Player Features and Ideas Discussion

HI EVE for many, Outside station fights or awaiting pilotes can be a risk to any pilot that sets to undock that in mind. A possible tool for any undocking pilot would be a live feed of the surrounding area of a station or a drone that can be controlled by anyone for a small fee or timed use. Not trying to take any fun away, but if it is a offer. It can be use full for risky situations.
1. Drone can be disable
2. Watch outside fights


Thanks for the reply's and decisions on my post. Even with many different views of this possibility. The choice of another option of viewing the outside world of eve can add a new awareness of eve gameplay. Maybe a limiting factor for space interactions it can proved others a new since of interaction with stationed players to the world outside they cannot view.
Thank you for the reply's.

Thanks for the reply

...but still, Camera drones would have some very sweet functionality way outside of the the box as per OP.

Yes I can park an alt there and even stream the visuals to another monitor yet there might well be times when I choose/prefer not to have an alt char present at the location simply because of reasons.

yea, why can i not contact the "tower" for an updated report of local traffic befor undocking from station??? hell even turn on the TV in my captains quarters to tap into station cameras to see what the weather is like outside???? them solar storms are a real *****

I want a feed of the station undock in my captains quarters. That would be the only real reason to ever use it.

A distinct lack of imagination there !

Personally I might choose to use one or more on say some hostile staging systems, on some hostile Jump Bridges or even some strategically chosen gates when chasing hostile fleets, in fact anywhere that I might choose not to have an alt present.

not if its been left in space cloaked

I was thinking more about the difference between training a new character and logging it in, compared to just using the undock button — that one needs to training or multiboxing.

Well, as long as the same point of unobstructed observation is bestowed upon other wouldbe tenants of the station you are at, I think it's worthy enough idea, if only the technical hurdles as mention before can be overcome. Having an LP/OP Alt of sorts is a simple yet novel alternative that works well enough for now, but that doesn't necessarily mean this is a useless idea. I don't see how one could abuse it (or at least any more than the next "Joe Schmo") as long as it's freely accessible without restrictions.

Yeah, Fair point.

I usually have the scouts out and about in the locality anyway though.