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Something for Miners to shoot for
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AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#1 - 2012-02-05 16:54:16 UTC
Nothing elaborate like more roids, but some graphics for mining out a rock.

Something simple, similar to a rocket impact graphics. Anything besides just poof, disappear.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2012-02-05 17:16:34 UTC
Why? What would this add to the game? Keep in mind that very few miners actually look at the rocks, most of the time they just need their overview and survey scanner and that's it.
AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#3 - 2012-02-05 19:07:00 UTC
mxzf wrote:
Why? What would this add to the game? Keep in mind that very few miners actually look at the rocks, most of the time they just need their overview and survey scanner and that's it.



Because it's something small that will add to game play for miners.

Maybe if the roids actually did do something then miners might just look up occasionally from the scanner to watch the final destruction of the rock they'd been shooting at for a while.

Basically, it's a small idea that should not take much to implement. It does not fundamentally change the mechanics of the game, as a lot of ideas are asking for. in the suggestions

It helps to make EVE more EVE with better immersion - less spreadsheets in space (if roid = 0, then disappear).

It's a polish on an open ended mechanic. It was obviously never completed, or the rocks wouldn't just disappear.

Furthermore, small polishes to visual mechanics make EVE a better game by adding the little details we have noticed, but have dismissed being satisfied with the way things are. CCP is making an effort to polish up EVE, this is one area that could use a bit of spit and shine.

I would encourage others to make similar posts on obviously lacking visual mechanics and ways to polish them using visuals already in the game. I know there are more.... we all know there are more. Crucible is just the start. We ask CCP to work on things like WiS (Incarna) or EVE-related game play (Crucible). Your choice, but I chose EVE.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#4 - 2012-02-05 20:28:18 UTC
*shrug* as long as it doesn't add much (if any) system overhead and doesn't take much time away from developing things that actually make a difference in the game, I'm pretty much indifferent to the idea.
AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#5 - 2012-02-05 23:57:43 UTC
mxzf wrote:
*shrug* as long as it doesn't add much (if any) system overhead and doesn't take much time away from developing things that actually make a difference in the game, I'm pretty much indifferent to the idea.



I can understand this response because little things usually do not provoke much emotion.

I'm not trying or asking to change the game much, which I hope is successful.


Stay tuned.