EVE General Discussion

Just like in the RL every military faction is required to have distinctive markings and insignias in order to be correctly identified.
(Except for black-ops, which do not use them while in operations usually, but are still required to have and display them when not in combat). This is needed to protect against false-flag operations. There are several conventions in place that specifically prohibit a military from using another military's identification (uniforms, insignia, flag, etc.).
In EVE (we're talking the 221st and 1/2 century here) visual identification doesn't take the prime place anymore (there's no guy with a spy-glass calling "engine-ho!" whenever a ship comes around) and instead computerized identification (FoFs, transponders etc.) take the spotlight. If camo would be applied to ships in space the only true option would be black, but then again (if based on visual identification) it would be kinda hard to pick out the enemy in a swarm of black ships.

Therefore, in EVE, if camo for the sake of hiding the object fails - what is it for then?
And the answer as stated by many ppl is simple - to standardize and create a visual distinction between the different faction navies and armies.
Take the Caldari for example and their well-known "nazi-blue" (ahem!) paint-job and their navy-blue camo. It's not used to hide the ship per-say (even if the Caldari nebula is blue) but instead it takes it's roots from the pre-space era. When most likely the Caldari Navy, sailing the oceans of Caldari Prime used it for camouflage. When the space-era came, in order to maintain a clear distinction between their ships and other (factions or corporations) the logical step was to keep the Navy camo, again as a distinctive marking not as camo. And this appies to the other 3 Empires also. Why devise a new camo (which for all point and practices would be not effective) when u can keep the old one and thus retain the feel of tradition, continuity and belonging to a group that is very old and proud.
This would happen in the RL world if suddenly we would have a functional space-armada - it would either take the markings of the Air Force or the Navy (somehow I have the feeling the Europeans will stick with Navy :P) while your "bad ass team of ultimate bad-asses"* will side with the Marines :P and keep the green uniform, not because it hides them in space but because "Hoorah!" .

Hope that clears things up for you.

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* pour les connaisseurs

This thread is mainly about why is camo so abundant in eve over flat grey or splattered in pretty red strains.

And why has CCP such urgency to paint camo on ships that weren't camo textured before (police comet for example or Vindicator (thankfully they changed it to black at the end))

Are you actually trying to say that you think camo is a more likely colour to find a ship in than flat grey, flat tan ("gold", snerk), flat snot-green or brown?

Yeah, but no

Incorrect. It's another one who explains in very simple terms the reasons why anyone would pick a particular paint scheme for their ships, and you being utterly incapable of coming up with any kind of counter-argument so you have to make something up (and fail massively at that too).

You're wrong. About everything. Live with it.

AND a fellow Nissan man.
I knew here was a reason I always liked you. :p

Slight correction here. You're allowed to wear the patch of any unit you've gone to combat with on the right shoulder as well as the US flag. I think they're phasing out the combat patch in favor of a pocket badge, though. The left shoulder is reserved solely for your current unit.

This only works on those who get offended by a paint job in a game where many spend a large portion of their undocked time zoomed too far out to see it, and that those who don't are all somehow offended by camo. <3 Navy Mega, camo and all.

This would never happen, CCP still need them for PR.

Camo looks better than rust, which in my experience has been the main reason for spraying a vehicle with it.

So blame the Minmatar.

It's not rust it is patina, and Minmatar started the whole "rat rod" fad.