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Natsett Amuinn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#101 - 2013-03-02 16:30:59 UTC
It's kind of silly.

Some of EVE's ships are modelled with glass bridges.

Why does any ship in EVE have a bridge of any sort? I am the bridge, what does my crew need with a bridge; they aren't there to operate the ship.

I never understood that.
Alara IonStorm
#102 - 2013-03-02 17:05:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
Natsett Amuinn wrote:
It's kind of silly.

Some of EVE's ships are modelled with glass bridges.

Why does any ship in EVE have a bridge of any sort? I am the bridge, what does my crew need with a bridge; they aren't there to operate the ship.

I never understood that.

Well the part about glass bridges drive me as crazy as 20k ehp 30 meter carrier fighters with atmosphere wings... but it does make sense for the ships to still have bridges for 2 reasons.

1. The ship you are flying is an off the line model used by real non capsuleer navies so the design probably just adds a pod chamber and the circuitry to give that chamber more control.

2. It is pretty well established that ships have crews, I doubt even the small Frigates are truly one manned since those cockpits can fit a pickup truck in them and the ship is bigger then an apartment building. I would think that for ship maintenance and upkeep, complex calculations, analysis of data would be handled by a crew. A capsuleer controlling the ship with their thoughts would probably only do the macro jobs like who to shoot and which direction to go while the crew keep the lights going. You wouldn't want every minuet detail of the ship flowing through your brain every second you are in it when button pushers could handle it for you.
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#103 - 2013-03-03 06:31:04 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Natsett Amuinn wrote:
It's kind of silly.

Some of EVE's ships are modelled with glass bridges.

Why does any ship in EVE have a bridge of any sort? I am the bridge, what does my crew need with a bridge; they aren't there to operate the ship.

I never understood that.

Well the part about glass bridges drive me as crazy as 20k ehp 30 meter carrier fighters with atmosphere wings... but it does make sense for the ships to still have bridges for 2 reasons.

1. The ship you are flying is an off the line model used by real non capsuleer navies so the design probably just adds a pod chamber and the circuitry to give that chamber more control.

2. It is pretty well established that ships have crews, I doubt even the small Frigates are truly one manned since those cockpits can fit a pickup truck in them and the ship is bigger then an apartment building. I would think that for ship maintenance and upkeep, complex calculations, analysis of data would be handled by a crew. A capsuleer controlling the ship with their thoughts would probably only do the macro jobs like who to shoot and which direction to go while the crew keep the lights going. You wouldn't want every minuet detail of the ship flowing through your brain every second you are in it when button pushers could handle it for you.

well, for frigates its clearly stated that in most cases, the automated maintenence systems are enough to handle what the capsuleer cant, destroyers adn up though have alot more maintenence required inw ays that eed a human eye to watch.

and T3's have nobody but the pods.


(and yeah, to the earlier post, i remember Halo 1, and that DID seriously bug me with that glass freaking window, i was a little kid at the time and even then i was like "dafudge these morons thinking")