Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I thought about it, how could you integrade somekind of fleet system to assure everybody can join a fleet fast and easy with random people

it needs to use the basic priciple of a matchmaking system that is used for other games as well

the idea is the following, create 5-10 hubs (systems) in the game where you can enter a fleetmaking queue

it would work like this, I decide to put together a random fleet, so i enter as FC, other players are matched to my fleet automatically over the fleetmaking system when they decided to join, the queue allocates the players into my fleet, done, the fleet is ready

not bullshit teamspeak no nothing everybody who wants to go into a random fleet just uses this fleet system in those 5-10 stations all over new eden (communication done with special UI buttons, read further below)

i would suggest 5 in highsec 5 in nullsec

additional things could be added, open fleets where players can join easy if they see them flyby, for safety reason fleetmembers in those special fleets should not be able to shoot eachother, including a timer when they leave the fleet

communication could happen over eve voice or simple UI buttons that everybody sees, primary, warpto, help, bubbleup, Icons could popup over the fleetmember when you press one of the Buttons

many people get tired of social interaction because there is just too much happening, with this system you still could join some fun fleets without the social hickups and enjoy the game

This thread is going places.







No WoW-style raids/grouping please.

nothing, basic communication should be done over UI Buttons, ist also more a fun approach to fleetup, for sure People in Teams would be better but for randoms it would be a fun way to just join a fleet and see what happens

the system could create some mass fleets easy, pretty sure it would work, random people are put together in other games as well, it would not be tactically the best Team for sure but, fun along the way is what counts

does not work for 90% of the gamers, too complicated, a matchmaking system is needed to fleet the randoms up

gawd how easy do you want it? i doubt 90% of the gamers think its too complicated, more like 1.3%...

matchmaking is just too easy and teaches you nothing about the game, if you think joining a fleet is too complicated i dread to see you fit a ship

Who cares if it goes wrong? At least they might have some fun in the process.

Pretty sure what your asking for is the fleet finder window.

Just remember this is Eve though, not Wow, so you don't get to be all safe with you're 'can't shoot each other' business. And it's a sandbox so don't expect them to setup little battle arenas for you, or fleet comps, or 'matchmaking', or any other guided BS.

Don't come crying to me when you get suicide ganked from joining that open 'mining' fleet though.

Not only would I not want to fly with someone who can't figure out how to join a fleet, I don't think I want to play in the same MMO with them. Eve is a complex game, you need to learn a lot to have maximum fun and if you can't be bothered then leave; go play WoW.

I can't even ******* take you seriously anymore.

so you don't like to use a computer because it makes stuff easier for you? you like to keep it complicated on the easy things so you don't need to think about the complicated matters at hand... got it

my idea is to get rid of boring stuff, to be able to concentrate on the gameplay