There will be an Ultimate Capital Ship Battle (7) Saturday, June 18, 2005, at 7pm GMT. Use Daylight Saving Time (where applicable) to translate the time. We will be using Scenario 1 for this battle.

The final rules can be found here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10404

There are going to be some changes for the battle this Saturday, because if game update Update 1.2.3.3.

19:00 GMT All cap ships will spawn at their ready positions:
(I don’t know exect locations but they will be spawnd 1 sector away from Sedina B8)

19:20 GMT Cap ships will start moving toward Sedina B8. When the cap ships jump to B8 the battle will start. I will announce the start of the battle on chan 205 and 100.

Please use 205 for event chat and leave 100 for general chat

Please be sure you are all on time. With the changes we should be able to start the battle at 7:20 pm gmt. I would like to start as close to that time as possible. You should arrive at 7 pm GMT though. Remember you need to register with your nation leader to participate

Remember you must register with your nation leader before the start of the battle. Only those players that register will be awarded Combat XP and money.

Serco and UIT (especially Serco) make sure you have a leader in place by 7pm GMT. Hopefully at your Cap ship’s spawning position. Since the battle will start earlier I need you to organize quickly. I will disqualify any team that doesn’t have a leader by 7:10pm GMT. (I will be in game by 6:45pm GMT please contact me as soon as you pick someone.)

Links to more info about the changes to the cap ships can be found at the end of this post

Serco and UIT leaders it more important then ever that you pick a leader before the battle starts,

I once again want to thank the developers and guides for their help. Without them we wouldn’t have a game at all.

As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.

JB

PS. All donations to the prize fund are welcome. Just see me in game to donate.

Links to cap ships changes:

Suggested changes to new capships here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/10619

Suggested changes to border patrol mission here
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/10620

Any comments about the update here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/10606

General Chat about the new cap ships here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/10582

About the last battle here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10581

Bugs about the new up date here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/2/10616
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/2/10615

Pictures here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/10611
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/10610

Thanks again for keeping this going JB! I've told a couple who own a gaming club about it, and they should be on with their 8 hour trials:) I will also be there, despite my tendonitis, to help things go smoothly and take lots of screenshots:) I've had a lot going on this week and havent had a chance to make (or push for) any changes, but you never know what might happen before then ;) nothing drastic for sure, but we might have time to lower the armor a bit and maybe swap out some of the turret weapons.

Thanks Michael hope to see you there.

I wanted to add one thing though. If there are any changes to the cap ship before this battle OR there are already cap ships in Sedina B8 at the start of the battle I won’t declare a winner. Just like last week everyone will get 500 Combat XP and 25K.

Also as I said before this is a UIT vs. Itani vs. Serco battle. Nation leaders MUST be apart of that nation. Last week was a test and we weren’t really organized so I let that rule slide. For this week every nation must have a leader who is in that nation. The nation leaders may accept players from other nations who want to participate. As the Itani leader, I’m not accepting any one who is not an Itani in good standing. I defiantly won’t accept anyone who have acted against the Itani nation in the past. Other leaders may do what they like.

You must register with your nation leader to get the prize.

Remember I’m still accepting donations for the prize money. (hint, hint, HINT :)

And I look forward to seeing you all there.

JB

What if the changes are really minor, like just reducing the armor and beam-weapon damage a bit?

Those 2 small changes would be OK, but any loadout changes might be better done afterwards so we don't have to relearn the ships just before the battle.

But then again, when have the Generals ever listend to the grunts ? :-)

Michael: Each change you make effects the way the cap ships operate. Even supposed minor changes affect the overall battle. So your answer is yes, I won’t declare any winner if any changes are made. I want everyone to at least be familiar with the way the new ships operate before we have a real battle. And especially if you make the changes in the middle of the “night” and test them. Some players will have an unfair advantage. I want these battles to be as fair as possible for all players.

Jakob LeMort: I would rather have the changes made before this week’s battle then during the week. We can test this week again and have a real battle next week.

Even though I’m not a “general” (I think the correct term is admiral though) I do listen and consider all options. I don’t consider anyone a grunt in my/our army.

One more thing to the guides and developers. I would like to have random bots spawned in B8. I know some players did experience some lag during the last battle but most people didn’t. I think the bots would add some excitement to the battle. Not a lot of them just when I or you think things are getting slow.

And another thing :) I would like to plan a couple of unofficial battles next week. Maybe Wenesday 11am and 11pm. Just to give everyone the opportunity to see how the new cap ships operate. The battles would have no rules. I just need a guide to spawn the cap ships and go away. Let me know what you think.

Finally all donations to the prize fund are welcome. Just see me before or right after the battle.

As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.

JB
Ultimate Capital Ship Battle Event Coordinator
Supreme Commander of the Itani Nation

Woooo! Way to go UIT! We p0wned big time.

I left after 1hr 40min and our cap ship was still alive and well... the enemies had been reduced to 1 or 2 suicide bombers that made runs every couple minutes.

Thanks to:

Flecktone
Lahmi
Nerde Verde
The Noid
Hoax
Pixel the Great
QCP46
Vasol Halel
and Three-oh-8

I would like to apologize for not being there during the whole battle. I was at a friends house and he lost his internet connection. I knew something was going on because I had extreme lag and eventually I lost all connection to the server. I was able to transfer the prize money to Michael before I got thrown out of the game.

So I see the UIT won again. Congratulations to the UIT. I did notice that the Itani ship started the battle at 81%. I’m not sure that the caps hips started like that or if it was attacked in Sedina C8. If it was then some one cheated. Since my connection was so bad I really couldn’t take part in the battle anyway. But I did try to observe the battle.

If anyone has any information please post it here. Also any information about how long the cap ships lasted would be helpful.

Again I’m sorry for not being there.

JB

"I did notice that the Itani ship started the battle at 81%"
???

Did anyone else notice this? It looked like it had full health in my screen.