EVE General Discussion

Some background, I was somewhat interested in EVE back in the early days based on the spaceship designs. I saw the Naglfar and drew a space scene in my art class the next day, based on that design. I just never thought I'd be abel to play it on my old computer, so back in 2003-2005, it wasn't on my To Play list.

But one day I was at a coworker's house and he had EVE running on a beefy rig with a huge monitor, and I asked him about it. He told me about the in-game economy, the scale, the corporations, the fact that things that are considered griefing in other games are defended by the developers as essential parts of the experience. All of that sounded even better than I initially thought, and it made me definately want to play the game. But the big question I wanted to know was whether you could walk around your ship's interiors. I REALLY wanted to know that. He said "No, but they're making an expansion that will let you walk around your captain's quarters".

Well, Crucible is out, and it's several versions in. And I played the trial shortly after I had this conversation with my coworker, but I dropped it after a few hours of play. It felt too... Impersonal.


Cut to three days ago. I am browsing the internet, and someone posts a screenshot of their character in the captain's quarters on Reddit. I'm intrigued.

Then I decided to give the game a try again. Bought some gametime the day before yesterday.

Immediately I got into the captain's quarters. I tried walking into the mirror before I realized that it wasn't a corridor. I turned around, went out to my ship, and flipped out. It's gorgeous. I've got the little holograms with "Fitting" and "Cargohold" and such on it, I've got the TV and couch, It's awesome.

Then I noticed another door. The one to the rest of the station. I ran over to it (Haha) and clicked the panel.

Closed for decontamination or whatever. Right, because the stations aren't done yet. Huge disappointment. What a wast of a feature.

Well, I can say that I'm much happier that I have a proper avatar and that the amazing character creator isn't just for my Portrait anymore, but I NEED to walk around the station.

And after that? I need to walk around and customize my ship's interior. You guys don't understand, I -NEED- it. It's the thing that will make me a life-long EVE player, I can say that now. I don't want to be playing with spaceship toys in the backyard like EVE currently feels like, I want to be a ship captain. And part of being a captain is being on the ship, seeing out the viewport.


Sorry for the ramble, but other people must feel the same. EVE has so much promise. This could be THE GAME. It just needs to let us romantics life out our fantasies in this particular way. I love the game's focus on trading, economics, and such. The designs of the ships are incredible, and it's a lovely game. Not speaking for anyone else here, but I feel like I'd never leave the game if we continued to improve the WiS aspect of the game.


Just understand that, after learning about the game's history, I know that people have a bad taste in their mouths from what came out of Incarna. I'm not interested in a WiS feature unless it is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL (I.E, everything you can do there can be replicated quickly through menus, like the optional space hologram in the CQ) and if it doesn't effect the improvements to FiS gameplay. EVE is a great game, I'm just talking about my experience in coming to the game.

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I'm not trying to pretend I know what's best for everyone else, guys.

Why do people get so excited about the possibility of walking in a station when it's a game about spaceships, combat, and space-stuff? I don't get it...

Must respectfully disagree with you op. I feel pretty much the exact opposite.

It's about the personal feeling that having a human there gives it. Without having an actual person in there, I'm just imagining one there. It's the "Toy spaceships in the backyard" feeling I mentioned.



Hmm. I didn't know that. Well that changes my perspective of the ship thing then.

But the station still applies. I need to feel a connection with my character.

Uninstall and never look back then.

They will never be anything remotely meaningful done in stations. The entire engine, its entire team exists solely to make the other vampire game which is years off for release. We are just the alpha testers for it.

You are playing the wrong game.

Please tell me the Op is taking the peace

Get a POS. It's like a set of captains quarters for your ships.

There isn't one obviously. But seriously, if you find walking around looking at your avatar exciting and that has attracted you to eve, I fear that you will find the rest of the game horribly disappointing. I hope that you don't, but you probably will.

Personally i would love it if you could walk around your own ship. although judging by the modding that happened with the walking in stations client. i would sit in the deepest part of nullsec cloaked up and play Dust on the main screen of my cockpit and never go back to civilization.