A recent battle in quite daunting for newcomers, but thousands of fans have deeply enjoyed getting enmeshed in it.
EVE Online has a proud reputation for PvP battles on an unfathomable scale. The intricacies of the game and its economy mean that dedicated players can invest in titanic capital starships with real-world value upwards of thousands of dollars. These massive ships ally with player factions that are massive enough to simulate real-world political forces, and a lot of players are willing to devote their time and loyalty to the cause. Back in October, the game broke two records for online PvP conflict. The fourteen hour engagement took the Guinness World Record for largest number of participants at 8,825 players and the record for peak concurrent participants at 6,557 unique characters.
Now the online space simulator is breaking even more records following the recent Massacre of M2-XFE. As EVE Online news site the New Eden Post elaborates, the Massacre of M2-XFE saw the record for Titans destroyed in a single conflict. Titans are the largest type of spaceship in the game, and are known for sporting devastatingly powerful Doomsday Device weapons. The Massacre of M2-XFE saw no less than 251 Titans destroyed, decimating the previous record of 75. These unprecedented losses resulted in 23.6 trillion ISK lost, the equivalent of $340,000 USD in the real world.
People who aren't familiar with EVE Online will likely balk at the cataclysmic cost of this battle, but this is really the heart of what EVE Online is all about. Fans are very familiar with the titanic battles that make up EVE Online, to the point that some major factions actually had to call a ceasefire during the Christmas season. Dedicated internet denizens can find a wealth of war stories from EVE Online, each more outlandish than the last.
When one things of large-scale MMORPGs, one tends to think of games like it will outlive everyone playing it now. With battles like these, even if EVE Online isn't online in fifty years or so, it will certainly leave a legacy worth ing for generations to come.
Source: New Eden Post
