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New dev blog: Fixing some things and moving forward

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Tetragammatron Prime
Pink Sockers
#241 - 2011-09-20 04:33:36 UTC
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Kenpachi Viktor
Perkone
Caldari State
#242 - 2011-09-20 04:41:00 UTC
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
Whoah, I wasn't expecting such a positive feedback. We are simply fixing some things that we broke so that we can move forward. Tbh we've had our head somewhat placed in the lowermost segment of the large intestine and are finally coming out for air.


Funny how when you stop making your game worse and return that functionality, everyone is happy.
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A war that would’ve involved 20,000 players, 75% of nullsec space, and hundreds of supercapitals was halted not by diplomacy, but by a game mechanic so dreadful that those who have experienced it previously have no desire to do so again. - Fix POS & SOV
Naradius
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#243 - 2011-09-20 04:52:25 UTC
Ship spinning = BIG THUMBS UP!!

New Cyno Effect = Please make sure it was like the old effect, that when you got hot-dropped you **** yourself, not like the present one which feels like you have your head in a toilet bowl as somebody is shitting into it..."plop"..."plop","plop"....."plop"...

Great Dev Blog...can't wait for the features to be delivered :)

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
Draahk Chimera
Supervillains
#244 - 2011-09-20 04:56:37 UTC
Sounds good.

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Tian Jade
Bad Bumblebee Incorporated
#245 - 2011-09-20 04:57:41 UTC
Taiwanistan wrote:
hey before everybody go and wet your panties look at this
http://youtu.be/W3MpW7N_PQ8

Torfi and Craig,
realize that ppl don't want your god damn space barbie?
realize that incarna is utterly worthless and has no potential?
realize that 99% of people will turn your incarna OFF?
can we get a proper "mistakes were made" devblog
or a "mission accomplished" devblog because some work and testing of the WOD engine were completed

look at you now Torfi and Craig immerse in this http://youtu.be/gvehBd6B1bE


100% of these numbers have been made up.Roll
Jim Luc
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#246 - 2011-09-20 05:06:40 UTC
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
We opted for no cut scene ingame, simply because it happens so often. Way back in beta we had this beautiful 2001-esque docking sequence, every time you wanted to dock with a station. Ofc, after docking a few times, it became tedious as hell, so we decided to sacrifice immersion on the altar of usability. Same applies for a pod-exit cut scene.


Having a real-time in-game cutscene that you can quickly skip would be nice though, at least something that can be disabled quickly in the options menu. Sometimes we like quick in-out, but other times we like to be entertained with immersion. When I dock, I want NPC ships to come escort my ship and to tow it into station while the servers are doing their thing. If I want to skip after things are ready, a small button shows up. If the animation is quick enough, it will be seamless.

Think about a PS3 game without in-game cutscenes for a moment. Are you also cutting all in-game cutscenes from Dust?
Zirise
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#247 - 2011-09-20 05:20:22 UTC
Jim Luc wrote:
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
We opted for no cut scene ingame, simply because it happens so often. Way back in beta we had this beautiful 2001-esque docking sequence, every time you wanted to dock with a station. Ofc, after docking a few times, it became tedious as hell, so we decided to sacrifice immersion on the altar of usability. Same applies for a pod-exit cut scene.


Having a real-time in-game cutscene that you can quickly skip would be nice though, at least something that can be disabled quickly in the options menu. Sometimes we like quick in-out, but other times we like to be entertained with immersion. When I dock, I want NPC ships to come escort my ship and to tow it into station while the servers are doing their thing. If I want to skip after things are ready, a small button shows up. If the animation is quick enough, it will be seamless.

Think about a PS3 game without in-game cutscenes for a moment. Are you also cutting all in-game cutscenes from Dust?


This is a bad idea.
ArchenTheGreat
Interstellar Clone Transport
#248 - 2011-09-20 05:22:46 UTC
Ager Agemo wrote:

on a less troll note... if thats the caldari quarters... those look really ... sweet.... now if we could just walk AROUND the ship to see it from a human perspective inside the station...


Not a good idea. With the sizes of some ships counted in kilometers it will take hours to make such a trip.
Tsubutai
Perkone
Caldari State
#249 - 2011-09-20 05:36:59 UTC
This is a good beginning, but let's not get carried away: it's not the messiah, it's a promise to start addressing the long-standing neglect of Eve at some point soon.

Good blog and good changes, but don't take positive feedback as an indication that this alone will suffice.
Flamespar
WarRavens
#250 - 2011-09-20 05:40:44 UTC
So by 'shortly' they mean .....
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#251 - 2011-09-20 05:41:11 UTC
Hooray for devs being allowed to fix things \o/
Imuran
Zentor Industries
#252 - 2011-09-20 05:53:07 UTC
Round of applause
Mar Drakar
LDK
#253 - 2011-09-20 05:53:43 UTC
couple of things:
- why old hangar? not new "old" with old features + new shiny buttons? can't you make an LCD display in place of capacitor with same "shiney" buttons (ADD ALL THE BAYS OF THE SHIP THERE, YES CORP, FUEL, DRONES, YO MOMMAH's purse and then some), improve and give some said "immersion"
- is it THAT hard to have a font with dash on zero?
- backlog is simmilar to "feature blackhole" in agile or whatever you use, take them out of the black hole....
Khaine Beralt
Third World Democracy
#254 - 2011-09-20 06:12:37 UTC
wooooooooooooo
Officer Spawn
Perkone
Caldari State
#255 - 2011-09-20 06:15:14 UTC
I hope you will look at the time and money spent first removing features no one wanted removed and then having to put them back after the player backlash. Think how much the savings would have been if you had some awareness on how badly you messed up when you turned the core of your game into just a feature called Flying In Space.
Jim Luc
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#256 - 2011-09-20 06:15:35 UTC
Zirise wrote:
Jim Luc wrote:
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
We opted for no cut scene ingame, simply because it happens so often. Way back in beta we had this beautiful 2001-esque docking sequence, every time you wanted to dock with a station. Ofc, after docking a few times, it became tedious as hell, so we decided to sacrifice immersion on the altar of usability. Same applies for a pod-exit cut scene.


Having a real-time in-game cutscene that you can quickly skip would be nice though, at least something that can be disabled quickly in the options menu. Sometimes we like quick in-out, but other times we like to be entertained with immersion. When I dock, I want NPC ships to come escort my ship and to tow it into station while the servers are doing their thing. If I want to skip after things are ready, a small button shows up. If the animation is quick enough, it will be seamless.

Think about a PS3 game without in-game cutscenes for a moment. Are you also cutting all in-game cutscenes from Dust?


This is a bad idea.


And exactly why would this be a bad idea? You can skip it, it still takes a few seconds for things to initialize with the servers and a jerky pause plus a loading bar. Why not just add some tug ships and at least show them pulling your ship in while things load. No need for a long, drawn out docking animation, just something that improves immersion a bit.

Besides, how hard would it be to add to the game with a skip button? What's not to like?
Caius Sivaris
Dark Nexxus
#257 - 2011-09-20 06:19:28 UTC
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
Whoah, I wasn't expecting such a positive feedback.


A very little piece of meat makes a starving dog happy.
Leigh Hekki
Mon Hekki
#258 - 2011-09-20 06:19:47 UTC
Thank you very much CCP. This is very promising and ship spinning ftw! Thank you for listening!
DeBingJos
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#259 - 2011-09-20 06:41:12 UTC
+10 Very happy with the changes. I'm curious about the winter expansion!

Ungi maðurinn þekkir reglurnar, en gamli maðurinn þekkir undantekningarnar. The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Ender Sai
Perkone
Caldari State
#260 - 2011-09-20 06:44:08 UTC
Came to thread expecting disappoint, left feeling content.