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If CCP wanted to introduce death while out of the pod, there are things that could be added to the game to make it less than permanent.

For example they could say that we get a new implant that does the same task as the pod death scan, but not as well. The result is you get a new clone, but with some skill point loss due to the lower quality of the scan.

The trick here is to have a penalty for dying while WiS, but not so great a penalty that no one will chance it. After all if Chribba could die permanently while WiS he never would and we would never get a chance to meet him "in person".

That said, I do not like the pod being down at the bottom of the stairs either.

Glad to see a CCP employee was able to be quoted mentioning the pod wasn't supposed to go there... Now please fix it.

It's stupid placement for two major reasons. Security & Privacy.

Aside from being out of the pod completely, a capsuleers single most vulnerable moment is the transition into, and out of his or her pod. It makes no sense for the capsuleer, during their most vulnerable (and frequent) times to be on an open catwalk for everyone with access to one of hundreds of the windows that overlooks their hangars can see.

Oh and screw being seen, whose to say that an assisination against a capsuleer couldn't be performed in their quarters while boarding their pod? One good shot to the back of the head with a high powered sniper rifle from one of those windows... shot shatters the implants and bam.... they are either perma-dead... or 'lose time' from their last scan (AKA, lost skillpoints)

The pod location makes lots of sense and breaks no "immersion" (/smile at referring to immersion when in the pod the clone is truly immersed and leaving the pod is a more literal break of that immersion) if you imagine that you've undocked, something magical that isn't seen because of redundant or repetitive occurs and decants you and cleans you up and you step to the balcony where the camera picks you up again, and the pod parks at the stairs for maintenance, and like Superman entering a phone booth the same magic happens in reverse when you undock - you and pod whisk to an unseen corner where the magic happens that would be too gross to actually witness and off you go to your ship.

It's like asking for Star Trek to show the Captain going to the head constantly. You know he does it, but it's not necessary to driving the action for it to be shown.

Wow. If they ever sold CQs like that on the NeX, I think I would be pretty compelled to get one.

Agreeing with Verone here.

I was a little disappointed by this placement and not being able to even walk to the pod, my character spawning inside the quarters and such when I dock etc.

Since ship spinning is coming back, and you need to push a button to get to your quarters there is a golden opportunity here for CCP to correct this immersion breaker.

1. Dock in station, default ship spin.
2. Push button, receive bacon... uhh I mean, pod undocks to the balcony and you emerge. (ok does not have to be animated but would be awesome if it is, or developed for the future.)
3. Walk from the pod to the quarters, via a stairway we can actually use.
4. Want to get back to space, walk to pod and insert... myself... - I am back to ship spinning after a family friendly animation again (if, as before, developed for the heck of it.)
5. Click undock to get into space as per normal.

Yeah people might say 'ugh too many steps, I want space now and have to undock fast for combat!' then I say tough. CQ is an immersion expansion and immersion is what we should have. If you wander into the station in the future your corp will have to do without your rapid reactions until you run back to your ship, strap in your pod and get into space. If you are on standby you do it like old cold war bombers in the SAC used to do and sleep in the B-52's crew cabin.