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LeHarfang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-01-13 06:46:47 UTC
Yeah, well, the horse, unicorn, stars, skull,etc. are getting old and the more corps are made, the more the same images are used and the more they get even older.

I don't know for you, but me, i would'nt mind more diversity in the eve universe. So in this thread, why not discuss the possibility of using vector graphics or other method of having costum icons for corporations like alliance do? Actually, even alliance logos would benefit from a change to vector graphics. Add a bézier tool for Eve Online and there we go: costum images that does'nt make the system uber-lag.

Of course, pre-made images could stay for people who don't care about their corp logos or aren't good in using bézier tool, but for those who do want to have a costum logo. I mean, how can you be proud of your corp/alliance and their logos if they're so repetitive that two corps can be confused as the other.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#2 - 2012-01-13 09:36:37 UTC
LeHarfang wrote:
Yeah, well, the horse, unicorn, stars, skull,etc. are getting old and the more corps are made, the more the same images are used and the more they get even older.

I don't know for you, but me, i would'nt mind more diversity in the eve universe. So in this thread, why not discuss the possibility of using vector graphics or other method of having costum icons for corporations like alliance do? Actually, even alliance logos would benefit from a change to vector graphics. Add a bézier tool for Eve Online and there we go: costum images that does'nt make the system uber-lag.

Of course, pre-made images could stay for people who don't care about their corp logos or aren't good in using bézier tool, but for those who do want to have a costum logo. I mean, how can you be proud of your corp/alliance and their logos if they're so repetitive that two corps can be confused as the other.

An alliance is reason enough to have a logo, a corp however is not.

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Jafit McJafitson
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-01-13 09:47:04 UTC
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
An alliance is reason enough to have a logo, a corp however is not.


Why not?
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#4 - 2012-01-13 09:47:50 UTC
Jafit McJafitson wrote:
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
An alliance is reason enough to have a logo, a corp however is not.


Why not?


poeple over in the 4chan area of the internet

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Jafit McJafitson
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-01-13 10:00:41 UTC
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
Jafit McJafitson wrote:
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
An alliance is reason enough to have a logo, a corp however is not.


Why not?


poeple over in the 4chan area of the internet


4chan already have their own alliance. So I'm sure they'll be getting their own logo too.

So why can't a corp have a logo? Dreddit has 2700 members which is more than most alliances, we have our own branding that we use in various forms of media, but that branding can't appear in the game itself because we're stuck with the prefab corp logo creator.

Custom logos should be easier to add than the current process of adding alliance logos via submission to CCP. I don't see why they need so much hand-holding when it should be easy to report them if they break the rules, just as it's easy for Ev0ke to report any member of the CFC whenever they post an ascii swastika in local.
Nestara Aldent
Citimatics
#6 - 2012-01-13 10:32:17 UTC
Good idea. However, a fee in ISK for that is needed too because CCP GMs will have to approve each new logo manually, just like they do with alliance logos now.
Jafit McJafitson
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2012-01-13 11:21:49 UTC
Nestara Aldent wrote:
Good idea. However, a fee in ISK for that is needed too because CCP GMs will have to approve each new logo manually, just like they do with alliance logos now.


Or just allow people to upload their corp/alliance logos and have GMs remove the ones that break the rules.
LeHarfang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-01-14 05:29:49 UTC
Yes it would require moderation concerning the logos just so that we dont see lots of corps with d*** on them. However, the current process is a bit too long. Having a system where people could report logos that arent allowed would be more appropriate then having the GMs waste time on each and every submitted logos so that they can be added manually.
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#9 - 2012-01-14 05:42:37 UTC
I actually like my logo, but it's not like I haven't found at least 3 which were nearly identical; and all those within a short while after mashing it together. Funny as it was, (not very), I'd just chosen a Norse/Icelandic style for the Corp rankings; and all those corps with the same-more or less-logo were all Norse theme/style to.

I dropped the Norse theme, as it wasn't working anyway, and it was just a little to copycat-ish for me. If I'd thought of it before them, maybe; but not when at least one of them was a good 30 days from creation before my Corp.

Point is, all Corp logo's are lacking in originality because there are only so many options available. Would be nice to have something to add additional options; just don't make me try to draw.
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LeHarfang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-01-14 07:51:03 UTC
What coudl be done by CCP is offer both the bézier lines and premade figures options. Or simply allow the possibility of using vector graphics as corp logos.

About drawing, that has nothing to do with vector graphics, unless you want to make a sketch before making your costum shapes. Speaking of which, what they could do is have pre-made costume shapes that people could assemble in what they want.

You would have the choice to either use pre-made shapes or make your own.
Valei Khurelem
#11 - 2012-01-14 07:56:35 UTC
Jafit McJafitson wrote:
Nestara Aldent wrote:
Good idea. However, a fee in ISK for that is needed too because CCP GMs will have to approve each new logo manually, just like they do with alliance logos now.


Or just allow people to upload their corp/alliance logos and have GMs remove the ones that break the rules.


That would be the best option I think, GM's are going to be mentally scarred though from people posting up their own penis' on the side of their ships but maybe it will encourage them to do better with their customer service.

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LeHarfang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-01-14 07:58:36 UTC  |  Edited by: LeHarfang
Having people post their images in pixel data would take more space for high resolution images, but again, i'm not the one managing their servers.

It would look better to have high def images, and would'nt take a lot more time to downlaod them.
LeHarfang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-01-14 20:44:10 UTC
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