Player Features and Ideas Discussion

One of the things that bothered me when I started using bigger ships, is that because there is nothing to compare scale with, they didn't feel "bigger". Yes, they have more slots, more dps/tank and more mass, but the feeling was the same.

Same thing when trying ships from other races.

My idea is to add a "ship AI", which is basically a voice that you hear while flying in space. The voice announces random things as they happen, such as hostiles entering the overview, jumping a stargate, taking damage, getting disrupted, etc. More stuff can be added for fluff, like the ship's AI opinion on Jitta when entering the system "watch out for scammers", or history of famous sites as you pass them by.

The same ship AI voice can be used for all ships for testing purposes. But using different voices for different races can be a great immersion tool, bringing that faction to life. In addition, different ship AI's can be used for different ship roles/sizes, with some extra SFX. For example, for big ships a deep echo and bass, or a higher pitch for intty's, etc.

As my idea is 99% immersion and doesn't affect gameplay much, I can't see a downside to this besides the effort it would take from CCP, and the cost to record voice actors. Older players could decide to turn it off, but for newer players I think this will be tons of fun and another means of drawing them in.

EDIT:
tl;dr - replace Aura with race-specific ship AI, and expand it to include lore and more notifications.

you want to sack and replace Aura? :(

eve chronicle/backstory: http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/?cid=13-08-07

eve wiki page: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Aura

I would like the option to add new voice options, inspired by african american comedians impersonations of 1970's Jive dialect, as displayed in the comedy movie Airplane, etc.

A secondary version would be Gary Coleman's voice as the Arnold character from the well known sit-com of 40 years ago. Google if curious.

This will be too nice to have it that's why I think we will never get it.

+1 if is says which cloaky campers are afk or not.

I'm disappointed in you Nikk.

How about the voice of David Tate as Eddie the computer system of the Heart of Gold?

Only if you want people seeking Magrathea.

Personally, I would rather have the voice of Marvin from the BBC version of Hitchhikers, Stephen Moore.

Sure, some ships would spontaneously activate their self destruct systems, but it would be fun....

Nah, Caldari definitely need a sexy russian accent.

Fixed that for you...

I like the idea of (perhaps optional) different AI voices to increase the feeling of immersion. Could have a few personalities, so that warships seemed more aggressive than explorers or scouts. Interceptors could talk really fast, while battleships could have deep, imposing voices.

I am however shocked that none of the more piratical folks caught this part:





Given the unholy rage that erupted a few years back when someone developed a third party program that sniffed the packets going to local and announced when hostiles entered the system I'm shocked the OP didn't burst into flame just for suggesting it.