Silver Night
Naqam Exalted.
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Posted - 2008.11.27 23:13:00 -
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I agree. from early on, a concern that CCP must be aware of but hasn't talked about at all is that you are going to have a lot of empty stations. Eve, populous though it seems, just doesn't have the sort of numbers that would be needed to populate these hang out except in specific, mostly high security, systems.
This also promotes the entire fame/notoriety aspect that the single server architecture is so good at creating. Making your place interesting enough to become famous won't help if noone will visit it and notice.
For people with somewhat limited play time particularly, they are not going to want to take the time to travel to a location to hang out when they could much more easily use a chat channel. Interesting and compelling though interaction via actual 3D avatars might be, it just wouldn't be worth the time investment.
It would be a shame if something like this wasn't included. As it is a significant part of Eve is waiting - but it is usually waiting in a specific place for a specific thing to happen. The start of the next op, the fleet being ready to move, the invention job coming off the line. Ambulation is an ideal way to make that down time interesting by giving you something to fill it with, turning what was previously a flaw into one of Eve's strengths. However it become untenable if you can't snap right back to the spaceship side when and where you need to.
So make it limited, sure. But put it in so that we don't have a hideous mess in Jita and a forsaken - if pretty - wasteland everywhere else. --------------
The Clown Man. GLS Mr. State Caldari Patriot. Sansha's Nation Supporter
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Silver Night
Caldari Naqam Exalted.
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Posted - 2008.11.28 23:53:00 -
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Originally by: El Yatta This is a bit of a difficult idea - it has the potential to be used as an intel tool as you can find out who's in a station remotely?
Its also anti-immersive, which I am surprised that the role players would be for. Not signed.
Not at all an intel tool if it doesn't give you access to the station's roster o docked pilots. Maybe if they happen to be hnging out in the same bar as you.
I would argue, as a long time RPer, it would be more immersive. It would make sense that in Eve they would have developed an advanced tele-presence ability. --------------
The Clown Man. GLS Mr. State Caldari Patriot. Sansha's Nation Supporter
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