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the king asked me to guard the mountain 1,328
l0rd carlos the king asked me to guard the mountain Likes received: 1,328	#21 - 2014-10-09 17:58:10 UTC 3 Wow, it's almost like you made something and iterated upon that. Instead of going to the next thing. Nice to see. Youtube Channel about Micro and Small scale PvP with commentary: Fleet Commentary by l0rd carlos

New Eden Tech Support 21,564
Ralph King-Griffin New Eden Tech Support Likes received: 21,564	#22 - 2014-10-09 17:59:49 UTC 2 omgomgomg! the forum expansion is coming! Murderers of Negotiable Motivations =]\|[=

Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic 1,838
Ned Thomas Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic Likes received: 1,838	#23 - 2014-10-09 18:00:04 UTC 2 I will sacrfice whatever adorable farm citter is required to whichever heathen god necessary if I never have to zoom the forums on my phone again.

Moraguth

Ranger Corp

Vae. Victis.

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#24 - 2014-10-09 18:00:59 UTC | Edited by: Moraguth

Retar Aveymone wrote:

Sentient Blade wrote:

I don't want to be dismissive... but I'm going to be anyway - this is probably not worthy of a dev blog... let alone two... =\

How about something smexy like... "only show dev posts" or something like that.

protip: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=search&devbadge=1&gmbadge=1

That feature is nearly useless. First off, it shows every dev/gm post on the entirety of the forums. Second, you have to constantly look for the forum thread that you are interested in. Third, it doesn't generally show you useful information from the post because usually the devs are quoting someone, then answering their question, then quote then answer then quote then answer several times in a row. The few lines the search page shows you are practically useless.

What would be more useful, is to have a button in a thread you currently care about that kicks away all the riff raff and only shows you what you care about. That way you don't have to worry about the whining, the trolling, the "can i have your stuff", the "eve is dying", the "me and my 15 accounts are GONE" posts.

EDIT: Okay, "nearly useless" is a bit out of line. When all you want to see is the dev posts from the thread you're in, that search feature is pretty useless. I have, however, liked it when I want to browse the forums just to see what's new and interesting all across the game. Seeing threads the devs/gms/whoever have posted in is pretty useful to catch up on a variety of topics relatively quickly. More tools, more options, more better.

I got a Feature Added!

Stop calling an Abaddon "abba-dawn". It is "uh-bad-in" dictionary.com/abaddon

Eve Cluster Explorations 2,059
Crumplecorn Eve Cluster Explorations Likes received: 2,059	#25 - 2014-10-09 18:15:07 UTC 3 Bring back (optionally hideable) signature images! Witty Image - Stream Not Liking this post hurts my RL feelings and will be considered harassment

2,173
Noriko Mai Likes received: 2,173	#26 - 2014-10-09 18:39:03 UTC Meh... Half of eveonline.com is only accesible from special sites or if you have the direct links.. THIS needs fixing! "Meh.." - Albert Einstein

Darkblad

Doomheim

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#27 - 2014-10-09 18:39:24 UTC | Edited by: Darkblad

Promiscuous Female wrote:

Miyammato Musashi wrote:

Please please please bring back image signatures like we had in the old forums. I think it really enhances the community in that it lets people inject a little style. We are the content, are we not? As for responsive considerations, well that's an easy fix, isn't it?

yes please let us embed tracking pixels in every thread

And without EVE Forums gold you get dropped at the OP, unless it's a like notification.
I'd rather like to see actual forum functionallity enhanced. IF that were'nt done already with that userscript.

And showing only, say, CCP posts in a thread works like a charm on EVE-Search.com.

NPE – ISD – RIP

The Troll Bridge 23,523
Unsuccessful At Everything The Troll Bridge Likes received: 23,523	#28 - 2014-10-09 18:42:48 UTC 1 Finally! A forum buff! Its like CCP is really trying to please me recently. *Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?*

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Valterra Craven Likes received: 606	#29 - 2014-10-09 19:02:14 UTC Moraguth wrote: What would be more useful, is to have a button in a thread you currently care about that kicks away all the riff raff and only shows you what you care about. What you are essentially asking for is a "post filter". I support this request.

Altrue

Exploration Frontier inc

Tactical-Retreat

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#30 - 2014-10-09 19:06:18 UTC | Edited by: Altrue

Cool stuff indeed.

But you should first fix what's broken :
- Editing a bio from the website deletes it.
- Bold, underline, colored, etc... text is sometimes erased from mails when you read them from EVE Gate.
- Corporation forums not showing for all members at all times, and a pain to create.
- A search too complicated or too long will just yield an error.
- Devs posting only a smiley as an answer will have their message listed as an error, the "Dev posts" search.
- and so on...

Signature Tanking Best Tanking

[Ex-F] CEO - Eve-guides.fr

Ultimate Citadel Guide - 2016 EVE Career Chart

Doomheim 634
Catherine Laartii Doomheim Likes received: 634	#31 - 2014-10-09 19:11:02 UTC 2 Can we get a watchlist feature for the forums that we have in-game? I'd like to know when my mates or on in-game or on the forum; that and an IM chat feature I think would be really nice since socializing out of game when you don't have a machine that plays eve I think it'd be great to still be able to talk to friends.

Carebears on Fire 565
Jean Luc Lemmont Carebears on Fire Likes received: 565	#32 - 2014-10-09 19:21:40 UTC 1 Retar Aveymone wrote: i don't see a "hide posts by npc characters", could that get added? Why don't you like me??? Will I get banned for boxing!?!?! This thread has degenerated to the point it's become like two bald men fighting over a comb. -- Doc Fury It's bonuses, not boni, you cretins.

Gunboat Commando 59
Tahnil Gunboat Commando Likes received: 59	#33 - 2014-10-09 19:22:33 UTC I‘m looking forward to those forum updates! They sound reasonable, and in fact I often try to access the forums on my iPhone, and the forum experience as of today totally sucks

In Boobiez We Trust 3,082
Schmata Bastanold In Boobiez We Trust Likes received: 3,082	#34 - 2014-10-09 19:36:28 UTC Quote: Adding links to GM, ISD and CSM badges bringing you to the next relevant post Yey! My inner stalker iz happy panda \o/ Seems like Veritas was slowing everybody down, he left and suddenly dev blogs are published, mechanics changes are implemented, UI gets better. Invalid signature format

Zappity

New Eden Tank Testing Services

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#35 - 2014-10-09 19:49:04 UTC | Edited by: Zappity

Tapatalk? It would fix all my problems.

Aside from this my two biggest wishes are 1) notification links to take me to the first unread post, 2) see who a post author is without having to scroll left.

On the mobile (the only way I view forums) I zoom in to the post column and can't then see the far left column with character names and portraits. Adding the character name next to the report flag or time posted would be great. At the moment it is good if someone has edited their post because you can see their name where it says "Edited by:".

Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.

Doomheim 49
Gwailar Doomheim Likes received: 49	#36 - 2014-10-09 19:55:21 UTC \| Edited by: Gwailar +1 to these changes. I especially like the signature buffs. I'll have to start thinking about how to represent Poonswarms and PoonWaffles. Pics maybe? "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles." --Mittens the Cat

Marsha Mallow

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#37 - 2014-10-09 19:56:47 UTC

Glad to see this is on the agenda.

As per previous comments, it'd be nice to get forum sigs back. I know they are a pain to moderate but for noobs they are entertaining and informative - especially if they redirect to guides/blogs etc.

The scripts on forums gold were really useful (while it worked) especially the no-nom feature and being able to jump to the last unread post. Long term I'd like to see the ability to customise our own forum view. The more I look at reddit the more I prefer it all squished up with less wasted space. Some of the functionality eve-search has would be awesome, particularly view thread as one page and thread/ user stats. I'd really prefer to see a longer development phase tbh, there are stacks of improvements that could be made.

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day

BRIGADA UNO 0
Raptor McGee BRIGADA UNO Likes received: 0	#38 - 2014-10-09 20:20:31 UTC On my iphone I click through the banner, so fix this if possible, I could only get to the forums if I typed in the forums address.

Hel O'Ween

Men On A Mission

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#39 - 2014-10-09 20:24:05 UTC | Edited by: Hel O'Ween

Ha!

Quote:

Clicking the name of a character containing an apostrophe should correctly display the option popup

That'll be me! Big smile

While you're at it, could you also have a look at the annyoning "no HTML allow" for stuff within [ code ] tags? This is a real PITA when posting XML related stuff in the Tech Lab forum.

kthxbye

EVEWalletAware - an offline wallet manager.

Aliastra Gallente Federation 5
Aeon Ecko Aliastra Gallente Federation Likes received: 5	#40 - 2014-10-09 20:36:32 UTC \| Edited by: Aeon Ecko 1 This is all good and all but can we at least get a "sort by author, replies, views, likes, etc." button?