CCP are using a live testing facility on the main Eve Server, [[Tranquility#TQ|Tranquility]], while being able to tweak and alter the finer points of OB both in terms of balancing and from a technical standpoint. While doing so, they give Dust Merc's in the Open Beta, the opportunity to have a meaningful impact in New Eden, further cementing the principle of a single shared game universe. | ||
While in orbit around the planet, the Eve pilot can be attacked by members of an opposing faction and destroyed. Meaning that the OB that a group of Dust Merc's have called in and are in need of, may never come. | While in orbit around the planet, the Eve pilot can be attacked by members of an opposing faction and destroyed. Meaning that the OB that a group of Dust Merc's have called in and are in need of, may never come. | ||
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