EVE New Citizens Q&A

It is possible to play the game with graphics set to the bare minimum and not even notice, yes. In fact... if you go out into those "big fights" you hear about it becomes almost a requirement as you want to minimize what your computer is processing (you won't even notice it as you will be zoomed out).

And, interestingly, the windows of information are quite immersive when you consider that you are not in a cockpit or even a bridge.
Your body is entombed in the depths of ship... cocooned in a egg-shaped capsule... which is filled with nutrient rich fluid to support your body the way a mother's womb supports a baby... with wires and cables connected to your body... tying you in to every sensor and system of the ship.

And yeah... the game more or less always been this way (but not the point where there were no graphics at all).
There is simply too much information you NEED to keep track of that cannot be compressed into a simple UI.


Which regards to the Captain's Quarters (you moving your character around in a room)..

Look up the Incarna expansion. The CQ was supposed to herald in in-station walking and activities. Unfortunately, everything that could go wrong with it, did.
It took too long ("in 18 months")
Lots of others in-space things that a large number of players were more interested in were ignored in favor of development of this aspect.
It was introduced as a buggy resource hog that was not even complete.

And it didn't help that it was introduced alongside a microtransaction store.

Basically, you are looking a vestigial feature that was was abandoned in the face of very public player fury.
It may be picked up again the future, but probably not in the same way it was orginally intended to be.


And you can see your capsule on the lower scafolding to the left of your balcony.
And yes... when flying you are always in the capsule.

Ive heard the phrase before, but its really just said in jest. If you take a look at, for example, some of the Rooks and Kings videos, I absolutely love how the enemy fleet lands just in the middle of the pipe bomb and gets wrecked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-O7FzwQO68

Take a look at this vid, for example. Is that just spreadsheets, even in the footage that is actually from the game? Its absolutely beautiful and brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4qlF_9__4

The False tower is also a great video showing how the graphics tricked the opposing fleet into attacking.

Eve is more than just spreadsheets. Visuals play an important role.

Also, lore-wise, no, capsules dont break lore, anymore than getting hit by bullets and hiding behind cover to heal yourself, breaks the lore of Call of duty. No one asks people "Hey, in call of duty, are we playing humans, or some sort of aliens in a mirror-image universe where man-like beings heal wounds instantly?" Its game mechanics.

Its not just pretty lights though. As per the second video i posted, they actually used the visuals to trick an opponent into attacking them. This would not be possible if it were just spreadsheets.

First off there is not now and never was any reason that you had to use spreadsheets to play this game.

I believe that the reason that it was called spreadsheets in space was because of all the people that used spreadsheets to try and squeeze every last isk that they could out of their industrial processes.

A lot of websites and apps have been developed over the years to eliminate the need for or replace the usefulness of many spreadsheets. Of course now and before spreadsheets can be a very useful tool if you are into that kind of thing. I'm just saying if you are into PvP you can fly combat ships and loose them and buy new ones for years and years without ever opening a spreadsheet. Also I now do manufacturing without one. I use tools like the mineral worksheet in Evemon and such.

You kind of would have had to have been there to really understand this one. To add some context to this you must understand that when walking in stations was introduced there were plans to do a lot more with it. The way that CCP forced it down our throats willing or not got a lot of push back for CCP. I mean like a real lot of push back. So much push back that they had to abandon pursuit of it to appease the playerbase at the time.

I guess what I am trying to say is that there is only captain's quarters because of us players and not because of CCP.

There is a video out there that explains this a bit. If I find it I'll link it. However you are in a pod hooked up to the ship through the implant connections seen on your avatar's back. If I find the video I'll link it here. But the quick change from in space to captain's quarters is just for ease of transition. Lore wise you are still in a pod

I think I have it bookmarked on my computer. Let me get home and get sufficiently drunk and I'll maybe look for it.

The Jovian Wetgrave is a good backstory on this subject.

Basically...

- Capsuleers are a humans that are compatible with implants that were originally developed by and for an "offshoot" of humankind that dabbled in some serious genetic engineering (see: there is a reason we are a "rare breed").
----------- even with compatibility, Capsuleers require a lot of mental conditioning and training. Otherwise we suffer from "mindlock" (see: a kind of coma where a person is still conscious).

- Capsuleer tech is widely coveted by every faction in the game.
----------- As a Capsuleer, you are effectively the bridgecrew (see: command, helm, communication, astrometrics, and sensors) in one person. This means you only need crewmen to perform oversight, maintenance, and repairs on your ship.
----------------------- Less crewmen on ships also means less loss of life in combat.
----------- By being tied into the systems themselves you can see things faster, issue a commands more efficiently, and optimize systems more effectively than any "normal" ship. This goes into into explaining why NPCs are often so trivial to kill (because they are largely "manned" ships).

- Cloning tech has been around for awhile, but requires some "bulky" equipment... making it not very efficient or portable in most cases.
----------- The nature of Capsuleer's "pod" (see: neural links) has allowed cloning tech to integrated and effectively make Capsuleers immortal.
----------- There have been some recent advanced in implant technology, notably technology salvaged from Sleeper implants, that allows for cloning tech to be inherent in the implant itself. This has allowed for foot soldiers that can be cloned repeatedly over the course of a battle.