EVE General Discussion

Is there supposed to be a point in there somewhere?
I dont see it.

What does walking around in a station bar with your avatar offer, that Forums. Local. Convos. Teamspeak. Slack. Off-game forums/sites, dont already offer?

Would you play EVE more actively if you could spend your time walking around in a station bar looking at the avatars of the few people there who arent instead outside in space? Who would even spend time in them? Why?

Do you think trading alts in Jita 4-4 bar would even notice you trying to compliment their sexy haircut and piercings?

Is that what you would preferably do with your gaming time?

Tbh Id be creeped the HELL out by people who choose to hang around in a station bar on their avatars.
Id more or less assume they are some extremely lonely individuals looking for someone to engage in extremely weird cybering that I dont even want to think about,

Absolutely, sir. I'll show you ...


Boom. And here it is, ladies and gentlemen. You only ever need dig a little under the surface.

This is the actual source of resistance to such a feature. Nothing to do with practicality, content, dev hours, etc. Those are just the superficial arguments that a lot of folks will try to peddle (and try rather hard for that matter).

It's all social resistance.

The perfect example to show exactly what I mean is ship skins. Here's a feature that adds absolutely nothing to any aspect of the game in any form. Yet as I write this post Devs are toiling in graphical interfaces to make more and more ship skins. They don't add content, they don't add immersion. They look the same every time you see them, it's not like John's Quafe Merlin or something will look any different to Matthew's Quafe Merlin, for example. People don't care if your ship is skinned or not, they won't pause on a gate and go "ohhh nice skin", in fact nobody will even know you have one unless you're on grid with a capital.

Take all the technical arguments against avatar-features and apply them to ship skins. Suddenly skins seem like the most ridiculous thing ever added to the game.

Yet here are hundreds of players pumping thousands of dollars into the game for these skins which don't even qualify as a vanity item. Little different to buying a custom colour for your EVE interface really. And sure, a lot of players actually feel like this and won't spend the money on skins.

But because skins may seem pointless to one person, just like an avatar feature may, doesn't mean those who do find it meaningful somehow should be prevented from enjoying it. Overall it's good for the game anyway: $$.

Hello sir, I'm a roleplayer and it's nice to meet you.

You've maybe seen some of my other characters around. They all have character bios on that site too.

I've been kinda busy lately commissioning some lovely arts for them.

And, I made my point perfectly I think. You just don't want to see it because you're too busy being creeped out and trying your best to make yourself feel better about that by trolling. Not gonna work on this old camel, sir.

Edit: And please link my bio and blog properly if you're going to give it free plugs for me. ♥

Yes.

You have made your point.

Yes.

I am DEEPLY and EXTREMELY creeped out.

"Dani has never been known to have had a relationship or any intimate involvement with another capsuleer. Though her sister Erica has been known to say publicly that it came very close once, with Dani attempting to seduce a former partner of Erica's while drunk one evening in station. It's thought this was more a result of her competitive nature regarding her elder sibling than any actual desire herself for companionship. Despite this, many capsuleers have made known their interest in Dani over time, though she's thought to most often ignore or decline such advances, the young Achuran wanting her focus to remain strictly on her family and corporate duties at this time."

-http://mewmew.webnode.com/biographies/dani-dusette/

Why would he do that?
She has tons and tons more kills, and excellent efficiency, compared to his NPC Corp alt?

Wow thanks, Erica. You put that in my public bio??

I'm never drinking again ...

AND JUST FYI .... I'm not used to drinking and fell asleep. Thus nothing happened. Okay?

<.<

WiP should be the framework for a completely separate, but EVE-related, game. An adventure game. Strategy game. Shooter. Etc. I hope to see that in the future.

Oh, you mean Dust.

Yes, yes it should.

Yeah, that sort of game would have been good. They could have made it indeed free to play, with option of subscribing. If player chose to subscribe, they would get access to cloning facilities (without which dying would be permanent - and thus could be seen as hard mode). Player would also geet access to EVE, though they would have to train EVE skills to be able to fly the ships.

I'd love to see something like this as a feeder game (it might also give some of my corpmates who have bailed for kids or jobs a way to keep his or her hand in New Eden in a lower pressure way than as a capsuleer).

But then I am silly and hope that CCP revives the idea of meatspace exploration of abandoned relic stations, etc., by capsuleers, cloned infantry, and the like.