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Hetzzer Coresh
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2011-11-06 19:14:20 UTC
First I would just like to point out how awesome these new nebula are, a few things I would like to point out though.

They feel a little too transparent, When you look at a column of gas and dust thick enough to birth a star you would think it would block out quite a bit of starlight from behind. Example; http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/Ducky458/20111106183848.jpg Talking about the darker columns in the middle.

Running 2 clients at the same time I decided to take a little tour. Its cool to see the same nebula from different angles and to see multiple nebula on border regions. in the last 2 days I probably did around 500 jumps between 2 accounts and here is what I have noticed. Nullsec that has guristas, sansha, blood raider and drone spawns feel lacking. The background barely changed, and when it did the one nebula one could see was just made bigger. When you compare it to Cloud ring, Syndicate, Wildlands, Scalding Pass, etc. it just doesn't feel as dynamic. Cloud ring is an actual ring nebula and the surrounding regions have different perspectives of it, wildlands has a supernova remnant and you then fly into it in the scalding pass (makes perfect sense lol). But then you get out into delve, PB, Cobalt edge and all the other rim regions and its just the same backdrop repeated over and over.

Just thought I would bring those things up and see if there are any plans for them.
Jiji Hamin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-11-06 21:11:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Jiji Hamin
Hetzzer Coresh wrote:
First I would just like to point out how awesome these new nebula are, a few things I would like to point out though.

They feel a little too transparent, When you look at a column of gas and dust thick enough to birth a star you would think it would block out quite a bit of starlight from behind. Example; http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/Ducky458/20111106183848.jpg Talking about the darker columns in the middle.

Running 2 clients at the same time I decided to take a little tour. Its cool to see the same nebula from different angles and to see multiple nebula on border regions. in the last 2 days I probably did around 500 jumps between 2 accounts and here is what I have noticed. Nullsec that has guristas, sansha, blood raider and drone spawns feel lacking. The background barely changed, and when it did the one nebula one could see was just made bigger. When you compare it to Cloud ring, Syndicate, Wildlands, Scalding Pass, etc. it just doesn't feel as dynamic. Cloud ring is an actual ring nebula and the surrounding regions have different perspectives of it, wildlands has a supernova remnant and you then fly into it in the scalding pass (makes perfect sense lol). But then you get out into delve, PB, Cobalt edge and all the other rim regions and its just the same backdrop repeated over and over.

Just thought I would bring those things up and see if there are any plans for them.


also, yeah i agree that maybe there should be less stars peeking through the nebulas. not NO stars, just less stars.

i actually liked the change and it made me feel that these places which are in the middle of nowhere in terms of backstory are also in the middle of nowhere in terms of any nebula. places like branch or deklein are now just... empty... which will come to new players in future years who have only ever known empire space as being just as shocking as stepping into the cloud ring. anyway, that was my two cents.

also, @devs fix lonetrek and fix what happens to planet rings when they are backlit...
Hetzzer Coresh
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2011-11-06 21:26:17 UTC
Maybe im just a little jealous since im down in Period Basis lol. Whats cool about Cloud Ring is that you can look at it from neighboring regions and might be able to say "see that? I own that ****!"
Insane Randomness
Stellar Pilgrimage
#4 - 2011-11-09 05:46:58 UTC
Hetzzer Coresh wrote:
Maybe im just a little jealous since im down in Period Basis lol. Whats cool about Cloud Ring is that you can look at it from neighboring regions and might be able to say "see that? I own that ****!"


I'm making it my goal in EVE too be able too say that...