Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello all,

No matter what do you in EVE, you have to move around a lot. Thousands of systems out there to be explored...My proposal is to add warp skill book that adds 5% bonus to warp speed and acceleration per level, just to ease all those trips a little bit. All will benefit from it.

Sure, enemy fleet might come closer faster, but so will yours. We win, space drag loses.

Eifyr and Co. 'Rogue' Warp Drive Speed WS-618

all this is is another mandatory time sink to get the same exact speeds we have now do you have a reason you see this as needed?


say it was a 5% per level skill

all warp speeds in the game would be nerfed by 25% if it was added

Even if this were true, how much time do you think one extra skill is going to add?

I'm assuming you're suggesting a level 1, 2 or 3 skill here. A maximum pf 14 or so days isn't going to make much of an extra time sink to worry about at all.

However, there is already 'evasive maneuvering' and 'spaceship command' that affect ship agility, getting you into warp faster. For capitals, then there is already 'advanced spaceship command' and 'capital ships' that affect the agility of the ships that require those skills.

In terms of warp speed, there are already implants, rigs and modules that increase warp speed.

Isn't there already enough variability in the gameplay to provide plenty of options for people? I don't really see how introducing a new skill would have any positive impact.

I like fast and I have a blockade runner with hyperspatial rigs that goes 12.5 AU/sec. That was my choice - I sacrificed cargo capacity to achieve it. Choice is good. Do you want speed, cargo capacity or defense - pick 1.

Distance is also important to Eve - it creates regional identity and regional economies. We don't want every system to be next door to Jita!

I agree that a skill like this would force the developers to nerf the current base speed to maintain the scale of the game, so why bother.

I already spend a lot more time at the gate - approaching, jumping or accelerating to warp than I spend in warp and a lot of warps are already too short to reach top speed so 7 billion for a set of high grade ascendancy implants won't be on my shopping list anytime soon! My ship also remains a practical hauler with a decent tank and 5K m3 cargo capacity. I'm not willing to give up either of those capabilities in exchange for more speed. All about choices.

That's why you need a shield one no need y to give up tank and acceleration is based on max warp speed. Just try the implants no need to get the Omega. Even if you just do it once the acceleration is crazy

Even Interspacial Velocity Accelerators (is that the right rig?) Won't push your warp speeds past 20au/s generally, this indicates to me that CCP didn't design warp speed to be this strong variable that you could effect, rather something you could augment for specific tasks (super zippy autopilots, etc.)

Even now if you warp fleet they do not warp away at the same time - different position, different player skills...They all need to align first, after that the fleet's warp speed matches the slowest ship, but it won't be slower, all of you will be faster, so I see no nerf here.



Actually that's pretty big skill, so x5 multiplier sounds better, so about a month in training, also will need to require Navigation V and Warp Drive Operation V.



Exactly, this hasn't been changed since the beginning.

I get it - CCP introduced warp speed modules, so they probably won't do what I've proposed. You all have a point - we have the modules, the rigs, the implants, but all of these are expensive for many players.

I did that back in 2008 - proposed something stupid - to give us something to get wrecks for us. People called me many things and trolled me, yet CCP changed their mind about it few years later, so who knows.

I never said they should reduce the base warp speed.

However, if warp speed really needs to be perfectly balanced, then OK, I agree this will be a mandatory skill that will not contribute to the game and will just be an obstacle, even though the end result will be faster movement for all.

*Suddenly remembers CCP Seagull's words about expanding the Universe*