By now, the space-dust has settled and the various factions have pulled out of the galactic sector of B-R5RB in much the same way that a cheap date avoids condoms. EVE Online just saw the biggest ever battle play out in the history of gaming. And it’s getting a memorial.
After 21 hours, the only thing that could halt the battle that was raging on between the Russian Coalition and the Clusterfuck Coalition against the N3 Coalition and Pandemic Legion, was some daily server maintenance. Stephen had pegged the total damage done so far in that game yesterday to be around $250 000.
As of today, that figure now sits at over $300 000 of real world money, with 75 Titans having been destroyed. Titans, the most powerful ships in all of EVE Online take “thousands of man hours to produce, take months to train to fly, and are capable of fitting massive doomsday weapons that obliterate lesser ships with a single volley,” according to the CCP report.
To understand why this battle was so massive, you just have to look at the previous large-scale war that was waged in EVE Online, that saw 12 Titans destroyed. 75 is a ludicrously high number, with the Russian Coalition and Clusterfuck Coalition losing 16 such vessels during the battle, while the N3 Coalition and Pandemic Legion lost 59 Titans. Somewhere out there, nerds are slitting their wrists over this loss. Click to embiggen the picture below for a further understanding of the battle scale:
CCP never even thought that such losses were possible, hence the reason they’re creating Titanomachy, a memorial sector that will be inhabited by the husks of these fallen death stations, that saw The Russian and Clusterfuck Coalitions emerge victorious.
So what’s the final tally for the Battle of B-R5RB? Pretty much this:
- 7458 fighters involved over 55 alliances
- 717 unique player corporations
- 13 Supercarriers destroyed
- 370 Dreadnoughts lost
- 123 Carriers annihilated
- 775 Doomsday lasers fired from Titans, accounting for 24% of all Doomsday attacks in the last two years
- 11 Trillion ISK in damages and losses, which works out to $300 000 – $330 000
There’s only one way to describe this battle, looking at those numbers:
Last Updated: January 30, 2014
Gavin Mannion
January 30, 2014 at 13:04
But who winned Darryn?
The D
January 30, 2014 at 13:05
lol, SHUT UP!
Robert Hart
January 30, 2014 at 13:09
The industrialists who now get paid to replace all the lost ships 😛
Hammersteyn
January 30, 2014 at 13:11
No one won and and now EVE is stuck in a Great Depression. People are kamakazing their ships into nearby planets because of financial ruin.
RinceThis2014
January 30, 2014 at 13:13
So like a Thursday afternoon in SA?
Hammersteyn
January 30, 2014 at 13:16
Exactly, they say in space no one can year you scream. I bet that wasn’t the case during that battle.
RinceThis2014
January 30, 2014 at 13:19
Man. I can only begin to imagine. These okies probably celebrated the creation of their Titans and felt like gods… And now how they have fallen!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 30, 2014 at 13:20
What would you do if someone deleted your Terran player character on PS2?
Hammersteyn
January 30, 2014 at 13:41
Join Vanu?
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 30, 2014 at 13:52
WHAT?
Hammersteyn
January 30, 2014 at 13:57
hehehe not really. Better red than dead.
oVg 60fps > 30fps
January 30, 2014 at 13:38
Titan Fail
MichaelMatusowsky
January 30, 2014 at 15:43
CFC won.
Captain GUZ
January 30, 2014 at 20:38
That day , gaming won , I mean that must off been one of the pinicals of a game that has been running for so long, would have liked to be in that battle.Can you imagine ” secor going down” apps go mad. Ok time to take a “sick day”
RinceThis2014
January 30, 2014 at 13:08
Holy crap man. wow.
Rags
January 30, 2014 at 13:11
Epic stuff!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 30, 2014 at 13:15
O_O
That Tall Ork Norm
January 30, 2014 at 13:19
Besides the fact that you would have to take out another mortgage on your home to play this game, is it any good?
RinceThis2014
January 30, 2014 at 13:21
Yes. On a few conditions. You are single, have so much money you don’t need to work, and are willing to spend up to two years to just learn a skill that allows you to fly a Titan…
That Tall Ork Norm
January 30, 2014 at 13:21
OK, so this is not the game for me.
Willem Swanepoel
January 30, 2014 at 14:18
It is like any other MMO, you need to put it the time to make ISK. Training skills are based on real time and you do not have to be online to train.
Grant Hancock
January 30, 2014 at 13:23
Haven’t played it but does look like it requires a heck of a lot of time to play … would soooo love to play it though ! looks epic
Hammersteyn
January 30, 2014 at 13:43
So I need to stick to Dota. Except for the money part I have a year to learn to play the game so that I don’t get abused when I join other friendly players.
Robert Hart
January 30, 2014 at 13:47
A mortgage as cheap as R100pm? Sheesh how small is your house?!
That Tall Ork Norm
January 30, 2014 at 14:33
🙂
That Tall Ork Norm
January 30, 2014 at 13:23
Must see if there are YouTube videos of this WAAAGH! I mean WAR!
Devourer of Small Bunnies
January 30, 2014 at 13:41
As pathetically anal as it might seem, I’d love to see stats on the economy in a few months time. #warneverchanges
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
January 30, 2014 at 13:45
Ok, I need to resub just to go see this site. Seeing so many destroyed Titans just floating around would be EPIC.
Willem Swanepoel
January 30, 2014 at 14:14
Some of those ships had probably rare equipment items on them for max damage output. Some of those pilots are crying now…
There are websites that list the ships that were shot down and the actual value of the ship (including the equipment value) and the stats of each item value.
The mining industry is smiling big here, it is a good time to start selling those mined minerals 😉
I so want to resub and give it a try again!
David Muller
January 30, 2014 at 15:01
One of the titans had about 120 billion isk in modules, a complete set of officer mods (the most expensive in the game)
Rock789
January 30, 2014 at 16:38
O_O
**passes out**
HvR
January 30, 2014 at 16:58
Funny how these big battles are almost precisely 6 months apart and always happen because some kind of “accident”. Coincidence?
Shraek Eve
January 31, 2014 at 00:54
Was there for PL. it was a sucky fight – Lag won – cfc just had more toys for once, NBD most already replaced.
CraK_Raven
January 31, 2014 at 12:36
Might be a good time to get some of that nulsec space……i mean it’s not like they have the ships to protect it……right