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Hey CCP: Why are stations so small?

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Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-08-01 12:25:31 UTC
I really try not to think of it.

But the stations in this game are too small in comparison to the ships that are coming out of them.


Why?
Seetesh
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-08-01 12:40:29 UTC
They are bigger on the inside as they use dimensional shrinkage technology.
Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-08-01 12:45:22 UTC
Seetesh wrote:
They are bigger on the inside as they use dimensional shrinkage technology.


Is that a joke or the actual lore reason?
Sarmatiko
#4 - 2013-08-01 12:49:27 UTC
Because Jove.
Whitehound
#5 - 2013-08-01 12:50:25 UTC
Diesel47 wrote:
I really try not to think of it.

Try harder.

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Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#6 - 2013-08-01 12:55:01 UTC
Eve is full of planck containers, that are bigger on the inside than the outside, the stations are the same. That's why you cant put one cargo container inside another if assembled.

Medium Secure Container Capacity 390m3, volume 325m3 assembled, 33m3 packaged. I haven't read anything specific saying that this applies to stations so if it's anything it's only extrapolated lore because the containers do exist.

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Wolf Kruol
Suicide Squad Gamma
#7 - 2013-08-01 12:57:37 UTC
I agree Stations should be scaled correctly... They need to be much larger. CCP fix this pls looks crappy.

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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#8 - 2013-08-01 13:12:59 UTC
Diesel47 wrote:
I really try not to think of it.

But the stations in this game are too small in comparison to the ships that are coming out of them.


Why?


"Small" is a relative term. Those big caldari stations (like Jita 4-4) are hundreds of cubic kilometres in volume.

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War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#9 - 2013-08-01 13:15:29 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Diesel47 wrote:
I really try not to think of it.

Try harder.


No.

Do, or do not. There is no try.

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ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-08-01 13:15:37 UTC
Wolf Kruol wrote:
I agree Stations should be scaled correctly... They need to be much larger. CCP fix this pls looks crappy.


So does your face.

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Nebula Terron
Wolf's in Sheep's Clothing
#11 - 2013-08-01 13:15:49 UTC
They only look small because the camera has a focus on your ship. Try zooming out.

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Whitehound
#12 - 2013-08-01 13:16:18 UTC
For what it is worth, doubling the diameter will cause the surface to increase four times and the textures will then need to be scaled up and look ugly or require a higher resolution, which costs more texture memory.

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Zak Matrix
Doomheim
#13 - 2013-08-01 13:18:12 UTC
Just imagine how huge Jita 4-4 would be considering how much ships, modules and other crap is in it Big smile
Wolf Kruol
Suicide Squad Gamma
#14 - 2013-08-01 13:27:45 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Wolf Kruol wrote:
I agree Stations should be scaled correctly... They need to be much larger. CCP fix this pls looks crappy.


So does your face.


http://i.imgur.com/9CA0BR4.jpg

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Lee Hekard
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-08-01 13:32:36 UTC
Aaaaaactually, according to lore, the stations are too big imo. For example, if you read up on the development of the Titans (like all the cool kids do), then the lore states that building the first titans (ships probably on the same scale as today's titans @ approx 15 km in length) put so much strain on the resources of the empires that they nearly depleted their resources in doing so (even the mighty Amarr empire). So if this is true, then how can there be so many massive stations per system? Scale is a problem for Lore, but if you are developing a game like EVE, scale and accurate perception has to make way for game mechanics.
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#16 - 2013-08-01 13:34:39 UTC
Little Dragon Khamez wrote:
Eve is full of planck containers, that are bigger on the inside than the outside, the stations are the same. That's why you cant put one cargo container inside another if assembled.

Medium Secure Container Capacity 390m3, volume 325m3 assembled, 33m3 packaged. I haven't read anything specific saying that this applies to stations so if it's anything it's only extrapolated lore because the containers do exist.

But you can put cargo containers inside stations...

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Wolf Kruol
Suicide Squad Gamma
#17 - 2013-08-01 13:35:41 UTC
Lee Hekard wrote:
Aaaaaactually, according to lore, the stations are too big imo. For example, if you read up on the development of the Titans (like all the cool kids do), then the lore states that building the first titans (ships probably on the same scale as today's titans @ approx 15 km in length) put so much strain on the resources of the empires that they nearly depleted their resources in doing so (even the mighty Amarr empire). So if this is true, then how can there be so many massive stations per system? Scale is a problem for Lore, but if you are developing a game like EVE, scale and accurate perception has to make way for game mechanics.


Because there mostly hollow for storage of ships and goods.

But if its too much work for ccp maybe make the ships smaller might be easier? XD

I'll live well with ether or changes.. .P

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Pr1ncess Alia
Doomheim
#18 - 2013-08-01 13:49:53 UTC
I agree, the size is a bit silly.

If they tried to fix another issue (docking radius) at the same time it could be pretty cool.

Imagine:

-3x to 4x increase in station size

-docking radius is a static sized sphere or block around the area where you get "spit out" on undock

Maybe even tag the docking radius with visual beacons. It could be cool and would change the nature of on-station combat.
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#19 - 2013-08-01 14:40:31 UTC
Diesel47 wrote:
Seetesh wrote:
They are bigger on the inside as they use dimensional shrinkage technology.


Is that a joke or the actual lore reason?

Because Time Lords.
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Jove Death
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-08-01 14:42:56 UTC
Sarmatiko wrote:
Because Jove.



HOW THE HELL IS IT MY FAULT!! Big smileBig smileBig smile


Actually there designed on the tardis tech which obviously the Jove stole Lol

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