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[Aelisha Montenagre]

2 does seem a fairly credible output, if only because 500 victory difference out of a sample set nearing 13,000 battles seems like a truly marginal victory for either side. 

We should start hearing about the results this week, but the potential for Caldari Prime to become a crucible of war, if only because of the amazing sky box, is definitely there. 

Personally, I am interested to see if we'll get an event when the Drone Swarm coop mode makes it;s debut.  But before then I'd definitely want to be able to pick sides in future inter-faction conflicts.  I got lucky and 8/10 games I got Caldari alignment, but I hated having to drop matches when I got dumped with the FDU. 

[Vikarion]

If people can't pick their side, then 500 truly is a large difference, even out of 13,000. Given that one would expect a 50/50 split, one would not expect most fluctuations to go that large. OTOH, that was hours ago.

Also, there's one other possibility, since it seems that it is CCP keeping tabs, and that is that CCP is simply going to report what is most convenient for the pre-written storyline. Yes, yes, very cynical, I know.

[Aelisha Montenagre]

UPDATE

Caldari have won with 8006 victories to 7427. 

Now to wait and see what happens as a result. 

[Vikarion]

UPDATE

Caldari have won with 8006 victories to 7427. 

Now to wait and see what happens as a result.

Cool. Also, I'll point out that if they do go with option 2, it will once again be an instance of "If Gallente win = epic victory!/If Caldari win = status quo until Gallente try again".

[Desiderya]

I'm confident that no matter what happens, someone will cry foul: CCP conspiracy/bias/fail.

[Morwen Lagann]

Trailer is up on IGN: http://t.co/p1gISLDlOl

[Sakura Nihil]

Realistically, the Gallente have won the planet.  The Caldari might hold the surface for a certain time, but cut off from supplies and without orbital support, they'll be reduced to an insurgency.  Not to say that an insurgency can't do some damage, or last awhile, but de facto control of CP was awarded to the Fed the moment that Titan and its escorts bit the dust.

No pun intended.

[Svetlana Scarlet]

Realistically, the Gallente have won the planet.  The Caldari might hold the surface for a certain time, but cut off from supplies and without orbital support, they'll be reduced to an insurgency.  Not to say that an insurgency can't do some damage, or last awhile, but de facto control of CP was awarded to the Fed the moment that Titan and its escorts bit the dust.

No pun intended.

"We survived on this world for thousands of years without the Gallente. Do they think we will starve now?"

[Arnulf Ogunkoya]

Realistically, the Gallente have won the planet.  The Caldari might hold the surface for a certain time, but cut off from supplies and without orbital support, they'll be reduced to an insurgency.  Not to say that an insurgency can't do some damage, or last awhile, but de facto control of CP was awarded to the Fed the moment that Titan and its escorts bit the dust.

No pun intended.

"We survived on this world for thousands of years without the Gallente. Do they think we will starve now?"

Very likely not. But gear and ammo will gradually be used up, and resupply will be what can be brought in on blockade runners and covert ops ships (or, possibly, by a very sneaky Ishukone). Insurgencies tend to wither and die without outside support.

[Morwen Lagann]

CCP went and had a little fun in the patch today.

[Anslol]

CCP went and had a little fun in the patch today.

Anslo (c) is horrified and fears for the people. Anslo (p) thinks that shit kicks ass and wants more titan dropping for planet scarring.

[Vikarion]

Looks like CCP went for a minor Federal victory, with the Federation controlling some districts, possessing a beachhead, and having captured the Titan crash site.

[Samira Kernher]

"We must be thankful that only part of the Shiigeru entered the atmosphere, and that the most volatile components of the vessel, the reactor cores and engineering decks, were destroyed in orbit. Had they made it to the surface and detonated on impact, the result would no doubt have been an extinction level event for Caldari Prime.”" - Dust begins to clear, full extent of Shiigeru impact now clear

This quote in my mind really paints the Feds as the ones in the wrong for making the attack. Them choosing to assault the fleet quite possibly threatened more damage to the planet than anything the Provists would have done if left alone (even if they had fired, Heth's threat had only been to Gallente districts, not the entire planet). If they hadn't managed to contain the reactor sections in orbit, the planet would be over.

So. Bad Feds.

[Morwen Lagann]

On the other hand, the Titan was a loaded and armed gun that could've been pointed (and fired) at Gallente Prime at any moment.

There's lots of ways to spin this. If nothing else, it'll provide some actually fresh, usable material for IC debates for the first time in a long while.

[Vikarion]

This quote in my mind really paints the Feds as the ones in the wrong for making the attack.

Um, no. This is "the Caldari destroyed their own planet by intentionally placing a Titan over it in low orbit to make sure the Gallente couldn't stop it without mass civilian casualties, even if they did manage to prevent an orbital bombardment".

The way this whole event has been set up is that the Caldari were going to bombard the planet, the Gallente attacked to prevent it, so the Caldari made sure that at least the Titan would wreck the biosphere.