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Mester Udan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-08-10 18:35:25 UTC
Dear CCP,

I noticed a little problem, which exists a long time ago. When I'm mining an asteroid, the little icon of the mining laser appears next to the target, which is okey, but if I'm using two, or three mining lasers, it's hard to follow, which module is mining which asteroid. The only way to get know this, is to click on the little icon next to the target, and stop the module, but if I don't know which miner is mining which asteroid, I don't know when to stop the miner, to don't waste time on mining nothing. I hope this is not too difficult to do, even a little mouse-over window is enough which shows "F1" or "Alt+F4", just to indicate which module is this.

I hope you can do this for all the miners out here! :)

Countless thanks
writer: Lucie Minfor
translator: Mester Udan
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Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-08-10 19:13:05 UTC
makes sense to me i came to a conclusion that when my ship is faceing forwards f1 is my front lazer f2 is the middle and f3 is the rear. but i really do see your point streamlining of eve is quite essential to prevent the frustration of newish players.
Mester Udan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-08-10 20:09:27 UTC
well, it's okey, but what if i'm driving a battleship, with 8 lasers, or what if i'm using a module, which is not visible on the ship, like a cap vampire, how do I know which cap vampire am I using on who?
NiGhTTraX
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-08-11 01:50:31 UTC
Idea: hovering over the icons next to the target highlights the module on your HUD.

If you're gonna post here thinking your idea is the greatest thing since bacon and that it will save EVE and possibly all humankind with it, you're gonna have a bad time.
Rengerel en Distel
#5 - 2012-08-11 03:11:57 UTC
When i used to mine, i'd simply have a different type of crystal in each laser, just to not have to deal with it. It would be nice if there was some indication of which module was which.

With the increase in shiptoasting, the Report timer needs to be shortened.