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Fitting tool...IN eve?
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bloodknight2
Revenu.Quebec
#1 - 2012-09-27 16:05:55 UTC
I know EFT, but why is there no such tool in Eve? You know, be able to compare multiple fits and see the price difference without having to ALT+TAB between Eve and eft (or eve-central if Eve is close).
Sir Prometeus
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-12-06 13:35:54 UTC
I totally support this. Furthermore, it's a tool so essential for EVE players that should be part of the game
Corey Grim
Flagrante Delicto
#3 - 2012-12-06 13:44:02 UTC
Agreed it should be part of eve.

However it also should be as easy to use as EFT is.
Copy pasting fits for forums and from forums should also be possible etc.

It needs to be fast. if its not faster than EFT theres no point making one.
Also if they would forget things like "character all skills lvl5" thats the only possible way to compare fits in reality it would also mean that ppl would use EFT.

So if they do this, they need to do it Extremely well.
Jhan Niber
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-12-06 18:10:46 UTC
It's silly this isn't in the game already. I like having EFT or Pyfa available on my laptop when I won't be able to login for whatever reason, but when I'm in the client and getting ready to fit a ship it sure would be nicer to crunch the numbers with the client instead of a third party program or a calculator.
Solutio Letum
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-12-06 18:20:11 UTC
THE problem is the tools out there are SSSSOOO much better then CCP would ever do i think.... they even update has every patch comes, so until it becomes a need its useless work for ccp
Joe Risalo
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-12-06 18:37:39 UTC
Solutio Letum wrote:
THE problem is the tools out there are SSSSOOO much better then CCP would ever do i think.... they even update has every patch comes, so until it becomes a need its useless work for ccp


Well, seeing as how there are several fitting tools out there that are quite good, what CCP could simply do is recruit one of those guys to head up a design team to implement this.

The thing about it is with saved fittings and the fitting window, half the work is already done.

Now all they need to do is adapt this so that you could right click a ship in the market and select "build test fit" and the it would allow you to go through and select items off the market to build a fit without having to purchase the items.

It would also allow you to know what items you could and could not fit by turning the module red.
It would also be nice if it gave you a drop down menu that let you know all the skills you needed to be able to fit that ship as is.

To add more to it so that's it's more than just a fitting tool, but also an information tool, if the fit was low on cpu, pg, or even cap, then you would be able to click on the icons and it would tell you what all skills would reduce their use, and/or increase their amount with the ship/modules currently selected.

The same with dps, tank, and drones.
Clicking the individual icons of whatever is listed would let you know what all skills would directly effect that ship and fit.

Sure, this is a lot of work, but to be honest, many of this is already somewhat implemented. The info windows already tell you what skills you need, and the certificates tell you what helps that module/ship.

This would also be very nice for new players. Many new players have no idea what eft is, nor do they know how to use it, or get their API key. So having all this in game helps.

Most new players actually have a tendancy to buy ships and modules and test fitting them. So, they spend a ton of isk just trying to build a fit.