{"id":61726,"date":"2014-02-01T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=61726"},"modified":"2014-02-01T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T11:05:59","slug":"eve-online-the-r3-5-million-bloodbath-of-b-r5rb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/61726-eve-online-the-r3-5-million-bloodbath-of-b-r5rb","title":{"rendered":"EVE Online: The R3.5 million bloodbath of B-R5RB"},"content":{"rendered":"

75 Titans, 13 Supercarriers, and 370 Dreadnaughts were among the felled ships in what has been called gaming’s most destructive battle \u2013 The Bloodbath of B-R5RB.<\/p>\n

The 21-hour marathon conflict, which began on 27 January 2014, resulted in damages worth 11 trillion ISK (EVE Online in-game currency worth between R3.3 and R3.6 million) and saw just over 7,500 players getting involved in the war.<\/p>\n

The two warring alliances of the PL\/N3 forces and CFC\/Russian fleets sought to take control of the B-R5RB system in the Immensea region after a protection payment to maintain its sovrereignty was not made.<\/p>\n

According to EVE Community’s page, the battle was “relatively even” during the initial stages while both sides tried to gain control of the system, but when command of the PL\/N3 fleet was handed over to CEO of the Northern Coalition – Vince Draken – things started to go south.<\/p>\n

The move would ultimately result in their downfall as Draken instructed fire to be focused on the Titan vessel of Sort Dragon, a member of the Council of Stellar Management.<\/p>\n

Sort Dragon’s ship, however, withstood the onslaught longer than its attackers expected, and by the time its structure was breached the CFC\/RUS forces had taken down five titans in reply.<\/p>\n

12 hours, and many fired doomsday weapons later, the PL\/N3 coalition realised the battle was lost, and the call to retreat was sounded throughout the nine planet system.<\/p>\n

The battle was reportedly watched by over 12,000 people on Twitch.tv, who witnessed space warfare at a scale not likely to be repeated any time soon.<\/p>\n

Among the numbers put forward in the brief stats round up was the aforementioned prestigious total of doomsdays fired; 775 \u2013 roughly 24 percent of all firings of the weapon in the last two years.<\/p>\n

Following the fight players called for an in-game monument to commemorate the epic tussle, and “Titanomachy” was born using wrecked Titan models from the battle.<\/p>\n

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EVE Online – B-R5RB battle – a vision of the future of mankind? – click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n