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Hello my COPS Coalition friends!
 
Pleased to reveal COPS has it's first prototype t-shirts! Once we're closer to release of Dual Universe, we can make arrangements for those who would like to have one!
 
Might be useful at a NovaQuark/Dual Universe convention at some point 
 

Hello my COPS Coalition friends!
 
Pleased to reveal COPS has it's first prototype t-shirts! Once we're closer to release of Dual Universe, we can make arrangements for those who would like to have one!
 
Might be useful at a NovaQuark/Dual Universe convention at some point 
 

Dont forget, COPS's first game night is tomorrow at 4 PM CST! We'll be playing planetside 2 on the Emerald server. Teamspeak info is in the quote.

Hello my COPS Coalition friends!
 
Pleased to reveal COPS has it's first prototype t-shirts! Once we're closer to release of Dual Universe, we can make arrangements for those who would like to have one!
 
Might be useful at a NovaQuark/Dual Universe convention at some point 
 

DU has alien ruins - we can expect to encounter citizens of those alien civilizations at some point.
We won't have any NPCs at Alpha. But, expect intelligent NPCs to be encountered at some point - may take a year or two.
 
PvE will literally be playing against the environment for the most part - that won't necessarily entail fighting animals.
It's not really that PvE is another form of PvP, rather it will be that PvP will be split between direct PvP combat and indirect PvP conflict.
Conflict doen't necessarily entail fighting - may not even entail competition.
And it will be possible to become remote hermits who encounter no player competition at all.

1: This a poor description of the solo outlook. Solo simply refers to players who don't like to rely primarily on a group to accomplish game objectives. Solo players may -and often do- enjoy communicating with and interacting with other players.
Soloers are especially unlikely to join a group for combat purposes.
 
 
 
The segregation we will have will rely on Arkification.
We start the game in an area that is immune to PvP combat - and players will have opportunities to create more areas that are immune to PvP combat.
That allows the possibility for everyone to migrate to areas of interest according to their mood. And also motivates players to actively support their interests - either by creating or protecting safe zones or by taking control of safe zones.
 
Solo vs group will occur organically since players can create their own content and decide for themselves whether their goals can be achieved solo or with a group.
I'm not really sure what "group abuse" means, but individual players can create their own safe havens from groups - whether that's an underground lair, a stealth scout ship or a personal lab on a multi-crew ship.

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Website looks great also!

Well folks, after one final all-nighter, I finally have my organization and my website set up!!
 
 
Introducing...
 

 
 
https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/the-outfit
 
The Outfit is an organization of outcasts; including smugglers, merchants, traders, pirates, rogues and like-minded entrepreneurs. 
 
While a lot of things still need to be done yet, we have a private forum set up and are ready to start making new friends and building an awesome community. 
 
Please check it out and feel free to PM me with any questions. 

Hello my COPS Coalition friends!
 
Pleased to reveal COPS has it's first prototype t-shirts! Once we're closer to release of Dual Universe, we can make arrangements for those who would like to have one!
 
Might be useful at a NovaQuark/Dual Universe convention at some point 
 

You would also be excluding yourself from the emergent game play, by playing online only when it suits you. I understand where you're coming from, don't get me wrong. And I wouldn't mind an offline ship/building designer, but as far as actually building and playing goes, online only. 

Hello my COPS Coalition friends!
 
Pleased to reveal COPS has it's first prototype t-shirts! Once we're closer to release of Dual Universe, we can make arrangements for those who would like to have one!
 
Might be useful at a NovaQuark/Dual Universe convention at some point 
 

guys take a look on ship that i build in 2.5-3 hours i named it Tartadon 7500 concept 1

Link:
http://imgur.com/gallery/Bq1Wg

its suvrival ready
able to care around 200-300 people
17milion kg 
3.2 GW gigawats of energy
178 gyroscopes
44 jumpdrives or warpdrives
and it hase 303 thrusters

the ship is not completed yed as you can se on images!
but it will be soon!

downloaded the game last night so i'm ready to go!

For COPS' game night this upcoming Saturday, we will be playing on the Emerald Server in Planetside 2. 
 
Same time and teamspeak server. 
 
Thanks,
Cybrex

There'll be big Organizations coming in, no worries there lol. It's early days, best we start strong early on and build a sturdy foundation for the challenges yet to come!
 
  Thank you for the vote of confidence , I know there's a few here with handy skills and experience, and I too have observed you and am glad you've chosen to join us! *plops a cold, frothy beer on the table*

I think, Pirate Smuggler friend, you underestimate my capacity to disengage and disassemble all vestiges and signs of your countermeasures!

Greetings fellow COPS mates!
 
As Captain Kiklix here said, we're an umbrella organisation with smaller ones within, such as my Astrum Enterprises. I'm a free spirit, but I also like a good tight-knit group of friends who love to build, explore, and make the most of their gaming experience, who you can rely on for friendly comradeship in times of need.

After conversing with the majority of members in COPS, and reaching out to a few other DU community members, seems that Planetside 2 is a good option for us all to group up and play together! It is free to play, and team oriented. It couldn't hurt to at least try it right?

 

Here are the current details for 7/30s Game Night!

 

Date: 7/30 Saturday

Time: 4 PM CST (This should be 10 PM for our UK guys)

Game: Planetside 2 (Terran Republic Faction)

Voice Chat: Teamspeak 66.150.214.9:15490

 

If you have any questions please let me know! If anything changes with the plans, I'll be sure to let everyone know before hand. Also, this offer is also extended to the rest of the Dual Universe community. Come pew pew with your fellow DU comrades!

 

I really hope to see everyone there!

 

Thanks,

Cybrex

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to the COPS community for pushing us past the 50 member point. Glad to see there are so many like minded individuals coming to Dual Universe and finding interest in our growing community.

Hehe maybe Friday nights could be "Snuggle Time".
 
In echo of Kiklix I'm past the days where I want to actively recruit anyone. Organic growth seems better, including friends and family coming in as well.The people who approach us want to join us, I'm not a believer in chasing anyone.
 
I look forward to us developing a sense of kinship.

Hashing out ship classes isn't really important right now as every faction will classify their ships differently than the next. What I call a Battleship, you might call something else. However,  there will prolly be a certain class of ship that comes about that everyone will recognize: Captial Ships/Flagships
 
I forsee many of the big corporations and nations that pop up in the game will have a Flagship that, while it might fit any other ship class, is set apart because it's their best ship. It's the ship you see on recruitment ads and such that say: "Join us, we're powerful! Just look at this ship we made, isn't it awesome?". Ships like these would probably be known throughout the universe, if not in specifications then at least in name. I remember someone wanting to make a ship called Mjolnir, that had a giant lightning cannon along it's spine. It really piqued my interest into ships of such a scale.
 
Ships like this wouldn't have a class, simply a name. I'd like to hear about your ideas for future Flagships

More to the point, not everyone is interested in "military sci-fi" - not all explorers and traders in DU will be military... in fact, not all fighters in DU will be "military".

My point of view is that designating ship types adds fun and depth to the constructs we all make. From a practical perspective though people will call their ships what they want to call them simply because they like the name type. Delegating ship types names will be doable inside of an given organization, but I highly doubt these names types will be reinforced on a global, game wide scale.
 
I say let people call their ships whatever they want to call them. Personally I would love to go up against a mothership that is the size of a smart car, with it's two person capacity.

Sounds good to me! Anything to be prepared is good in my view. I may keep dabbling in Landmark until I can get my paws on Dual *muhahaha*

I'll be hosting COPS' first game night this coming Saturday! While this is mainly for COPS members, anyone else in the Dual Universe community are more than welcome to come participate. We'll be deciding on a game and set time by Thursday, which I'll post here.