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PI: Space ships but no scanners
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Evillem
Kung-Fu Fighting Club
#1 - 2012-03-25 12:29:13 UTC
Ok, so I've been meaning to mention this for awhile to see if it was just me.

I can fly state of the art space ships al over the universe... BUT, apparently when I'm about to set up a state of the art (and potentially very expensive) planetary harvesting device, scanning down minerals to within an inch of precision...presumably having massive impact on the ecosystem.. interacting with a customs office who's whole existence is about the planet below...

I can't see a statistic-based scan result to give me critical industrial related numbers that impact my decision making. What I have is essentially a picture scan result that lets me see a button image. ... and I have to spinny the planet picture and count them by hand?!? Have the guys in the very expensive customs office in a geosynch orbit been sleeping or staring into space? They can't know anything valuable about the planet?

SO basically, i'm fishing .... in the dark... hoping I picked a good planet. Are you kidding me?

Dumb.

Hasn't anyone else wanted to see average metric kilotons of product on the planet in increments (24hrs / 7day / 30day)? With a line graph we could then look for spikes indicating harvesting action?
Average number of other player bases in 24 / 7 / 30? Average type of export (we are paying taxes which does infer some public knowledge) in 24/730? Didn't Eve start as a spreadsheet type game?

If I stop a machine (or forget to reset) and come back a few days later, it would be good to see how many active(s) since I last looked. And the export is huge indicator of activity (are the x number of other players on the planet doing short run or long run... or have they forgotten and just left them idle?)

Also: which guy gets the reward for choosing a white colour (high density / concentration) while also programming the diameter indicator of your harvester white. *knocks on monitor*... hello? Really? Seriously?

My eyes hurt from the squint.
K1Vis
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-03-25 23:12:56 UTC  |  Edited by: K1Vis
Evillem wrote:
Also: which guy gets the reward for choosing a white colour (high density / concentration) while also programming the diameter indicator of your harvester white. *knocks on monitor*... hello? Really? Seriously?

My eyes hurt from the squint.



Wow what a help that would be. Such a small modification would make PI alot easier on the eyes.

The Dev's are so badass in EVE. I don't know with any certainty that it will ever be implemented but I do KNOW that this will be read by a DEV of at the very least considered because thats how much they care about our Universe. I just hope that ungratefuland and rude pilots like yourself don't wear them down in the long run.

Eve seeks more feedback than any major game EVER created btw.
Sara Seraph
Sara Inc
#3 - 2012-03-26 01:55:20 UTC
As a side note,

Planet Interaction, (PI), is still fairly new in the EVE-verse. As such, many of the items common in other EVE economy areas have not been implemented, ie courier contracts to/from Customs Offices.

If you have some ideas to mature this area of EVE, please locate the Dev's blog and submit them.

Personally, I rather enjoyed the "exploration phase" of setting up colonies. I also understand that is my style of play and therefore not for the majority of the players.

Welcome and good luck in your PI endeavors. Big smile