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Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-08-07 20:35:32 UTC
just a noob with a thought but what if every ship had a kind of numberplate that dropped when the ship was destroyed? the plate would have the ship owners name, ships name and ship class. i know corpses drop after pod kills then why not this after ship kills? a nice way to track kills and a nice little bonus if you dont pod kill the guy?

thoughts everyone?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#2 - 2013-08-07 20:42:51 UTC
You mean kind of like a kill mail?
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#3 - 2013-08-07 20:45:33 UTC
I remember a few years back someone asked about "serial numbers" for ships, such that they have a unique identifier.

What purpose this could serve, I don't know. Perhaps for historical value, like "Hey, this shuttle was owned by Chribba" or something like that.

Anyway, in that thread, I remember seeing some Eve devs saying how they wanted to implement such an idea in the past.


I think this was in 2010. Lots of rum has washed through my memory since.


There has not been mention of something like this in that much time.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-08-07 20:46:06 UTC
Tippia wrote:
You mean kind of like a kill mail?


yeah but a little in game item. as like a totem of your kill. you can keep your opponents corpse. why not a little thing from their ship?
Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-08-07 20:48:53 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
I remember a few years back someone asked about "serial numbers" for ships, such that they have a unique identifier.

What purpose this could serve, I don't know. Perhaps for historical value, like "Hey, this shuttle was owned by Chribba" or something like that.

Anyway, in that thread, I remember seeing some Eve devs saying how they wanted to implement such an idea in the past.


I think this was in 2010. Lots of rum has washed through my memory since.


There has not been mention of something like this in that much time.


that would be AWESOME! you could see who made the ship, what their corp was and past owners? wonder why they never did such a great idea! :D (i know that sounds like sarcasm but its actually not)
Cpt Tirel
Institute For Continuous Glory
#6 - 2013-08-07 20:51:33 UTC
Wow yea that would be cool, almost as cool as the "Badge of justice" in WoW you know? awesome.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#7 - 2013-08-07 20:52:56 UTC
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
that would be AWESOME! you could see who made the ship, what their corp was and past owners? wonder why they never did such a great idea! :D (i know that sounds like sarcasm but its actually not)
It didn't happen because they would have to redo the entire item database from scratch and introduce massive inefficiencies in the process (and it would make players' lives more complicated as well).

That kind of specifics would require every item to be a singleton, and that would mean you could no longer create stacks, for instance. Every time you wanted to move 1500 whatevers from one place to the next, the database would have to do a move query 1500 times, rather than once for that single stack.
Celestra Doxaila
MinTek Tactical Division
#8 - 2013-08-07 20:54:16 UTC
Something like this was proposed before, but the issue with it is that repackaged items cannot be uniquely identified in the game. So there is no way for a unique id number to follow a ship around.

As far as a "ship corpse" item; that is basically the same thing as a killmail, but with less information.
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-08-07 21:00:25 UTC
Cpt Tirel wrote:
Wow yea that would be cool, almost as cool as the "Badge of justice" in WoW you know? awesome.


I like the way people think anything associated with WoW is automatically bad. Personally I'd love to be a panda.

Dodixie > Hek
Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-08-07 21:01:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Muad 'dib
as long as mine reads "S74T10N H4WG" im ok with it

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Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-08-07 21:02:43 UTC
Muad 'dib wrote:
as long as mine reads "s74T10N H4WG" im ok with it


dude as a massive dune fan i just had to say well done on managing to wrangle THAT name! im totally not jealous...
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#12 - 2013-08-07 21:08:45 UTC

A great idea! I wonder how many miners bought their ships from New Order agents...

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Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-08-07 21:12:39 UTC
maybe not implement a system where EVERY item in the game displayed who made it, but only ships? i mean that cant be that hard? (im not programmer i have no idea)
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#14 - 2013-08-07 21:13:22 UTC
No.

No dogtags for you.

Be happy with killmail or go back to Battlefield.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-08-07 21:26:08 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
No.

No dogtags for you.

Be happy with killmail or go back to Battlefield.


aw mannn.... Sad
MacKael
Perkone
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-08-07 21:27:38 UTC
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
Tippia wrote:
You mean kind of like a kill mail?


yeah but a little in game item. as like a totem of your kill. you can keep your opponents corpse. why not a little thing from their ship?



You mean like a km and salvage?
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-08-07 21:29:05 UTC
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
Tippia wrote:
You mean kind of like a kill mail?


yeah but a little in game item. as like a totem of your kill. you can keep your opponents corpse. why not a little thing from their ship?


Like a module?

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Nicolai Serkanner
Incredible.
Brave Collective
#18 - 2013-08-07 21:31:24 UTC
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
Muad 'dib wrote:
as long as mine reads "s74T10N H4WG" im ok with it


dude as a massive dune fan i just had to say well done on managing to wrangle THAT name! im totally not jealous...


As another long time Dune fan I have no idea what you mean.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#19 - 2013-08-07 21:31:49 UTC
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
maybe not implement a system where EVERY item in the game displayed who made it, but only ships? i mean that cant be that hard? (im not programmer i have no idea)

If you do it for ships, you might as well do it for everything, since having two vastly different item management systems would be a mess. Then again, it would be very bad for just ships anyway since you want to be able to handle those in bulk, and it isn't worth removing that and crippling the db performance for such an irrelevant (no-actual-gameplay-)benefit as tracking ownership.
Iskander Phoenix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-08-07 21:37:59 UTC
Nicolai Serkanner wrote:
Iskander Phoenix wrote:
Muad 'dib wrote:
as long as mine reads "s74T10N H4WG" im ok with it


dude as a massive dune fan i just had to say well done on managing to wrangle THAT name! im totally not jealous...


As another long time Dune fan I have no idea what you mean.



his character name is Muad'dib as in Paul Muad'dib? tyrant of the universe? as in the main character for pretty much the entire dune series? haha (sorry i cant help being a sarky @"~#) :P