EVE General Discussion

To be fair, I don't think anybody but CCP could actually kickstart a direct software expansion of EVE. Even if there were no legal issues (and unless CCP grants explicit permission, there very much would be), then it would still make no sense to have development for EVE with no connection to CCP. And nobody is going to cowdfund a campaign which says "if successful, we will take this money to CCP and ask nicely whether they would be willing to do something with it."

However, CCP could easily run a very nice kickstarter campaign. They certainly know how to make a nice advertisement trailer, they could easily offer a range of game-related or even game-internal rewards, and they obviously have all the necessary rights to the software assets.

In fact, quite apart from this particular case WiS, I think semi-regular kickstarter campaigns might be a nice way for CCP to develop specific side projects that players request. I'm sure people can think of other things in EVE that "need to be done"...

They are beyond that.

Dust is there.

All it needs is porting and adapting so that we can transition between EVE and Dust via Captain's Quarter's door.

why do you want to kickstart things? do you think ccp dont have the knowledge and money to make the game how they want? just because they dont do something that you want doesnt mean they are poor

I made a Features and Ideas thread about this, and it was quickly locked for trolling.

*takes glasses off*








One could say, they've ...









*puts glasses back on*















... rained upon you.

I'm seeing some mysterious Excellent tags on portraits too. Bug thing?

By the way, if we get WiS, will our contacts' standings with us show over their heads? Blue plus sign over this guy, red minus sign over that one? Sort of like in FPSs? We need some kind of intel. I'd hate to accidentally buy a drink for a Goon. (JJ)

I don't believe that, though I appreciate the good will behind the lie... :)

I've resubbed for thirty days ...
... twenty-seven days ago.

Unlike Indah can't I be hooked by generic content and hauling isn't my thing either ...
... but as of tomorrow can I fly a Sabre ...
... so maybe I will add another 30 days.


Ya know ... we sell children magazines with crap in them and ... and once I've found one with a soap bubble thingy. So l took it, went outside onto the street and filled the air ... and the streets ... the whole crossing with a bus driving through ... with shiny little bubbles everyone admired and smiled at, because people love soap bubbles! They make people happy! :D

































And not a single car crash happened either. ^_^

I don't really know, but yes, it all seems a bit understaffed and under-resourced to me. And in consequence of that, I wouldn't be surprised if some technical know-how was also lacking here or there. (That's not meant a an insult to any of these professionals, but would simply be a consequence of the level of specialisation typical in software creation.)

Mind you, for me that's all based on anecdotal data. For example, it seems like there is one guy only working on the new probe scanner. Or I hear someone mentioning that there are only two artists now working on apparel (and skins?). That sort of thing...

how many people do you think they need to be working on things like this, do they need 10 people to work on a probe scanner?

The question about walking in stations is not about if it can be made, or if it should be made instead of something else, but what kind of gameplay can it offer to people who mostly play EvE to shoot each other in space ships.

At this moment the captain quarters are nothing more than a gloried side menu, as everything you can do in it can be done already with a few click in the ship hangar.

And what if you could do see the other pilot docked in your station? In which way would you interact with them? Would you build station interiors and re optimize the old code just to /wave at your corp mates and do a /rude gesture at someone from an opposing corp? Or make your character run to the market interface while you can simply click it in the ship hangar?

I think all of us signed up for a game where spaceships kill other spaceships, loot other spaceships, build spaceships, mine asteroid and gas with spaceships and harvest tears thanks to the spaceships. No one signed up for second life in space.

However, let face it, don't we want to see more of our avatars? I'll give you a practical example... look at most of the people on this forums, they all made avatars that should represent them, both here and in game, while they spam and they gank. This game does not need walk in station, need better avatar customization and better avatar representations, or way to show them to the others.

Sorry for my usual long posts, but I've some people in contact list I keep only to see how their avatar will look today, people like solecist at example.