Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Dear CCP,

Your videos and graphics are awesome, your ships have been polished and improved a great deal and OMG more to come in the coming months!? Wicked.... but how am I suppose to get all psyched when the music in eve sounds like elevator, mellow electronic ambient sounds that even brian eno would find boring.... sorry, but UPGRADE the sound track in eve, it's badly needed, hire the guys who make trailer music like IMMEDIATE MUSIC or TWO STEPS FROM HELL or this guy Thomas Bergersen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7j1Vn2TgLY&list=PL1179B0ECCC4F9613&index=42&feature=plpp_video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nobfhOxiPxs&feature=BFa&list=PL1179B0ECCC4F9613&lf=plpp_video

Just think about how much better eve would be with these soundtracks! Just imagine hunting sleepers to these two tracks..... how awesome???

Thanks for your time. Music matters, please UPGRADE !!!

Thats a load of crap, and let me tell you why. First music is the most powerful identifier and an integral part of the branding, it's not just about "Flight of the Valkyries", it's about style. Eve has a ton of style and has reinvented the look many times yet the music has not changed since 2003. The music currently in eve does not share the same impressive style as the look of the game.

It's not just about me wanting better tracks it's about balancing the game to make it more in line with the rest of the improvements and the music MUST be updated just like the graphics engine. It's all about branding. If CCP put the music from the game together with the trailers they showed at fanfest 2012 it would lose impact! People would tune out! Try it, put the latest trailer to the score of any in game track.... see if it has the same impact.

Why do you think INCEPTION used that ONE note during the trailers, because it stood out and was immediately recognizable by the audience. Now look at movie trailer SINCE inception, all share that ONE note, don't believe me? Look at the latest Prometheus trailer...

I don't have to tell you what you already know.

:)

I will agree here with Tchulen.

The first thing i did was turn off the music, and because it was as your called it "lift" music, but because it interferes with the game. this background music is not needed and can get in the way when using comms. especially if you are using external comms.

Sorry but the background music is such a minor part of the game play that it is not even worth the DEVs. worrying about it.
In fact they would be far better removing it than revamping it.

Don't get my wrong, I'm not completely against revamping the music in EvE. I'd love it if the background music was more indicative of what I was doing, as I think you're suggesting, The Hamilton.

But this is only something that would be applicable to a small percentage of the eve population. No one (I think I'm pretty safe in saying this) plays the eve music in fleet. It just gets in the way of comms. Most people don't when solo. So this only affects a few solo players. Therefore putting anything more than spare time into doing it seems of less point than a lot of other development things.

It would likely be a bit like WIS. You hear about it being introduced, take a quick look and then never use the feature again.

I understand what you both mean about music iconicizing games from the 90s but there is a difference between that and this. Games from the 90s were played a lot, yes, but there tended to be one tune that repeated over and over and over thus meaning that 20 years later if you hear that tune you immediately think of that game. The music in EvE is background music and as such shouldn't make an overriding impression on the player. If you want iconic music that screams EVE then surely it would be better for it to be loading/logging in music rather than the ingame music.

Screw music, no one is listening to it. BUT CCP PLEASE, UPGRADE THE SOUND EFECTS.

I like the current music in EVE, nothing needs to change.

If I get tired of it, mute, play my own.

We are all in agreement! The music now sucks, most of us TURN IT OFF. That should tell CCP loud and clear that the music should match the action.

Does eve need new tracks? In my opinion yes although here, we are not in agreement.

I really like the pandora idea however this does not solve a very simple problem, the branding of eve music.

If the music was good and more people turned it ON as oppose to OFF I am willing to bet CCP could even be selling EVE soundtracks for .99 a piece which would pay for their investment of hiring a professional musician, and possibly even make money in the end.

Again, yes you can do that now, that is not my point however. If you are going to have "eve specific" tracks in game they should match the rest of the world and help "immerse" you in the universe.

The latest trailer, where capsuleers step inside a sleeper complex is "perfect" to set the mood and feel of the visuals. It is a compliment to the story and helps you immerse yourself in that environment.

The problem with the current tracks is that we notice them too much, they are like crayon colors on top of a master oil painting, it does not fit.

Daft Punk, Klaypex, and Canadians. Perfect you want an epic electronic soundtrack. Have you ever heard the music in TRON Legacy? That's Daft Punk for you.