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Being podded is obviously a terrible experience (especially for new players). In corp generally new players get a bit quiet, say they were podded, say they're going afk and then not log on again for a day or so. Wouldn't it be cool to see the new guys saying in corp "Holy ****! I just got podded! That was awesome."

Food for thought, it might negate some of the sinking feeling you get >.<

And that is unfortunate. I think I got podded 3 time my first day in EVE (OK so I'm a slow learner) I like this Idea as long as it does not slow me down too much getting back in a ship. Though you are correct getting podded is not supposed to be a positive experience and should cause some amount of a sinking feeling (other than ISK loss)
To the new guy though, a discussion about what to expect when he gets podded and how it happens to me more then most ... I mean how it happens to everyone and that when they do get podded that the best response it to get back in a ship but learn from the experience;
What did you do right?
What did you do wrong?
What can you change/improve upon to get podded less often?

While I'm ok with a 20s animation showing my clone activating, I'm not ok with being forced to redo hair and clothing options... which takes considerably longer.

*edit* I typically want to reship and get back into the fight after I die... and don't want any significant slowdowns tbh...

I'd support a full movie the first time any character on an account was podded (or docked in a ship with CQ turned on), in order to establish the immersion. After that, make it a short cutscene that's there to hide the LOADING screen, so there's no slowdown.

[edit: And add an option to the ESC menu to disable (or re-enable) the movie, in case an existing player starts a new account and they don't want to see the full cutscene again.]

+1

Great idea!

Surely CCP could create a simple cutscene to hide the loading screen (as mentioned above) before the next expansion right?

You don't think dying should have consequences beyond new clone, activate next ship, undock? even for a 30 second delay?

really?

wow.

Great idea. I support this concept... not slow too much to reship but some slowdown is ok. After all that new clone that just got reanimated might need a little stretching and warm up before running into his next pod fully clothed.

No no no

You won't see the pod since your link to the camera drones is now SEVERED, What you would should see is the pretty much the similar stuff from the matrix: Especially since the pod probably starts shutdown sequence a few seconds before the actual hull breach, to prevent data loss for example.

As such you would actually lose all the intercoms/overviews/channels (similar to the toggle we have right now for screenshots) and then blackout and awaken in the pod, which is collapsing around you. Spilling the contents and your now doomed husk to be: you would subconsciously struggle (Note we aren't in gas-filled environment, as such we won't automatically eject due to pressure difference: it would be more akin of breaking an egg and contents slowly oozing out. ). The temperature difference should not matter since there is no decent medium to absorb our heat fast enough, as such the actual cause of death would be pressure difference: Blood-stained vision and general blackout. (no air in the lungs afaik we are filled with oxygenated goo so chest won't explode )

To summarize: you are Neo, spilling into HUGE vacuum around you (remember how BS look like while you are near pod, now imagine the pod debris with similar size beside you) mesmerizing sight of space (maybe w/o nebulas: we don't have enhanced vision) which turns red and then black very fast.......

.............and then you wake up


About the hair: I personally think it is too much because we can always say that facilities can be preprogrammed to try making the exact replica of yours truly. Otherwise capsuleers not only will loose hair - they would lose the tan,musculature, and tattoos. Redoing that as soon as you wake up would add only a little bit to the immersion but otherwise will be a major hassle, especially for these pilots that need to return to the battlefield asap

Eidric, thank you for your contributions. Everyone else, pay no attention to the very faulty science Eidric is espousing. In fact liquids have pressure too, and space is cold, but can be hot depending on proximity to a star and wether or not you find yourself in a shadow, but I wouldn't ask the devs to get into that.
As I recall, Arduemont is right, pod pilots are euthanized in the split second after the pod detects a hull breach, but before the pod is totally destroyed. Also, they are also depicted as wearing masks that cover their eyes, so I don't see how the perspective would switch to their own eyes still on the field, seeing as how they are blinded, poisoned, and had their synapses melted by the cognitive state xerox machine. Eidric, I don't mean to pick on you bud, but your assertions, though interesting, are wrong on a lore level as well as a basic 9th grade physical science level.
But we can all agree that there's room here for improvement! :D and the way it is now is just lame...

While I was indeed wrong about the blood pressure but take a look at this: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html

You are in the collapsing pod - there is a chance of slight mask slip and tiny peek into the great beyond until you lose consciousness.

Space can be hot/cold but you are completely forgetting that there is no conduction (little to no particles) and no convection (no "wind" or "current") Only significant way you can acquire or lose heat is through radiation.

And to be burned by a star before you collapse from lack of oxygen you have to be really close: sure there is much harsher radiation in the unshielded space but it has rather slow effect on human body compared to lack of oxygen.


And please explain me how the liquid will act then in the vacuum? (I suggest you to look at the barometer - it has both) You are forgetting about surface tension, and the fact that liquids do not try to take the entire volume like gasses - they are rather robust at compression and expansion.


EDIT: Also read this: http://www.geoffreylandis.com/vacuum.html here is actually states the possible dilation of venous vessels. So it might be possible for vision to turn reddish for a bit.


*grumble*9th grade physics yeah...*grumble*