EVE General Discussion

Why wouldn't it be?

He's probably asking about macro use.

^^^ That.

Anything that can be done by simply faceplanting the keyboard (admittedly, with some pretty unique precision) is entirely ok. Just stay away from timers, delayers and repeaters and you'll pretty much be safe.

This is afaik pretty much the rule of thumb. if it just makes it easier for you to do 3 things at once by pressing 1 button, fine. if it makes you do stuff without having to do anythign at all, not ok.

No problem but only use AUR the macro scripting language it comes with or you will get banned. There are no exceptions even for disabled people like me who need just a little extra help with drop down menus, selecting txt, etc .

Luckily my macros could be rewritten in AUR (some even worked better ) but I still received a 2 week ban.

EULA wrote:

CONDUCT
A. Specifically Restricted Conduct
3. You may not use your own or any third-party software, macros or other stored rapid keystrokes or other patterns of play that facilitate acquisition of items, currency, objects, character attributes, rank or status at an accelerated rate when compared with ordinary Game play.

Essentially you allowed to use it, as long as you don't use it in a manner that gives you an unfair advantage over those that do not.

If you have a specific usage you are concerned about, petition a GM first.

I'm still working on a macro that will go to work for me for 8 hours a day...

i have that keyboard, and the macro functionality is dismal. anything more complicated than plain text is either impossible or requires so many "creative problem solving" that using the macros ends up being more work than simply "doing it without a macro".

that said, inside the eve environment all you can do is have a bunch of preset witty responses in text so you can seem like a fast typer when trash talking in local.

people have a very wrong idea about macro functionality... in a keyboard. what do you think it can do? play the game for you?

people that use macros to automate processes within a game use macro software, with OCR, variables and some basic logic functions thrown in, not crappy gaming hardware that has macros as a pointless extra feature that no one will ever use... other than to have one key binded to launching the windows calculator, and another one that types out your overly complicated email, made way back when you were younger. xD

absolutely not true.

there isn't a single game that doesn't allow broadcasting, not one. there are many both legal and technical limitations to even putting such limitation on an EULA. there are whoever, many games that don't allow players to have more than one account, or to connect to a server in multiple instances from the same IP, such as most F2P mmos.

instead of asking for CCP to ban players from using broadcasting functionality that's built in DirectX and in the operating system, and doing so relying in some half assed sense of righteousness, why not just go ahead and change your request to "CCP should not allow players to run more than one client".


lets see how far you go asking for that...

the war is over, you lost.

It's basically just the Logitech ripoff of the Nostromo. I've used both and found the Nostromo superior. Either one is basically just a small keyboard with a jotstick/d-pad stuck to the side. They're handy for MMOs where you have to move with WASD and push hotkeys at the same time, but pretty much useless for Eve. I use my Naga for Eve instead. I don't understand why the OP is even asking a silly question like whether he's allowed to use a keyboard for a PC game.