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Lipbite
Express Hauler
#3081 - 2013-12-04 17:52:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Lipbite
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#3082 - 2013-12-04 18:39:39 UTC
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)

CCP Greyscale: As to starbases, we agree it's pretty terrible, but we don't want to delay the entire release just for this one factor.
Cpt Tirel
Institute For Continuous Glory
#3083 - 2013-12-04 19:24:45 UTC
Lors Dornick wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)


Not very suprising, and why do you quote Lipbite? this has nothing to do with her post.
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#3084 - 2013-12-04 19:41:13 UTC
Cpt Tirel wrote:
Lors Dornick wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)


Not very suprising, and why do you quote Lipbite? this has nothing to do with her post.

Because I felt the statistics indicated how many eve players that would be interested.

CCP Greyscale: As to starbases, we agree it's pretty terrible, but we don't want to delay the entire release just for this one factor.
CCP Aporia
C C P
C C P Alliance
#3085 - 2013-12-04 19:53:03 UTC
Lors Dornick wrote:
Cpt Tirel wrote:
Lors Dornick wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)


Not very suprising, and why do you quote Lipbite? this has nothing to do with her post.

Because I felt the statistics indicated how many eve players that would be interested.


As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting".

Friend of walking avatars, currently hibernating until he gets to open that door.
Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
#3086 - 2013-12-04 20:00:27 UTC
CCP Aporia wrote:


As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting".


I wish I could give this thousand likes.

As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting". -CCP Aporia
Lo'Kii
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#3087 - 2013-12-04 20:11:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Lo'Kii
MechaViridis wrote:
TEAM AVATAR PLEASE CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

http://www.mostimpressive.nl/boardroom.jpg

I would love to interact with dust bunnies while watching ships fight on the undock.


Indeed, and it would actually give an extra dimension to Eve. It would not just be space barbies, but you can actually check whether there is a fleet waiting for you on the undock (unless they are cloaked off course...). I would prefer in contrary to above picture that there is a tower on top of the station from which you can view space all around (something like a revolving restaurant).

Each station will then have a different view, which makes the universe feel way more dynamic.
Eli Green
The Arrow Project
#3088 - 2013-12-04 20:28:06 UTC
CCP Aporia wrote:


As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting".


and we have a winner! Lol

wumbo
Hemi DarkStar
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#3089 - 2013-12-04 20:29:30 UTC
Nice to see the image sparkled some new debate, and that CCP is still watching this thread.

It's was really just a quick'ndirty photoshop copy/paste thing, to describe the whole boardroom idea. Smile
Davon Mandra'thin
Das Collective
#3090 - 2013-12-04 20:31:28 UTC
Lors Dornick wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)


Yea, that's more or less normal for any thread, especially the longer lived ones.
Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#3091 - 2013-12-04 21:09:49 UTC
CCP Aporia wrote:
Lors Dornick wrote:
Cpt Tirel wrote:
Lors Dornick wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?

How about not all, except for a very select group of people.

Some fun stats can be found at http://eve-search.com/stats/thread/161511-1

3225 post, 448 posters.

Top 10 posters have written 40%+ of all posts (top 15 breaks 50%).

And 8.7% of all posts have been written by a Fazmarai ;)


Not very suprising, and why do you quote Lipbite? this has nothing to do with her post.

Because I felt the statistics indicated how many eve players that would be interested.


As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting".


FAI, it doesn't shows the people who started in the first WiS threads and no longer play EVE. And actually my own stats are skewed because I was unsubbed several months in the last year.

Roses are red / Violets are blue / I am an Alpha / And so it's you
Tomiko Kawase
Perkone
#3092 - 2013-12-04 21:16:28 UTC
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?


I'm trying to imagine any use for a "boardroom" and I'm drawing a blank. What purpose would something like this serve?

It's kind of a cool image, but I just don't see any use for it.

Bombastic vintage soul with a driving groove, brass & male vocal
Hemi DarkStar
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#3093 - 2013-12-04 21:23:12 UTC
Tomiko Kawase wrote:
Lipbite wrote:
Apparently "EVE Boardroom" image is the most upvoted link in EVE sub-reddit today. Image of a feature which does not exist is twice more popular than devs post about SoE battleship.

Imagine - how interesting it could be if it actually worked?


I'm trying to imagine any use for a "boardroom" and I'm drawing a blank. What purpose would something like this serve?

It's kind of a cool image, but I just don't see any use for it.


Post #3071 explains it a bit.

And it was just an idea/concept art, nothing more...nothing less.
Tomiko Kawase
Perkone
#3094 - 2013-12-04 21:27:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Tomiko Kawase
Let's be clear, I really want some meaningful avatar gameplay at some point in EVE.

Nothing from a "boardroom" would enhance the EVE experience. Everything mentioned there is handled much more efficiently by 3rd party programs and just plain communicating over mumble.

If there was some way to make the boardroom useful, I feel like it could work.

Also there's a type of boardroom already in DUST514, if you haven't experienced that. All it does is serve to make the 40s-60s waits between gameplay excruciating. It has a tactical map (albeit with limited functionality right now) and a player listing. The problem is the boardroom aesthetic does nothing to add to the game. The game map and scorescreen deliver the same information much quicker and more efficiently.

Bombastic vintage soul with a driving groove, brass & male vocal
Hemi DarkStar
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#3095 - 2013-12-04 21:32:35 UTC
Well...let's hear it then. I mean, nothing set in stone atm. Smile
Hell, I can start up photoshop and visualize your ideas if needed. I don't mind. Smile
Tomiko Kawase
Perkone
#3096 - 2013-12-04 21:40:36 UTC
Hemi DarkStar wrote:
Well...let's hear it then. I mean, nothing set in stone atm. Smile
Hell, I can start up photoshop and visualize your ideas if needed. I don't mind. Smile


The burden of proof lies on your end.

Bombastic vintage soul with a driving groove, brass & male vocal
Erica Dusette
Division 13
#3097 - 2013-12-04 21:58:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Erica Dusette
I think I've officially got a crush on CCP Aporia.

Stats? Heh, I'd post a thousand times in this thread if I could, but really all the points have been made, pros and cons highlighted, people's fears identified, benefits shown, etc. Much of the discussion is circular as new trolls arrive from time to time.

This thread has shown there are a lot of players who support this idea, and most of those who don't are merely fearful of spaceships being neglected rather than being against avatar gameplay in and of itself. I believe we'll see it, eventually, if CCP still wants eve to be the ultimate sci-fi sim in an overall sense. Simple. *shrug*

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Eli Green
The Arrow Project
#3098 - 2013-12-04 22:32:58 UTC
Hemi DarkStar wrote:
Well...let's hear it then. I mean, nothing set in stone atm. Smile
Hell, I can start up photoshop and visualize your ideas if needed. I don't mind. Smile


Well the chief thing CCP stated they wanted to do for WiS was ghost stations/sleeper stations that could be explored for loot, money, etc. involving all manner of puzzles, environmental hazards and the ability to combat other pilots, lock them inside, and/or just destroy the structure (with everything in it) shipside.This is also the prototype which the thread is actually about. There's a video with T0rfi showing it off somewhere on the web (made in Unity IIRC)

wumbo
Sven Viko VIkolander
In space we are briefly free
#3099 - 2013-12-04 22:38:16 UTC
INTRODUCING EVE BOARDROOM!!!! Didn't have enough meetings at work today? NO FEAR U, Now you can come home and revisit the boardroom with all of your eve pals!! Donate to this kickstarter now and receive (1) instant coffee maker for all your late-night-meeting needs, and (2) one box of hemorrhoid cream for your space clone's worn out buttsitter.

Seriously, though, the current devs have more important things to work on...However, I fully support a kickstarter campaign to hire WiS devs to develop these kind of features---windows out of the station, interactions with other players, stuff like gambling areas, just not exactly a boardroom...lol I would donate some monies to such a campaign
Inir Ishtori
Perkone
Caldari State
#3100 - 2013-12-04 22:55:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Inir Ishtori
Tomiko Kawase wrote:


I'm trying to imagine any use for a "boardroom" and I'm drawing a blank. What purpose would something like this serve?

It's kind of a cool image, but I just don't see any use for it.



For your own Captain's Quarters' holoscreen:

Number of unread emails, finished/outstanding orders, current max buy/sell prices on selected items, status of the entire skill queue, mission expiration dates, your PI status on all of your planets for the current character, basic and most vital info on your current ship fitting(ammo type loaded, entire ammo count/type, number/type of drones, ship status and repair quote) and all of other - preferrably configurable - readouts i forgot now in one single swipe of the mouse right upon log in. Just pure convenience for the start.

Idea for a central tactical display inside a small crop outpost in addition to the other already mentioned tactical functions:

Snapshots in 3D and realtime 3D projection of what the scouts are currently observing. Might help to convey certain information faster - "hey guys, look at that nice litte gatecamp i'm spying on right now Twisted". You could even stream Eve tournaments in 3D then, for the extra-cool-never-ever-seen-before factor. The latter might be seriously good for Eve PR campaigns.


Really, someone with a talent has to photoshop that latter part: CCP Fozzy and CCP Rise with micros talking on the Holoscreen while there is a 3D projection of the tourney field with all the little shipps shooting lazors and stuff at each other in front of it. Nerdfactor waaaaaaay over 9000 Lol



Edit: in a previous post I also suggested creation of a small personal and corporation-oriented structures with their own kind of captain's or crew quarters. If CCP would limit the decoration accessoires for these new CQ's in such a way that the most interesting and visually impressive would be only available in low/null (certain stuff is outlawed in high sec), it might create some sort of a pull/encouragement for players to try and migrate away from high sec.