Company CCP Games announced that the players EVE Online, a massively multiplayer online game, set two records “Guinness World Records“by taking part in a large-scale battle that took place within the framework of an inter-user war.
More 8,000 players fought for control of territories in a battle called Fury at FWST-8… The skirmish between the two largest coalitions in EVE Online continued 14 hours…
The gaming community of the game Eve Online has set two world records of the “Guinness Book of Records” at once:
- The largest number of players involved in a PvP battle (8,825 players);
- The largest number of participants simultaneously involved in a PvP battle in a multiplayer video game (6,557 participants).
“EVE Online is no stranger to major in-game conflicts. Every time there is a major battle or any other reason for our community to come together, there is always something to see,” – says Hilmar V. Petursson, CEO of CCP Games. “CCP created EVE Online, but it was our community of players who built the universe of New Eden. It was through their ingenuity that impressive logistics networks (both in-game and in reality) were created to keep so many ships on the battlefield at the same time. Our players deserve of all the awards, because it was thanks to them that all those records were set. The support and passion of the players made EVE Online the game it is. “
In addition, a Russian player took part in a large-scale online battle, who shared his impressions.
“The battle for Kipstar in the FWST system is undoubtedly a historic event – not only of the scale of EVE Online, but of the entire MMORPG world, and indeed, I think, of online gaming in general. As for the clash itself, our alliances and coalitions the command has done a tremendous job of preparing both the fight in the FWST itself and all the battles for Kipstars that took place in that two-week period of time, ” strbrr (Russia), Northern Coalition, PAPI.
It is reported that a large-scale multiplayer conflict between alliances began to unfold in EVE Online in July this year. In the dubbed World War Bee 2, the war took part 130,000 players… They fought for in-game territories and geopolitical dominance. World War Bee 2 is the third total war since the game was released in 2003.
The battle of Fury at FWST-8 is just one of many in this war that players continue to fight to this day. The battle of Fury at FWST-8 stemmed from an attempt by the PAPI coalition to establish a foothold for the Kipstar stronghold in the region known as the Delve, allowing the PAPI fighters with their high-class main ships to advance deeper into the Imperium coalition territory.
To prevent this maneuver, the Imperium coalition launched a long and difficult battle to destroy the citadel and drive back the PAPI coalition forces. As a result, 6,746 ships and the structure of the citadel were destroyed. The battle also lost 362 high-class main ships. Losses in game currency amounted to 1.443 trillion ISK (game currency), which corresponds to USD 18,712… Completely destroyed resources are estimated at 705 billion ISK, which corresponds to USD 9,148…
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