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Johannes Oliver Shiyurida
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-10-26 16:04:53 UTC
Why is it I can walk around my captain quarters, view my ship/fit, view the market, even view pilots currently docked in station, but I can not see or scan for ships in the vicinity of the station that I am currently docked in?

Seriously, based on the ingame graphics, these stations have windows, why can't I see out of them into the nearby space?

What is the harm of being about to dscan 200-400km around the station while docked.
Brynhilda
Chimp Hoons Export and Expo Service
Scary Wormhole People
#2 - 2011-10-26 16:06:32 UTC
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Messoroz
AQUILA INC
#3 - 2011-10-26 16:20:26 UTC
Because dscan shows you ship names and types but is entirely useless to know who is in them?
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#4 - 2011-10-26 16:22:15 UTC
Johannes Oliver Shiyurida wrote:
Why is it I can walk around my captain quarters, view my ship/fit, view the market, even view pilots currently docked in station, but I can not see or scan for ships in the vicinity of the station that I am currently docked in?

Seriously, based on the ingame graphics, these stations have windows, why can't I see out of them into the nearby space?

What is the harm of being about to dscan 200-400km around the station while docked.

Because it would make the game boring?

One good point of EvE is that you _should_ be anxious when undocking.

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Johannes Oliver Shiyurida
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-10-26 16:33:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Johannes Oliver Shiyurida
Lors Dornick wrote:

Because it would make the game boring?

One good point of EvE is that you _should_ be anxious when undocking.


I disagree, players will adapt to a more a different pvp tactic, rather than camp a station - hoping for your WT to undock and redock after 30secs (or instadock if the are lucky). And you think station games are exciting?
Rhinanna
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2011-10-26 16:36:05 UTC
Agree, while its easy to undock/dock if you know what you are doing and are in the right ship, it does make it boring.

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Rees Noturana
Red Rock Mining Company
#7 - 2011-10-26 17:00:09 UTC
Rhinanna wrote:
Agree, while its easy to undock/dock if you know what you are doing and are in the right ship, it does make it boring.


The reason we don't have d-scan from inside stations is for surprise PvP?

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Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#8 - 2011-10-26 18:12:56 UTC
A couple of years ago I heard a plan to allow you to see outside the station, and for balance make it so a scram would prevent docking.

Never heard what happened to the idea.

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Morganta
The Greater Goon
#9 - 2011-10-26 18:59:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Morganta
yeah, about that room...

do the terms "steerage" or "second class" mean anything to you?

I like not knowing whats outside, and if I want to I can undock in something safe and look, or I can undock with something unsafe and insta.

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Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#10 - 2011-10-26 19:01:15 UTC
If something like this is implemented:

everyone will use BO, T3, Recons, and SBs with an entire fleet cloaked outside the undock =D

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