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An ever-changing New Eden?
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Heather Ambraelle
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-10-25 21:24:05 UTC
So I was watching TV today, Wonders of the Solar System to be exact and it got me thinking. How cool would it be in Eve if players could gather to watch the birth of a new star/solar system or for that matter the death of an existing one?

Imagine being able watch as new systems are created in New Eden. Then over time as the new systems develop maybe change from NULL, to Low and to high sec space over a period of time. Or by contrast players can observe the decline over a period of time as a star goes through the final stages of life before culminating into supernova, leaving behind a semi dead system in its wake. Maybe have special deep space exploration class ships, skills, new weapon types etc. ISK generating could be gas clouds, special ores, materials or archeology finds.


What does everyone else think?



BTW: This thread was not intended to make Developers cry.
Motorbit
Moira.
#2 - 2013-10-25 21:27:36 UTC
hey yeah, lets just camp a few million years in a gas cloud to watch the birth of a star!
so much action! so much FUN!
Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#3 - 2013-10-25 21:28:19 UTC
Because those things take place over a longer span of time than any of us will be playing EVE for?
Heather Ambraelle
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-10-25 21:39:15 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
Because those things take place over a longer span of time than any of us will be playing EVE for?

Kinda missed the point but unless all the stars in New Eden has been born at the same time, are the same size and decay at the same rate then there will be variances in a stars life. Also who is to say how old New Eden is now?

Also, from what I have seen on the forums New Eden physics are not the same as our own so who is to say they must follow the same rules?

Besides supernova occur fairly regularly even on Earth time, so why not in eve?
Motorbit
Moira.
#5 - 2013-10-25 21:51:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Motorbit
yep yep. just look at the nightsky. stars blow and pop up virtually every other minute up there.
hell, we observe a supernova in our galaxy virtualy once every century. so... just keep your eyes open, odds are, you will see one too!
(also the last was 400 years ago, so statistics owe us four for this century \o/ )
Heather Ambraelle
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-10-25 22:10:26 UTC
Motorbit wrote:
yep yep. just look at the nightsky. stars blow and pop up virtually every other minute up there.
hell, we observe a supernova in our galaxy virtualy once every century. so... just keep your eyes open, odds are, you will see one too!
(also the last was 400 years ago, so statistics owe us four for this century \o/ )

You need to remember, Eve pilots are not rooted to the ground. So like incursions we can go anywhere to see one.

Also, like I said from what I have seen on the forums New Eden physics are not the same as our own so who is to say they must follow the same rules?

Also you are right in terms of ones visible to the naked eye. But there are others too far away to be seen in such a way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1994D

I guess you are uninterested in more amazing opportunities for Eve visuals.
Motorbit
Moira.
#7 - 2013-10-25 22:19:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Motorbit
read what you have linked. where did that happened? how many galaxies are out there? how many stars has a galaxy? how many stars has eve?

now how often do you want a supernova in eve to happen? even if you would boost the ammount of supanovae per star by a million, there wouldnt happen a single supernova for the next million years.
Heather Ambraelle
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-10-25 22:34:49 UTC
Motorbit wrote:
read what you have linked. where did that happened? how many galaxies are out there? how many stars has a galaxy? how many stars has eve?

now how often do you want a supernova in eve to happen? even if you would boost the ammount of supanovae per star by a million, there wouldnt happen a single supernova for the next million years.


You are debating the frequency of a real event with one that "could" happen in a video game. A game that has sounds of explosions in vacuum of space I might add. :P

I am sure this might come as a shock to you but Eve is in fact a video game. So supernovae could occur as often or as little as desired. But please and by all means keep arguing the point of the frequency of a "speculative" event in a video game and ignore an interesting opportunity to expand on some amazing Eve visuals and adventure.
Motorbit
Moira.
#9 - 2013-10-25 22:58:12 UTC
yeah great. lets have spagetti monsters flying around in space.
anyway. i think i wrote way to much here already. you made clear what you want and why, i said why i would not like it and why. nothin more fo me to add.
Zachev Trace
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-10-25 23:58:06 UTC
I like the idea of the universe changing over time. The changing of security status has to be my favorite part of what you were talking about.

Seeing some of low/high sec fluctuate between high and low over months would be pretty cool. And maybe possible through player interactions (ratting or something). I feel that any kind of stars or systems blowing up in a supernova would be pretty cool as well, but this would take a ton of time to set up for such a short event. But maybe it's something they will look into in the years to come.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#11 - 2013-10-26 00:22:54 UTC
Motorbit wrote:
hey yeah, lets just camp a few million years in a gas cloud to watch the birth of a star!
so much action! so much FUN!



It beats Mining.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?