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Alaika Arbosa
Matari Combat Research and Manufacture Inc.
Zombie Ninja Space Bears
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:00:00 -
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First off, focus on game mechanics and getting things working well before going after frivolous graphics enhancements.
Ok, having stated that, there was a thought I had the other night when looking up at the moon. If conditions are suitable, if there are moons visible in the sky, I am of the opinion that POSes should potentially be visible from the ground as well.
If there is a POS at a visible moon, I feel that you should be able to see the forcefield of the POS from the ground. In addition to this, spaceships of a suitable size should also be visible. I think it would add to the ambiance (for lack of a better term) if we could see friendly or enemy fleets showing up on grid as well as the mini-moons sitting right next to the actual moons.
Just an opinion that I wanted to share with CCP. |
Elijah Sol' Dzusaki
Onward Defrosted Tuna Team
485
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:06:00 -
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Feedback/Request.
There I redeemed myself. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
1058
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:12:00 -
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This has nothing to do with graphics, but CCP is making a mistake trying to balance things BEFORE they expand the areas we fight in.
Something that's balanced in the confined spaces we're fighting in now could end up being underpowered in a large area. |
Octavian Vetiver
Dog Nation United
Relativity Alliance
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:46:00 -
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Alaika Arbosa wrote:First off, focus on game mechanics and getting things working well before going after frivolous graphics enhancements.
Ok, having stated that, there was a thought I had the other night when looking up at the moon. If conditions are suitable, if there are moons visible in the sky, I am of the opinion that POSes should potentially be visible from the ground as well.
If there is a POS at a visible moon, I feel that you should be able to see the forcefield of the POS from the ground. In addition to this, spaceships of a suitable size should also be visible. I think it would add to the ambiance (for lack of a better term) if we could see friendly or enemy fleets showing up on grid as well as the mini-moons sitting right next to the actual moons.
Just an opinion that I wanted to share with CCP.
Forcefields aren't that big. A large POS forcefield is only 30km in width. With the nearest moons being 100s of thousands of KMs away from the planets. You're not going to see a POS or it's forcefield from several hundred thousand KMs away through atmosphere. However, if they open up the moons later for Dust then a different story. Though by that time the current POS mechanics should be out the window...or most everyone would hope. |
Vermaak Doe
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
384
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:47:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:This has nothing to do with graphics, but CCP is making a mistake trying to balance things BEFORE they expand the areas we fight in.
Something that's balanced in the confined spaces we're fighting in now could end up being underpowered in a large area.
Like that could even happen "cough cough" mass driver, hmg, smg, possibly scrambler "cough" |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
1058
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Posted - 2012.12.10 02:56:00 -
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Vermaak Doe wrote:Scheneighnay McBob wrote:This has nothing to do with graphics, but CCP is making a mistake trying to balance things BEFORE they expand the areas we fight in.
Something that's balanced in the confined spaces we're fighting in now could end up being underpowered in a large area. Like that could even happen "cough cough" mass driver, hmg, smg, possibly scrambler "cough"
Railguns and missile turrets also have less range than they should in large areas. Railguns especially. |
Vermaak Doe
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
384
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Posted - 2012.12.10 03:16:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:Vermaak Doe wrote:Scheneighnay McBob wrote:This has nothing to do with graphics, but CCP is making a mistake trying to balance things BEFORE they expand the areas we fight in.
Something that's balanced in the confined spaces we're fighting in now could end up being underpowered in a large area. Like that could even happen "cough cough" mass driver, hmg, smg, possibly scrambler "cough" Railguns and missile turrets also have less range than they should in large areas. Railguns especially.
Agreed, railguns should without a doubt have one of the longest ranges |
Vrain Matari
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
404
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Posted - 2012.12.10 04:26:00 -
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Alaika Arbosa wrote:First off, focus on game mechanics and getting things working well before going after frivolous graphics enhancements.
Ok, having stated that, there was a thought I had the other night when looking up at the moon. If conditions are suitable, if there are moons visible in the sky, I am of the opinion that POSes should potentially be visible from the ground as well.
If there is a POS at a visible moon, I feel that you should be able to see the forcefield of the POS from the ground. In addition to this, spaceships of a suitable size should also be visible. I think it would add to the ambiance (for lack of a better term) if we could see friendly or enemy fleets showing up on grid as well as the mini-moons sitting right next to the actual moons.
Just an opinion that I wanted to share with CCP.
From what has been previously stated by CCP, once full CREST integration has happened between EVE and DUST, and after CCP has invested some more dev time towards it, we should be able to see ships above districts. I can't say 'in orbit' above us because EVE's celestial physics engine is virtually nonexistent.
This sucks, because if CCP could port celestial data into DUST we could look up at the real New Eden sky during night ops. Mercs could see constellations change as they fought on on different planets orbiting different stars in a constellation. An experienced merc could look up at the night sky in a region he was familiar with and KNOW where he was in the constellation.
As for moons and POSes, i'm thinking(i.e. totally guessing) that the same deficiencies of the physics engine might make it difficult to put moons and planets where they should be. This doesn't mean that CCP can't come up with some ugly, hacky, kludgey workaround, tho. If you want to see a POS bubble around a moon, you're gonna have to wait until we mercs can build ground or orbit-based telescopes. Now that would be mind-blowingly cool. |
G-SLicK
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
185
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Posted - 2012.12.10 04:40:00 -
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how bout you spend a little less time staring at the moon and a little more time fighting on the battlefield mercenary |
Jack Boost
Zarena Family
194
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Posted - 2012.12.10 09:14:00 -
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They spend enough... they lay on the ground starring at the sky...
So it is make it naturaly to think about sky. |
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Fleen Costell'o
Vacuum Cleaner. LLC
10
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Posted - 2012.12.10 09:24:00 -
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Has anyone seen the satellites out of the window at his apartment? stars except you do not see) |
Jack Boost
Zarena Family
194
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Posted - 2012.12.10 09:55:00 -
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Big as Station Aplha? or size of Moon? |
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