Assault Of M-OEE8
The Assault of M-OEE8 or Siege of M-OEE8 was a battle that was waged in the MMORPG Eve Online between December 3rd and December 10th of 2016. The focus of the battle was a Keepstar class citadel owned by the Alliance known as Circle of Two, which became the first fully operational Keepstar to ever be destroyed in Eve. The final battle on December 10th may have been the largest single engagement to ever be conducted inside a video game, greatly surpassing the Bloodbath of B-R5RB with 5,337 players simultaneously participating at its height. This number was confirmed by a CCP developer on December 11th. [1]
| The Assault of M-OEE8 | ||||||||
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| Part of The Tribute War | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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PanFam
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Circle of TEST
| Over 300 other corporations not specifically allied with either side. | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
| Killah Bee | ProGodLegend | |||||||
Background[edit]
Citadels were released during the April 2016 Eve Online Expansion. After the update was announced, alliance military directors across the game began developing possible tactics for destroying a Keepstar, the largest and most expensive citadel in the game. These massive structures measure over 24,000 square kilometers in size, and cost roughly 300,000,000,000 ISK (in game currency known as Interstellar Kredits), or $5,100.00 USD when converted using the in game PLEX system.[2] While a Keepstar was destroyed during its initial anchoring on September 8th 2016, it was not fully operational and did not reinforce.
The battle in M-OEE8 was one of the final Battles of the Tribute War, an offensive led by Pandemic Legion (PL) and Northern Coalition (NC.) to drive Circle of Two (CO2) and Test Alliance Please Ignore (TEST) out of the region of Tribute. When Circle of Two was forced out of M-OEE8, they were unable to take their Keepstar with them due to the risk of it being destroyed during the unanchoring process.[1]
The Three Stages of Attack[edit]
Citadels in Eve Online are protected from instantaneous attack by a system called reinforcement. They can only be attacked during a vulnerability timer predetermined by the stations' owners, and only a certain amount of damage can be done during each timer. Keepstars are the largest citadels in the game, and have to be reinforced 3 times before they are destroyed. Citadels also have the unique feature known as tethering, in which any ship within a certain radius of the structure is untargetable and invulnerable to all damage sources.[3]
Stage One - Shields[edit]
The first attack against the Keepstar commenced at 18:43 Eve Time (Aligned with coordinated universal time) on December 3rd. The original attacking force consisted of Mercenary Coalition in Ferox Class Battlecruisers, NC. in Machariel Class Faction Battleships, and PL in Typhoon Class Battleships. The attack was mostly uncontested with the exception of the Keepstar's own defensive weapons and point defense. The shields were completely destroyed by 19:11 Eve time, and the citadel entered a 24 hour reinforcement cycle, setting the time for the next attack.[4]
Stage Two - Armor[edit]
The second attack started at 18:44 the next day, on December 4th. In this attack, offensive forces began by using Supercarriers equipped with high-damage fighter-bombers to damage the Keepstar from over 1,000 km away, safely on top of their own citadels that had been anchored after the previous battle. Both CO2 and TEST formed hundreds of cruisers and battleships to defend the citadel. While being heavily outnumbered and outgunned, defenders were still able to destroy many of the incoming fighters, forcing the attackers to engage up close with a mix of sub-capital ships and dreadnoughts. The Keepstar entered it's final reinforcement cycle at 23:16.[5][6] Circle of Two evacuated the area shortly after this stage, since it was clear that they could not hold against the overwhelming attacking forces.[7]
Final Stage - Structure[edit]
The final stage of attack began at 18:44 with 4,950 players in system. Unlike the previous timer, capital ships were not extensively used to attack the structure, instead being reserved for fleet commanders to tether on their own citadels. NC. returned to their Machariels, and Mercenary Coalition along with PL formed in Typhoons for the final battle. Various other forces assembled in ships including Stealth Bombers, Proteus Class Tier Three Cruisers, and Scorpion Class Battleships. Little resistance was offered by CO2 except by the Keepstar's own mounted weapons, which still managed to destroy over a hundred Billion ISK worth of attacking ships before being destroyed itself.[1] CO2's fleets instead opted to ambush enemy fleets as they were entering the system, allowing them to deal significant damage at less risk than would be present in an all out brawl.[7] The Keepstar was finally destroyed at 23:36, just under 5 hours after the battle began.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Watch as over 5,000 EVE Online pilots destroy a fully operational Death Star (updated)". pcgamer. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ↑ "EVE Online: Citadel". updates.eveonline.com. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ↑ "Citadels, sieges and you v2". EVE Online. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ↑ GamingWithDaOpa (2016-12-03), Co2 Keepstar Shield Timer M-OEE8 - EVE Online, retrieved 2016-12-11
- ↑ EVE Online (2016-12-09), The Scope – Circle-Of-Two Prepare For Defense Of M-OEE8 Keepstar, retrieved 2016-12-11
- ↑ GamingWithDaOpa (2016-12-05), Co2 Keepstar Armor Timer M-OEE8 - EVE Online, retrieved 2016-12-11
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hall, Charlie (2016-12-12). "'Death Star' destroyed during the largest battle in Eve Online history (update)". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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