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HAHA ...no. It's actually the opposite. Take one look at the db schema and most devs have the same thought id imagine: "Is this a joke? An April fools day prank. It cant actually be structured like this can it?"


As I said before I shouldn't need to query about 3-7 different tables in a db just to find out what something is made of. Honestly it looks like to me that the db was started back in the day when someone really had no idea on how to do it properly, and stuck with the legacy code/schema, the new devs are doing the best they can.

As a dev myself I understand what it's like to inherit a crap db, api etc.

If you want gigantic 3rd party support make it easier for devs to work with the data. That's my .02

Did CCP just kill Tripwire?

hmmmmm.....

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6536713#post6536713

Certainly headed that way

[quote=Leo Apocrypha
I want to start off by saying, this post concerns me. Not only does it make you the person that says "no, pick the nuts out yourself." (which doesn't really solve the problem) I've never seen such a hostile response from a dev to someone just for posting their opinion. Especially when theres so many posts of people completely over-dramatizing the effect this will have on their gameplay experience. [/quote]

I agree the post may be perceived as a little hostile, but CCP devs are just people after all. But overall, pretty sure they are just asking for more than general complaining, and looking for actual reasons and required functionality that may be lost. Poor CCP devs take tons of **** from us passionate players (including myself on more than one occasion). Be thankful you have access to them via the forums and other media.

Except that tons of people are reporting issues with that part of CREST (for me it works once in a blue moon). As long as CREST is unreliable as it seems to be right now the tool is dead.

And all that still doesn't solve the issues of, crazy but we still love them, fullscreen users.

The IGB doesn't allow for reporting on online/offline. (sure, you can look at who's coming in with an IGB user agent, but that's far from perfect. easily spoofable)


With fleet comp, there's a crest endpoint which returns all of that (including where the pilot is and what ship they're flying)

The location endpoint does let you know if they're in station or not.

Tracking your character’s location

I think this function would be a handy tool for all Capsuleer's but for Bounty Hunter's especially.

After learning a Locator Skill each Capsuleer could add an additional five other Capsuleer's to their Locator Service. The TI skill would only allow up to 25 Capsuleer's to be tracked at level five. The total tracking distance would be ten jumps at level five.

If a Tracker is moving through systems and has other pilots in their Locator Service the pilot would appear on the Locator Service Screen. Once the Tracker moves out of the range of the pilot the pilots location disappears from the screen until the Tracker moves into range again.

With the TII skill the distance of the service is increased by 2 systems for a total range of 10 systems plus the original 10 TI systems giving the service a total of 20 jumps to track a person with. At level five for the TII skill and additional five pilots are able to be added for a total of 30 pilots that can be tracked at any one time.

Although the system is brilliant and genius to say the least on my part but there is a catch. When ever a pilot in the service comes into tracking range of the Locator Service a bill is issued to the Pilot for 100,000 ISK per half hour per name that the Tracker comes into contact with a name on their list. So if there are two pilots on the Tracker's list it would cost the Tracker 200,000 ISK for having the Service locate the names on the list and then 400,000 ISK for an hour and so forth.

Another drawback is that after five minutes of coming into contact with a name on the Tracker's list the contact is notified that they are being tracked by someone. The tracked could then pay a fee of 100,000 ISK to find out who is tracking them.

The Locator Service could be a way to replace the Locator Agents that have become obsolete given the fact that a star gate registers who comes into and out of system that is kept in a local database that is accessible to all except for those who pay to keep their names out of the main stream.

Third party services are great but need to be tied into an icon on the main GUI.

With the IGB it was so easy to track my location for my own local tools:
0. Open port 8080
1. Let IGB execute CCPEVE.requestTrust("http://localhost:8080/")
Let IGB execute "function delay() { jQuery.get("/update"); setTimeout(function() { delay(); }, 30000); }; delay();"
2. Server parses HTML headers from GET Request to /update
3. Profit

How is that suppose to work with the CREST stuff?
Anyone got location tracking working with a local application?

Remove a possible security issue that could cost money to maintain.
Remove old code that will cost money to maintain
Move to a system that players can use with 3rd parties that will not cost money for CCP to maintain outside of CREST.

Money is awesome.

Heck, I think you can apply a broader version of this idea to any change thread CCP makes. Well considered feedback, pointing out potential edge cases, and anything backed up by math or hard evidence will always trump "I don't like this, I think it's bad, WTF CCP!!??!?!"