Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This may have been pointed out already (sorry if it has) but custom screen vids are already an option; the notes on how are somewhere around here.

Some small bug-fixes (I've submitted a Petition, but I've been unable to recreate the actual issue):

Occasionally, the follow-cam in the CQ will get 'stuck' in one position until I open the Character Customization window or otherwise change my session; it has something to do with moving windows around in the NeoCom, though I'm not certain exactly how it happens.

Also, sometimes when I dock, I'll end up in the space 'under' the balcony, or on the ledge next to the capsule dock. Again, changing session via undocking clears the issue.

As for what I'd like the CQ to be -- give us our War Room! Aside from the obvious Dr. Strangelove jokes, having a central place from which to observe the battlefield (or even a portion of it) would be a huge help in planning large fleet maneuvers. It would also help those pilots that are 'station-bound' without a properly-fitted ship after being blown up.

I would like the ability to run in Captain's Quarters. I don't get why we can't, especially not in our own Captain's Quarters. It takes a while to get from place to place, in my opinion.

Also, there are problems with performance. The game is bad enough when it comes to processor usage in the Character Creater, but it is even worse in the Captain's Quarters themselves.

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Speaking of processor usage, there is also a non-Captain's Quarters related issue I would like to report. The ships in EVE can only compute Teraflops, and most ships are bigger than most skyscrapers, not to mention that it is thousands of years in the future, and you would need ALOT of processing power to take care of all of the essentials alone.

In real-life, we already have Super-Computers that can compute several Petaflops, and they nowhere near the physical size of what we have in-game onboard the ships.

So in my opinion, you should change the units of measurement from Teraflops to Petaflops or something.

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Another issue: The Nanomechanical Co-Processor is faster than the Nanoelectrical Co-Processor, and the Photonic Co-Processor is faster than the Quantum Co-Processor. How are you supossed to explain that?

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And yes, I know that those last few problems have nothing to do with Captain's Quarters, but I was talking about the CQ Processor Usage, so I had to bring it up. I apologize.

Just being able to switch to exterior view, essentially as if the station where your ship would be huge. Makes sense that you could use the stations camera drones yes?

Button next to "Enter Ship Hanger" maybe?

Long Term Ideas :

• Free Walking IN Stations - No Flying, No Skillpoint Training, No CSM votes, No more "Emergency PLEX Time", etc.
• PLEX/Subs for Flying and Skill training
• Each station has 2 Districts (limited for a reason)
• Station Districts that can be influence and exert influence - through and by the player owned establishments on the station
• Districts would specialize in certain bonuses/establishments/perks that bring different professions to that district. i.e. "Trade District", "Black Market District", "Industrial District", "Miners District", "Gambling District", "Red Light District", "Training District (NPE Content here!!)
• These specialized districts would be developed by players influence through investments/establishments - Jita would probably be a Trade and Industry district from player influence, so a Blackmarket wouldn't fit (to trade boosters) - other stations in the vicinity would have to have those districts established, leading to specific stations for Booster trading and also then segregate into social levels - "Richer people districts" vs "poorer people districts", etc. This is a natural part of human society.
• Districts naturally help "Segregate" types of players - bringing together like minded players for social opportunities, at the same time excludes non-like minded players making it easier for players to identify who they want to associate with - can lead to interesting social opportunities.
• Free2Play players would require transportation occassionally - provided by PLEXers- contracting a passenger service (that's reliable) and doesn't get you killed would make a difference. Would require a "passenger" hold attachment to a ship perhaps, would come with various accommodations for the journey. Would be a marketable way to create Space Passenger travels and in the case of ship death an "emergency shuttle" is launched - and could be picked up, by lets say, pirates.
• Competitive passenger transport could then go from "rag tag cheap" to "Cruise Liner" with full entertainment suites and on time departures, with limits of 50-100 passengers or more. (The Jita to Amarr Passenger Liner Corporation).
• Dust integration into stations is a must have for station populations. Most capsuleers won't get into stations too often, and less so with less people there. Perhaps waiving the "NPC Broker fee" for Dust contracts if you meet in person can be an incentive as well.

• Establishments :
• Trade Exchange (Stock Market/Broker/Auction style establishment) - can be or must specialized into certain "Exchanges" (Minerals only, Ships Only, Faction Only, etc) Influence : Trade/Industrial districts
• Bars - to socialize, play mini-games, etc. (Black Market) - would cater most to "Free2play" players and by extension generate "capsuleers" to come.
• Academy - A place for newbies to come and learn. Could have various player instructors (former Free2Play pilots turned trainers to make ISK) - can come with some holographs stations that can use virtual ships to help represent training, (the game within the game, within the game) - I'm sure there are a dozen ways to get this to work and help new players have fun too and make it worthwhile for veterans to help train newbies.
• Casino - Centered on profiteering from entertainment (vs a Social Bar). (Black Market District)
• Cosmetic Surgery - To change character physical appearances, for profit. Would require consumption of PI material such as "bio reports", etc. to change a persons body.
• Medical Bay - Now player owned! Allows pilots to save their skill clones. Consumes PI materials (bio reports, etc) to offset costs set by players. Jump Clones still with current restrictions. If you die, you wake up in this establishment.
• Retail Store - allows players to setup "mini-markets" for their corporations away from the market or for specific "friendly" players or for the general populace a store front to use instead of the market for "special pricing" a la "Sam's Club" (50m a year subscription, 10% off market prices and access to the store). Or a place to sell clothes that you can see sitting on a rack.
• Office Establishment - Would be good for people who spend most of their time in station (alliance leaders, etc). They could setup a space to "wheel and deal" . An interactable holo-map, a few corpses, a torture chamber. You know, the typical thing an EVE CEO wants for accommodations.
• Corporate Office - This would be replace the current offices. The current offices would be renamed "Warehouse" so you can rent a corporate warehouse in a station (represents the corporate hangar) - the Office would be a physical place that must be rented (not connected to a warehouse in any way) and would allow corporations to do interactive things have a "playhouse" and discuss "War" and "Strategies" with interactive hologram style objects.

• New Professions for F2Players
• Recruitment Headhunters (Stay in stations finding noobies to get recruited into corporations, can be paid by NPC corps for helping find those pilots their first corp (abusable?) - or incentive from corporations to pay headhunters to do some legwork for them.
• Bartender/Owner - Tries to make ISK from running social joints. Can get activities such as EVE radio, customizable "hangout here perks" (every 20 minutes in a bar gets you +2 charisma/intelligence, whatever attributes depending on customizations?)
• Broker - Can be the middle man for Exchange establishments Takes the place of the NPC broker in some ways? Moves more into the hands of players for auctions?
• Fashion Stylist - Add customizable clothing or something similar that requires a player to create it and enough time/skill that it can be a profession.
• Information Broker - For District Politics - they would watch who is influencing what stations politics, sell it to the right person.

Good overall ideas. But please stay on topic. This thread is meant to gather all ideas regarding CQs.


One additional visual related issue I have with the current CQs: the Menu.
The idea of it is nice, but it can get very annoying when hovering over objects by accident. It "feels" very clumsy overall. Maybe some improvement can be done regarding the 3d menu.

I like your Free-to-Play ideas, but you should make a seperate thread for them.

Mentioned before I think somewhere in the masses of other threadnaughts:

New clothes would be nice. I hear there is some nice stuff kicking around.

More SciFi and less strait off today's streets would be great. Perhaps more accessory options as well as clothes.

I would understand if you left some in reserve for when the whole NEX and AUR (Die Aurum Die!) straightened out, but some new (free or cheaper on the regular market) stuff in the mean time would be bitching. If you release some of the stuff you've already made no one could complain about you "taking away resources to from FiS". One would think that the high fashion expensive looking stuff would belong in the NEX but perhaps some not so swanky stuff could be released.

- Sexy Gallente girls and guys plz!
- Creepy scary looking Amarr.
- Tattooed Minnies.
- And well I guess some sort of variety for the boring efficient Caldari.
- Faction Uniforms! (Loyalty Stores?)

Not sure I care too much about restricting the non uniform stuff from being used off race. Common enough for people to migrate and adapt to the local customs.

Restricted faction uniforms would be nice though. (Although maybe trade-able so spies can get their hands on them?)

PS - Not endorsing NEX or high priced or even microtransaction clothing in any way, but do understand CCP is taking a step back and trying to figure out how to proceed.

The proposals on customization are interesting. A rather bare CQ to start and then you can buy more (with ISK preferably).

Hard not to forget though that these are in station, basically hotel rooms.

To customize we'd probably should be paying to rent the place like apartment, akin to Corporate offices as someone else mentioned.

Another place to customize and call ones own is a CQ on our own ship(s).

(A red ratty couch for the Captain of the Clear Skies)

Ship CQ customizations may go poof when the ship is destroyed though.

For the New Player Experience: Make Aura a shimmering holograpic person talking to you, explaining stuff and showing you tutorial videos on the main screen as well. and then you try it yourself.

How about the possibility to put a Webpage on the mainscreen or the others.
This in combination with all the APIs we have everyone could make their own screen with the information he/she wants to see.