Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Ok, so was thinking while jumping around systems.

They have that fancy new button that can be clicked to warp to a gate and automatically jump.

Thought that was a nice feature.

However, I've been wondering the point of auto pilot warping to 15 then approaching the gate....

The reason why I wonder about it is because most ganks on done on the receiving end of the gate while you're trying to warp to the next gate.

So what's the point of warping in to 15?
Has anyone figured that out yet?

Think about it.

If CCP allows auto pilot to warp directly to gates, what changes in Eve????

People spend less time auto piloting and more time playing???

Seriously, it doen't effect anything.

Auto piloting through low and null sec will still be dumb....

People will still get ganked while trying to enter warp.....

That's it...Nothing else changes....

So it's a simple question of

What does auto pilot warping to zero have any effect on the game besides players can spend more time playing and less time afk travelling??

Edit......There's been much descussion on this topic throughout this thread. Many people are for it, and many people are against it(high sec gate gankers).
However, throughout the thread there is discussion of allowing AP to warp to 0 but having delays on it. It would actually depend on the speed of your ship to determine how fast you align and warp out. The discussions around delays and possible skills begins somewhere around here.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=467335#post467335

The overall best suggestion in my opinion is a delayed warp to the next gate that is dependant apon your ship. In other words, the faster your ship can align and reach a certain % of speed, the sooner you'll be able to warp.
This still gives gankers a chance to catch you, but instead of catching you while you're approaching a gate from 15km, they'll actually need to have a little skill and a warp scram to catch you before you warp to the gate.

Carry on..

Auto-piloting is a very bad practice unless you are travelling only in high-sec and have no wardecs on you.

Get in the habit of warping to 0 on your own. Eventually you will leave the Uni and go to low or null sec, and you will need to be comfortable with warping yourself along very long routes.

Ninevite, you need to reread my post. I'm against autopilot warping to zero, and by the way rarely use autopilot even in high sec, and never in low and null.

My bad, my post was intended for the original poster. I read his post then saw your avatar and assumed it was you. D'oh!

so suicide ganking that bestower full of PLEX on its way to jita is an EXPLOIT? WOW, guess everyone cheats then, eh?

serioulsy... pvp != exploit, ya carebear.

Freighters are no the only kind of ship that would benefit of a better AP you know...

again, AP warp to 10 results not just from devs lazyness, its an intended drawback and is fully balanced.
Dont fly afk.

Stop.

Hitting.

The.

Enter.

Key.

For.

The.

Sake.

Of.

My.

Eyes.

Thank.

You.

In.

Advance.

Also this idea is bad. Everything needs drawbacks; the drawback of autopilot is that you slowboat to each gate after dropping out of warp.

I wouldn't really call these people "fail pirates." More of "opportunists" as they are seizing the opportunity when people autopilot phat lewts like morons.




So is macro mining/ratting. I guess they should just write some scripts that we can use in-game since errybody is doing it anyway amirite?

Not everyone is macro mining/ratting. Ratting in particular requires far more sophisticated bots. And yes, just about everyone uses travel macros, numerous versions widely available for free, since it's so simple to script. Unlike OP or supporters, I don't tell you what should be, only what is, since you seem to have you head stuck in the sand just like CCP, and has no idea what's happening.