Player Features and Ideas Discussion

okey, so i had this idea and talked about it with a few people and after explaining it to them with further detail they seemed to like the idea.

Concept:
The concept was that Dscan would have a tinted colour across the result indicating a friendly in corp or alliance. meanwhile anyone else would remain neutral as it is right now.

Reason for idea and and benefiting:

i feel like this would be a fantastic addition to the dscan cause it would better serve alliances or corps that do PvP. majority of the time, and usually when i say majority of the time i mean all the time. you end up trying to say in alliance chat is there anyone in this ship name called (insert a random ship name) in this system. but youl majority of the time never get a response because people are off doing their own thing, afk etc etc. the list goes on!


i felt like this was a good idea because its not changing anything totally drastic to the point that it will disrupt the flow or interactions that people have in game!

the only benefit is being able to identify friendly's that are within your corp and alliance (ONLY) people with bad standing with the corp or neutrals will remain the same as the dscan usually operates.




well thats just my little idea, if you felt something can be improved please share im all for suggestions :)

except you're not discerning foe. naming your ship a specific way is newbro type of tactics. my corp and alliance loves to do pvp either solo or organize small gang stuff or large fleets.

i also dont see how this is a nerf to pvp. the pvp interest will still be there. just you wont be wasting your time hunting a target only to find its a friendly ?

think of it as a time saving time mechanic or a a QOL improvement if it could be considered that. it minimizes chatter and confusion while trying to keep track of whos out pvping

This would be a nerf to PvP because it would take away from of the uncertainty and skill (see: process of elimination, memorization, organization) in hunting targets and avoiding hostiles.

Right now, the current system leaves things abiguous enough to cast doubt for all sides... which is a good thing in my book.

that would be a lack of communication then

plus this



tells me you need to fly with a more organized and less newbro group yourself

-1, learn to communicate.

Offtopic:
Why do some people offer this as an argument in this Channel ? This is an idea / suggestion. OP is not saying it's broken or a gameplay problem.

Ontopic:
I'd think it would make discerning friend or foe to easy, as everything that is neutral, would then be foe (it would no longer just be neutral).

Corp tickers can be spoofed.

And for everyone saying something like "this makes the game too easy" or "learn to communicate", you're a freakin idiot. In a world of advanced software, this type of tool would have been programmed long ago. In the real world we have ways of determining friendly and foe signatures, why the hell wouldn't they have already figured out how to do that in an advanced. No one says: "Oh this feature would give me an unfair advantage, let me not program it in an effort to make things better for my opponent."

How about we just get rid of D-Scan all together? Or better yet, get rid of Overview. Then EVERYTHING can be skill...like seriously, how is "too easy" even a valid argument?

There is no reason you shouldn't know who your friends are without having to wait until someone responds before you can react to a threat.

Partially agree.

Ships that are in your fleet should be highlighted on d-scan (and probably filterable so they don't clutter up your results). They're actively working with you, communication is established, and confirming someone's identity is a minor obstacle at best. The absence of highlighting/filtering is less an interesting gameplay factor and more of an awkward interface problem.

Ships that are in your alliance shouldn't be highlighted. You might be in the same group as them, but so are (potentially) thousands of other people. You aren't necessarily actively communicating with them, so d-scan shouldn't offer you something that you don't already have access to.

And, needless to say, ships that you have merely set positive/negative standings to, declared a war on, etc, should absolutely not be highlighted in any way.

In almost all cases outside of hisec, anything that isn't friend is foe. If I know you're not a friend, I have identified you as a foe.

If they are in space, yes id expect you to have alliance chat tab open or on 'blink'. They can goto station or cloak to go afk (not on d-scan)

Don't know how you're struggling with this. You say you're having difficulty communicating with your team. You want to make it easier to identify friend from foe when your friends are being bads.

What's so hard to get here?