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Keep Pod Skins on Permanent - Am I missing something?

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Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#1 - 2017-05-11 22:19:30 UTC
Hey all,

Is it me or CCP who is missing something?

Everytime I change ships, my pod loses its name and its skin.

Is there no way to apply the YC119 skin permanently to my pod? Do I really have to manually apply it and change my pod name EACH time I switch ships?Shocked
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#2 - 2017-05-11 22:42:31 UTC
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.
Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#3 - 2017-05-11 22:45:07 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.


My pod is destroyed even when changing ships in the same station from a confessor to a shuttle?

Odd game mechanics.
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#4 - 2017-05-11 22:51:28 UTC
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.


My pod is destroyed even when changing ships in the same station from a confessor to a shuttle?

Odd game mechanics.

you can only fly one ship at a time so you are either in your pod or in a ship, so the server really has no reason to remember your pod while you are in a ship. Historically the pod is a generic thing so it doesn't really matter. Pod skins are silly.

@ChainsawPlankto on twitter
Lothros Andastar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2017-05-11 22:56:18 UTC
CCP Know. CCP don't care.
Brigadine Ferathine
Presumed Dead Enterprises
Against ALL Authorities.
#6 - 2017-05-11 23:03:51 UTC
This always has bummed me out. Why have skins if they don't stay.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#7 - 2017-05-11 23:23:31 UTC
This is a good point. It would be nice if we could set a default skin for various hulls. Hell, I'd settle for including the skin when you save a fit. Maybe post to F&I? I think most pods would appreciate that feature.

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#8 - 2017-05-11 23:25:01 UTC
Chainsaw Plankton wrote:
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.


My pod is destroyed even when changing ships in the same station from a confessor to a shuttle?

Odd game mechanics.

you can only fly one ship at a time so you are either in your pod or in a ship, so the server really has no reason to remember your pod while you are in a ship. Historically the pod is a generic thing so it doesn't really matter. Pod skins are silly.


I spend a good amount of time in a pod, so to me pod skins are not silly :(

This seems like a simple fix
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#9 - 2017-05-11 23:29:12 UTC
There is always a fun way to show off your nifty new pod skin. Pirate

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Tuttomenui II
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2017-05-12 00:06:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Tuttomenui II
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.


This, but the coding is really messed up because it destroys all capsules in the ships hanger when you board a ship. So if you say have some empty capsules (which is possible google it Cool ) then those will be destroyed as well as the active capsule.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#11 - 2017-05-12 00:13:08 UTC
Chainsaw Plankton wrote:
Pod skins are silly.


I don't do this often but...fixed.

Mr Epeen Cool
Chopper Rollins
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
#12 - 2017-05-12 06:16:11 UTC
Tuttomenui II wrote:
So if you say have some empty capsules (which is possible google it Cool ) then those will be destroyed as well as the active capsule.


I have quite a few pods in assets, if you repackage them they persist as assets but can't be contracted or loaded into cargo.



Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good.
Tuttomenui II
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2017-05-12 06:43:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Tuttomenui II
Chopper Rollins wrote:
Tuttomenui II wrote:
So if you say have some empty capsules (which is possible google it Cool ) then those will be destroyed as well as the active capsule.


I have quite a few pods in assets, if you repackage them they persist as assets but can't be contracted or loaded into cargo.





It is known.
Aedaxus
Ascendance
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2017-05-12 13:35:22 UTC
Sir,

I implore that you regularly change pod due to hygienic regulations. Maybe you don't have trouble soaking in a yellowish goo or enjoy being in a snow globe that has brown flakes, but I want to keep myself clean. And regulations should force you to minimize creating and distributing strange diseases.

#DoYouEvenPod
Salt Foambreaker
Greedy Pirates
#15 - 2017-05-12 15:01:21 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Wild guess: everytime you change ships, your pod is created and destroyed.

i.e. it isn't the same pod, so the name and skin setting is lost.


If you warp away you can avoid the pod destruction :)
Scialt
Corporate Navy Police Force
Sleep Reapers
#16 - 2017-05-12 17:25:56 UTC
What makes pod skins odd is that when you exit a ship and go back into it... the skin remains... because the object never disappears. The pod however is new each time you exit a ship.

Which does make skins for pods kind of odd since pods don't persist like ships do.

But... hey... it was free.
Argyle Henderson
Assault Squadron Indigo
Apocalypse Now.
#17 - 2017-05-13 02:56:11 UTC
This pisses me off too. Evil
Why have the damn skins if you have to reset them every damn time.
Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#18 - 2017-05-13 04:00:57 UTC
There's a lot of easy fixes i think CCP could make and I am not sure why they are not.
Sir BloodArgon Aulmais
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2017-05-13 15:27:08 UTC
Back with the release of skins this was an issue. Now with pod skins its even worse.

I could see server load from accessing skins every time someone switches a ship if 'default skin settings' were introduced, but its still a feature I wish we had.