Player Features and Ideas Discussion

ISIS is a really good step in the right direction for making information about ships easier to find (not having to use the market!!!). There are some improvements though which would make this feature even better: Different sorting options! (Please keep by race and the branched look)

Sorting ships by role. Having all ships by race is great but it doesn't take too much time to cross train into the smaller ships and being able to say, compare all electronic attack frigs for what they get bonuses to would be extremely useful. Or what recon ship I want to train into based on race and bonuses. A simple list of different roles (or maybe cool tile icons??) that could be navigated is sufficient (similar to going between races right now)

Sorting ships by class/size. Another example, I know I want to rat in a BS/Marauder. Being about to see all the ships in that size/class would allow quick determination of which best suits my play style or favorite weapon system. There should be delineations between ship roles and type, like a branch for standard ships, navy, pirate, marauder (sticking with BS example).

Sorting by weapons system. Hey, I like missiles, which ships get missile bonuses? Turns out multiple races can use a particular weapons system, all in different ship roles and sizes (I got the opposite impression when I first started playing so this revelation was very confusing to me!).

All these sorting options could be accessed by clicking on the ISIS icon in the top left when you open the window, similarly to what happens when you click on the Route or System buttons.

Additionally there are a few other improvements which would greatly add to the ISIS usefulness. The box that pops up when mousing over a ship is very informative. Adding the fittings (just slots, High, Med, Low) would allow me to know almost everything important about a ship instantly by just mousing over it. If there is a feasible way adding speed, signature radius, maybe a few other important stats (drone control/bay, warp speed, cargo size for industrials) without creating too much clutter would be great but it is still important to keep the pop up box simple.

A ship search function in the window! I have only been playing about 10 months and I still see a ship name every now and then I don't recognize or just forgot what it was. This usually sends me to google or the market window. Why not the ISIS window? Because right now it is necessary to search ALL races and mouse over EVERY ship to find that name! Just put a search box by that ISIS name up top.

These are some humble suggestions! Hope they are good and useful!