Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Actually it would kind of occur to me that many larger ships would have a bridge AND a separate pod room. While the smaller ships have an observation deck where the bridge used to be. The pod doesn't go where the bridge is, it's shielded and in a different compartment.

Take a look at the Gallente rookie ship. It's got that little doohickey bridge thing on the side. It is obvious that that would be a bridge. Yet in the schematics for the ship, the pod actually goes into a little place in between the two headlights in the front of the ship. And that bridge is marked as an observation deck.

Larger ships, probably battlecruisers and up, have a crew in addition to the pod, so it would make sense for them to have a bridge.

Well CCP said we are in a pod and actually, most trailers show ships.

Why? why does everyone want Star Trek?



also, there is no observation deck, the entirety of the area of the ship the pod is in is prety heabily sealed off if i recall.

mainly because if a crewmember caught you outside your pod, or found his way TO your pod, your dead. any normal person who had the chance to kill a capsuleer would take it, because chances are, any citizen in New Eden has had at least 2 close family members killed by a capsuleer for no reason other than amusement.


your a capsuleer, and unfeeling monster who treats genocide as a past-time. everyone in New Eden hates you and is your enemy, including your crew.

First of all there's written somewhere, not sure where, that pod technology and infantry implants are not compatible.
Second of all the pod its your connection to the ship, the pod role its not just to ensure you don`t die it has a much more complex role then that, through it you control the ship and all its functions.
On the other side the dust implants are there to only ensure the soldier will survive it has no connection what so ever to controlling the drop suit functions,weapons and other systems and even if it had some role in all that the complexity of a drop suit is a joke compared to a starship.
Third and last thing, the captains bridge has no relevant gameplay impact on the game and for the moment it will be just a waste of resources and development time. There are more important things that needs attention in the game then just aesthetics.
Besides i think players will appreciate more work to be done in balancing and fixing game mechanics rather then making useless additions to the game.

Now, I have been against the Captains Bridge idea, at least on the principle that you cannot exit your pod while in control of a ship. I have just finished reading "Templar One" and it seems I was wrong. It seems there are in fact some ships that have their own pod gantry for the express purpose of the capsuleer exiting his pod while in his ship.

It does limit control though.

Eh. I love the idea myself. There is a crew (supposedly) on these ships. I have to assume they are moving about it, working, etc.

So to keep yourself in your jelly pod if you want to stay with concept, go with a little hoverbot that you can see through and interact with. Lets you have the views of the ship, or a Virtual quarters.

Will it ever happen? Doubtful. But I do like the idea and would love to see it. In particular when I am out on mining ops.

~Z

I don't remember anything stating that in the book, but I imagine that would be the case. Not sure about the size of The Significance.

Because I think this thread has been referenced, and has a valid concept- and it's use and implementation certainly belongs among the discussion here

Lets call em "Vanity Clones"


thanks OP for thinking 'outside the pod'

Um, the trailers that have capsuleers walking around have them doing so on a station, not on an in-flight ship.

No, the idea is NOT good, because it goes against established LORE.

also, the whole thing OP wants it for is so he can **** around unable tod efend himself while missioning/mining. the WHOEL REASON OP wants it is irrelevant because to eb IN that instance, you would have to dissappear from space, as the server does not support 2 places at once.

on top of all that, if you WANTED to allow your person to get out of their pod, and use some lore-excuse for why you can, i still want to reiterate that everyone on your ship would LOVE to stab you dead.

capsuleers are mosnters, anyone who gets half a chance to actually 'murder' one, would, especially if they arent in their pod, cause that makes PERMADEATH.

but seriously, this si a bad idea, if you want to play Star Trek Captain, go play Star Trek Online.

Walking in stations will eventually be good, but walking in ships will ALWAYS be derp-head stupid.