Test Server Feedback

None of that seems harsh, and this type of feedback is why we have Test Servers and threads like this one. We are all making the world of Eve, and that should be fun for everyone.


Re: Caldari Constructions/Kaalakiota/Wiyrkomi

This is both a lore and art move. We want to encourage visual variety while offering opportunities for deeper immersion. As there are nearly twice as many Kaalakiota Stations as Wiyrkomi, this is a good way to keep that ideal.

According to Lore, Heth's denunciation and historic association with Caldari Constructions has had a impact on the value of CC real estate. As Kaalakiota has more than 170 other stations, taking money from a friendly non-rival for the privilege of rebranding an undesirable subsidiary is a smart move that simultaneously suggests distance and increases capital.

Both KK and Wiyrkomi are patriotic bloc megacorps. The Seituoda family is known to be in pursuit of diversification, though has not yet been particularly successful in that regard. To help advance their high-end market goals, Wiyrkomi has paid for the higher profile. Constructions took the branding, and Kaalakiota approved.



Many of the other changes suggested here should appearing on Sisi in the next few days. We hope you'll keep an eye out for other suggestions that haven't been addressed.

Hey I'm zooming around a bit right now, and I like the stations a lot!

But I do have to say there is a mismatch between exterior and interior. In some aprils fools video you joked about interior design but it's kind of something you should do when you're modifying the exterior so heavily.

To be frank the more uniform the corp look, the more boring and out of the place the skin looks. For example the completely green "republic" skin. Also the unicolor skins are too shiny in my opinion. Makes some minmatar stations look like they are coated in copper, which might look cool but would be ridiculously expensive and not very practical. They need some space dirt .

In contrast to that the ones that have patterns in them look really good.

Also thanks to whoever made the leopard.

I think this is the same for a lot of the NPC Pirate factions, maybe it is something that can be looked at improving in future.
I'll note I didn't check the all the pirate factions so I'll have to do that shortly but it would be nice to see each Pirate (or I should say no Empire) faction flying their own colours or even station models if art ever had time.

*Edit
Okay some some of the Pirate ones are done like Gurista skins on the Caldari stations, missing on Gallente stations which is a shame but this is a tech issue?

Fair enough. I actually had not consisdered/remembered that KK had sold off several major assets. Quietly getting rid of Caldari Constructions seems like a plausible concept. Regardless, as Turelus hinted at, retconning lore to fit development is already a necessary evil - let's not add to it where we don't need to. This case is one of those few cases where a sensible lore update can be worked in, rather than a retcon.

Anyways, good job on taking feedback. Despite any lore quibbles, the artwork and changes look good.