EVE General Discussion

can we lose the cross in the target and the gong sound ,and have the skull back off the test server please !

Replace it with cowbell. We need more cowbell.

https://vimeo.com/55624839

On the other hand, for your OWN ship, it would be cool to have atmosphere sounds that progress from (faint) hull breach chatter, to muffled explosions and muffled people screaming (cause ships have crew), to a muffled "all hands abandon ship, all ha-" call that gets cut off as the ship explodes. Or if the ship doesn't explode but warps off while in hull, transition the sounds to calls for "medical" on various decks and eventually fade it out.

Would also be cool to have a fake statistic for the ship crew number, and a fake statistic that appears on killboards for the number of crewmen killed / escaped when the ship was destroyed, similar to the loot drop tally. So we can compare casualties epeen on the killboards.

Thank you for listening to your players and killing the gong!

Now about that time delay on the animation...

I've been discussing this with some other players and former players. The problem, atleast in my mind is that there are a few problems here with the way features are developed, tested and rolled out to the production server.

A) Not enough players interacting with the test server on a regular basis to test all aspects of potential implemented changes, so there for incoming changes aren't given the proper shake down before live production rollout and they are left with dealing with our reactions.

B) The feedback provided doesn't appear to be taken into consideration (or at the very least acknowldged) during the testing phase of on the test server due to the small sample size or just due to time limitations. There for the player base is less likely to provide feed back if they feel at the end of the day what we say in regards to changes doesn't matter.

There are several examples of this that can be sighted (Icongate, Neocom icon updates, Camera changes) and some changes that you just implement without notification or little time to feed back on (Tab function removal, Watch changes)

Yes, I understand that change requirements may not allow for as much feedback as we'd like, but in certain cases some of these changes are found via a post on reddit from an EVE Event and announcned days before the change goes live.

I've seen some changes that don't seem to really get any form of attention until CCP rolls them out to production and even then has to for a setting to have us Opt Out of the changes. If you look at the camera thread as an example how many people immediately opted out of the camera as soon as CCP made it the default view.

If CCP really values the player feed back at the testing phase on SISI they could do a few things to help drive interest:

1) Provide more updates when we feedback on the the new ideas and features thread so we know that our suggestions are being taken into consideration

2) When we provide feedback via the bug reporting tool have the GM's provide some feed back in a more timely manner or atleast ask for more details if required to help address identified issues. Currently I have 3 tickets across 3 accounts that are open for "Beta" camera related issues still open pending acknowledgement from months ago

3) Ask for more mass tests on incoming changes, make upcoming changes more visibile via the launcher (as I stated above I don't think a high percentage of the player base are actively monitoring the forums weekly, or let alone even come here at all)

We want to help make this game last CCP, because honestly alot of us care about what happens to this game.

If there is no incentive or reinforcement our feedback is being taken seriously except as a reactionary action to a change after a massive thread spawns, what do you expect?

If enough players of the sample size that touch the test server say that the idea maybe needs some rework, or it doesn't mesh with the game, take our feedback, roll the change out for now and rethink it. Don't throw it live on the test server and wait to be bombarded with negative feedback. I'm sure the Gong had more then enough people saying it didn't make sense in the first place, so there for you could have just taken it back to the drawing board and revised your design to make it work with the environment.

This is just the way I'm looking it from an outside perspective. Obviously there is alot that goes on behind the scenes that we don't see and obviously things do fall between the cracks just like any developement cycle.

I thank you for the work you do put into this experience, because with honestly this community despite the vitriol reaction you may receive at the end of day most players have some aspect of this game they enjoy, and in some cases this maybe the experience some put most of their free hours into.

We only want to make this an overall better experience for all players. You need to help us help you.

Crisis averted! You'd have thought the Jita monument was starting to feel nervous or something.

Hell, use the gong sound for when the monument is hit.

I didn't mind it, but having it bound to the UI interaction sound, just not a great place for it.

If they are going to implement new sounds they should add a control for it as well.

Can you plz consider to remove the flashing animation.

It has the potential of seizure-inducing especially if you are tired out. The frequency and contrast change is just not right.

Like someone mentioned above just do a couple of missions in a darkened room and see for yourself.

EVE has sound?

please give at least the option to activate it (standart setting off is ok for me) i somewaht like it and maybe can there be a flashy skull instate of a cross (optional setting) ?