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I. So only active accounts can get on Sisi. If we have all three character slots already filled, exactly which steps should we go through in order to free up a new slot in order to go through Inception?

II. In the past NPE's could be gone back through by "vets" in order to pick up training in areas they might have bypassed when they first joined or, more importantly, so they know what is not trained in the NPE so they can structure corp/alliance training programs correctly.

a) Is it going to be possible to bypass Inception completely - this for new players that are going to directly join a corporations where they will have training and support?

b) I assume you don't want vets to back-trace through Inception because of the skill injector. Having vets tromp through the NPE is always useful for the above reasons and additional QA. How about vets still be able to back-trace through, but if you don't have the minimum SP that a new player starts off with the mini-injector is not granted?

Went on test and noticed the new ship EFT built in thing.

1) Can you make it so you dont load in simulation mode first thing. Rather have it where you click it to activate it. Currently you open it up and it is auto simulation mode.

2) When you buy multi buy. Is there a way to remove items from the multi buy? I might have 10 DC2 and all the guns but need the rest for a fit. Can you make it so you can remove the itmes you dont need and buy the rest. Forcing me to buy it all or nothing is a bit silly. If this is there... then it is not very clear cause I looked for this function and could not find it

Yes. Might change in future releases but for now, they will remain in place.

To be fair that's true of the entire game.

This sounds very good

One major thing that I think majorly hurts new players is that once you step outside missions, it's incredibly hard to find content that you know will be challenging, is doable and is sufficiently rewarding.

There is a reason other games use levels as indicators. It's not just for comparisons, but to make it easy to find content that is appropriate for your skill and equipment level. Most of the content in this game is unmarked. Bounties gives you some idea, but isn't really all that accurate. It sucks as a new player to scan something down, go there and get killed in a few seconds because you had no idea how difficult the enemies would be.

The opposite happens a lot too where you find a too easy site, kill everyone in a very little bit, but find the rewards completely worthless. The progression of PvE content in this game outside of missions is opaque.

This, and not overly kind rewards are why, players gravitate towards missions and then get bored. Unless you want to live on a website listing the difficulties of each site (which are still often hard to glean), you just have to risk blindly. I'm all for risk. Other games have risk. But blind risk is just frustrating. This is something I hope gets addressed soon.

For open space there are at least two indicators: ship size and number of enemies.

For exploration there are the names of the discovered sites (in ascending order: Hideout, Lookout, Watch, Vigil, Provisional Outpost, Outpost, Minor Annex, Annex, Base, Fortress, Complex, Provincial HQ, Fleet Staging Point). There are DED rated sites which get a direct numerical value out of 10. I guess the main difficulty is that you can't put pips or other ornamentation on a target's health bar when there's no target visible.

I think the various types of combat anomalies and exploration sites do need better risk/reward markings. Players have to consult external lists, or lose ships figuring stuff out on their own. The DED ratings are good on sites that have them, but the "unrated" sites should have... a rating. It could be different rating scale, perhaps fewer bands that could encompass DED 1-3, 4-6 (etc) to preserve a sense of mystery.

This looks good.

Voice acting will be a god send after years of walls of text. How long do you think it will take to work through these missions?

For me, part of the attraction of EVE is the excitement of trying something new knowing that there is a signifcant probability of losing your stuff.

From my recollection of previous CCP discussion of the NPE, part of it involves a catastrophic failure which then leads you into the quiet plotline that is the rest by f the game. This is the one key feature I am looking for in Inception: give the new players a hand, even a bit of spoon feeding, build up their basic knowledge of game mechanics, then when they start to feel confident you pull the rug out from under them, watch them lose the assets they have worked hard to master, and when they "come to" you offer a cool drink and another opportunity.