The big ship in the background at the start (the leviathan) is a Titan class ship. When someone lights a beacon called a cyno, only large capital ships can jump to them unless a titan creates a bridge which allows small ships to jump to that cyno. Titan pilots screw up sometimes and jump to the cyno instead of creating a bridge and this is what happened here. This was meant to be a small skirmish but the titan accidentally jumped to the beacon so the attacking group wanted to destroy it while the other wanted to protect it. The titan jumps out at 3:24 and escapes but both parties had already committed a large amount of ships into the battle and what ensued is a massive battle that was never intended to take place.
A little something for you non-Eve players to get a sense of scale of the size of this fight...that green ship that looks a bit like a tuning fork in the middle of the screen that the camera is following (the ship of the player who recorded this video) is called a Megathron, a 1017 meter long Battleship. That's over 300 meters longer than the NCC-1701-E Sovereign class Enterprise from the later Star Trek movies. For Battlestar Galactica fans of the newer series, the Galactica is roughly 400 meters longer (so less than 50%). And now compare it to how big some of those ships are that he's flying past. That big grey one, the Leviathan, at the beginning that they try and fail to catch is over 18 kilometers long. That's about the same as six standard Borg Cubes stacked side by side to each other in a line.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Go into the game, then the Market, then the ship preview image/model. It says the length there. The Leviathan is a bit over 18 km, the Avatar is a bit over 13 km. There are also various other size comparison videos/charts kicking around that verify what I said.
Kiljaedenas The camera battleship is actually a vindicator. I was part of the corp you hear comms of during opening (Wolfsbrigade) . Standard fleet was 1-2 vindicator, 1-2 bhaalgorn, guardians, rest apocalypse navy issue. Went for balsy fights most of the time (heavily outnumbered), always had a pantheon carrier group + dreads on standby for escalation and a batphone to Pandemic Legion incase shit really hit the fan (like this) . Everyone was required to have a carrier with most lineships in the ship bay, could get fleet to anywhere in eve within a few minutes by getting into carrier, following cynoing chain to system near fight and changing ship to one you had with you. Had added bonus of having plenty of reships close by and being able to eject a HIC and change ship in space incase you dropped onto a super.
EVE needs a spectator mode, something to convert server logs, akin to Source Engine demos, into something you can cast. Might help attract a following, new players.
it's funny how this tiny battle went from a small skirmish to a massive fleet battle where the biggest ships in the entire game were firing on each other
1.4 Million views. I think many Eve players need to notice something that scrolling in while recording is very important when big battles are happening, you might just keep your audience watching for more than 10 minutes... or simply just getting a ton of views, like this cool guy. Edit: Forgot to add that removing icons made you even more beautiful.
The music you added perfectly captures the enormity of the escalation of the event. All of the sudden you have that moment that's says "wow this is not your average fight". and you suddenly end up in one of the biggest battles in eve online
Jesus... Even before the battle escalated, it sounded like I was in some kind of command center, listening to the tense commanders directing their forces, and their field officers responding back. Damn. And then the shit hit the fan.
@@mallenkennelsuk5854 a few years later there was even a much bigger battle. Search for "The Bloodbath of B-R5RB" 11 trillion ISK (300,000 $), were lost this day :O .
It was. One person fuck-up triggered one of the largest battles seen in EVE. The result of the battle had a huge impact on alliances and the political world of of the game for some time, due to the amount of ships and resources lost. What you need to know about EVE, is that the entire economy is player driven, e.i. close to every ship and all their modules are made and sold by players, and when lost it combat, are lost for good. Along side that, then is the wast majority of the game world player controlled, e.i. Corporations (player guilds) hold the systems, where the resources and production facilities are located etc. So an alliance loosing the a large part of their fleet, special capital and super capital, means they cant wage war and hold their systems. Individual Corporations would then shift from one alliance to an other, taking their resources with them (ships, equipment, pilots). EVE is very complicated but also epic as fuck, because of that. These giant things have a seriously impact on the meta game and they all have a meaning. This is also why I love to stay partly in touch with events in the game, even years after I stopped playing it. It just produces epic and cool stories.
Lungomono Basically someone dropped a suitcase worth $4000 in the border street between the east side and the west side and all the EastWest brothahs went crazy, throwing way more than $4000 in guns and gang members at it, even though the owner picked it back up hours ago.
Elijah Ramer Yup that just about sums it up. Course the guy did come back and throw the suit case at the mod of death at some point in an attempt to make it stop. Welcome to EvE where monetary risk stops mattering when someone tried to take whats your.
Seemed so real listening to their communications in the early part of the vid, you can almost feel the tension and it sounds like they are really in ships. Truly epic video. Loved the music!
Curious to hear the reactions to that gigantic cyno fleet at 3:57, made me sad that the audio cuts out to music right as the battle kicks into insane gear!
I have absolutely no idea what´s going on here but I guess this game must make so much fun. I should definitively try it. Can somebody make a short summary what happened there? I think it would help me to understand more^^
Kaguchis Are you sure? I read something on Reddit about it. Is it possible, that you mistake it with an other battle? Because I think this was the reason for an other big battle, here it was so: One group forgot to pay rent for a base. And than the security field (idk how this really is called) disappeared. The other group used the situation and attacked them.
I really wanted to hear the reactions of everyone when those Avatars jumped in lmao. That would be priceless. This is why I played even and I was actually there in the battle. Time Dilation was so bad I only was able to pod 1 person... and it literally took 10-15 minutes just to hit. I was destroyed shortly after though I was only in a rifter lol.
Simon Barabash You're phrasing your comment as if I made a statement of where the monument was located, it would of made more sense if you directed it to Chris Jacklin.
this might be an old vid, but 9:50-10:00 might be my favorite moment in any eve cinematography, nice shot getting a good enough closeup to see the projectiles as the nyx goes down
Thanks for explaining so much at the beginning with the captions. This is a GREAT vid, and I'm subbed now for sure. Long time on and off again EVE pilot, and I'm just lately getting into the really good stuff. I feel like a Carebear whenever I'm in Hi-Sec now and I love it. In EVE, you either get it and totally love it or you don't. The risk is real, and constant and there is just something about the way anything could happen at any time that is so riveting. Love it!!
in most eve vids it gets much interesting to know whats going on, but in this video it doesnt after like 5 mins because TIDI and shitty 2013 EVE servers. even B-R5RB vids are better imo because 2014 had much better
I think the best statistic that I heard from Asakai was that the 5-hour long battle, without lag and other techincal murder, would have only been about 20 minutes long.
This is amazing. The only stuff that sticks out: The new ships are literally warping into the middle of the scene creating a huge hug-fest, I'd imagine sci-fi battles more of a front vs front, of course with single groops storming into your defense (smaller ships etc). Here everything is everywhere :D
As far as I know, PL only dropped super carriers, titans are useless in lowsec, only dumb people like DBRB would tell their titans to jump to a super capital brawl in lowsec.
Hey Bobamelius. I shared this video with some friends who give me a hard time about being a dork for playing EVE. It was nice to show them this huge battle. It really sunk in for them how grand of a scale this game has. Also, nice choice on the music!
This was quite enjoyable, the moment when The Devil Plays a Smoking Trumpet starts is just epic and the white beam across the screen at 4:03 is just breathtaking.
So I'm currently homeless in EVE. I want to get back into the game but the same old lowsec FW stuff just doesn't sound that appealing. I've actually never properly experienced the nullsec life and would be interested in doing that, but I've been out of the loop so long I don't really know what group to seek membership in. Any ideas?
Bobamelius Brave Newbies are always hiring, and is a good option if you haven't played in a while. Or you could try Karmafleet, the reddit-based segment of the CFC.
Bobamelius No opinion on a nullsec corp, but just curious - how was the salvage after the battle? Was it a free-for-all or did corps fight to control the salvage too? I didn't hear too much at the time.
Keon31415 I wasn't really there for that, but from what I understand that grid was busy for pretty much a full day after the battle, if not more. Could be wrong though, it's been a while at this point =)
The NYX Zurpise was mine in this fight. I was completely cap dry with 1 HIC (Onyx) pointing me preventing me from jumping out. I broadcasted him, we blew him up, called for cap and reps. The slow cat fleet provided me full cap nearly instantly and proceeded to rep me. I held into low armor and requested to jump out. FC let me jump out. I jumped to my triage carrier and repaired my nyx. I ended up jumping back into the fight later on and got on some kills. - Bipster (aka 70k bipster).
NonciclopediaForEver I was thinking they were something like a slip space rupture(Halo). I'm assuming jump drives and bridge drives have pretty much the same effect as slip space jumps.
gipro1 Yup, you're pretty much right. Jump Drives allow jumps without using stargates, between systems within a certain range. Jump Bridge Drives allow Titans to create a jump bridge between two systems, so that a sub-capital (aka Battleships and below) fleet can move without using stargates. Anyway, welcome to EVE.
gipro1 They pretty much are. They use the same engine style. UNSC ships use the Shaw Fujikiwa (sorry if it's wrong spelling) which allows the ship to enter slipspace, which is similar to warp and cyno tunnels.
eve will always be that game i always wish i played. it seems insanely innovative and the scope is so massive. i found out about it when it was already like 5 or so years in and at this point getting into it as a new player seems almost impossible. there is SO much to learn and so much time required to actually play it to its fullest.
Do smaller ships have any role to play in these big battles? I want to see some epic dogfights while the big ships poke at eachother but I get the feeling they have no place in EvE when the fights get this big :(
Heavy interdictors (and regular interdictors) are cruiser and destroyer class ships, respectively. Those are the third and second smallest player controllable ships in the game and they actually play the most important role in battles like this because they keep the enemy fleet locked down and unable to warp/jump away. Other subcaps can be important in the capacity of destroying said interdiction ships, but aside from that they don't have the damage output to really put a dent in a large group of supercapitals on this scale. Almost all battles in EVE are way smaller scale than this though and subcaps pretty much do everything in those.
Hmm... Anyone know any good videos with some good small to medium scale PvP where frigates to battlecruisers actually have a legit role? Guess I'm just asking for proof that small specialized ships can actually be part of respectably sizable PvP operations, and not just something to laugh at and shoot down.
Nogitsune Clearing enemy HIC's is a legit role. Look at the overview and warp scramble notifications. There is everything from fights between frigs to support like ABC's and Bombers contributing to DPS on dreads. Recons and HACs that are trying to clear subcap dps and HICs to guardians repping sub caps like the vindi this vid was shot from. This fight is primarily a DPS race against caps, but each side has its support fleets that are duking it out in their own little fights.
frigate and cruisers are always needed in everyfleet, interceptors for tackle, covert ops for information gathering and safe spot scanning, Heavy interdictor cruiser for tacking capitals, heavy assauilt cruisers for damage, recon cruisers for EWAR ETC.
Hey! I'm a console gamer (happy with my games like Dark Souls, Halo, and ones like Destiny) but while I can't ever see myself switching to PC I just wanted to say I really appreciate you giving me the ability to see the sort of games I probably won't find myself playing anytime in the foreseeable future. I appreciate you taking your time to upload this video with the quality you had and I really enjoyed it. Thanks =]
You've never been in one. While big battles like this are not as much fun as 20-50 man running engagements or small gang its still cool to be a part of such a huge effort.
Mate, EVE makes space travel at physics-fucking speeds boring. At least until you get to Amarr and everyone starts shooting eachother with fireworks for a week after New Year's.
Can someone for the love of god explain to me what the fuck just happened preferably in the same way you explain advanced calculus to a toddler. I mean, shit man those were pretty colors!
The "Leviathan" that is mentioned over and over in the beggining of video is a titan-class ship (the biggest and most powerful in a game, think of a Death Star analogy and tripple it) that triggered an incident by accidently jumping into a hostile system instead of setting a bridge for a fleet (most of the systems in-game are player-controlled regions, it was just like if suddenly an armada of Russian nuclear submarines just parked near the U.S shore. In a middle of a Cold War). And then the escalation begun, they started to send reinforcements to aid that Titan that fucked up and is now under heavy attack (the loss of a ship in EVE is permanent, and Titans usually take months to years to build), the Leviathan eventually escapes but the things are already in motion and hostiles are sending their own Titans and capitals with huge subcapital support, of course opposing coalition do the same, plus a lot of "neutral" corporations that hold grudge to both of the sides are joining the battle too, hoping for the chance of payback. The whole thing lasted for several hours, welcome to EVE.
TheExtremeGamer1712 People loose years of progress on daily basis in EVE, there is a reason it is considered to have the most thrilling PvP among MMOs. The Asakai incident wasnt even one of the biggest instances of warfare in EVE, it is just famous for it's background of human error that caused it. You should really give it a try, just be patient with it's learning curve, once you get past it, the game can be very rewarding. Also with few exceptions like mentioned capital ships, death penalties an average player will face are harsh compared to other mmos yes, but not so devastating it would ruin the experience, most of the ships are designed to be very expendable, there is also no such thing as best ship or "ship progression" like getting better gear in other MMOs, every ship class has it's place and is useful in it's own way, so it is totally possible to enjoy the game and be useful compared to more experienced players being a complete rookie, flying basic, cheap frigate or so.
TheExtremeGamer1712 The mere mechanic that you CAN lose all of that is what makes it one of the best PvP games there is. Who cares about dying if you can just respawn with everything you lost. The risk is what makes people fight for their own, rather than blindly running around hoping to kill someone.
I recognise the commanders' voices from the PL titan gank with amarr FW (wolfsbrigade) with gallente FW (forgot the name). These were the gallentean commanders, right? God, it has been so long... Pity i quit the game couple of months after that awesome event. These events were the only thing that kept me playing for years. Target nunudagubah, target nunudagubah, focus everything on nunudagubah (or however its written)... I will never forget that guy's name xD
***** Yeah I've been watching it. I'm a little disappointed that they haven't dropped more, looks like it was mostly panic selling after they announced the isboxer thing. I guess I could start a solo C5 operation again, but I really don't want to have to concentrate that hard to make a living any more.
Very often, as far as numbers go. We've had about a dozen 2000+ engagements last month. Capital/Supercapital engagements of this size are a bit more rare (such ships are strategic assets, committing them is very dangerous), but we've had four or five of these in November. Titans die very often, at least one a week, usually.
Depends on the current political situation in null. Right now most of the major factions are directly participating in a major war, (n3,INK,PL) VS (SOLAR,-A-,BL,) with support from the CFC.
GoodOldN1ghty Not even by parts? Or at least the reaction to when shit starts going down.. I can just imagine them "Fuck, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" and "OMG WHY DIDN'T THE JEDI'S SENSE THIS?" :(
in the annotations he specified that after the cap ships started warping into the system temaspeak was cut, and vid speed was increased to compensate for lag. so even had the music been cut all you would hear was the random effects playing through the lag
The music, that is extremely good, DOESN'T make justice to what just happened there. Up to a technical level I had few heart attacks watching this. People can't imagine how intense this is. They just can't. Imagine how expensive that war was with all the assets that were lost in such skirmish.
В субботу 26 января 2013 года развернулась еще одна эпическая битва с участием 3161 кораблей между блоками CFC и HBC в системе Asakai. Как утверждают игроки в своих блогах, к этому сражению привела ошибка пилота корабля класса «Титан» из блока CFC, который, вместо того, чтобы обеспечить флоту союзников телепортацию в собственную систему, армейским способом произвел проёб своего титана во вражеское пространство. Пару раз протерев глаза от нежданно свалившейся на них почти халявы (титаны не могут использовать свой главный калибр в лоусеке) местные разводящие («Test Alliance Please Ignore») сыграли КТА своему альянсу и заорали «Памагите, лохогопота на титане прикатила!» всём дружественным, или хотя бы не врагам. После минут ступора, осознаваниия ситуёвины, сборов, на веселье начали подтягиватся желающие, спешно пересев на пригодные к разбору титанов посудины, а то и на чём попало. На удивление быстро собрали кучу дрендоутов, организовали поток генераторов бубла. Флитком(ы?) проявили недюжинные способности к организации сброда, в очередной раз подтвердив прописную истину - лучше организованное войско влегкую пиздит лучше оснащённое. У ClusterFuck же, (коалиция, в котором состоял пилот промахнувшегося по кнопке титана) случилось помрачение сознания - из-за квакнувшей на всю галактику жабы - «ПТИСЬКУ ТИТАНА ЖАЛКО!!!» Сгоряча для начала созвали на подмогу другие титаны (с, опять же, невозможностью их полноценного использования.), но присоединили к ним слишком мало вспомогательных капиталов-субкапиталов. В общем, первый титан разобрали ещё до подхода, собственно подкреплений. Итог - 222 корабля уничтожено. Для HoneyBadgersCoalition потери составили 6 Дредноутов, 11 Карриеров и один Суперкарриер. Для Clusterfuck все обернулось хуже - 4 Дредноута, 29 Карриеров, 5 Суперкарриеров и три Титана. Битву при Asakai называют полным разгромом. В бабле это составляет 700 миллиардов игровой валюты или 24 тыс. неиллюзорных долларов. Правда, 50% или около того покроет страховка кораблей (60% стоимости кораблей минус те суицидники, которые не страховались) - с учётом того, что стоимость фита страховкой не охватывается. Просрали пол Форд Фокуса!. Другой вопрос, что пока заводы и фабрики накочегарят новых игровых вундервафель будет потеряно много времени и парочка систем.
The learning curve is bad, but not as bad as you make it out to be. I picked up EVE 6 months ago. The community is phenomenal and help you every step of the way. A month into the game, I knew almost everything there is to know.
I appreciate the explanation of events on the side. I don't play EVE, so they were very beneficial. Interesting battle. I like that it all resulted because of the "wrong button" being pressed.
i was in Liandri back then, and was there when i saw the first capitals jump in. Thanks for giving me something to look back on in my 9 months in cal mil FW, Great battle!
I was there. Black Legion ftw! So glad this video was shot so that people could see the awesomeness of eve online. Start a trial if you are not playing eve. Send me a PM and I will get you a 21-day trial instead of a 14-day trial.
Now THAT is the EVE battle I've been looking for. I may never play this game, but it's so fun just watching these gameplay videos, these fights look as epic is the gameplay looks hard to grasp (for me). Also, I thought that Russian guy made the battle sound more legit, so that was a plus XD And great use of music later in the video, really help set the atmosphere.
The reason why the Battle of Asakai stands out so much to me is because of how quickly things can get fucked up. EVE is probably the most open-sandboxey sandbox there is, as the economy, the majority of the space and the fights are all player driven, player co-ordinated, player made. The toughest of decisions to just jump bridging your fleet incorrectly can make a massive impact in this game within a matter of minutes, as the Battle of Asakai shows.
a jump bridge is a structure linked to another jump bridge that forms a player-made stargate of sorts between star systems. A Titan bridge is a temporary jump route opened between a Titan and a target cynosural field (what you hear people yelling for early in the vid) - also between star systems. (This is what the Titan that derped failed to open). A warp is a ship-initiated folding of space that moves you quickly within the star system you're already in.
I didn't understand anything of what happened but it was really cool
+SWBGTOC i feel nerdy, cause even tho i dont play eve i have a general idea of what everything means. #fleetadmiral
Even people present on the battlefield had no idea wtf was going on.
The big ship in the background at the start (the leviathan) is a Titan class ship. When someone lights a beacon called a cyno, only large capital ships can jump to them unless a titan creates a bridge which allows small ships to jump to that cyno. Titan pilots screw up sometimes and jump to the cyno instead of creating a bridge and this is what happened here. This was meant to be a small skirmish but the titan accidentally jumped to the beacon so the attacking group wanted to destroy it while the other wanted to protect it. The titan jumps out at 3:24 and escapes but both parties had already committed a large amount of ships into the battle and what ensued is a massive battle that was never intended to take place.
CallmeRoth true I was there
@@turse8201 Basically what was supposed to be a small skirmish snowballed into a massive war between two coalitions?
That music... What a perfect way to compose the transition to full scale battle.
A little something for you non-Eve players to get a sense of scale of the size of this fight...that green ship that looks a bit like a tuning fork in the middle of the screen that the camera is following (the ship of the player who recorded this video) is called a Megathron, a 1017 meter long Battleship. That's over 300 meters longer than the NCC-1701-E Sovereign class Enterprise from the later Star Trek movies. For Battlestar Galactica fans of the newer series, the Galactica is roughly 400 meters longer (so less than 50%). And now compare it to how big some of those ships are that he's flying past. That big grey one, the Leviathan, at the beginning that they try and fail to catch is over 18 kilometers long. That's about the same as six standard Borg Cubes stacked side by side to each other in a line.
Actually the Leviathan is around 15 kilometres, not 18. That's more the Avatar Titan. Still pretty damn big though
Sorry, but you're wrong. Go into the game, then the Market, then the ship preview image/model. It says the length there. The Leviathan is a bit over 18 km, the Avatar is a bit over 13 km. There are also various other size comparison videos/charts kicking around that verify what I said.
Kiljaedenas Oh whoops, I actually looked at the mass volume instead of the actual length in the wiki. Also I don't the game. Sorry about that.
Meh, no big deal.
Kiljaedenas The camera battleship is actually a vindicator. I was part of the corp you hear comms of during opening (Wolfsbrigade) . Standard fleet was 1-2 vindicator, 1-2 bhaalgorn, guardians, rest apocalypse navy issue.
Went for balsy fights most of the time (heavily outnumbered), always had a pantheon carrier group + dreads on standby for escalation and a batphone to Pandemic Legion incase shit really hit the fan (like this) .
Everyone was required to have a carrier with most lineships in the ship bay, could get fleet to anywhere in eve within a few minutes by getting into carrier, following cynoing chain to system near fight and changing ship to one you had with you. Had added bonus of having plenty of reships close by and being able to eject a HIC and change ship in space incase you dropped onto a super.
EVE needs a spectator mode, something to convert server logs, akin to Source Engine demos, into something you can cast.
Might help attract a following, new players.
Work it out and present it to tue Developers. This could make you rich:-]
they do now, they now have camera ships called flagships, immune to everything, 0 slots,
it's funny how this tiny battle went from a small skirmish to a massive fleet battle where the biggest ships in the entire game were firing on each other
they were cap repping it, it's like mana regen
1.4 Million views. I think many Eve players need to notice something that scrolling in while recording is very important when big battles are happening, you might just keep your audience watching for more than 10 minutes... or simply just getting a ton of views, like this cool guy.
Edit: Forgot to add that removing icons made you even more beautiful.
The music you added perfectly captures the enormity of the escalation of the event. All of the sudden you have that moment that's says "wow this is not your average fight". and you suddenly end up in one of the biggest battles in eve online
"Nerver again..."
Then B-R5RB.
Jesus... Even before the battle escalated, it sounded like I was in some kind of command center, listening to the tense commanders directing their forces, and their field officers responding back. Damn. And then the shit hit the fan.
I really like how one titan caused all this.
$22,000 USD, or 717 Billion ISK, was lost that day.
insane
@@mallenkennelsuk5854 a few years later there was even a much bigger battle. Search for "The Bloodbath of B-R5RB" 11 trillion ISK (300,000 $), were lost this day :O .
I don't even play EVE, but that look epic as fuck
It was. One person fuck-up triggered one of the largest battles seen in EVE. The result of the battle had a huge impact on alliances and the political world of of the game for some time, due to the amount of ships and resources lost.
What you need to know about EVE, is that the entire economy is player driven, e.i. close to every ship and all their modules are made and sold by players, and when lost it combat, are lost for good. Along side that, then is the wast majority of the game world player controlled, e.i. Corporations (player guilds) hold the systems, where the resources and production facilities are located etc.
So an alliance loosing the a large part of their fleet, special capital and super capital, means they cant wage war and hold their systems. Individual Corporations would then shift from one alliance to an other, taking their resources with them (ships, equipment, pilots).
EVE is very complicated but also epic as fuck, because of that. These giant things have a seriously impact on the meta game and they all have a meaning. This is also why I love to stay partly in touch with events in the game, even years after I stopped playing it. It just produces epic and cool stories.
Lungomono Basically someone dropped a suitcase worth $4000 in the border street between the east side and the west side and all the EastWest brothahs went crazy, throwing way more than $4000 in guns and gang members at it, even though the owner picked it back up hours ago.
是的 EVE是个他妈的超级难得游戏！！！ 我玩了半小时的教程就受不了了 妈蛋 删了！
If you start playing here is a link for an extended free trail secure.eveonline.com/trial/?invc=567ca927-0fc9-4f6c-8711-f764f6749dd6&action=buddy :)
Elijah Ramer Yup that just about sums it up. Course the guy did come back and throw the suit case at the mod of death at some point in an attempt to make it stop.
Welcome to EvE where monetary risk stops mattering when someone tried to take whats your.
Seemed so real listening to their communications in the early part of the vid, you can almost feel the tension and it sounds like they are really in ships. Truly epic video. Loved the music!
Well that escalated quickly.
Curious to hear the reactions to that gigantic cyno fleet at 3:57, made me sad that the audio cuts out to music right as the battle kicks into insane gear!
Mother of God the sensory output of this is amazing, must take a lot of skill to fully grasp the grandeur of this action !!
I have absolutely no idea what´s going on here but I guess this game must make so much fun.
I should definitively try it.
Can somebody make a short summary what happened there?
I think it would help me to understand more^^
Umm... Beams?
That battle was started when a lone Goonswarm ally accidentally jumped into enemy space, leading to rapid escalation on both sides.
If you want to play this game, be prepared to spend REAL LIFE MONTHS to do anything even close to this on a MUCH smaller scale. Literally MONTHS.
Kaguchis
Are you sure?
I read something on Reddit about it.
Is it possible, that you mistake it with an other battle?
Because I think this was the reason for an other big battle, here it was so:
One group forgot to pay rent for a base. And than the security field (idk how this really is called) disappeared. The other group used the situation and attacked them.
Aldo Raine That was the battle that just surpassed this for the largest battle on Eve. /watch?v=RCK-E5AopVI
I got bribed to betray by CFC multiple times during this.
well that escalated quickly
Never before has this statement be more true then here. ^^
I really wanted to hear the reactions of everyone when those Avatars jumped in lmao. That would be priceless. This is why I played even and I was actually there in the battle. Time Dilation was so bad I only was able to pod 1 person... and it literally took 10-15 minutes just to hit. I was destroyed shortly after though I was only in a rifter lol.
D H lol
The dev's should build a war memorial after that.
They actually did. If you warp to the site of that battle you can see several of the capital ship wrecks permanently anchored
Chris Jacklin That's awesome.
PurpleStorm8 No they didn't, that was for BR-5RB.
Simon Barabash You're phrasing your comment as if I made a statement of where the monument was located, it would of made more sense if you directed it to Chris Jacklin.
PurpleStorm8 I was providing you with the correct information. Chris will likely see the comment as well.
Wonder how the battle would look watching it from the planet there
They were probably like 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨
looks out the station coffee window...IT'S A GUNDAM!!!!
This is the definition of epic space battle
WOW....I'm so happy that this was filmed. Its hard to imagine the "Scale of escalation" from reading Empires of Eve. This was a great watch. 10/10!
this might be an old vid, but 9:50-10:00 might be my favorite moment in any eve cinematography, nice shot getting a good enough closeup to see the projectiles as the nyx goes down
Are you fucking kidding me? this is amazing O.O
It is moments like this that Titan pilots just pray for isn't it?
The music is perfect. Visually stunning.
Hey man very nice job on those annotations. Really helps people who don't know EVE very well to understand the fight :)
Thanks for explaining so much at the beginning with the captions. This is a GREAT vid, and I'm subbed now for sure. Long time on and off again EVE pilot, and I'm just lately getting into the really good stuff. I feel like a Carebear whenever I'm in Hi-Sec now and I love it. In EVE, you either get it and totally love it or you don't. The risk is real, and constant and there is just something about the way anything could happen at any time that is so riveting. Love it!!
18 minutes of "I have no idea what the heck is going on but ooooh look at the pretty lights"
in most eve vids it gets much interesting to know whats going on, but in this video it doesnt after like 5 mins because TIDI and shitty 2013 EVE servers. even B-R5RB vids are better imo because 2014 had much better
I remember a time where EVE showed players freaking out when a single Titan showed up to a fight. Now they're like candy being thrown around.
I think the best statistic that I heard from Asakai was that the 5-hour long battle, without lag and other techincal murder, would have only been about 20 minutes long.
I love this because shit like this doesn't happen in real-life, doesn't happen in movies and doesn't even happen in our dreams.
This is amazing. The only stuff that sticks out: The new ships are literally warping into the middle of the scene creating a huge hug-fest, I'd imagine sci-fi battles more of a front vs front, of course with single groops storming into your defense (smaller ships etc). Here everything is everywhere :D
I miss you old EVE :(
...Holy shit are all of those Avatars PL? Awww hell, fights like this are the reason why i wish i had the time to really play this game!!!
As far as I know, PL only dropped super carriers, titans are useless in lowsec, only dumb people like DBRB would tell their titans to jump to a super capital brawl in lowsec.
2013 and this guy has 1440p monitor. He must have been very rich atm.
He could afford paying for EVE ^^
Hey Bobamelius. I shared this video with some friends who give me a hard time about being a dork for playing EVE. It was nice to show them this huge battle. It really sunk in for them how grand of a scale this game has. Also, nice choice on the music!
This was quite enjoyable, the moment when The Devil Plays a Smoking Trumpet starts is just epic and the white beam across the screen at 4:03 is just breathtaking.
If a Brazilian squad was there, all we would listen on the mic would be: HUEHUEHUE! FIRE LAZORS PLOX OR I REPORT U. HUEHUEHUE!
...I like how no one spends 0.5 seconds checking to see if this has already been answered before answering it for the 400th time
So I'm currently homeless in EVE. I want to get back into the game but the same old lowsec FW stuff just doesn't sound that appealing.
I've actually never properly experienced the nullsec life and would be interested in doing that, but I've been out of the loop so long I don't really know what group to seek membership in.
Any ideas?
Bobamelius Brave Newbies are always hiring, and is a good option if you haven't played in a while. Or you could try Karmafleet, the reddit-based segment of the CFC.
Bobamelius No opinion on a nullsec corp, but just curious - how was the salvage after the battle? Was it a free-for-all or did corps fight to control the salvage too? I didn't hear too much at the time.
Keon31415 I wasn't really there for that, but from what I understand that grid was busy for pretty much a full day after the battle, if not more. Could be wrong though, it's been a while at this point =)
Bobamelius Join Black Legion m8
Bobamelius
Reikoku is recruiting.
The NYX Zurpise was mine in this fight. I was completely cap dry with 1 HIC (Onyx) pointing me preventing me from jumping out. I broadcasted him, we blew him up, called for cap and reps. The slow cat fleet provided me full cap nearly instantly and proceeded to rep me. I held into low armor and requested to jump out. FC let me jump out. I jumped to my triage carrier and repaired my nyx. I ended up jumping back into the fight later on and got on some kills. - Bipster (aka 70k bipster).
Still loving this video to this day Bobamelius! Thanks!
this 18min prob took 4 hours ingame;p
get a fookin point on that laviafin
The phrase "Well, that escalated quickly" simply isn't enough.
This was truly an epic battle, thank you for the high quality! I wish I could have taken part in it at the time.
8:57 Great scene!
Timeless classic.
I love watching these videos, but I've only played the free trial. I didn't get very far lol.
Can someone tell me what the red things are?
Red things?
You mean, the explosion-like, lightningy thingies?
Those are Jump Drive and Bridge Drive animations.
NonciclopediaForEver I was thinking they were something like a slip space rupture(Halo). I'm assuming jump drives and bridge drives have pretty much the same effect as slip space jumps.
gipro1 Yup, you're pretty much right.
Jump Drives allow jumps without using stargates, between systems within a certain range.
Jump Bridge Drives allow Titans to create a jump bridge between two systems, so that a sub-capital (aka Battleships and below) fleet can move without using stargates.
Anyway, welcome to EVE.
gipro1 They pretty much are. They use the same engine style. UNSC ships use the Shaw Fujikiwa (sorry if it's wrong spelling) which allows the ship to enter slipspace, which is similar to warp and cyno tunnels.
eve will always be that game i always wish i played.
it seems insanely innovative and the scope is so massive. i found out about it when it was already like 5 or so years in and at this point getting into it as a new player seems almost impossible.
there is SO much to learn and so much time required to actually play it to its fullest.
I was listening to a podcast that was covering the Battle of Jutland today, and this video was what I was thinking about as I was listening.
Do smaller ships have any role to play in these big battles?
I want to see some epic dogfights while the big ships poke at eachother but I get the feeling they have no place in EvE when the fights get this big :(
Heavy interdictors (and regular interdictors) are cruiser and destroyer class ships, respectively. Those are the third and second smallest player controllable ships in the game and they actually play the most important role in battles like this because they keep the enemy fleet locked down and unable to warp/jump away.
Other subcaps can be important in the capacity of destroying said interdiction ships, but aside from that they don't have the damage output to really put a dent in a large group of supercapitals on this scale.
Almost all battles in EVE are way smaller scale than this though and subcaps pretty much do everything in those.
Hmm... Anyone know any good videos with some good small to medium scale PvP where frigates to battlecruisers actually have a legit role? Guess I'm just asking for proof that small specialized ships can actually be part of respectably sizable PvP operations, and not just something to laugh at and shoot down.
Nogitsune Clearing enemy HIC's is a legit role. Look at the overview and warp scramble notifications. There is everything from fights between frigs to support like ABC's and Bombers contributing to DPS on dreads. Recons and HACs that are trying to clear subcap dps and HICs to guardians repping sub caps like the vindi this vid was shot from.
This fight is primarily a DPS race against caps, but each side has its support fleets that are duking it out in their own little fights.
frigate and cruisers are always needed in everyfleet, interceptors for tackle, covert ops for information gathering and safe spot scanning, Heavy interdictor cruiser for tacking capitals, heavy assauilt cruisers for damage, recon cruisers for EWAR ETC.
in addition to what eastie87 said you could fly a command ship and provide fleet boosts to your fleet
Am I the only one who thinks those brown ships look like mushrooms?
+DogsRNiceMineCraft commonly known as the space penis
who is directing this ?
Steven spielberg ?
Hey! I'm a console gamer (happy with my games like Dark Souls, Halo, and ones like Destiny) but while I can't ever see myself switching to PC I just wanted to say I really appreciate you giving me the ability to see the sort of games I probably won't find myself playing anytime in the foreseeable future.
I appreciate you taking your time to upload this video with the quality you had and I really enjoyed it. Thanks =]
This is one of those rare RUclips videos that after watching I must IMMEDIATELY watch again. Wow. What a fight.
I wonder what salvaging destroyed ships was like after this battle?
Only Eve can make space battles boring...
You've never been in one. While big battles like this are not as much fun as 20-50 man running engagements or small gang its still cool to be a part of such a huge effort.
I have been apart of one. It takes all the high speed action away from space battles
Mate, EVE makes space travel at physics-fucking speeds boring. At least until you get to Amarr and everyone starts shooting eachother with fireworks for a week after New Year's.
Can someone for the love of god explain to me what the fuck just happened preferably in the same way you explain advanced calculus to a toddler. I mean, shit man those were pretty colors!
The "Leviathan" that is mentioned over and over in the beggining of video is a titan-class ship (the biggest and most powerful in a game, think of a Death Star analogy and tripple it) that triggered an incident by accidently jumping into a hostile system instead of setting a bridge for a fleet (most of the systems in-game are player-controlled regions, it was just like if suddenly an armada of Russian nuclear submarines just parked near the U.S shore. In a middle of a Cold War). And then the escalation begun, they started to send reinforcements to aid that Titan that fucked up and is now under heavy attack (the loss of a ship in EVE is permanent, and Titans usually take months to years to build), the Leviathan eventually escapes but the things are already in motion and hostiles are sending their own Titans and capitals with huge subcapital support, of course opposing coalition do the same, plus a lot of "neutral" corporations that hold grudge to both of the sides are joining the battle too, hoping for the chance of payback. The whole thing lasted for several hours, welcome to EVE.
TheExtremeGamer1712 People loose years of progress on daily basis in EVE, there is a reason it is considered to have the most thrilling PvP among MMOs. The Asakai incident wasnt even one of the biggest instances of warfare in EVE, it is just famous for it's background of human error that caused it. You should really give it a try, just be patient with it's learning curve, once you get past it, the game can be very rewarding. Also with few exceptions like mentioned capital ships, death penalties an average player will face are harsh compared to other mmos yes, but not so devastating it would ruin the experience, most of the ships are designed to be very expendable, there is also no such thing as best ship or "ship progression" like getting better gear in other MMOs, every ship class has it's place and is useful in it's own way, so it is totally possible to enjoy the game and be useful compared to more experienced players being a complete rookie, flying basic, cheap frigate or so.
TheExtremeGamer1712 It's all for fun of course.
TheExtremeGamer1712 The mere mechanic that you CAN lose all of that is what makes it one of the best PvP games there is. Who cares about dying if you can just respawn with everything you lost. The risk is what makes people fight for their own, rather than blindly running around hoping to kill someone.
Someone goofed
Context-appropriate music, good textual explanations, excellent camera work... I'd almost think this wasn't an EVE video on RUclips.
I recognise the commanders' voices from the PL titan gank with amarr FW (wolfsbrigade) with gallente FW (forgot the name). These were the gallentean commanders, right? God, it has been so long... Pity i quit the game couple of months after that awesome event. These events were the only thing that kept me playing for years. Target nunudagubah, target nunudagubah, focus everything on nunudagubah (or however its written)... I will never forget that guy's name xD
*sigh* miss playing this game....but i dont have the time for it anymore and plex is fucking stupid expensive
ISBoxers just all got banned/shut down. And Plexes are crashing. Crashing hard, in the passed 2~ hours they've dropped 200 misk.
I've been reading about that....I may resub
*****
That's excellent news... reasonable PLEX might actually get me playing again.
Bobamelius just check its price, see if it drops to what you like before actually subbing. they were at 1 bil
***** Yeah I've been watching it. I'm a little disappointed that they haven't dropped more, looks like it was mostly panic selling after they announced the isboxer thing.
I guess I could start a solo C5 operation again, but I really don't want to have to concentrate that hard to make a living any more.
How often battles like this occur??
Very often, as far as numbers go.
We've had about a dozen 2000+ engagements last month.
Capital/Supercapital engagements of this size are a bit more rare (such ships are strategic assets, committing them is very dangerous), but we've had four or five of these in November.
Titans die very often, at least one a week, usually.
Depends on the current political situation in null. Right now most of the major factions are directly participating in a major war, (n3,INK,PL) VS (SOLAR,-A-,BL,) with support from the CFC.
Lol 2:10
Do we only have 1 hic?
Yeah, yeah
Fuck.
If you pause the audio at 2:55 and start Inceptions end credits music you get an awesome crescendo right when all the titans jump in.
I was thinking the same. 2 years over here since I stopped. and I still managed to hear about this as it was going on.
I really would like to watch this without the music.
To hear the comments, orders and how it all played ot would be awesomner
Yea thats about 9 hours of video which properly wont ever be uploaded.
GoodOldN1ghty Not even by parts? Or at least the reaction to when shit starts going down..
I can just imagine them "Fuck, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" and "OMG WHY DIDN'T THE JEDI'S SENSE THIS?"
:(
Because in a 9 hour fight that simply doesnt happen. a 9 hour fight ios tedisou with very little action to speak about
in the annotations he specified that after the cap ships started warping into the system temaspeak was cut, and vid speed was increased to compensate for lag. so even had the music been cut all you would hear was the random effects playing through the lag
teamspeak*
O_O
The only appropriate reaction.
This vid is a piece of history now
I don't play this any more but man I love to watch the highlight reel, thanks for posting this Bobamelius.
Is this the real life?
+kakhi sharashidze Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide...
kakhi sharashidze no escape from reality
open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see
well that escalated quickly XD
WTF is going on??!?!?
The music, that is extremely good, DOESN'T make justice to what just happened there. Up to a technical level I had few heart attacks watching this. People can't imagine how intense this is. They just can't.
Imagine how expensive that war was with all the assets that were lost in such skirmish.
I have no idea what's going on...only that this is one of the most epic battles of this game!
я нихуя не понял что тут происходит
В субботу 26 января 2013 года развернулась еще одна эпическая битва с участием 3161 кораблей между блоками CFC и HBC в системе Asakai. Как утверждают игроки в своих блогах, к этому сражению привела ошибка пилота корабля класса «Титан» из блока CFC, который, вместо того, чтобы обеспечить флоту союзников телепортацию в собственную систему, армейским способом произвел проёб своего титана во вражеское пространство. Пару раз протерев глаза от нежданно свалившейся на них почти халявы (титаны не могут использовать свой главный калибр в лоусеке) местные разводящие («Test Alliance Please Ignore») сыграли КТА своему альянсу и заорали «Памагите, лохогопота на титане прикатила!» всём дружественным, или хотя бы не врагам. После минут ступора, осознаваниия ситуёвины, сборов, на веселье начали подтягиватся желающие, спешно пересев на пригодные к разбору титанов посудины, а то и на чём попало. На удивление быстро собрали кучу дрендоутов, организовали поток генераторов бубла. Флитком(ы?) проявили недюжинные способности к организации сброда, в очередной раз подтвердив прописную истину - лучше организованное войско влегкую пиздит лучше оснащённое.
У ClusterFuck же, (коалиция, в котором состоял пилот промахнувшегося по кнопке титана) случилось помрачение сознания - из-за квакнувшей на всю галактику жабы - «ПТИСЬКУ ТИТАНА ЖАЛКО!!!» Сгоряча для начала созвали на подмогу другие титаны (с, опять же, невозможностью их полноценного использования.), но присоединили к ним слишком мало вспомогательных капиталов-субкапиталов. В общем, первый титан разобрали ещё до подхода, собственно подкреплений.
Итог - 222 корабля уничтожено. Для HoneyBadgersCoalition потери составили 6 Дредноутов, 11 Карриеров и один Суперкарриер. Для Clusterfuck все обернулось хуже - 4 Дредноута, 29 Карриеров, 5 Суперкарриеров и три Титана. Битву при Asakai называют полным разгромом.
В бабле это составляет 700 миллиардов игровой валюты или 24 тыс. неиллюзорных долларов. Правда, 50% или около того покроет страховка кораблей (60% стоимости кораблей минус те суицидники, которые не страховались) - с учётом того, что стоимость фита страховкой не охватывается. Просрали пол Форд Фокуса!. Другой вопрос, что пока заводы и фабрики накочегарят новых игровых вундервафель будет потеряно много времени и парочка систем.
это просто невъебически сложная игра на первый взгляд, поэтому даже нету желания покупать
Chemaxspb Не покупай.
спасибо что написал. Было интересно прочитать... 2016й уже.. эх eve.. романтика
damn it is DEFINITELY the best video of Asakai battle i found, thank you so much for the amazing work!
The learning curve is bad, but not as bad as you make it out to be. I picked up EVE 6 months ago. The community is phenomenal and help you every step of the way. A month into the game, I knew almost everything there is to know.
One of the best renditions I've seen yet in Eve combat graphics. Good job.
I appreciate the explanation of events on the side. I don't play EVE, so they were very beneficial. Interesting battle. I like that it all resulted because of the "wrong button" being pressed.
HOLY SHIT!!!! I don't know what's going on but the annotations and the music were epic....
i was in Liandri back then, and was there when i saw the first capitals jump in. Thanks for giving me something to look back on in my 9 months in cal mil FW, Great battle!
I was there. Black Legion ftw! So glad this video was shot so that people could see the awesomeness of eve online.
Start a trial if you are not playing eve. Send me a PM and I will get you a 21-day trial instead of a 14-day trial.
Now THAT is the EVE battle I've been looking for.
I may never play this game, but it's so fun just watching these gameplay videos, these fights look as epic is the gameplay looks hard to grasp (for me). Also, I thought that Russian guy made the battle sound more legit, so that was a plus XD
And great use of music later in the video, really help set the atmosphere.
I've been playing EVE for about a month and a half, this was one of the videos that got me to play. I joined just to engage in massive wars like this~
Everyone's accents makes it even better.
That was a battle of such triumph.
The battle and the music gave me a Battlestar Galactica vibe and I loved it!
The synchronized dreadbomb at 11:06 is still one of the coolest things to come out of this game :D
The reason why the Battle of Asakai stands out so much to me is because of how quickly things can get fucked up. EVE is probably the most open-sandboxey sandbox there is, as the economy, the majority of the space and the fights are all player driven, player co-ordinated, player made. The toughest of decisions to just jump bridging your fleet incorrectly can make a massive impact in this game within a matter of minutes, as the Battle of Asakai shows.
Thank you for actually explaining what was going on helped a lot
Damn!
So many ships. It's looks like you could walk from one ship to another without putting a space suit on.
Awesome video, clusterfuck of a battle, thank you for the play by play info pops they helped a ton.
a jump bridge is a structure linked to another jump bridge that forms a player-made stargate of sorts between star systems. A Titan bridge is a temporary jump route opened between a Titan and a target cynosural field (what you hear people yelling for early in the vid) - also between star systems. (This is what the Titan that derped failed to open). A warp is a ship-initiated folding of space that moves you quickly within the star system you're already in.
I like how one missclick caused one of the biggest eve battles.
This should be a map for Eve Valkyrie!
Gotta love EVE PVP. best damn PVP experience I've ever had in gaming.