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Instead of a Door, How about a Window?
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Yroc Jannseen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-09-21 19:10:19 UTC
Every station is filled with lights, which are presumably windows. What if instead of a door you can't open we had a window, where you could look out and see spaceships. You could see the person who was camping you in station, or watch a massive fleet battle. A merging of WIS and FIS.

As far as how this wpuld work technically, I don't know thats what developers are for.

But CCP seems interested in things that look cool, and I think this would also have a big effect on game play, as far as knowing whether or not it was safe to undock.
Nyio
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-09-21 19:16:02 UTC
"Whenever God closes a door, he opens a window."
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Marrak Taron
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2011-09-21 19:24:48 UTC
A window seems to easy to hide or cheat. Besides, from how I see it your CQ does not seem to close to a place where a window would even be viable.

Wouldn't it be easier to just toggle a TV channel that works like the Jita Live cam, or perhaps have an option where you can toggle a view from the stations view point, and move your camera around there.

Although personally I think its a dumb idea to be able to know if somebody is waiting for you, isn't that just giving the honest hard working pirates and campers a harder job?
Scortched Merc
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#4 - 2011-09-21 19:29:27 UTC
Can my space ship come along side the station so I can peep into the windows? Lets face it there are alot of avatars that some of you pervs would like to see naked.

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1-Up Mushroom
Doomheim
#5 - 2011-09-21 19:53:11 UTC
How dare you speak such profanity at our beloved door
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Soi Mala
Whacky Waving Inflatable Flailing Arm Tubemen
#6 - 2011-09-21 22:13:28 UTC
Yroc Jannseen wrote:

But CCP seems interested in things that look cool, and I think this would also have a big effect on game play, as far as knowing whether or not it was safe to undock.


I too, want all my intel for free.
non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#7 - 2011-09-21 23:32:25 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
From what I've read they have been working hard on something to replace the door for awhile.
Instead of saying replace the door.. maybe just ask for a way to see what's outside?

Iirc at one stage I saw some questions about seeing outside, in some of the fanfest videos.
So they have thought about it before. Maybe just show a list of what ship names that are sitting on grid outside?
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2011-09-21 23:37:07 UTC
Yroc Jannseen wrote:
Every station is filled with lights, which are presumably windows. What if instead of a door you can't open we had a window, where you could look out and see spaceships. You could see the person who was camping you in station, or watch a massive fleet battle. A merging of WIS and FIS.

Solid brick wall takes less resources and is easier to develop.

Get classic forum style - custom videos to captains quarters screen

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The Apostle
Doomheim
#9 - 2011-09-21 23:40:46 UTC
Soi Mala wrote:
Yroc Jannseen wrote:

But CCP seems interested in things that look cool, and I think this would also have a big effect on game play, as far as knowing whether or not it was safe to undock.


I too, want all my intel for free.



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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#10 - 2011-09-21 23:45:33 UTC
Last I heard, it was pretty much out of the question for the time being since it required the game to accept that people could either be in multiple locations or that multiple people could occupy the same entity at once… and neither is possible with the current sim.
non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#11 - 2011-09-22 00:04:27 UTC
I thought all you'd need is something sitting outside with all the filters set to just the player ships. and add all the ships together and put it in a neat list and show that one list to everyone in station?

Obviously a bit more to it than that.
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#12 - 2011-09-22 04:35:23 UTC
I want battledroids in my room am afraid of dark.

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Tobias Sjodin
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#13 - 2011-09-22 10:20:21 UTC
Oh god, no virtual bluescreens, please.

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Thorn Galen
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#14 - 2011-09-22 10:39:52 UTC
I want a dock in my room - for my iPod.

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Soi Mala
Whacky Waving Inflatable Flailing Arm Tubemen
#15 - 2011-09-22 14:34:37 UTC
Instead of windows, how about you grow some balls and undock?


Jesus christ, if you're THAT scared of losing a ship, or can't conceive a simple method of getting by the baddies, perhaps you should be playing a different game.
Lucien Visteen
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2011-09-22 14:50:27 UTC
I think that the most feasible way that this can be done is to have the game count the number of players in system and have a "window" give an indication of activity. If you are in a system with a lot of players then you will see a lot of ships, and if you are in a system with few players then you will see few ships.

It wont give a perfect view on how it looks outside your window, but it might give a sense of activity in the system you are in.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
Spinal Wetstone
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2011-09-22 15:07:45 UTC
A window would be extremely good, maybe not inside the captains quarters, but in the open areas, seeing ships undock would be pretty neat. But, seeing the planet and/or moon the station is anchored/orbiting would be freaking awesome.
Coal Porter
Wandering Interstellar Minstrals and Poets
#18 - 2011-09-22 15:47:19 UTC
Even US astronauts, in the Stone Age of Space Travel insisted on a fricken window in the Apollo modules. Who in their lazy minds would design a space station without the ability to LOOK OUT. Not to mention the strategic gaffe, how bout just being able to admire the stars and reduce that claustrophobic living in a can feeling.

We are PEOPLE, not TUNA!!!
Soi Mala
Whacky Waving Inflatable Flailing Arm Tubemen
#19 - 2011-09-22 16:08:23 UTC
In a galaxy plagued by war, where 90% of the ships have guns the size of houses strapped to them, i'd rather be encased real deep inside an armor hull, absolutely nowhere near a window.
Lord Wiggin
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2011-09-22 16:16:27 UTC
Why don't we have a remote in the CQ. You want to really attract the couch potato crowd.the ability to switch channels, check outside views from the comfort of your couch would seal the deal with thousands of casual players.
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