Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Been there and done that, but you are missing the point.
The gate animation plays during the time period required to load the solar system and all of the information about it into your client from the servers. Removing the gate animation will not change the time required to download this information since the gate jump animation is likely coded into the client.

-1 to reducing the time it takes to cross eve by adding new gates that jump you over greater distances.
One possible reason not to add the requested long distance jump gates. Power projection in the nul sec part of the game is a very large problem, one that CCP has addressed in part by the addition of jump fatigue and jump range limits. Adding these new gates opens up another possible way that these newly added and badly needed limits could be circumvented.

Adding more gates that jump you over longer distances would remove a portion of the game play mechanics and reduce the areas in which player interaction could take place. While many would like this as it would make their autopilot trips less dangerous that is precisely why it should not happen.


Sounds more like this person was not compatible with EvE and that is not a valid reason to change the game. Every game company gains or loses players because of the features in game and in some circumstances the lack of a specific feature or set of features. Siince the gate jump mechanic is a central part of the lore of the game and how we as people were able to spread out in the universe I say it needs to stay. See above for why the longer range gates are a bad idea.

I have seen it too. => +1 for autopilot zero. (although automation issues. i like automation of things that do not need to be in game. its like clone upgrades: one could say they upgrade automatically now (without cost ofc))

Honestly, I think the eve universe is too small as it is. It is silly that one can travel across the galaxy so quickly. Limiting travel or making it more difficult makes more interesting content and allows regions to develop their own personality. As it is, at least in empire space, everything is the same everywhere and if I need to I can travel to every major trade hub in a single night. Not cool.