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IGB gone. In game map is junk. DOTLAN FTW
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Hark'ma
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#1 - 2016-10-20 02:29:11 UTC
It would have been nice if CCP integrated DOTLAN into the game before dropping the In Game Browser.

The in game map is, and has always been pure garbage, hard to read. Basically it's what you would get if you asked the ladies from "The View" to build a house. Full of sparkly distracting crap and hardly serviceable.

DOTLAN was awesome. It didn't look like a drag queens closet, was highly functional, and was better in every way.

Radar tracking, Set destination, well laid out....

DOTLAN through the In Game Browser was like having Waze in your ship, while the in game map is like 1990s style where you had to lean over, open the glove box, unfold some huge map, scratch your head and have a fight with your wife before even getting the car started.

All I want is DOTLAN through that thing. Or a map that isn't so full of fluff where it's easy to use, and gives you a nice layout
Memphis Baas
#2 - 2016-10-20 02:42:51 UTC
Hark'ma wrote:
The in game map is, and has always been pure garbage, hard to read.


Come on, enough with the hyperbole; the in-game map isn't pure garbage, it's more like a dented rusty car, it can still get you there.

Yeah, dotlan is awesome, but dotlan exists, so why exactly would CCP put in the effort to create a crappier version of it, when the awesome original dotlan is still available. I mean, they got rid of the encyclopedia and re-directed us to eve-uni wiki and other player wikis, so they seem to be going in the opposite direction from what you want. So, I guess, good luck.
Cade Windstalker
#3 - 2016-10-20 03:14:12 UTC
I'm all for more functional options on the in-game map, but the IGB needed to go. It was barely serviceable and if I ever needed an info-sec professional to seize up for about 30 seconds all I needed to do was show them that thing.
Quintessen
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2016-10-20 05:15:44 UTC
Hark'ma wrote:
It would have been nice if CCP integrated DOTLAN into the game before dropping the In Game Browser.

The in game map is, and has always been pure garbage, hard to read. Basically it's what you would get if you asked the ladies from "The View" to build a house. Full of sparkly distracting crap and hardly serviceable.

DOTLAN was awesome. It didn't look like a drag queens closet, was highly functional, and was better in every way.

Radar tracking, Set destination, well laid out....

DOTLAN through the In Game Browser was like having Waze in your ship, while the in game map is like 1990s style where you had to lean over, open the glove box, unfold some huge map, scratch your head and have a fight with your wife before even getting the car started.

All I want is DOTLAN through that thing. Or a map that isn't so full of fluff where it's easy to use, and gives you a nice layout


Misogyny much?
Bob Syterges
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2016-10-20 06:14:25 UTC
I find the map easy to use. It could use some tweaks but it's not hard to figure out
Commander Spurty
#6 - 2016-10-20 10:46:15 UTC
CCPs focus must be spaceships first

All that supporting junk can be someone else's focus via the API and wizardry

When CCP have local hosting 20,000 players (see top couple of alliances on dotlan), then they can let loose on the supporting bits.

Still a way to go basically (and the math doesn't support their chances of success any time soon without some evolutionary tech).

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

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TigerXtrm
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#7 - 2016-10-20 10:50:22 UTC
I tried using the in-game beta map for the first time in ages a few days ago.

Holy **** that thing is beyond unusable if you're used to Dotlan or Garpa. I hate to put down all the effort put in to the new map but damn.

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Elenahina
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2016-10-20 11:41:19 UTC
Bob Syterges wrote:
I find the map easy to use. It could use some tweaks but it's not hard to figure out


It's functional. I wouldn't go so far as to call it easy.

That said it is still a useful tool for some things.

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Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2016-10-20 13:47:55 UTC
Hark'ma wrote:
It would have been nice if CCP integrated DOTLAN into the game before dropping the In Game Browser.

The in game map is, and has always been pure garbage, hard to read. Basically it's what you would get if you asked the ladies from "The View" to build a house. Full of sparkly distracting crap and hardly serviceable.

DOTLAN was awesome. It didn't look like a drag queens closet, was highly functional, and was better in every way.

Radar tracking, Set destination, well laid out....

DOTLAN through the In Game Browser was like having Waze in your ship, while the in game map is like 1990s style where you had to lean over, open the glove box, unfold some huge map, scratch your head and have a fight with your wife before even getting the car started.

All I want is DOTLAN through that thing. Or a map that isn't so full of fluff where it's easy to use, and gives you a nice layout


F10 does wonders man. PROTIP that's what Dotlan is based on.

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Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#10 - 2016-10-20 14:41:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Gadget Helmsdottir
Oh a slightly related note, I have a question.

I really liked that I could manage my waypoints directly from DOTLAN in the IGB, but I find that I can't do so by using the site from my regular browser.

Is there an option to turn on or maybe a registration that I can do to gain that ability back?

Thanks,
Gadget

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