Player Features and Ideas Discussion

it makes absolutely no sense.

But I can not see what the problem is with walking around on my ship, with or without pod. In any case it will be possible for the CCP to establish a link between char and pod whether it is visible or not.

There is of course no idea of having an android or robot to wander around for you on your ship when you can do it yourself.
the CCP hand, it is probably just move "Captains Quarters" to the ships and then get it to look like a bridge instead, and the door is about to open otherwise the idea of ​​the door soon fade away and no one will bother to use a split second on what could be behind that door, but if it was on the ship, I am pretty sure that there were many who would walk around the ship and see the things that are docked or the like or go go and look out while the traveling on autopilot

Here is a fix for the whole Capsule/Goo/Can't move. Holo-Technology.


You are not on the bridge, a Hologram of you is. You are still sitting in your Gel Pod, but you are holographically displayed on the bridge. You can move, sit, walk around, and have some control over your ship (changing course, auto pilot, rearranging fits, etc). This type of holographic technology was developed to help with the Medical Condition Known as Psychosis. Many people would self destruct pod after pod because they could not move. Holotechnology allowed for a tap into the person's brain, allowing them to project themselves on the bridge of their ship, with the feeling of freedom and movement. While this technology would cause a slower response time in captains (due to them focusing on walking around in their holographic duds), a necessity for such technology was present. To help counteract with dealing with emergencies and possible combat situations, three emergency triggers have been set that will cause the holo projection to shutdown and immediately revert back into Camera Drone control of the Capsuleer, snapping him out of his Holo Haze, allowing for fast reaction time.

1) The ship is targetted
2) The ship is attacked
3) The ship collides with an object (warp bubbles, other ships, POS modules, etc. If deemed safe by the capsuleer, the trigger can be reset, and will reactivate immediately if any of the above happens again.

Viewing your ship through the Bridge is totally optional for the player, and in no way shape or form is required for anytype of travel or use of the ship (if you do not like the Bridge, you never have to see it).

Pod Problem Fixed!!!! You have a walking Hologram.

You do realize that a bridge would be awesome :-)

Frigates: Cockpit View's. Number's showing on controls below you, with a outline of your route shown also
Destroyers. Small bridge (little larger than a closet). A few machines going back and forth checking settings.
Cruisers. Small bridge, enough for 3 small stations. Monitors which shows videos' of your crew working below in other maintenance bays.

Battlecruisers. Medium Bridge. Large viewscreens, multiple stations, robots or people walking around. Station showling outline of entire fleet if fleeted.

Battleship through Carrier, large bridge, multiple substations, map of the entire ship. If the ship has been damaged, notes of where the ship has been damaged.

Titan's.. well....

Industrial/Ore ships.. generally dirty inside, small bridges.

If you want to be very creative, you can permit people to customize their bridges, decide on basic decorations (which would apply to all ships they buy. To clarify:

If they buy a Thorax, and decorate it (change paint style, chair style, crew clothing wear, etc), whenever they buy a new thorax, it would also be laid out the exact same way.

For simplicity sake, you could apply that to all ships of a tier (aka Gallente Cruiser's have the same Bridge, and same decoration you set for the cruisers) instead of having each cruiser have its own layout.

But at minimum, there would be one bridge layout per race's ship tier line. One layout for Minmatar, Caldari, Amarr, Gallente Frigates, one for each Racial Cruisers, Racial Battlecruisers, Battleships, etc.

Initially, I believe the following should be customizable (in some way) on bridges.

1) Color Scheme (2 to 3 colorschemes), extra colorschemes available under AUR.
2) Chairs (there are two types, crew chairs and captains chair), different design layouts, with Additional Available under AUR
3) Types of layout of substations (25 to 40 layouts of where substations would go/how they would look would do, with extra substation layouts available under AUR.
4) Type of crew and their uniforms/clothing, allot which would also be under AUR.

Why suggest putting some of this customization under AUR... well if you want to be fancy, you could spend your money to get it, and CCP gets a little extra cheddar for something that would be a Art Directors Vision of Awesome Fluff.

You sir.... This is a very good idea. I support this, basically exactly how I had imagined it being. As for customization, that's awesome! This would be a great addition to the game and add a bit more realism aspect. In addition, I can customize the crew! We will all be russian and have extra vodka rations for everyone! This would make a great expansion and would give you a feeling of ownership over your ship instead of just another hull bought off the market or built. What's the point of having all those windows on my Raven if no one is using them? According to the geth... windows are a sign of structural weakness... so nobody in the ship = random window's = possible breach point?

Point is... do it, do it, do it... and uhh... do it.

Side note: Capital ship bridges. (Battleships and carriers shouldn't be the same.

- Battleship class: (copied from post) large bridge, multiple substations, map of the entire ship. If the ship has been damaged, notes of where the ship has been damaged. + small offense station showing turret status and small defense station showing defense status.

- Carrier class: Large bridge, multiple large panels, and stations, full map of the ship + advanced damage notifications. Have a subsection for fighter status (compact status, like the current drone list and damage notifications), flight control station as well as what's in the hanger/storage bay. Large panel detailing defensive structures.

- Super Carrier class: Large bridge, multiple large panels, and stations, full map of the ship + advanced damage notifications. Large subsection of the bridge is flight control and drone status. Multiple panels showing fighter groups and advanced statistics, fighters available for launch and contents of the storage area. Smaller section detailing defensive structures.

- Dreadnought class: Large bridge, multiple large panels and stations. Full map of the ship + advanced damage notifications. Large subsection showing detailed information of siege mode/turrets. Small section detailing defensive structures of the ships.

- Titan class: Massive bridge, several stations and several large stations. Multiple levels to the bridge. Full map of the ship + advanced damage notifications. Weapon subsection detailing all weapon systems and a panel for the doomsday device (if equipped). Advance defense section detailing total incoming dps, resists, total stability (if incoming damage too high, time until death estimate) percentage.

Basically... larger ships = larger bridge and even more stuff. Also, a capability to be in combat on the bridge. The full overview log and screen as if you were in space. Would look cooler from the bridge perspective if you were a

Well.. this is a great opportunity for CCP to be allowed to stay awake more than usual to please its users .. There's also no who have said at any time that the CCP should have reason to sleep

The hologram idea works. It's actually a pretty good one. (I should have watched more Voyager...)

Even if its just the bridge, (as the rest of a ship that's several hundred metres long would be a bit much...) it would be nice to have the option of a cockpit/bridge view.

It may not work all that well in space, but it would at least be a cool alternative while docked.

There is always a bridge on a ship. Look at their design yes your in a pod , get out of the pod.

BTW.. WHY ELLS DRESS A CHAR AND SO ON. IF HE LIVES IN JELLY GOO

The "bridge" was replaced with the mechanics to implement the pod technology.

Also, *you're.

Respect the EVE.

Thank you.

Many frigates don't even have a crew.

I imagine on larger ships, there may be a form of bridge, as the crew will still need a hierarchy. I just don't see the point in the physical risks of removing yourself from a pod in space. Not only are you leaving the ship defenceless but your also running the risk of activating your fresh clone...

I preferred the Hologram idea to the Android.

I understand there is no practical application here, but it may be worth waiting until there is. EVA is somewhere in the pipe, with a whole new mechanic and industrial application. There could be a tie in with that.

I take a sip of my coffee... Sitting in my captain's quarters... I notices a new post in the forum. I call over to my second in command, Russio Vladof to take command of the vessel until I return. I get up and move to hmyside quarters off of the bridge. I take another sip of his coffee again and look through the forum posts regarding the captain's bridge. I look back at my bridge on my Rokh. Several people doing their duty for their loving captain, and not a single pod filled with jelly + a pilot anywhere. Now there is the docking bay down next to the drone bay for pods... but where is the pod on my bridge?

The answer... THERE IS NO POD ON MY BRIDGE

It's a captain's brige! What is the point of even putting a bridge on my ship if I'm never going to use it? Let alone getting the damn thing in there... makes no sense at all. Just because someone comes up with a cool idea does not mean for you to downvote and push the "realistic fiction" of eve into us. We don't care! We just want something cool to do while we ship spin mine or mission. Besides.... wouldn't you enjoy a customizable crew, seeing an advanced command bridge like any sci-fi ever? Several monitors, staring out into space let alone all of the interior of the ship.

This could even lead into Dust! BOARDING SHIPS! Hey! If you don't like that ******* and can't kill him, why not shove a landing party onto his ship? That would make actual real time space combat to a whole new level, or cause lag... which is why only have it for missions, or small skirmishes... something, that's actually a really good idea. That way you could be an actual pirate and steal yer ship!

But back to the topic... it would give the art department a cool project to work on, and hey it would be awesome to have and customize YOUR ship... I would love to have a few people I've made walking around my bridge telling me information, readouts and combat reports... let alone someone to talk to... It would be nice... you know?