![]() ![]() ![]() To commemorate the event (and the associated damage), an official monument bearing the names of all players involved in the battle is being constructed by developer CCP. However, in this rare instance it did indeed happen, causing the biggest fight we have ever seen, both for the numbers of players involved and the amount of assets destroyed. It is rare in EVE to see so much at stake in a single fight as the losses can undo years of effort from thousands of participating players. “One side started escalating the fight to the absolute maximum of their resources, and the other matched in full not just in terms of manpower but also in the value of assets committed. "This battle is a bit like a poker game where both players stockpiled weapons for several years and then went all-in,” said PAPI member Gobbins. Among all classes of ships, PAPI lost a total of 1,810 ships while the Imperium lost 1,596. PAPI forces lost a combined 130 Titans while the Imperium lost 122. Of the 1,304 Titan ships that participated in the battle, a whopping 257 of them were destroyed. Fighting only ceased when EVE was scheduled to go offline for downtime maintenance. ![]() Estimated ISK (EVE's in-game currency) cost in damages are still being calculated, but early totals reach beyond 700 billion for both sides combined.The ensuing battle lasted approximately 14 hours, with both factions losing supercapital ships (the largest kind in-game, roughly the size of seven Empire State buildings) at a relatively equal rate. Ultimately, GoonSwarm leader The Mittani called the Battle of Asakai "a complete rout" for the powerful Something Awful alliance. The Clusters suffered far worse: 44 Dreadnoughts, 29 Carriers, five Supercarriers, and three Titans. And there were more than one of those behemoths in the battle.įor the HoneyBadgers, losses sustained included six Dreadnoughts, 11 Carriers, and one Supercarrier. A single Titan, bristling with gun emplacements and heavy armor, can need upwards of over 900 pilots to beat down into submission. Titans and Supercarriers are two of the most expensive, deadly, and rare ship types in EVE Online. Eventually, nearly the entirety of Test and GoonSwarm became involved in the tremendous tussle, including the deployment of extra Titans and Supercarriers into the fleets. The pilot, named Dabigredboat, immediately came under heavy attack as the Legion pounced on the extremely valuable ship.īoth Dabigredboat and members of the Legion "bat-phoned"-called in reinforcements-additional members of their alliances over the course of the battle. No, really: A Titan pilot beneath the Cluster banner was attempting a "bridge"-using a ship to act as an artificial warp corridor for other ships-to Asakai VI when he accidentally warped himself straight into a very surprised Pandemic Legion fleet. Strained relations between Test and GoonSwarm reached a breaking point after the leadership threatened open warfare against each other. Seeking to carve out a piece of the galaxy for its own, a large portion of Test broke away from the accord to form HoneyBadgers, an independently operating group still pledging allegiance to Test but not to GoonSwarm. Years before, the Test Alliance was part of the HoneyBadgers in a hulking super-coalition. A sub-alliance within the HoneyBadgers, the Pandemic Legion, focuses on PVP and inciting fleet actions wherever possible. The HoneyBadgers are a coalition leading the Test Alliance, the primary collection of EVE gamers populating Reddit. Its leader, The Mittani, keeps and updates one of the most popular blogs charting the various events transpiring within EVE. The Clusters are led by the GoonSwarm Federation Alliance, a gigantic gamer horde originating from the Something Awful forums.
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