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Boarding Parties and Expandedcharacter customization
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Marelda Ambramotte
Kiosk Cartel
Fraternity.
#1 - 2014-02-25 19:06:06 UTC
I figure I will give my ideas and put them here,

As I am a few of us have been wondering, with DUST 514 having been out for a while, when will it be allowed for boarding actions on stations as well as starships? I have been in the captains quarters for a while and been wondering when the stations will be opened. Furthermore, it would be amazing to have boarding actions on the larger ships in the EVE universe with people trying to take out key systems and cripple the starship, making the pilots job harder.

This could open up a lot of expanding opportunities for DUST as well as the new EVE Valkyrie if pilots had to make it to their ships and fend off boarding ships.

Another thing that could go well with this is expanded character customization. Right now in my humble opinion, characters have too much the civilian look.

Back in the day,character customization included hoods for the Amarr and masks for the Minmitar as well as other clothing apparel that seems to have been cut for quite a while. I for one wanted to make my character look like a sith lord from Star Wars but alas could not.

I know that these things are controversial right now as there is many changes taking place in EVE, but it would be cool to know if this stuff will ever be in the works.

Thanks for listening,

o/
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2014-02-25 19:14:41 UTC
Marelda Ambramotte wrote:
I figure I will give my ideas and put them here,

As I am a few of us have been wondering, with DUST 514 having been out for a while, when will it be allowed for boarding actions on stations as well as starships? I have been in the captains quarters for a while and been wondering when the stations will be opened. Furthermore, it would be amazing to have boarding actions on the larger ships in the EVE universe with people trying to take out key systems and cripple the starship, making the pilots job harder.

This could open up a lot of expanding opportunities for DUST as well as the new EVE Valkyrie if pilots had to make it to their ships and fend off boarding ships.

Another thing that could go well with this is expanded character customization. Right now in my humble opinion, characters have too much the civilian look.

Back in the day,character customization included hoods for the Amarr and masks for the Minmitar as well as other clothing apparel that seems to have been cut for quite a while. I for one wanted to make my character look like a sith lord from Star Wars but alas could not.

I know that these things are controversial right now as there is many changes taking place in EVE, but it would be cool to know if this stuff will ever be in the works.

Thanks for listening,

o/

well, the TTK in EVE would be horrible for "starship boarding", beyonf that, it would be unacceptable for random DUST players you cant control the quality of to determine whether or not you lose your ship.

If DUST had been an EVE Expansion, instead of a standalone title that CCP never wants to "be interdependent with EVE" then we might have had a reason for boarding of at least stations.

(IMO the ability to use DUST to capture a station, or be forced to completely destroy it from space, makes more sense than just shooting it for 4 hours to magically make your flag appear)

but again, with DUST ebing an "independent game" while also somehow being CCP's fulfillment of "ground combat/movement in EVE", well never see much of anything regarding it, least of all regarding its interaction with EVE.
Anhenka
The New Federation
Sigma Grindset
#3 - 2014-02-25 19:20:12 UTC
As long as DUST and Valk are games separate from EVE that I cannot play in my PC, I for one will oppose every attempt to make them a significant part of EVE's gameplay mechanics.

Taking over someone else PI stucture, slightly harder to capture FW systems, or other small gameplay mechanics that don't have an impact on my ship I'm all for.

Boarding parties I can't do anything about (and by anything I mean if I can't press a button and kill all the Dusties trying to board my ship as often as I want) I am completely and totally against.

EVE player vs EVE player, Dust vs Dust, Valk vs Valk.

Never Dust vs EVE or Valk vs EVE.
Justice Starcatcher
Asguard Security Service
#4 - 2014-04-07 23:45:44 UTC
I think its a great idea. It sounds more fun for Dust than just fighting over the same terrain. It's also more fun to steal peoples stuff than just blow it up.
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#5 - 2014-04-07 23:53:54 UTC
How are you going to get your boarding party through my shields that can protect me from doomsday weaponry?

not to be snarky but this is not a new idea, use the search function.

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2014-04-08 00:15:04 UTC
Anhenka wrote:
As long as DUST and Valk are games separate from EVE that I cannot play in my PC, I for one will oppose every attempt to make them a significant part of EVE's gameplay mechanics.

Taking over someone else PI stucture, slightly harder to capture FW systems, or other small gameplay mechanics that don't have an impact on my ship I'm all for.

Boarding parties I can't do anything about (and by anything I mean if I can't press a button and kill all the Dusties trying to board my ship as often as I want) I am completely and totally against.

EVE player vs EVE player, Dust vs Dust, Valk vs Valk.

Never Dust vs EVE or Valk vs EVE.

So long as this thread is already necro'd.

I refuse any form of actual integration with DUST on the sole reason that it should have been an EVE expansion to start with, CCP always talked about giving us the ability to fly/land and walk around planets, and DUST is NOT that promise adn it never will be, regardless of what CCP promises.

It wouldnt even have been difficult, have 2 stages for an account, a paid account is allowed to train Spaceship skills and pilot MCCs, aswell as everything else a paid account can do, unpaid accounts however can ONLY login to train ground-combat skills and shoot people ON THE GROUND (to keep the free-2-play schtik of DUST).

Because honestly, in a game centered around "run it yourself or deal with incompetence", I dont see ANY reason why a capsuleer isnt sitting in an MCC barking out orders to the DUST troops under threat of death if they dont listen.