Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello everybody!

This is a call for CCP to use the chronicles for inspiration to create new dynamic content to EVE!

I'm a long time EVE-player and yesterday I decided to refresh my knowledge about the EVE-universe by reading the old chronicles, specifically the old ones post release.

In the chronicles the universe of EVE is represented as a dark and mysterious place, where a lot of weird phenomenas and events occur. This got me thinking that what has always bothered me in EVE, is that the world feels so static. The world in reality does not represent the world that is created in the stories. In my opinion this is not how it needs to be.

In this post I represent a few ideas to be introduced into EVE. The ideas have been inspired by the aforementioned short stories, which I will also link for all to enjoy.

I hope that everyone who feels that these improvements would be good, will post in this thread. Also all the ideas are open for discussion, please post constructively.

A comment from a DEV would also be much appreciated.

No. 1 The Paralles incident
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In this story the jump gates are told be unstable at times. Weird images can be seen around them and odd things happen in their vicinity. Currently jump gates in EVE are very static. They gives us the means to jump systems but there is nothing interesting about them contrary to how they are described in the lore of EVE.

Suggestion: in a future expansion make jump gates more interesting and have them malfunction at times. I do not mean that all gates should do this but for example at some point some gates in low-sec and 0.0 could malfunction and force players to deviate from their original route or risk being jumped somewhere completely different than intended. At least add some weird imagery to some jump gates instead of a loading bar.

No. 2 The Armageddon Project
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In this story a rumor of a planet destruction device is told. At the moment such thing does not exist in EVE. Alliance end-game seems to be how many supercapitals and titans they can field.

Suggestion: in a future expansion introduce planet / moon destruction ship / device, that makes it possible for alliances to destroy their enemies precious moons and planets they use to make ISK. This frees alliances from capturing space and they can deny the resources they want from their enemies. The device should be very expensive and of course a few challenges have to be considered: how do we prevent the first alliance from destroying everything? We can't have moons and planets respawn can we? :)

No. 3 MindClash
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In the EVE-universe MindClash is a sport of minds. In it competitors battle it out with their minds and their moves are represented by virtual imagery to the followers of the event.

Suggestion: MindClash would be awesome first form of PvP in WiS (could be done from CQs too). Players could set wagers, isk, ships etc. and battle it out and risk frying their brain (skills, implants) or win the bet. This would also create a completely new profession.

No. 4 EVE-Gate / Sisters of EVE
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EVE-Gate is not the site, it is the wormhole humans used to reach EVE-Universe. This wormhole exists but is collapsed at the moment. Sisters of EVE, have dedicated themselves to open its secrets.

Suggestion: in a future expansion Sisters of EVE succeed in opening the EVE-gate again. This will create an arms race where the alliances will want to be the first to find the remnants of the long lost civilization of the original humans. New tech 3 stuff is introduced through this.

Here were a few ideas of mine that I got from reading the chronicles. I want to emphasize that there is still a lot of untapped potential and material for features in EVE. A lof of features that would make EVE more dynamic can be drawn from the chronicles. It is my hope that CCP taps this potential and uses it to their advantage.

I will add more ideas as I go through the chronicles if this post receives positive feedback.

Please comment!