I used to play for fun...now it is to chat with squad members and grind.
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Most of those ideas sound dumb to me. Id go for some drone killing though.

You're a PVE carebear most of us are here for PVP.

Capture the flag could be excused as training simulators with real clone deaths to show true battle situations.

Or just make it a mode where the flag is data you have to capture and take back to your base but you only have storage room for 1/3rd of the total data so you have to obtain all 3 parts to win.

Do modes really need an excuse? lol

The only games I can think of that have a reason for it's multiplier modes are the ones in the Assassins Creed series. You don't see Tekken trying to justify time attack mode lol. Separate modes are just for fun, they don't have to have a reason or even make sense, they just have to be fun.

why do all mmo shooters have such garbage game modes? enough capturing abc points its boring

SOCOM game modes> all

This idea is inspired by the recent reveals regarding planetary conquest, and this image (click it).

Since planetary conquest will be based on eliminating enemy clone supply from a contested district, it would make sense to have a game mode centered around taking the supply of clones away from the defenders. This mode wouldn't just be limited to planetary conquest (I would like to see them in NPC battles as well), but it makes sense for planetary conquest. Here is the idea for the game mode:

Clone capture:

The attacking team starts with however amount of clones they bring to the district when in planetary conquest. When in a NPC-contracted battle, the attackers will have 100 clones.

The defending team has however many clones they have on the district. When in a NPC-contracted battle, defenders will have 100 clones.

Attacking team must get past the the initial defenses which include turret installations supply depots, and CRUs. All these defenses are controlled by the defense relays (making defense relays the 1st objectives).

Once the initial defenses are gone, the objective then becomes to hack a control center inside an outpost to open a hatch on the top of the outpost so the RDVs have access to the stored clone reserves. The defenders can capture the outpost again to shut the hatch.

When the outpost hatch is open, the attacker's RDVs will fly to there, and capture crates of clones; each crate could be 25 clones (or some other number).

The victory condition for both teams is the depletion of the other's clone reserves, but basically the attackers get the option of stealing clones from the defenders to gain an advantage.

Clone crates stolen in planetary conquest will yield ISK equal to the biomass of the contained clones for the attackers if the attackers are successful. If the defenders win, then the clones stolen will return back to the defender's district.

Thank you for reading.

This is true as the Bible.
Could you imagine a version of hostage defend/rescue...ah...orgasm.

Problem with most of the new possible modes is that they're not lore set.

Why capture the flag? Nuke it from orbit if it was that amarr damned important.

So you're going have to lore fit Most of these modes.

I would like for you to post some game mode ideas on the feedback/requests section, you're quite well informed, and should know what will fit lore.

I would but I haven't played these game modes yet in my head fully.

Problem with most of the new possible modes is that they're not lore set.

Why capture the flag? Nuke it from orbit if it was that amarr damned important.

So you're going have to lore fit Most of these modes.

This is true as the Bible.
Could you imagine a version of hostage defend/rescue...ah...orgasm.

Problem with most of the new possible modes is that they're not lore set.

Why capture the flag? Nuke it from orbit if it was that amarr damned important.

So you're going have to lore fit Most of these modes.

Capture the flag could be excused as training simulators with real clone deaths to show true battle situations.

Or just make it a mode where the flag is data you have to capture and take back to your base but you only have storage room for 1/3rd of the total data so you have to obtain all 3 parts to win.

Goonswarm is holding the King and Queen of Caldri hostage and we must infiltrate their base and eliminate hostiles them and escort them back to safety

Not just game modes. Content in general. Weapons, vehicles, maps, terrain...anything to freshen up the game. Game has essentially remained unchanged since Codex. Not sure how many months that is but its a long time.

Problem with most of the new possible modes is that they're not lore set.

Why capture the flag? Nuke it from orbit if it was that amarr damned important.

So you're going have to lore fit Most of these modes.

how about the gayar snipacus has a plasma dildo refinery and their ability to mass produce these plasma dildos puts the galaxy in jepoardy and must be destroyed via bomb plant.

Or

Goonswarm is holding the King and Queen of Caldri hostage and we must infiltrate their base and eliminate hostiles them and escort them back to safety

Lore is easy, I could write it in my sleep...

You don't have to fit a damn thing to lore. Different game modes wouldnt impact EVE lore at all.

Here's how to circumvent...

They are all training excercises... problem solved.

Lets move onto something that has substance.

Been a year CCP, 2 game modes, 4 maps... improve or become irrelevant.

Why wait for Dust when Defiance comes out April 2nd?

Well they do have a 300 million project with SyFy to produce the game and the show. Sooo here is to hoping that the game benefits from a larger budget and mistakes made from previous games.

Though what defines end game in something like Defiance that is always changing to keep pace with the show and in game developments? With a 5,000 level cap (which takes years to reach), your skill with weapons increase, your ego grid, and other special things you can unlock through play your end game is going to be vastly different than my end game.