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The safe areas that are being generated by Novaquark are a great idea, but I feel they may lead to some problematic game elements.
 
Players will likely build in safe areas and only journey outside of them to mine. Players in safe areas will likely be neighbors with bitter enemies. Trolls could interrupt multi-hex building projects by claiming hexes in the path of development. There is less of a reason for people to band together to form protection if it is inherent to the game.  
I am a huge believer in emergent gameplay, and this game relies almost entirely on it. Emergent gameplay is the idea that rules and systems are established which sort of "Make sense," and then players find ways to extract value, power, and fun from them in ways that the devs may not have initially intended. An example is movement patterns in Starcraft 1, Wormhole pirate guilds in EVE online, and metagame strategies in almost every game.
 
I propose a system which in a simple manner mimics the way real cities were formed. When a new hex territory is claimed grant it "Frontier" status which offers little or no protection. Once it is surrounded by other claimed hex tiles grant the center tile an upgraded protection status and a new name like Rural area. When all the frontier hexes bordering this rural area are surrounded by frontier hexes, they become rural and the center hex becomes suburban. Continue in this pattern for a number of layers, a progression such as:
 
Frontier Rural Suburban Urban Metropolis  
Adding and removing layers, changing costs of territories, and modifying levels of protection at each status would give devs control over game balance while still feeling fair for pvp. In addition, this gives groups an incentive to build together as a troll or bad neighbor building near the city would only have frontier status and likely be soon destroyed.
 
There may also need to be other controls like a minimum of a couple of days at each status level (so that a level 5 protected zone cant be sprung up instantly)
 
This would be a simple system which mimics the way cities start small and grow.
 
I also don't think this should replace safe zones, but be in addition to safe zones.
 

Hello there guys!
I figured it may be better to post later in the week as opposed to April 1st (you know, just so I don't ruin peoples day).

Anyway, it has been a very, very long time since I had updated the charts and I thought I better update them to see what has really changed. 
I can see now that a lot has changed, groups have either collapsed or split up, changed names or gained popularity through other means.

All top ten organizations now sit above one hundred members and Terran Republic is closing in on the thousand member mark, good work guys.
It is good to see the staple names still hovering in the top ten though.

Anyway, just an addition, the new groups, I have started at '0' members as of last update as they had no previous numbers.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the update guys!

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Oct. 8th, 2017 -- April 4th, 2018 Charts
Organization Top Ten Chart


Top Ten Growth Rate


Total/Unique Member Count 

That's a clever question.... Providence and Piracy?.... But, you kow, everything seems to serve someway, and in the others we can find certain "denied" things (ours) that perhaps we never couldn't see by ourselves.... And that's precisally why those things produce a (maybe disturbing) resonance in us...

Well, I don't know how he sees his organization, I'd like to know it, but I guess it's more like a culture... with a well-sounding name

So uh, how is going to be a federation? Did you mean an anarchist state or a volunteered-based government or perhaps just legal terrorism?
And why does this have to be spiritually?

The New Providence Federation is an organization based around pirating and smuggling in the world of Dual Universe.
We are now open to any and all applicants willing to join, the only thing you must do is join our discord and apply on our organization page.
(Discord Closed)
(Community site closed)
 
We hope you consider joining your fellow criminals, in the stars.

 
(Unfortunately closed due to inactivity from me related to depression. I cant really trust myself to be on very much in the near future, like in the recent past.

Great inmersion in this DU virtual reality, by the way, much more interesting than many old-boring affairs of the "real world" virtual reality that they still try to sell us. Excelent reading and edition. Congrats.

The Novean Almanac is a fan magazine about Dual Universe and the Dual Universe community.
There have been three issues in 2018 (as the Novean Dreamers Almanac) and then a long hiatus.
 
But finally...
 
Novean Almanac 4
Editorial: Making history in Dual Universe Dual Universe Development Timeline Community Media Overview Organization Updates Community Projects Overview and a shorty story by Kurock  
PDF, 168 pages, 4.4MB
 

 
Old stuff from 2018:
 
Hello there.
 
This is a magazine about the Dual Universe community.
You should read it, like all the cool kids.
 

(pdf, 2 mb)
 
Contents of issue 1: Cities, the Press and intergovernmental organizations
 

(pdf, 2 mb)
 
Contents of issue 2: War on the Battlefield & War in the Arena, Non-English-speaking communities
 

(pdf, 2 mb)
 
Contents of issue 3: Espionage and Counter-Intelligence, the Service Industry, and a stupid map
 
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It's great to see the news of DU, this contributes MUCH to make this dream come true in new levels. Cheers!

It's great to see the news of DU, this contributes MUCH to make this dream come true in new levels. Cheers!

It's great to see the news of DU, this contributes MUCH to make this dream come true in new levels. Cheers!

Haha, way to kill this topic.  I used to enjoy reading these but as I read this one I peed a little laughing.

This is just an idea regarding what the player-base can do. Have anyone thought of running a commercial-Airline in this game? The Airline-fleet is acquired by ordering ship-types from manufacturers. This will be composed of assets that can carry many passengers per flight (we are talking about 300+ passengers like the Boeing 777-300ER). The crew will be composed of a Captain, a First-Officer, a Coordinator, a Mechanic/Technician, and Cabin-Crews (Flight-attendants), and maybe a medic. The airline will offer classes of seats (economy-class, business-class, premiums, etc). You have to buy your flight-ticket prior to your flight, and in the counter, they will issue you your boarding-pass. There will be code-sharing-agreement between airlines also. 
 
I work for an airline and they give like 8 free 1-way-flights yearly as benefits for working in the company (I would like to see something like that in the game as well). The company that I work for is a low-cost-Airline. While the fares are cheaper in comparison, they charge you a lot for extra baggage and oversize (they also do Cargo, so they do profit a lot). 
 
Have anyone seen the movie "The Passengers"? Something like that for Dual Universe, a space-based airline that will have a long voyage. 

A sophisticated Airline in this game will have to structure their operations and conduct (that's a COO's job), while a CEO's job is managing the whole organization. We call this firm-management. The airline will probably be owned and operated by a corporation. 
 
Ofcourse, there are risks. It will go on the airline's "incident and accident" record and will count as a loss to the company (for example, piracy).
When there is loss and liabilities, there is insurance. I am also hoping to see organizations in this game selling insurance coverage.

Yeah, I understand your point of view, as valid and subjetive as any (including mine).
In my own view, it is not very kind (but the contrary) to mean "I come to take your land, you can join us or leave peacefully (before we use force)".
 
Thank you Ginger, nice week-end!
 
 

Read this part again, pls.
 
Morality:
The Federation will be kind to everybody, but if we want/need something we will take it. As an example, if we conquer a territory where somebody lives, we will give its inhabitants a choice: they can leave without getting harmed or they can choose to become a citizen of The Federation Alpha and enjoy all advantages that the federation offers, which should be preferable for them. Jobs that the state will provide, will be well paid and the workers get a free living area in exchange for their work. Our priority is the well-being of our citizen, that everyone is treated the same good way.
 
Have a nice day!
Kind regards
Ginger

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
 
Your average warmongering dictatorship.
 
No thanks..
 
 

'Thank you from the Oz team!




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My sincere congratulations for this great idea and those people who created it and make it true.
I've enjoyed more than an article there, in OZ. 

Cheers!

Outpost Zebra  
 
 
 
It has been a labour of love, it has. For weeks, a dedicated team worked tirelessly to achieve a goal. A goal not driven by the reward of money or the promise of fame; a goal unaltered by difficulties and undimmed by rumours. That goal, my friends, is Outpost Zebra.
 
This humble Outpost has no other purpose, but to spread the news of Dual Universe far and wide, to provide a platform for interaction between organisations and players alike. Consider it a home away from home, the figurative middle ground where parties on both sides of the spectrum meet to discuss events, share ideas, express opinions, promote their interests, find new friends…recruit new members.
 
In the words of Falstaf:
 
 
Today, that idea has finally taken form. Aided by the ever ready help of ATMLVE, the skill of Epidemic, the expertise of Kael and the knowledge of Anonymous, and the quiet support from members of this Community, Falstaf’s dream of the platform for ideas and opinions to be shared has come true.
 
“Oz”, as we affectionately call it, is still in its infancy. It will mature in due time, and grow greater than many believe it can. However, for that to happen, Oz will need your patronage and your help.
Its goal is not to replace the Dual Universe Forums. No. That is neither our plan nor its purpose. Its goal is to complement the Forums, reach a wider audience, provide a place where conflicts are set aside and new ideas are birthed over jokes, galleries, articles, stories and media.
 
Outpost Zebra is a vantage point, looking over Dual Universe and bringing its best to you without the need to login and play.
 
Hopefully, it will convince thousands that Dual Universe is a life worth living.
 
It’s online now – the Outpost is active.
 
Cheers.  
 
 
 

 
 
 
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Thanks for the support ForlornFoe!
 
We plan to keep the content coming on a regular schedule.

Oh my, it's getting crowded in here.
 
All for the better. On we go.

Greetings, fellow explorers, builders and settlers !  
   
 
Dual Universe Sleepers is a fansite presenting daily infos on your favorite game, along with (soon to come) fan productions such as an illustrated timeline and themed wallpapers.  
 
   
 
When the game goes live, D.U.S. will also form an informal network of observers within the galaxy, bent on collecting and recording knowledge and history. You can even join it right away without leaving any organization you already belong to.  
 
   
 
This is all in the "humble beginnings" stage, but will flesh out over time; any advice and participation is welcome !  
 
   
 
You'll find a weekly roundup on this thread every sunday, feel free to comment and suggest, as all of this is just taking shape.  
 
   
 
"As we go forward without hope of return, we sleep. And we dream."  

Something I have always found extraordinarily dumb in a lot of the Science Fiction books I have read is the fact that, under combat conditions, the ships stay pressurized with atmosphere. In general for a plain flight this would be fine but in combat it can lead to many problems such as fire, depressurization, secondary explosions, people getting blown out into space, ect. It would make far more sense to simply deal with the problems of some space suit (its a future so I am assuming the suits are no where near as bulky and hard to move around in as current). Maybe some places could stay pressurized but the whole ship doesn't need to. In game this could be as simple as slightly changes damage values like some things don't actually penetrate as much or cause secondary explosions though its very dependent on the mechanics in the game. Those two suggestions were basically to simulate it without actually needing to model a simple atmos type system.

Your sense of humor and irony are very appreciated, my friend.
I'm also thinking to try to convince everybody that goverments don't take care of us in the same measure in wich we take care of us as a collective and as individuals.
 

 

Dear leaders, directors, CEOs and presidents of the industry,
today, I am here on behalf of Objective Driveyards to propose a beneficial offer.
We would like to propose the creation of a Company-wide Expo to showcase the greatest technologies, accomplishments and designs the shipbuilding industry can offer.
Participating in alpha and beta will be free for everyone interested and may help each of us to improve our reputation and make our names known.
We ask your participation in this Expo as a joint project between many ship building organizations to make this a project with impact and value.

The discord for this event can be found here https://discord.gg/agD4r5X



The Alioth Aerospace Expo is an exciting opportunity for ship enthusiasts, pilots, and manufacturers to gather and celebrate the latest and greatest in aerospace technology.

When and where will the expo take place? The Expo will be an exclusive week-long event held semi annually in a convention center within the Arkship safe-zone. The first trial expos are slated to be held some time during Alpha and Beta.

Why should I attend? The Expo aims to become a central hub of the shipbuilding scene. It is an opportunity for both industry giants and innovative startups to attract new civilian and military customers, by showcasing their talent to the wider player base.

How will the Expo be funded? Exhibitions of various sizes will be rented out to attending manufacturers. In addition, sponsorships from outside organizations will be accepted. Alpha and Beta Expo attendance will be free of charge in an effort to raise awareness about the event.

How will the Expo be organized? The expo will be organized by an Honorary Committee, made up of attending organization leaders and respected community members, who will elect an Executive Director for each expo. They will handle logistics, organization of the expo, hosted contests, and events.











And many others! Check the discord for more! https://discord.gg/agD4r5X