EVE General Discussion

Nope.

Eve ships are constructed from materials that are incredibly unstable in atmospheric(i.e not vacuum) conditions.

If you're lucky, PI changes will come within the scope of sovereignty overwork. Other than that, get in the line.

When suggesting this sort of thing, ask yourself 'What functional gameplay will this introduce'

For example, changing PI to be on a per 'district' basis and then presenting the player with several slot based maps they can select which building goes into which slot on, based on size.
This then leads onto each map becoming a real Dust map if any battles are fought in that area, because it matches the way Dust generates it's maps, increasing the links between EVE & Dust.
As well as opening up options for raids or control fights since things are owned per district, rather than open for all on the same planet.

But if it just adds pretty with no gameplay values like your current suggestion, it won't happen.
Even PBR is all about enabling SKINS, which is a form of gameplay due to the market for them, as well as database simplification for all the current skin versions.

The only changes I care about for PI would be making it less of a click fest. All the routing is so annoying I don't even feel like setting up new planets.

Oh and it would be nice if planets got a graphical update. They are looking a bit dated.

Star Citizen is out?

What I got from the OP's post:

"I saw these other tech-demos that I hope will eventually have meaningful gameplay elements. Does CCP plan to make the same mistake they made with WiS by introducing another tech demo without gameplay?"


Let's hope not. :)

You should had seen how it was when PI got introduced first. Now that was a click fest to behold.
Maybe I can find an old tut about it...




Edit,

Old tutorial should say enough...
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1332468

Sometimes I wonder if game developers hire people just to visit the forums of perceived competitors just for the sake of overhyping their as yet unreleased games.

This is a WONDERFUL idea. A planet base. that you can put labs, rprocessors, compressors, hangers, and what not pos shizzle in. You can have a plot where you can mine a mine, and another plot where you can gather moon goodies, wait! there's more, you can find wild, and exotic pets that you can capture, and battle other players with. CCP can call it a "Garrison" or something along those lines.

The next chapter was supposed to be DUST. Instead it was used to have an effect on something not many people care about beyond farming LP semi-afk in disposable ships.