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Xideinis
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Posted - 2016.11.04 16:16:19 -
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I know this idea has been tossed around quite a bit over the years, and custom ship design is what brought on the SKIN program in the first place.
I think it's time to expand on SKINs a bit more, and make them into a more customization-friendly feature.
Please observe this nifty tool from the Caldari Prime Pony Club
What I'm thinking is something simple in concept. Not sure how simple it would be in implementation but I doubt it would be terribly difficult.
Allow players to create a custom SKIN design using a special in-game design tool. It would be similar to the Caldari Prime Pony Club tool.
1) Once the player is satisfied with their design, the design can be saved to several different locations.
There would be personal SKINs, corporate SKINs, and Alliance SKINs.
Corporate and Alliance SKINs would be accessible in much the same way that anyone in a corporation can access corporate fittings or corporate bookmarks.
The tool would also allow someone to import and export skins so that anyone could view/use a SKIN that someone else has created.
2) In order to use a SKIN, the player would have to purchase a SKIN License from the NEX Store, or from the market for ISK. There would be Six different licenses to cover the different sizes of ships.
Frigate SKIN License Destroyer SKIN License Cruiser SKIN License Battlecruiser SKIN License Battleship SKIN License Capital Ship SKIN License
The larger the ship, the more expensive the SKIN license would be in the NEX store or on the game's market
3) Once the player purchases a SKIN license, they use it. A window appears allowing the player to select a SKIN that was created with the SKIN creation tool.
The player selects the SKIN design from categories of Personal SKINs, Corporate SKINs, Alliance SKINs, or NEX SKINs (which would be loaded with the SKIN designs that CCP has already created).
The player selects the desired SKIN and then the SKIN License is used. It then becomes a permanent SKIN in the player's SKIN inventory.
Thoughts? |
Xideinis
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2016.11.04 16:55:34 -
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DSpite Culhach wrote:Regarding that web page tool, are they selling on offline version, and do I need to just send them all my money or do they also need my firstborn? I don't have a child at the moment so I need 9 months to organize payment.
As far as letting people make skins in games, the usual argument I hear is that it takes away more control from people that want that control, and the worry that player based stuff might end up so much better then the company stuff that the game store stops being used.
Well sure, players would make great stuff, and maybe then no one would want to buy the CCP-designed SKINs. But that's where my idea behind the SKIN Licenses comes in. In order to make a custom SKIN, a license has to be purchased at some point in time from the in-game NEX store.
That way CCP would not lose their income from the SKIN program. In fact, more people would be looking to buy SKINs with AUR because they could have their SKIN be custom. |
Xideinis
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2016.11.04 17:28:21 -
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Scipio Artelius wrote:It's worth watching the Eve Vegas presentations, including the keynote section on SKINs.
I'll do that. Thanks for the heads up. |
Xideinis
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2016.11.04 18:12:00 -
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Do Little wrote:The "Upcoming Art & Visual Effects" presentation on Sunday at Eve Vegas introduces new skin technology called Pattern Projection. It starts 1 hour 47 minutes into the stream. https://www.twitch.tv/ccp/v/98036891
That's interesting, but that looks like just a new way for CCP to make pre-defined SKINs for players to buy. I want to see a way for players to make custom SKINs. |
Xideinis
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2016.11.05 16:11:43 -
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Lugh Crow-Slave wrote:any chance we had of custom skins went out the window when CCP started selling theirs. it would of been grate and added a lot to eve but $ comes first for them
With the SKIN license idea, that is the idea that you purchase the license with Aurem like you would with a SKIN these days, the ability for players to create their own custom SKINs is still a very lucrative endeavor for CCP. Probably even more so because a lot more people would buy into them if they could make their own skins. |
Xideinis
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2016.11.05 18:25:23 -
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Lol well, you're paying a subscription to play a game in which you make your own game content, aren't you? Paying for the ability to create custom vanity items is a tiny thing and it's something that would add to the experience of my game.
Right now, you can get the dinky little vanity items that CCP makes. Sure that's cool. The point of that is that CCP is making money off of it. I'm sure to them, that can't and won't change. It's definitely not going to be a free service if that's what you're suggesting.
But I don't see why we can't get more for something that we're already paying for. You can twist it any way you want to, but that's the bottom line. We already have to pay for customizations for our ships. Let's just bring it a step higher and allow players to make their own customizations. |
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