EVE Online Battle Breaks Records (And Servers) 308
captainktainer writes "In one of the largest tests of EVE Online's new player sovereignty system in the Dominion expansion pack, a fleet of ships attempting to retake a lost star system was effectively annihilated amidst controversy. Defenders IT Alliance, a coalition succeeding the infamous Band of Brothers alliance (whose disbanding was covered in a previous story), effectively annihilated the enemy fleet, destroying thousands of dollars' worth of in-game assets. A representative of the alliance claimed to have destroyed a minimum of four, possibly five or more of the game's most expensive and powerful ship class, known as Titans. Both official and unofficial forums are filled with debate about whether the one-sided battle was due to difference in player skill or the well-known network failures after the release of the expansion. One of the attackers, a member of the GoonSwarm alliance, claims that because of bad coding, 'Only 5% of [the attackers] loaded,' meaning that lag prevented the attackers from using their ships, even as the defenders were able to destroy those ships unopposed. Even members of the victorious IT Alliance expressed disappointment at the outcome of the battle. CCP, EVE Online's publisher, has recently acknowledged poor network performance, especially in the advertised 'large fleet battles' that Dominion was supposed to encourage, and has asked players to help them stress test their code on Tuesday. Despite the admitted network failure, leaders of the attacking force do not expect CCP to replace lost ships, claiming that it was their own fault for not accounting for server failures. The incident raises questions about CCP's ability to cope with the increased network use associated with their rapid growth in subscriptions."
Why Am I Not Surprised (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm not sure about their policy... (Score:0, Funny)
Waaah Waaah!@!!!
Oh noes - I just lost an imaginary spaceship! i want someone to blame someone now! or maybe Ill go back and spend thousands more $ on some more imaginary spacemen
This truly is "stuff that matters"
Re:Thousands? Say it isn't so! (Score:1, Funny)
And in other news, this morning while my mom was on the way to work, she couldn't avoid a piece of road debris, causing thousands of dollars of assets to be destroyed. She had to pull over and call a tow truck.
Is your mom willing to host a LAN party?
Because that'd totally be news for nerds.
Re:Kinda Cool (Score:3, Funny)
Oh yeah, they do treat it as a game.
Re:Here is video of the battle... (Score:3, Funny)
I have no clue about how this game work, but judging by the video the big vessels clearly should have gone into Ludicrous Speed mode!
Re:Kinda Cool (Score:4, Funny)
Ummm... who do I write to for a bailout for my lost ships? Hey, my alliance sure is too big to fail!
Re:Here is video of the battle... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm not sure about their policy... (Score:3, Funny)
Next time you play chess I'll come over, shake the table and make one of your pieces fall down and roll under the couch. Then I'll cry "Oh noes - I just lost an imaginary soldier! I want someone to blame someone now!..."
Re:Easy fix (Score:3, Funny)
Buy more servers, indeed! I'm also told that nine women working together can have a baby in one month.