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This blog is most interesting.

It seems good, but how will these options be handled or am I just blind and missed it in the blog. Will this be on the UI all the time or can it be disabled / hidden in the options menus?

Not that this isn't a good thing you understand. It's just coming from the UK and railing against the nanny state for over a decade this does feel a little like nannying and wrapping people up in cotton wool.

When I was in my trial, I flew several times into low sec and never saw anyone. On my last day of my trial I got popped in a 0.4 system in Gallente space. It wasn't fun, but I learnt my lesson and also learnt that I could change where my market orders were sought from in the market options menu which I had not until that point known about.

But if it helps player retention then I give it a +1.

Edit.

Now that I think about it this isn't nannying. You aren't telling us not to climb trees, more that if you get hurt don't come crying to us.

And this in my world means that you need backbone so a +1... although I feel the long suffering GM team while probably receive the same amount of petitions.

Interesting :)

So, if you have cloak module active you have to de-cloak your ship in order to safely log off?? And what about emergency warp? Will it still work?

To use the safe log off feature you have to decloak. (where you'll see your ship till you leave)

Not just to log off.

Right now, you log off and all your modules deactivate, so you'll reappear. Then vanish after a minute.

So no real difference.

edit:

just found out that the safe logoff is something completely different from logging of as we know it, ignore my previous comment

Say I live 100% in Nullsec, can I have the option to hide the saftey button please?

(On the test server, it is there showing green / yellow / red all the time).

So you'd right click on the HUD options and click "Hide Saftey Indicator". Kind of like how you can "Hide Passive Modules" etc.

Other than that, I approve 100%.

So, i'm infering from your 'safety feature' that you think the average EVE player has the intelligence of a turnip and need their hand holding

This is nice for the new players but will make canflippers cry.
I am in two minds about it to be honest.

Just two questions: Will maximum safety be enabled by default, even for veteran pilots?

And: Is safe logoff impossible while autopiloting? I'm guessing the answer is yes, but the dev blog isn't 100% clear about it.

And when will Mr Greyscale stop spending his time on un-EVEish / useless feature ?
Kinda fed up of CCP thinking EvE player should be treated like stupid children.....

Anything that makes Eve a place full of happy joy joy is a good thing