Player Features and Ideas Discussion

http://themittani.com/news/local-be-removed-odyssey-expansion



I hope this (the sentiment being expressed) is true whether it is an April fools or not,

It's true. CCP is adopting a new and refreshing "**** the players" attitude in order to best ensure Eve's continued survival. You should check out the new in-development video and CCP Fozzie's new ship balancing approach.

They really shoulda done it for the day.

I actually petitioned as soon as I read that. Im not allowed to post the response on the forums but I am allowed to paraphrase it.

-Yes, Local is being removed in Highsec and lowsec. Local will be retained in Nullsec but only in NPC owned space.
-Local will now be a tool avail as a IHUB upgrade for Sov holding alliances. Specifics to be released with next Dev Blog.
-All chats that are not player owned or owned by corp/alliance will be delayed also. This means that constellation and incursion chats will now be delayed mode only.
-Cloaked players will not appear in non-delayed chats while cloaked.
-Players that are docked willnot appear in non-delayed chats.
-On-Grid chats are being implemented. all players appearing on the same grid/overview will now have a non-delayed instant chat that will pop up or be constantly updated. Details to be released with next Dev Blog.
-New buttons will be added to instantly block or report people in all delayed chats.
-A new non-delayed Dev response channel will be implemented. You will be able to access this channel for 60 seconds at a time. This is to keep the numbers in channel at a minimum to ensure quick responses to questions deemed no petition worthy.

I hope this answers some questions.

Could you point out where Soundwave actually said that? As far as I see it's a quote entirely made up by themittani.com's writer.

Who cares.

We already have some of this in wormhole space.
All you have to do is make sure W.H. systems have more wormholes between each other (minimum 3 static). Extend Wormhole life to work with POS timers. Small changes to scanning like no more 40 minutes of scanning a day. Make wormholes specifically easier to find. Stop them from going dry. And now with better access and no endless scanning that sucks, voila you have a pvp'er dream. No local, and targets everywhere. People fighting over rich lands, and space that is virtually unknown. After all isn't that what you are trying to promote? Unknown threats in space?

I do believe that if this change is allowed to happen it may turn 0.0 into the new cloakie T3 battleground. One of which It will become impossible to rat in due to ALWAYS unknown hostiles about (This will put a dent in Player/Corp wallets). Impossible to mine in due to constant unknown targets about (mins skyrocket/worse Nul markets/no more rat poop). Impossible to pay ship costs.
Think about the new unobtainable jump freighter your going to need to haul mins in with. Well think about it will be all you will be able to do because you'll never be able to afford one, and the one you own is probably going to die.

"Local being removed will be the single biggest boost to PvP ever"
The above statement couldn't be more true. Hopefully it doesn't wreck the game for everyone else. (lol poor noobs)

Now don't start thinking I don't like pvp. I love it. But I do believe that it could be boosted in better ways. Like lower the level of endless structure bashing. Better form of drops in order to turn it into it's own profession.

And ofc fix wormhole space. It's boring, and has too much scanning. Don't turn Nul/Empire into some contorted version of W.H. space.

I'll see ya'll later or I guess you wont see me. I'll be there though in your system waiting for you to exit the station with something expensive.

.......and remember kids nothing tastes as great as noob blood.

I would agree that there would be a major boost in attacks on PvE targets. Maybe so much that opening up gated complexes to covert cynos would just ruin PvE. On the other hand it really would set in the true need for PvP support for solo or fleet PvE activity. CCP would also needs to adjust average loot payout between high/low/null sec before this.

Scanning is way too click intensive right now and its takes too long in some ways but not in others. Core scanning is not fun because it hurts your wrist from too much clicking and precision click dragging. I think combat scanning is ok as far as how long it takes but the precision click dragging again. After a bit of thinking I would like to see scanning with just one probe.

On the subject of exploration I hope the next expansion really includes some good new missions and upgrades. More animation for one like instead of new npcs just appearing in thin space. They could at least decloak or even better fly out the bay of some structure that has an animated sequence of the doors opening with all the rest of the smoke and mirrors. More storylines that include on screen movie character sequences duing the PvE. When I PvE if I did pay attention to the story I would want to feel like I playing a movie but still a game. Most important the storys really need to give the user the feeling of exploring new eden. Including things like hints to go to other systems and to watch for or talk to other agents. Getting a bit more of a reward because you made those extra connections or getting certain misison you couldn't without them. More T2 salvage and T2 rig BPC's for radar/mags.I have yet to see an occifer spawn the entire time Ive played eve. maybe including a slight chance of one on annoms would be a nice thing.

it will also become harder for the PVP'ers to find their gank targets, everyone would be in the same boat

Seriously doubt it but sincerely hope so!