EVE General Discussion

looking for price (quite cheap) of these BPCs for paint i don't think CCP will do anything to 'loot' it.

Yes, no and yes, in that order.

It's my understanding that the "community" wanted a "Paint" style util where you could create your own colour schemes with a palette of colours, basic patterns (for camo, etc) and the ability to slap on Corp / Alliance logos.

True, this is the first "iteration" of this material. But, it's a far cry from what people would really like to see -- and "paying for it" wasn't part of the idea, either.

So, in many people's eyes, this will be CRAP due to the complete lack of personalized input/customization (for the time being, at least).

Don't really give a rat's ass myself, unless a bright "fire engine red" paint scheme is made available, and ONLY THEN if it makes my ship go 25% than anyone else's ship.

it wont all be aurum.

CCP this is a prototype to see how much people give a **** about it in the first place.

they said they wanted a good split between LP/ISK and Aurum purchased skins, with the possibility of them implementing a more personalized and detailed system farther down the road.

thsi system they are implementing is a market prototype, not representative of the final product.

i swear to Carl people skim dev blogs for 1 or 2 words they know will get them angry, ignore the entire context of the rest of the dev blog, then start a huge shitstorm about it on the forums.

They could have used the same technology they added with sub-systems. Just that the paint job "sub-system" would replace the whole ship instead of just a portion. Then again, I didn't program that stuff, so I'm not sure if it's that compatible.

Your right that it is a prototype and like I said might go the same way that walking in stations went. However, I think it should be made very simple and free. Like changing your avatar's pose and picture, you could also do the same to the ship. The value of the ship should not change other than a nominal fee for applying the paint to your ship. What CCP is saying that in an advanced universe with immortal clones and space stations through out the known universe, painting a ship is so complex that you have to pay some one more than just a nominal fee to use a template to change the appearance of your ship. In this case a Jovian type civilization in a Parallel Universe with the need to pay in the Parallel universe's currency!

With that said, I would like to ask a question? How do you know for sure that there is going to be a good split. The fact that they are thinking about releasing 9 skins and only 1 can be bought with isk/lp is not a good indicator for what you are saying. It seems that CCP is making it to complex when in reality it could be done easier.

I always imagined the system to be similar to something in Mechwarrior games. Plus it would be fun to see a group of gankers all in pink.

No, probably not.

After the fuss about WIS we now have this proposal, not so much "space Barbies" more "space My Little Pony"

Harmless but useless. I will not be buying.

If it were free people would actually use it. Like this it's a total vanity thing for a small amount of people, exactly those who like the skins AND are willing to pay significantly more every time they lose a ship of that type. Initially people might buy one or two but why bother if it raises your frigate costs by 500% in the long run?

Space My Little Pony sounds awesome.

I learned something new the other day. Every time a headline ends with a question mark, you can safely assume the answer is no.

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Nope