Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Covert Star Bases (Citadels)
This is an Idea I have thought about before and I never though about posting about it before but recently I have seen a couple posts suggestion one be added. So IF and I do stress the if on that, If CCP were to add Covert Star Bases (Citadels) than there would need to be some kind of counter measure for that even if it is a passive mechanic of the game it self . What I was thinking is that Citadels already go through a Vulnerability window each day, so if Covert Citadels become a thing they should Force the Citadel to De-Cloak once a day and have a cool down of the Vulnerability Window time, during this time the citadel can be maned and ready for an attack if need be but as a trade off while the Citadel is cloaked it can not fire or use its own defenses at all, players may force a De-cloak but if they do they must sit through a 90 minute cool down period in which the signature is blown up to double what the base signature would be, after the cooldown it will return to normal signature size but the player must manually recloak the Covert Citadel. Another good idea would be for this Covert Citadel only but it can access a Covert Cyno but this cyno must be lit on a Covert battleship class ship (like the Widow) and must be a large Covert Cyno module which you must have Covert 5 and all the Cyno skills to 5 as well as Battleship from whatever race to 5 to do this type of cyno the player would also need to have the covert structure skill (New) to 5. (The only class of ship that can be put through this cyno is the Covert Citadel all other ships must travel using alternate methods and Normal Citadels still can not be move by any means other than to take them down) If the Covert Cyno is lit BOTH players would take a Fatigue of 3-5 days with a 2x multiplier, this cyno may be use to move in system as well as 1 conjoining system over. This Citadel should have more EHP than an Astrahus but less than a Fortizar and be capable of having no point defense system all other modules would be allowed.

Additional: To place this structure player must have Structure skills to 5 anchoring 5 and covert structure 5 make this thing hard to get as possible using the current mechanics


Neocom Organization
The Neocom is at the center of most EVE Pilots existence even if they don't realize it, it is part of everything we do every PVP Fight we take and every station trade we make, yet other than a slight refinement of what Icons look like or which ones you can see it hasn't really changed very much. What I am suggesting is to add Drawers (Optional) to allow Pilots to group icons into catagories based on what they would typically use or what would make it easier to each pilot. I for one wouldn't mind being able to refine my Neocom menus a bit better than a long list of icons =)

Player set clock in game
This idea is not a new one I posted about it once before but no one else seemed to like it, however, I have had time to think about this idea and I think I have refined it so that now it would seem more viable. Make an optional clock that can be toggled on or off (default being off) from the settings of the game by pressing [Esc] this clock if toggled on WILL NOT negate or hide or drawl attention away from the in game clock for the server however it would be given a drop down clock if you hover over the in game clock, The time options available would be just like looking at the drop down in your windows computer system just click the drop down and scroll to the time zone where you live and apply. The reasoning for this additional clock is so that those who don't have 2 monitors or players who are unable to run the game in windows mode for whatever reason may have an easy to access clock right there in game with just a simple 5-10 second hover over the main server clock.

These are just ideas granted so please feel free to discuss.

Hiding a citadel in order to less the chance of conflict generation kinda defeats the point...

I took out the one about the citadel because I want to focus on these two spots, Yes there is an option to move the icons on the Neocom but it could be further organized by allowing the pilot the choice to have a drawer for the more commonly used items that they would like to have grouped together some people do not like having icons strewn across their Neocom.

As for the clock you might be right it maybe un-needed but then again that is why i said it should be an (Optional) Choice to have it turned on, personally I think that many people would not mind having an optional additional clock that does not override or interfere with the main clock and does not make the main clock seem less important on the contrary with how I have laid out the idea this clock should do nothing but benefit the game play. The options available to find out local time aside.

I appreciate your insight fly safe