IF they release the cloak in Uprising, then I'd bet cloaking would be a lot more effective in the dark. Just my two cents.

The classic strategy- attack with the glare of the sun to my back!

Everyone who was in the codex build knows how OP the sun can be.

bump

/me glares at Draxus Prime

is it confirmed foxfour our not ur team

Day/night cycles linked to a planets actual location/rotation would be partially on the team I am on and I can confirm it is NOT happening.

As for just regular day/night cycles in some kind of random fashion that I cannot answer as it would not be on our team.

Day/night cycles linked to a planets actual location/rotation would be partially on the team I am on and I can confirm it is NOT happening.

It is times like this I really do appreciate the fact that the forums don't have a dislike or downvote button.

It is times like this I really do appreciate the fact that the forums don't have a dislike or downvote button.

*points scramblr pistol at ur head* tell us everything you know about uprising or ur fingers won't be the only thing burnt :)

Is this feature simply not coming for Uprising, or... not at all?

I imagine instead of trying to do something crazy complicated like giving every single planet its own day/night cycle based it a unique size and rate of rotation, you could simplify the process eve-side by simply making every planet rotate once every 24 hours like earth does.

As every planet would be at the same "starting" position as soon as the server goes up every morning, you then have a second "check" which looks at the hour of the day and the position of whatever district you are fighting in. Since every planet would have the same rate of rotation, it shouldn't be terribly difficult to create a system that is smart enough to know whether or not its the proper mood for the geography.

Then again, Eve code. Ugh.

*points scramblr pistol at ur head* tell us everything you know about uprising or ur fingers won't be the only thing burnt :)

If I start talking the small explosive CCP implanted in the base of my skull will explode killing me... so either way... NO! :P

Dude, what are you doing? You do realize he's a clone, right?

All of the planets in EVE do rotate... well almost all. All except temperate planets. When we introduced districts we had to stop the temperate planets from rotating. This is kind of why linking day/night to the planets actual rotation is maybe not the best of ideas right now, districts would be always day or always night. eh. We do want to fix it though.

All of the planets in EVE do rotate... well almost all. All except temperate planets. When we introduced districts we had to stop the temperate planets from rotating. This is kind of why linking day/night to the planets actual rotation is maybe not the best of ideas right now, districts would be always day or always night. eh. We do want to fix it though.

When Uprising hits on May 6th [...] players should also see things in a whole new light -- literally -- as day/night cycles will also be implemented to increase the sense of realism. And as for realism, Fannar noted that these cycles (along with the direction of the sun and the shadows) will be accurate to the actual rotation of the specific planet within EVE.

Day/night cycles linked to a planets actual location/rotation would be partially on the team I am on and I can confirm it is NOT happening.

As for just regular day/night cycles in some kind of random fashion that I cannot answer as it would not be on our team.

All of the planets in EVE do rotate... well almost all. All except temperate planets. When we introduced districts we had to stop the temperate planets from rotating. This is kind of why linking day/night to the planets actual rotation is maybe not the best of ideas right now, districts would be always day or always night. eh. We do want to fix it though.

All of the planets in EVE do rotate... well almost all. All except temperate planets. When we introduced districts we had to stop the temperate planets from rotating. This is kind of why linking day/night to the planets actual rotation is maybe not the best of ideas right now, districts would be always day or always night. eh. We do want to fix it though.

We can do scarier things than a dislike button.

Ask Soundwave.

For those wondering why the interview says we are doing it and I am saying we are not:

There was possibly a bit of miscommunication about exactly what was being done, and what we want to do in the future. We want to link day/night cycles to a planets actual rotation, but not yet.

As for just some kind of random day/night for matches, that is not something I would be working on so can not comment.

You could always make it follow GMT for the tears of everyone that will always play in the dark (no phun intended) and the tears of the cloak ninjas that will always be spotted in the sun

/c

For those wondering why the interview says we are doing it and I am saying we are not:

There was possibly a bit of miscommunication about exactly what was being done, and what we want to do in the future. We want to link day/night cycles to a planets actual rotation, but not yet.

As for just some kind of random day/night for matches, that is not something I would be working on so can not comment.

Have to agree with Liner here, but go further and say that you guys really need to reconsider why you are allowing your marketing team to dig you such a whole.

They have consistently oversold the game, and continue to do so. Unless you want people to be constantly disappointed by the new stuff you guys make, then please stop letting your marketing department write checks that your coders can't cash. All your hard work then gets slagged off because the stuff that the devs were never even working on isn't in the build like the marketing guys promised.

And if they refuse to stop overselling the game, fire them. If they can't stop doing damage to your companies credibility, you need to find marketing people who will sell your actual product, not the daydreams from brainstorming sessions as completed features.

Except this wasn't the marketing team's doing, it was the Chief Technology Officer, the number one person at CCP who should know what the programming and developers are capable of.