EVE General Discussion

The new jump to button should highlight when active.

When in warp i sometime panic fearing i hit jump rather than warp to and will fail jump. SO spam cancel just incase.
Be nice to know that i did or did not click jump.

Also be nice to see aligned highlighted the same way.

I had a thought which is more of a UI thing than a graphical tweak I guess..

It would be nice if we could add an extra clock (or two, or three..) to the bottom of the Neocom, and make it possible to offset them from EVE time so that they could display the users local time, or the local time of their corpmates, etc.. and possibly even add a small text label to them.

I know it's not hard to work the time out for yourself but I think it'd be a nice little addition for those of us that get so engrossed in what's going on we don't notice the time slipping away, or are too poor to afford a reliable timepiece to prop in front of the monitor..

It would also be useful for us with corp or alliance mates in different timezones..

I miss the old acceleration gates grabbing you then slingshotting you off into the distance.

NPC Corp decals and coloring of their stations!

I just realized that the coolest looking lazors are actually the least used turrets, because their performance is simply underwhelming. Wouldn't it be nice if CCP gave the models for dual- and quad lazors to the pulse lazors that almost everybody uses?

I am for this!!!

Oh man this thread is awesome!

Any chance we can see a reworking of the deadspace environments? It's a small thing, and I really don't do missions anymore, but I remember zooming all the way out and seeing how very small each deadspace environment is. It looks a little out of place in the vast expanse of space. Theoretically there should be an asteroid belt, or some clouds or things that taper off, but still give the sense that you're in a real existing location.

+1 to the camera angles. I think it would be great to have a cinematic camera, aka Grand Theft Auto & Red Dead Redemption. You can flip to the cinematic camera, and it will show various shots of your ship, target, entire battle, etc. Or you can toggle an option to enable it if you are idle or haven't rotated your ship in a bit.

For instance: If you interact with your overview or other UI elements, this will not impact the cinematic camera timer. If you haven't actively rotated your ship, if the cinematic camera is toggled "ON" then it will after a period of time start the cinematic camera angles. This would be fun for those that use the overview primarily for data, however still want an action-packed experience. If you or your target takes a huge shot of damage, or explodes, this cinematic camera will attempt to "film" it.

Think Fallout 3 slow-motion action camera plus Red Dead Redemption & Grand Theft Auto cinematic cameras.

+1 to civilian vehicles! I want tons of civilian ships flying to and from a busy station! I want to see droids (not rogue) repairing your ship in the hangar in Spinning in Space & in CQ. I want to see civilian "busses" flying a short distance from the station, and then jumping to an unknown location. These would not be targetable of course, and they are just for environment detail, like birds in a planet-based environment.

Basically anything that makes EVE feel more full of life, as a living breathing universe. Pod pilots aren't the only ones in the universe of EVE, so we should see more of those that we rule over

Squad Formations

I know this was mentioned a few years ago at a FanFest, and someone also said it wasn't on the table because they didn't see any "gameplay" reason for it, so they shelved the idea.

I think it can work, and here's why I think it can work, and how I would implement it.

Currently Fleet Commander, Wing Commander, etc give the members in their squad various bonuses for being in a particular position of leadership. They are small, but can sometimes make a big difference in a battle.

Instead of making a single formation for each fleet, it would be cool to allow each wing commander to assign their squad a particular formation. Each formation will have a particular boost. If the members of the squad are all flying the same vessel, then this gives another boost to certain stats, based on the specific formation (phalanx, segmented rows, etc). First row of ships get certain bonuses based on their position. This idea can be expanded upon to give us a UI that shows each formation, explains the benefits of each, etc, and allows the squad leader to assign each pilot to a specific formation location. This can be as simple or as complex as you want.

Each pilot will have the ability to "Get In Formation" or strike off on their own, which has a percentage penalty to the overall formation's benefits.

Each Squad Leader will choose direction and course. If they are not a good pilot, ie heading straight for the enemy instead of flying transversally, then they will not last long as a Squad Leader.

The whole idea of this is to break huge fleets up into smaller squads, each with their own assigned duties. You can still be a huge blob of drakes, or you can be several squads of drakes, each with bonuses to damage, etc. You can switch this up based on the damage type that you are up against. Explosive damage requires a formation to be more spread apart, while a railgun sniper might have a harder time hitting a densely grouped squadron of rifters.

It's a thought, and I know this is a bigger thing than just the "small things", but nonetheless I don't think you should shelve this idea completely

I remember reading about this in the devblog. I'm not really sure why they went this way, when it the trail light effect has been programmed many times before as more of a blur. The space battles in SWTOR have engine trails and they don't like like they are produced by geometry. Idunno though

More activity around stations and inhabited planets, space docks, ship yards, animated station modules, more decorative and fluff stuff in general would make the game feel more alive.