Queen Elizabeth II
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2015.06.16 00:00:29 -
[1] - Quote
Before undocking, there is always that important step of checking your ship's cargohold to see if you've got all the items you need for the journey ahead of you. Whether you're a mission runner making sure you have enough ammo, a miner stocking up on crystals or a PvPer checking your nanite paste and bubbles, capsulers rarely undock with an empty cargohold. And, more often than not, they'll undock with the same cargohold that they've done many times before.
I would therefore like to propose an additional panel be placed somewhere within the station UI that allows players to define a set of items that they wish to be put into their ship. The player would be able to create one or more loadouts, each of which would be assigned to a different ship, i.e. a series of loadouts for the Rifter, another series of loadouts for the Drake, and so on and so forth.
Then, prior to undocking, instead of going through the mental checklist of all the items that they need to have and how many of them they have and then manually dragging the correct number into or out of their ship's cargohold, the player could simply select one of their predefined loadouts and see it automatically placed into their cargohold, assuming the items are available.
As an example, I've recently been running missions in a Hurricane Fleet Issue as I grind my standings with a new corporation. I always try to leave with 2500 EMP M, 250 Nova Light Missiles and a Mobile Tractor Unit. In order to do this, I have to drag any ammunition out of my cargohold and into the station. before dragging the correct amounts of both types of ammunition back into my cargohold. The process is:
- Select all ammo in my ship cargohold
- Drag it into my station hangar
- Stack all items in my station hangar
- Shift+drag first ammo type into my ship cargohold
- Enter the amount
- Click OK
- Shift+drag second ammo type into my ship cargohold
- Enter the amount
- Click OK
That is nine steps that I perform several times an hour, countless times a day, which could potentially be replaced with a couple of clicks after a short one-time setup by adding the feature I've suggested above, a feature that every capsuler in EVE could potentially make use of.
Regards,
Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith |