Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Id love to see a feature where any similar module can be stacked on the UI, even scripted modules. This would broaden the choices for the clutter of the UI on fits with many similar items of all sorts and allow for personalization on usage characteristics by players.

Say with salvagers on a noctis if you like to hit one per wreck you can, if you want two per wreck or three or 4 even. Sensor boosters or remote sensor boosters. Hardeners of all sorts. Mining lasers. Anything thats active now.


Itd reduce clicking multiple modules after jumps or in general and this game is enough of a click fest as it stands. Allow changing of mass scripts for modules the same as ammo for guns in one shot. Overheating the entire set with one button or click rather than each individual module which is a godsend in combat situations where time is of the essence.

So then all you have is one set of active modules then on your ships? Wow thatd be a pretty crappy setup if you ask me.

Play another 'traditional' MMO that wasn't made for console crossover. See how many different active abilities they have. Then come back to EVE and realise how simple a game we actually have once you are undocked and in space.

It's not quite what you're looking for, but most gaming keyboards and mice nowadays have programmable buttons for stacking several hotkey commands on one key. My Corsair mouse for instance I have F1-F8 all tied to a thumb button, so it triggers anything I normally move to the top row of HUD mod icons. If you happen to be in the market for a new keyboard/mouse, those are becoming more "standard equipment" for gaming hardware if you will, even my old p.o.s. Logitech keyboard has a set of programmable keys too.

Getting other forms of active mods stack-able has been talked about several times in the past. Some mods may present various odd issues code-wise and some may be for the better that you cannot stack them; Neuts and Smarties are a good example. For now, those keyboards/mice with those keys/buttons work wonders and serve as the perfect alternative.

Btw, there are small buttons on the HUD between the "Circle" and the mods that trigger overheating "All Highs/Meds/Lows". Caution is advised if you're gonna use those though...tends to make a hot day even hotter and fast!

Oh I can handle it alright. Atm Im playing 8 accounts at once just fine on 6 monitors. But hey no worries about me handling things. The reality is that Id love the functionality that would come of being able to slave two of 3 medium neuts together so that I can burst dual neuts and then keep the third and a small neut going to completely drain, while shutting off the 2 neuts for cap management reasons while I pulse my MWD to manage range. Or while I can overheat my sebos all in one shot instead of having to reengage and then OH them every gate jump. Or on the dual smartie null fit that I can just engage them both at the same time to kill the bombs coming in on the fleet from a bomber in one click. Or on the falcon/rook alt where I can slave the RIGHT ecm mods on the right target in certain instances and then break them apart and refit with a depot based on the situation carrying the mods in my cargo hold.

Cuz that kinda functionality is stupid and dumb and unneeded because Im stupid and cant handle an easy MMO according to u. But then of course the ability to slave guns and weapons together was a dumb move by CCP too right? uhuh....

I can understand stacking modules that are the same because we can do it with guns. But doing all of our modules might be pushing it too far.

Accepted. Are there any modules you would consider adding to the list?

Actually CCP is already about to make it a 1buttonrokh for you, as the DCII is about to go passive https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=468977&find=unread

I couldnt see how the scripts would make it buggy as its just the same as ammo in that regard. And as for the mining yes most miners would ironically unless they are truly OCD about short cycling roids or yes if cap is an issue. Though my reasons for this arent even for mining but for combat ships.

Well, guns you don't want to really stagger. Neuts, however, generally work best when staggered as it often equates to less strain on your own cap and more strain on the targets cap and is more likely to shut down high-cap/long-cycle life mods like prop mods, DC's (until 9 Mar), and active hardeners. That depends largely on the ship you are flying, number of neuts, target and likely fit therein, etc. I actually agree, though, that having more modules support grouping would be nice in certain environments. Can certainly help tidy up the HUD when most of your mods are active. My Golem's like that, lows are BCS' but the rest is pretty much all active mods. Grouping my TP's or the TC's on my gunships would be nice since I tend to lean on using the same scripts and it could cut down on clicks when switching scripts. It would be good for hardeners in many cases, too.

Keyboard/mouse macro inputs are so common place nowadays it'd be difficult for CCP to realistically restrict use of without likely having to ban literally half of Eve for using them in the first place. Virtually every gaming keyboard and mouse I've seen in stores and on the market at this point has them as it's become a much more routine feature of gaming hardware; even my bargain bin Logitech keyboard has them. I'd actually have to go out of my way to find one without them.

Anyways, they are probably more concerned with tools that specifically allow full or even partial client automation beyond the scope of what Eve has built in (AP is allowable for obvious reasons) or simultaneous control of multiple clients at once as if it were one client being controlled (like using two screens, two clients running, and a program that dupes/mirrors key-presses and mouse clicks). Macro keys alone don't do that, unless you are using a program that allows a macro to control two or more clients at once. In that case, the program will get you into trouble, not the use of macro keys.