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[Crowdsource] Ship Customisation
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T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#1 - 2012-02-19 02:29:08 UTC  |  Edited by: T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
In the interest of prosperity and no pink penis coloured ships I've created a survey on Ship Customisation to submit to CCP. While there have been many topics on this subject there has been little data gathered from pilots. This survey is light in nature and doesn't go into too much detail and will take you less than 2 minutes. A more specific survey will be created if enough participants take part to make the results meaningful and my final proposal will be based of these results.

Discourse, comments and suggestions are most welcome and your opinion matters regardless of whether you are for or against. Please do so in this thread, or stimulate discourse in your corp and get them to take part too :P

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Regards,
T'amber

www.shipsofeve.com
T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#2 - 2012-02-19 02:37:42 UTC  |  Edited by: T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
Current Results

Which of the following answers best describes how you feel about Ship Customisation?
-I'd like to be able to customise my ship's visual appearance but not at the expense of server load(64.7%)
-I'd like to be able to customise my ship's visual appearance and I don't care how its done or what it costs, aslong as it happens(17.0%)
-I'm not interested in ship customisation but I don't mind if they introduced it to the game(12.5%)
-I'm not interested in ship customisation, CCP's time would be best spent elsewhere.(5.8%)


Customisation Options
-The colour options you can chose from to paint your ship should be restricted by the hulls class or race so that Eve's art integrity is left intact(52.3%)
-There should be an unrestricted amount of colour options for repainting my ship(23.9%)
-There should be an unrestricted amount of colour options for repainting my ship excluding colour reserved for t2 variants of that hull(14.7%)
-Paint options should be restricted to pre-designed themes made by CCP staff Members(9.1%)

Customisation Availability
-I should be able to customise any ship(80.3%)
-Only T1 hulls should be able to have custom paintjobs(11.9%)
-A limited amount of existing ships should be able to be customised(5.1%)
-A new type or class of ship based off existing hulls should be created and only those can be customised(1.8%)
-A new type or class of ship should be created and only they can be customised(1.0%)

Payment Methods
-I should be able to pay for this service directly with isk(56.2%)
-This service should not be restricted to a specific model(21.5%)
-This service should use a mixed payment method(12.9%)
-This service should cost Aurum only(8.6%)
-This service should use a Plex payment model only(0.8%)

Ship Destruction
-Ship destruction should completely destroy any custom designs applied to it(59.5%)
-Ship destruction destroys the ship but not any custom designs applied to it, so they can be used on another ship later(40.5%)

Customisation and Design Rights
-Everyone should have the same rights to designs and colouring options(50.9%)
-Pilots, Corporations and Alliances should be able to buy the rights to a specific design with upkeep costs(49.1%)

Client Options
-Pilots should be able to turn this feature off(60.2%)
-Pilots should be able to turn off some features, but it should still be obvious that a ship has been customised(26.7%)
-Pilots should not able to turn this feature off(13.1%)


The Market
-Customised ships should be able to be sold or traded(81.0%)
-Customised ships should not be able to be sold or traded(19.0%)

Manufacturing
-I should be able to customise my ship with new items that are tradable on the market, can be fit onto new slots on my ship, and created using normal manufacturing methods.(31.1%)
-You should only be able to design a custom ship from within a specially designed menu(29.8%)
-I don't know how the mechanics of this feature would work, I trust CCP to figure it out(23.4%)
-I don't care how its done as long as I can customise my ship(15.7%)

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T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#3 - 2012-02-22 02:58:42 UTC
Great turn out, keep votes coming and share with corpies and alliance mates please.
We've almost doubled the participants since posting.

Regards,
T'amber

www.shipsofeve.com
Kimbeau Surveryor
Stapeley House
#4 - 2012-02-22 21:45:21 UTC
I'd like to see an area of the hull reserved for corp and alliance symbols (maybe identical to the logo already in existence for each corp, maybe not?), and that area automatically filled in. Just like many aircraft have today.
Aiifa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-02-23 09:29:30 UTC
Using the same assets as TCU logos, the only ship customisation I want is corp/alliance logos on the hull or suspended holographically in the shields. I don't care about anything else, I don't think anything else makes sense within the game.

Please make this distinction an option within your next questionnaire. While colouring ships could be simple as allowing players to tweak a few specific colour channels in the new textures (and this could be a poor interaction choice but very easy to code) I think alliance logos should be applied to hulls by default whether or not the player wants them and this should be treated as a seperate issue from ship customisation as you see it.

More importantly, default alliance logo attachment could become a game feature long before colour customization as many ships are still having textures redone.
T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#6 - 2012-02-27 23:37:47 UTC
Updated:

c.1800 participants still required. :)

Which of the following answers best describes how you feel about Ship Customisation?
-I'd like to be able to customise my ship's visual appearance but not at the expense of server load(65.6%)
-I'd like to be able to customise my ship's visual appearance and I don't care how its done or what it costs, aslong as it happens(21.7%)
-I'm not interested in ship customisation but I don't mind if they introduced it to the game(8.3%)
-I'm not interested in ship customisation, CCP's time would be best spent elsewhere.(4.3%)

Customisation Options
-The colour options you can chose from to paint your ship should be restricted by the hulls class or race so that Eve's art integrity is left intact(49.0%)
-There should be an unrestricted amount of colour options for repainting my ship(25.4%)
-There should be an unrestricted amount of colour options for repainting my ship excluding colour reserved for t2 variants of that hull(17.8%)
-Paint options should be restricted to pre-designed themes made by CCP staff Members(7.8%)

Customisation Availability
-I should be able to customise any ship(81.4%)
-Only T1 hulls should be able to have custom paintjobs(10.0%)
-A limited amount of existing ships should be able to be customised(5.9%)
-A new type or class of ship based off existing hulls should be created and only those can be customised(1.7%)
-A new type or class of ship should be created and only they can be customised(0.9%)

Payment Methods
-I should be able to pay for this service directly with isk(61.7%)
-This service should not be restricted to a specific model(18.1%)
-This service should use a mixed payment method(13.0%)
-This service should cost Aurum only(6.8%)
-This service should use a Plex payment model only(0.4%)

Ship Destruction
-Ship destruction should completely destroy any custom designs applied to it(50.1%)
-Ship destruction destroys the ship but not any custom designs applied to it, so they can be used on another ship later(49.9%)

Customisation and Design Rights
-Everyone should have the same rights to designs and colouring options(53.3%)
-Pilots, Corporations and Alliances should be able to buy the rights to a specific design with upkeep costs(46.7%)

Client Options
-Pilots should be able to turn this feature off(58.2%)
-Pilots should be able to turn off some features, but it should still be obvious that a ship has been customised(31.5%)
-Pilots should not able to turn this feature off(10.3%)

The Market
-Customised ships should be able to be sold or traded(77.3%)
-Customised ships should not be able to be sold or traded(22.7%)

Manufacturing
-You should only be able to design a custom ship from within a specially designed menu(33.6%)
-I don't know how the mechanics of this feature would work, I trust CCP to figure it out(28.2%)
-I should be able to customise my ship with new items that are tradable on the market, can be fit onto new slots on my ship, and created using normal manufacturing methods.(22.9%)
-I don't care how its done as long as I can customise my ship(15.3%)

www.shipsofeve.com
Blastfizzle
The Chosen 0nes
#7 - 2012-02-28 08:29:30 UTC
I support.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-02-28 10:21:09 UTC
I think that some designs should be bought with plex or aurum, and those or any other very expensive designs should be kept after ship destruction. But I also want cheaper, destructible designs for more on a whim, experimenting, or just trying out a variety.

I also feel there should be 3 menu options:
  • Show all designs (default setting)
  • Show only my ship design
  • show only default skins

    • +1

    FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

    Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
    T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
    #9 - 2012-02-28 10:42:11 UTC
    Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
    I think that some designs should be bought with plex or aurum, and those or any other very expensive designs should be kept after ship destruction. But I also want cheaper, destructible designs for more on a whim, experimenting, or just trying out a variety.

    I also feel there should be 3 menu options:
  • Show all designs (default setting)
  • Show only my ship design
  • show only default skins

    • +1


    Thanks, I will add that to my list of stuffs :)

    www.shipsofeve.com
    Reaver Glitterstim
    The Scope
    Gallente Federation
    #10 - 2012-02-28 10:46:17 UTC
    Also must have purple Rifter for 100k isk or less.

    FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

    Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."