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[Proposal] - Deployable Structure Remote Camera
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Delenda Hamidon
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-10-23 18:17:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Delenda Hamidon
I know this is probably beyond the capability of CCP's development team, but I would like to see a deployable structure that allows view of a remote location in space. For instance I could drop this item in space on a gate and it would pop a window in the UI with a view of that location. In space this item would be not be visible to ships passing by.

Remote cameras could be discovered by a small smartbomb type item that would decloak the remote camera within a 50km radius.

Remote camera's would be limited by skill and require a fairly long train, with a max number of remote camera's deployed to 5.

If the graphics rendering would not be possible it would be nice to extend your dscan from the remote camera. Splitting your dscan results into sections from ship/remote 1/remote 2 etc. Remote cameras would be limited dscan 360degree for simplicity and could be configured individually with its own range slider or use the range slider from the ship.

It would be nice to be able to do this across systems but I would imagine this would cause more technical problems and would be limited to same system as the player that deployed them.
Luwc
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-10-24 07:00:15 UTC
nah.

you already have intel channels across the board to cover your ratting.

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Delenda Hamidon
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-10-24 20:54:34 UTC
Luwc wrote:
nah.

you already have intel channels across the board to cover your ratting.

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Actually ratting was not the reason for the idea, more surveillance of hostile movement for pvp purposes. If you look at my KB you will find that I'm not much into PVE.
Foxicity
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-10-24 22:11:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Foxicity
They already have these.

Edit: Eh, I kinda feel like an *** just saying the above without explaining it. I think the fog of war as it exists right now is a good mechanic, and does not need alterations like the proposed change. While it might provide an interesting shaking-up of the dynamics of 'fair war'... there are plenty of practices, like gate camping, which would be buffed by this, and I don't think that is a good thing.
Alice Compton
Sanctuary Reapers Holdings
#5 - 2014-11-15 20:44:30 UTC
thats what alts are for
Altirius Saldiaro
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-12-01 23:52:57 UTC
If local was delayed and this camera was visible on the overview on grid, then I'd say sure.