Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Black ops and caps do need fuel.

No that's silly.

How would this change benefit the average player?

We are already playing a submarine simulator in space and you want to talk about realism?

I did not see what "points" to which you are referring. Simply saying "what a bad idea" is not a response I should have to "answer". If the devs see my idea, that is my main objective. Getting into arguments with people who are prejudiced against the idea to begin with is not constructive.

As far as your question, "How does this benefit the average player?", the answer is the same as for any feature of the game that inconveniences the player: it makes for more interesting gameplay. EVE has many behaviors that players dislike or find inconvenient. Requiring ships to have fuel and making their fuel affect weight would certainly inconvenience players, but would potentially make gameplay more interesting.

A second benefit is that it would add to the commodities which players could produce, since if this change were made, ship fuel would become a very important commodity.

A third dynamic would the effect on null sec versus high sec travel. Currently when a player travels in null sec, for example, using an afterburner or MWD to rat in belts costs nothing, which is the same in high sec. If fuel needed to be bought to keep the ship going then this dynamic would change. Since fuel would probably be cheaper in high sec, players doing things like missioning or mining in high sec, would pay less for driving their ship around than someone doing the same activities in null sec. Also, the null sec player might have to travel farther to find fuel to refuel their ship. Thus, there would be a balance change favoring high-sec activities. Whether this would be good for gameplay and improve the overall "fun" of the game for players in general, it is hard for me to say, but for a game designer with a lot of knowledge of the internal game statistics and trends, they might find that it has a useful impact on balance.

I am simply putting this idea out there as a possible way to add complexity and additional dynamics to the game. Whether these new dynamics would be positive for game or not, I think CCP game designers would be best in a position to know since they have detailed knowledge of the playerbase, usage statistics, game economics and other factors.

On a more serious note and thanks to google.

Previous discussion on ship power source and fuels.

We already have fuel. Keeping in mind that the crews on capsuleer ships are very minimal, it is not unreasonable that a ship has enough fuel for weeks maybe even months, and each time we dock it is refueled.

Edit: Oh, and since I live in California and we are all so eco-concious out here, I have converted all of my ships to run on tears.

Wait...people loot while ratting in NS?

There is realism and then there is fun, and rarely do the two meet.

Why stop with only fuel. Next up, having to hire our crew. Complete with job interviews.

I'm a trader that buys nulsec ratter loot, so yea, it happens. SLOOOOOLY.

Better get your medical plan right. It would suck if your shields were down 20% because your shield engineer has the flu. Because once we implement crew job interviews, there will need to be efficiency modifiers based on your hiring skills.

Frank seemed like such a promising Head Armor Repair Mechanic. Then you found out he is always coming to work drunk, and he spends most of his time in the office surfing interstellar porn. Armor rep rate -20%. Armor -20%.

You're talking about elite dangerous again, not eve.