EVE General Discussion

This unofficial thread contains mainly features what have been in game earlier, but have been removed for some reason and not reintroduced on later date. This list may also contain high priority items which have been promised (but not delivered) earlier. Other random entries are possible if enough reasoning exists.

This list is maintained by author and he may use very selfish and biased selection procedure to pick up more items to the list from the replies in this thread. The goal is to keep the list very clear on item specific level and gather them all to one place. Global entries such as "add WIS as promised" will not make the cut. Reasoning why each item is in list will not be provided - it should be clear enough without the explanation.

If you have some big feature or improvement in mind, it probably is already listed in 7/2011 crowd sourcing results. CCP has already done something to few of the items which are hanging on the better side of most of the lists and they most likely continue to do so. To get these things forward I recommend putting more pressure to CCP/CSM and voting/advertising hard during next crowd sourcing also.

It is common knowledge that certain bigger items which have been hanging on top20 for ages and not being fixed are something that CCP clearly tries to avoid. These include (but are not limited to) Modular POS, bounty system, war dec mechanics* and corp/alliance roles and tools. There is not much we can do about this except trying to keep the discussion up. You may use this thread to link individual crowd sourcing items to your replies and give your support to them, but I won't be promoting them more than I just did. CCP knows how popular those certain items are. They just haven't had the will to put enough resources to make them come true (yet).

That being said... most new feature wishes should go to features and ideas forum or to small things thread unless their goal is to return or fix some functionality. Trying to keep the list short and neutral (this doesn't mean that you couldn't still promote your idea in here).

Feel free to contribute and/or comment. Hate mail is as welcome as the positive one.

Current unofficial task list:

Neocom
- Add narrow task bar to bottom of the screen where you can minimize windows so that their labels remain visible.
-> It is also extremely important that minimized chat labels have user count visible and that minimized labels blink when there is activity.
- Make "chat"-button optional.
- Modify blink so that it activates on event, blinks couple times and leaves icon highlighted. Make it re-blink after each new event.
- Add notification blink to "contract"-button.* (fixed)
*) Lights up some times, but still not at least when you log in and have new contract waiting.
- Add notification blink to "journal"-button. (fixed)
- Move "items" and "ships"-icons away from undock button and left people to customize their order/location.
- Remove random useless junk which is appearing to neocom bar when doing invention, opening cargo containers and so on.
- Add character name to neocom to make it easier to multi-box and quickly tell which client you're using.
- Add date to the clock.
- Add shortcut link and icon for compare tool. (keyb shortcut was added - still waiting for neocom icon.)


Keyboard shortcuts and overview locking
1 -> add option to enable/disable shortcut key applying to "preselected overview item".
-> when enabled lock the overview when mouse is moving over the overview window. Release while after movement stops.
2 -> add option to enable/disable activated shortcut key applying to "clicked overview item".
-> when enabled lock the overview when any shortcut key (which requires target) is held down.
- Make it possible to enable only option 1, 2 or them both at same time.

In space controls
- Add option to enable/disable automatically approach object on open cargo feature (or change it so that ship will not approach target which is target of active tractor beam).

Misc UI
- Fix copy pasting ISK amounts to ISK input box. It stopped working during "," "." decimal divider update. (fixed)
- Stop to random setting resets after patches. Usually related to window positions / tab widths.
- Fix log window - all rows go black very frequently.
- Enable hangar "items"-window's meta column from clients by default.
- Partial stack transfers from hangar which would cap ship cargo bay bug heavily with at least 3 different ways resulting to either overloaded ship, incorrect cargo bay full notification or source stack having 0 items error. This needs to be sorted. (fixed)

Forums
- Fix forum BBcode parse error which percent signs may cause.
- Allow us to post images and use signature images.
- Fix signature editing tool.
- Add support function to assembly hall.
- Fix session time out which frequently eats (usually time consuming and well written) posts. (fixed with autosave)
- Add more customization options to forum layout. Option to disable side borders and background image is minimum demand to increase usability.

Recommended common good improvements

Graphics
- Add optionality or other way to overwrite low resolution nebula images with high resolution images (for high end computers).
-> Downloadable packet perhaps?

Keyboard shortcuts
- Add keyboard shortcut to re-launch drones which were last ordered back to the drone bay.
- Add keyboard shortcut for compare tool. (now present in the game.)
- Add keyboard shortcut to open fuel bay for ships which have one.
- Add keyboard shortcut to open corporate hangar for ships which have one.
- Add keyboard shortcut to "drones: mine repeately"-command or bind "drones: attack"-shortcut to work also with mining drones.
- Add keyboard shortcut to open selected "in space"-containers and wrecks.

UI
- Import/export function for all settings (overview, window positions, keyboard shortcuts, tab widths, neocom, esc menu boxes)
- Improve log window by providing tabs for different event types. Incoming/Outgoing DPS monitor as similar graph than the fps monitor would be awesome bonus to have in one of the tabs.
- Improve (in space) drone control window by showing drone damage for also the drones not in space.

Usability / Accessibility
- Sort market "groups"-tab by items meta level as primary term and add meta labels to item descriptions. Put items without meta level to top.
- Add to item's right click menu: "show variations in compare tool..." (show all meta/tech level variants of the item)*
- Add to item's right click menu: "show similar in compare tool..." (show all items in same group, for example all different medium projectile ammunition)*
*) and/or similar "drag and drop" functionality while holding some modifier key (like shift or alt) down.
- Add "jobs currently assigned"-values next to maximum allowed lab/manufacturing jobs. In example 5/11.
- Make it possible to transfer PI-items between launchpad and customs office while docked to station in same system.
- In "show info" window for modules, under variations, display meta level.
- Make "unlocked" the default behavior for non-secured station containers.
- In "show info"-window for stargates, add the other system's security.

This is a fantastic idea, hope this thread doesn't get locked, I'll post my stuff here, lets list everything the players want! I'll put in my stuff, bold is the most important

. Colour/Logo/Paint customisation for ships see the dawn of war army painter as an example of what I personally expect

. Far more player interaction in the game whether it's mining or combat

. Give far more players access to blueprint copying

. Lock UI option so it won't get dragged around too easily

. Some sort of simple objective notification on the HUD so we don't have to bring up the journal

. Gameplay content that isn't just a load of massive timesinks, missions shouldn't last 1 - 2 hours

. Legalise botting or stomp it out entirely, a decision needs to be made


. Destroy the Nex Store BURN IT ALL!

. End the CSM as it has clearly turned into something that is purely designed to benefit certain alliances and only they understand the system properly enough to utilize it, CCP should be listening to everyone equally not just a select few special interests

. Go back to the drawing board with captain's quarters and don't come back until you have the full thing

. Don't add more tiers/techs in your equipment and ships, focus on making the game more balanced

. More anti-blob options that benefit solo or small gangs

. Make mining barges worthwhile especially Exhumers

. Exploration content is one of the few things working in this game! Make more of it! You have tons of empty space being unused

. If Dust 514 is absolutely not coming to PC then please make an alternative version for EVE players as an expansion, I think ship boarding and station combat would be a fantastic idea

. Generally try to make EVE less of a tedious click and drag fest I'm seeing results but you aren't doing enough

Sov
-Remove three of the four timers that need to be grinded when taking a system and nerf stucture hp with 66.82%.
-> Stop the sov grind where the hostiles come on the last timer and save the system forcing the attackers to start over.
-If a SBU (doesn't matter how many) are onlined in a system the sov level index thingy stop ticking and all ihub upgrades are disabled.
-> Slight nerf to "defensive SBUs"
- Concider removing "system is vulnerable" notifications making it possible to ninja claim those systems that never are used and owned by that giant blob.

UI
- Redo the entire overview setting window, it's plain out broken and extremely unintuitive.
- Redo the market window, especially the group page for all modules of the same type.
-> Instead of them all thrown together in a pile they should be sorted by meta level and somehow it need to be made clearer that there are 5 different variations of one gun instead of 15 different guns like noobs believe atm. For example by grouping them together better.
+ Mega Beam Laser I
- Mega Afocal Maser I
- Mega Modal Laser I
etc.



Misc.
- Change the backgrounds of the ship preview window so that instead of the generic blue-green nebulae the new ones are there instead and each race has it's own nebulae background
-> Similar to how it looks in the spaceship preview on eveonline.com

Update POS to suggestions in dead horse thread.

I as well +1 bars at the bottom of the window for minimized windows. And if could they blink and few and highlight when a new event happens, that would be great.

-Radelix

Horizontal Neocom.

Ability to remove injected skills with 0 SP wasted on them (with loss of skillbook) for us OCD people that like clean, perfect skillsets.

WIS and Jove as playable race.

This is brilliant

But I don't think NEX store has anything wrong, just keep both of them

http://widescreengamingforum.com/f/u/imagecache/node-gallery-display/contrib/dr/256/extras/eve-16x10-game-ws.jpg

after it was removed in Tyrannis OCR bots adapted by using the starmap to get a calm background for the capacitor/hp/modules readout - but regular players don't really enjoy staring at the starmap all day just so they don't get overwhelmed by bloom.