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Ship Crew , will it ever see use in EVE?

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Rebel Witch
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2015-05-14 21:53:34 UTC
I have always felt that even pod piloted ships had crew. I liked the idea so much that i made a video story about a crew mutiny back in 2011. Sadly i lost the finished movie file.

Months ago CCP had a crew item for use in industry which i thought was really neat. I hope CCP expands on the idea of including ordinary crew as a way to give more depth to the game.

You could easily just add an item or ship slot for crew on ships. You could have different qualities of crew and different costs. Each crew would add just a small amount to the ships performance in some way. It would create a whole new market as well.

So far I am liking the many changes CCP is doing. Sure many of us miss the old EVE but as EVE evolves it just seems to get more interesting.

here is a link to that crew mutiny video for anyone interested in it Crew Mutiny
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#2 - 2015-05-14 22:07:34 UTC
No

/thread.

btw search is your friend and wrong forum

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Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
#3 - 2015-05-14 22:28:54 UTC
Canonically, ships have crews, but they come with the hull and the modules and the cost of hiring wage slaves (or buying literal slaves for Amarr) from planetside is so low in capsuleer terms that the cost of their upkeep and pay can't even be expressed in terms of isk.

That said, if you're proposing a new slot for ship fitting that's a Features and Ideas subforum thing, and this has been brought up before.
ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#4 - 2015-05-14 22:36:42 UTC
Rebel Witch wrote:
I have always felt that even pod piloted ships had crew.
It's reality.

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Marsha Mallow
#5 - 2015-05-14 23:00:44 UTC
Pretty sure my Fedos ate my crew, then each other.

Probably justified. I think my crew were filthy role playing Romulans who won't be missed.

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Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#6 - 2015-05-14 23:30:51 UTC
You could always just have the number from crew guidelines show up on the in game fitting window. So it starts at the minimum then increases as you add fittings. Now crew is a thing!
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#7 - 2015-05-14 23:33:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Unsuccessful At Everything
Mikhem
Taxisk Unlimited
#8 - 2015-05-16 21:10:25 UTC
Ships have large crews? Interesting. Why ships then need capsuleer to be operational? If I leave my ship to space it should be able to function on its own. Only one man makes difference if ship can function or it cannot. Also other capsuleers can freely take over my ship if I'm not in it and it is floating in space.

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Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#9 - 2015-05-16 21:29:18 UTC
Is there even concensus on this yet? Do ships have a crew or not?
Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#10 - 2015-05-16 21:50:44 UTC
Logan Revelore wrote:
Is there even concensus on this yet? Do ships have a crew or not?

Yes, see the link the ISD posted and remember to read it properly, that minimum crew is assuming you have no fittings on the ship at all.
Erica Dusette
Division 13
#11 - 2015-05-16 21:53:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Erica Dusette
Logan Revelore wrote:
Is there even concensus on this yet? Do ships have a crew or not?

Yep crew are a (intangible/lore) thing. See Ezwal's link.

Theoretically a capsuleer isn't needed to pilot a ship, and most NPC ships for example are piloted by normal people (baseliners). Capsuleers interface directly with the vessel though, with much better skill and with incredibly fast reflexes a normal 'bridge crew' could only ever dream about, hence why NPCs are most often much easier to kill than another capsuleer.

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chelly Dian
Iron Whales
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2015-05-16 21:58:05 UTC
Logan Revelore wrote:
Is there even concensus on this yet? Do ships have a crew or not?


They do.

Crew is mostly lost with the ship.

Crew also knows the dangers of being on one of our ships.
They join up because money is so good compared to planet jobs it is worth the risk.

If any crewman dies POS pilots insurance pays dividends to family of lost crewman.
( There was a story about this some 5+ years ago in EON )
Some crewman found a way to survive in bubbles if air in destroyed ship hulls. Even get rescued on occasion.
They would take a new identity and rejoin POD piloted ships in search fro wealth we provide.

POD pilots on the other hand do not see crewman merely as part of the ship.
No thought is given to their well being.
stoicfaux
#13 - 2015-05-16 23:22:05 UTC
Read this about capsuleer crews: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/all-these-lives-are-fit-to-ruin-1/

The rest of the chronicles are here: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#14 - 2015-05-16 23:50:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
stoicfaux wrote:
Read this about capsuleer crews: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/all-these-lives-are-fit-to-ruin-1/

The rest of the chronicles are here: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/


^ The "All These Lives are Fit to Ruin" story lays out the background. It's really grim too. Like EVE in the old, old days.
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#15 - 2015-05-17 21:33:22 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
stoicfaux wrote:
Read this about capsuleer crews: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/all-these-lives-are-fit-to-ruin-1/

The rest of the chronicles are here: https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/


^ The "All These Lives are Fit to Ruin" story lays out the background. It's really grim too. Like EVE in the old, old days.


So the bastard crewmember is still alive. No wonder the drones on my vexor decided to go full ****** and chase the linked garmur for no reason.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#16 - 2015-05-17 21:47:08 UTC
After how poorly the work teams mechanic was received, I highly doubt it.

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Nevil Oscillator
#17 - 2015-05-19 10:08:23 UTC
The OP has a point even if it is one we have been through before, I might even have asked the same thing if I can remember. Could be a bit late in the day to start implementing it. Also an area that might be better left vague. If we knew everything there is to know about these ships then they would already exist.
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
Dreadnought Diplomacy.
#18 - 2015-05-19 10:11:46 UTC
i stopped watching when i seen Comic Sans was being used

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Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
#19 - 2015-05-19 10:27:17 UTC
Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#20 - 2015-05-19 20:11:55 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:
Rebel Witch wrote:
I have always felt that even pod piloted ships had crew.
It's reality.



That's it there. So quit sabotaging the escape pods!
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