Player Features and Ideas Discussion

My suggestion of adding a new gameplay mode to Eve Online - Hardcore Mode:

Basically I suggest that there would be added a separate universe (server) much like Tranquillity but with some major differences:

• If a capsule gets destroyed = the character dies permanently.
• No jump clones
• No medical clones
• Eject from spaceships allowed
• Self destroy allowed - but would result in capsule getting destroyed

This has been implemented in many other games and I for one loved to play this game mode in other games like Diablo.
I do believe this would add even more paranoia to the game – but maybe also tons of collaboration, support and teamwork.

Feel free to add your ideas to this game mode.

I am unaware if this has already been suggested and discussed thoroughly.

Could you just not upgrade your clone? (or did the game change a lot since I last played and now you don't loose SP if your clone is inadequet). That would be pretty hardcore.

This would be a ferociously boring way to play EVE.

Why? Because you would choose to be docked in station due to paranoia?

I'm not sure extending the free trial to a few months will change anything. With a bit of work and a 2-3 month subscription you could easily earn enough to PLEX your account every month. The Alphas I've spoken with all seem to be claiming poverty for the most part so it certainly seems like they don't value the cost of a subscription for the amount of limited casual play.

The reality is that a paid Omega subscription really doesn't offer a lot over an Alpha. Sure, you have 2x skill training and access to more ships and skills - but that's about it (ok, you can change your HUD color). There's no "premium" content to speak of, and even the advanced stuff you'll eventually have access to is very skill-dependent.

There are other games that have a very successful F2P model, but they all offer premium vehicles that are fully-trained that you can jump right into. If CCP started offering "lite" versions of some of their battlecruisers and battleships (somewhere between a T1 and T2), you'd probably see a lot of Alphas dropping $5-10 on Aurum on a regular basis. F2P models work not just on subscriptions but on paid content, and there is basically none of the latter. I'm not necessarily suggesting that CCP needs to go this route, but it's worth considering why their F2P model has stalled.

ever since CCP rise brought this up I have wanted it so bad


you don't even need to give them anything unique and i guarantee plenty of us will make a toon like this. A lot of us miss the days when pvp gave us the shakes. coming close to losing 3 months of progress i think could bring them back for some of us



but it needs to all stay on the same server

The problem with this is time. Or rather skill progression is based on time in EVE, not experience. In a game like Diablo, yes it You sir in hardcore you start over. However, party with a few high levels, stay back, ping 1 or two enemies with a spell or range weapon and there you go, you are now level 20+ and can grind back up.

In eve, it takes what.... 2 weeks to train frigate to 5. Add in the time it takes for all other skills and well... It is a time sink. Now think of a maurauder that takes BS to 5.

What your suggestion ammounts to is that if I die, I must wait months or even years to get back to doing what I enjoy. Why would I want that? Especially why would I want that in a game where my pod can be destroyed by any one. Just doesn't seem like fun to me.

I honestly don't think this would work as EVE's skill progression is based on time not enemies killed which is the case of other hardcore games.

You can already do this. Just train a character and delete it once you get podded.

Just think how bad the names of characters would get if you had to choose a new name every time you died?

I like the idea. It would bring a real edge to undocking.