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Will we ever be able to dock on planets?

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Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2014-06-18 13:17:49 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


I believe that according to the lore tritanium cannot exist in atmospheric environments. So they'd all just explode.

Then we should be firing "atmosphere" at each other for maximum damage?

Worst lore justification I've heard to date.

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Solecist Project
#22 - 2014-06-18 13:20:23 UTC
Sibyyl wrote:
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


I believe that according to the lore tritanium cannot exist in atmospheric environments. So they'd all just explode.

Then we should be firing "atmosphere" at each other for maximum damage?

Worst lore justification I've heard to date.

Most people have only hot air to shoot anyway.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Dominus Tempus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2014-06-18 13:22:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Dominus Tempus
Himnos Altar wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


I believe that according to the lore tritanium cannot exist in atmospheric environments. So they'd all just explode.


This is true for raw tritanium, but it's alloyed in starship manufacturing. Did the Titan that crashed on Caldari Prime explode?


Yes.

Into itty bitty pieces.

Thus the devastation.

No, no it didn't.

Solecist Project wrote:

Most people have only hot air to shoot anyway.

I only shoot blanks.
Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-06-18 13:30:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Caviar Liberta
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


This
Ned Thomas
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2014-06-18 13:43:51 UTC
BuckStrider wrote:
Wait.

I'm still trying to figure out how you dock with a planet.


Carefully.
Lady Areola Fappington
#26 - 2014-06-18 13:49:54 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
I was distracted... and that planet came out of nowhere!




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Not Even Once.

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Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#27 - 2014-06-18 13:53:28 UTC
BuckStrider wrote:
Wait.

I'm still trying to figure out how you dock with a planet.


It's a little late in your life for those kind of explanations, you should have at least picked up the basics for yourself by now.
Bal'Ayle
Steel Battalion
Fraternity.
#28 - 2014-06-18 15:56:31 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


I believe that according to the lore tritanium cannot exist in atmospheric environments. So they'd all just explode.



-frantically attempts to develop an atmospheric based ammunition for auto turrets.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#29 - 2014-06-18 16:02:00 UTC
Abrazzar wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
I'd like to see a Dominix try to fly in an atmosphere.

It wouldn't even fall gracefully. It'd be a kind of docking I guess.

Grab potatoe.
Throw potatoe.
Dominix flying through atmosphere.

Catch potato with oven mitt.
Enjoy delicious atmosphere baked potato.

Now someone go and calculate what height we need to drop potatoes to have them finished when we catch them.



https://what-if.xkcd.com/28/ may be of interest Smile Not directly relevant, but...

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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#30 - 2014-06-18 16:23:31 UTC
the space elevator station we saw in the vision trailer long time ago would be some form of docking at a planet i suppose.

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Tilly Delnero
Doomheim
#31 - 2014-06-18 16:52:19 UTC
If CCP announced a walking on planets expansion, the overvocal mouthbreathers would just throw another tantrum and shoot it down like they did with Incarna/WiS. Maybe throw in a few references to 'WoW in space' or that CCP is trying to be LucasArts or somesuch nonsense.

As much as I would love to see new gameplay opportunities like Incarna or planetary interaction (real interaction, not just the planet mining we have now), with the state they were forced to leave previous attempts to innovate in would you trust CCP to actually deliver a worthwhile and complete planetary interation expansion?

Most likely I'd land on a planet with my hopes and dreams ahead of me, imagining the possibilities of what I could accomplish in this new environment. I'd step out of our vessel to an amazing view of a BladeRunner-esque dystopia, steam rising from vents that provide a little warmth and makes my skin moist.

Despite this I feel my palms sweating as I scan the shadows and alleyways in anticipation of being accosted or mugged. My pulse races as I near my goal: a seedy strip club that I've agreed to meet my contact in. Approaching the door, pulse rising and alert for treachery I take a deep breath, grip the rusty handle and turn.

The door doesn't open. Too late I notice a poster of CCP Fozzie's face on the wall. The words burn into my mind, "Get back in space you noob and lose your freighters lololol"

I cry.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#32 - 2014-06-18 17:07:42 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Abrazzar wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
I'd like to see a Dominix try to fly in an atmosphere.

It wouldn't even fall gracefully. It'd be a kind of docking I guess.

Grab potatoe.
Throw potatoe.
Dominix flying through atmosphere.

Catch potato with oven mitt.
Enjoy delicious atmosphere baked potato.

Now someone go and calculate what height we need to drop potatoes to have them finished when we catch them.



https://what-if.xkcd.com/28/ may be of interest Smile Not directly relevant, but...
+1 for XKCD

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Maxpie
MUSE LLP
#33 - 2014-06-18 17:40:35 UTC
From what I have seen, Eve ships are not capable of interacting with planets. They must be out of phase or something, they just fly right through them. Until the Jove tell us how to fix this I fear we will never be able to dock on planets.

No good deed goes unpunished
Serene Repose
#34 - 2014-06-18 17:51:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Serene Repose
NO!

And, remember: There are no stupid questions - just stupid people who ask questions.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Vyktor Abyss
Abyss Research
#35 - 2014-06-18 18:06:53 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
I was distracted... and that planet came out of nowhere!



It is a bit rubbish you keep blue barring loads of rubbish threads with non-posts. At least try to answer a question now and again please and lower your 'must-post-sarcasm' threshold a tad. Cheers.
Lord Fudo
Doomheim
#36 - 2014-06-18 20:39:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Lord Fudo
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


If you want to dock/land on planets, look to Star Citizen. You'll be able to do that there. Planets and moons in EVE are hollow. I have a lot of safe spots inside planets and moons. Thats the closest you'll ever get unless they have that in Valkrie.
Ashlar Maidstone
MoonFyre BattleGroup Holdings
#37 - 2014-06-18 20:53:40 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
I was distracted... and that planet came out of nowhere!



Excuse me sir, may I see your pilot's license, your ship registration, insurance card?? And where are you going sir when you hit that poor ol planet??
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2014-06-19 01:20:47 UTC
BuckStrider wrote:
Wait.

I'm still trying to figure out how you dock with a planet.



Like this:

http://images.wikia.com/startrek/images/f/f7/Columbia_in_desert.jpg
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#39 - 2014-06-19 01:31:35 UTC
Himnos Altar wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Planet stations would expand things a bit. No?

Or are our spaceships incapable of atmospheric flight limiting it to small "winged" spacecraft only?


I believe that according to the lore tritanium cannot exist in atmospheric environments. So they'd all just explode.


This is true for raw tritanium, but it's alloyed in starship manufacturing. Did the Titan that crashed on Caldari Prime explode?


Yes.

Into itty bitty pieces.

Thus the devastation.


Only because it got shot a lot, and crashed. Its journey through the atmosphere, to the ground, didn't seem to increase the damage beyond what was already done, until the impact.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#40 - 2014-06-19 01:41:59 UTC
I just want to be able to lure WT's into the atmosphere of a gas giant, ignite the hydrogen with my warp nacelles and watch their asses go down in flames.

Another "Good Idea" (TM)... so not holding my breath.

"EVE is dying." -- The Four Forum Trolls of the Apocalypse.   ( Pick four, any four. They all smell.  )
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