Actually, it breaks immersion.

The process is supposed to look somewhat like this - having all the tubes removed and podgoo cleaned off to enter a shabby space-motel each time you drop off some ore is extremely nonsensical.

And yeah - a monocle for the price of 20 battleships (supposedly big pieces of advanced technology with crews numbering in the hundreds) doesn't help my immersion either.

Actually, it breaks immersion.

The process is supposed to look somewhat like this - having all the tubes removed and podgoo cleaned off to enter a shabby space-motel each time you drop off some ore is extremely nonsensical.

And yeah - a monocle for the price of 20 battleships (supposedly big pieces of advanced technology with crews numbering in the hundreds) doesn't help my immersion either.

Actually, it breaks immersion.

The process is supposed to look somewhat like this - having all the tubes removed and podgoo cleaned off to enter a shabby space-motel each time you drop off some ore is extremely nonsensical.

And yeah - a monocle for the price of 20 battleships (supposedly big pieces of advanced technology with crews numbering in the hundreds) doesn't help my immersion either.

EVE will always and forever be mainly about space and flight. The Incarna process is really just a side-game.

Actually, it breaks immersion.

The process is supposed to look somewhat like this - having all the tubes removed and podgoo cleaned off to enter a shabby space-motel each time you drop off some ore is extremely nonsensical.

And yeah - a monocle for the price of 20 battleships (supposedly big pieces of advanced technology with crews numbering in the hundreds) doesn't help my immersion either.

Sounds to me like you have a lack of imagination.

And as a demi-god, hurling and general spazzing about everytime I get out of my pod is severly beneath me. After 3 months of this now it has become second nature to me. I have no more trouble getting out of my pod than I have getting out of my bed every morning.

And its been what, 2 - 3 months since the release of said monocle? And you still complain about it?
If that is about the general fear of "gold ammo" or other gamebreaking items in the nex store, then I can assure you that CCP for the time being and for the forseeable future, have no intention of implementing it.

If its for the price then it sounds like you don't even like the damn thing. So why bring it up...

Some people...

Exactly so. Leave the capsule is supposed to be a big and impressive event - a real change of mindstate for the transhuman capsuleers we are. It should be a choice we make and ideally would be nice to have cutscene or something dramatic when we make that choice.

The way CQ/Incarna is implemented now is a slap in the face for Eve Roleplayers now.
Add to that NeX store is a ridiculously-unbelievable fiasco. Its an imperialist Amarrian fashion house that has license to operate in Minmtar space and uses a Minmatar roach-motel as the display cabinet for its goods that cost more many times more than battleships?

All things considered Incarna (thus far) is terrible for RP and the only useful spin-off is the ability to screenshot your full body avatar for web bios.

It's the people who can't RP without being able to see their character who have a lack of imagination.

It's the people who can't RP without being able to see their character who have a lack of imagination.

Uht oh! You just said exactly the WRONG thing. Now the freedom loving IHI (I Hate Incarna) mob is going to descend upon your post and show you what freedom of speech really means! The way you worded your post I can't help but believe you're truly a nice person who means well, so it's going to pain me mightily to see your post heavily stepped on by the wannabee activists who are no where to be found when there's a risk of incarceration or bodily harm but can spread text like a bovine can scatter cow pies when it comes to DEMANDING THEIR DUE RIGHTS on a forum.

I always thought it was sort of dumb that we never got out of our ships. It reminds me of someone who never changes his socks. And, pew weee, we're about to get an eyeful of those folks!

Good post. Thanks for being honest. Prepare for the fake firestorm to follow.

Are you one of those reactionary forum brownshirts I've been hearing about?

It's the people who can't RP without being able to see their character who have a lack of imagination.

Sounds to me like you have a lack of imagination.

And as a demi-god, hurling and general spazzing about everytime I get out of my pod is severly beneath me. After 3 months of this now it has become second nature to me. I have no more trouble getting out of my pod than I have getting out of my bed every morning.

And its been what, 2 - 3 months since the release of said monocle? And you still complain about it?
If that is about the general fear of "gold ammo" or other gamebreaking items in the nex store, then I can assure you that CCP for the time being and for the forseeable future, have no intention of implementing it.

If its for the price then it sounds like you don't even like the damn thing. So why bring it up...

Some people...

Bloody hell Lucien Visteen you made me like the second Rodj Blake post today!

Accusing people of lack of imagination for not liking the Incarna rubbish is super ironic given the degree to which roleplayers have made do with their imagine since the beginning of the game quite happily. You do understand that sometimes a hokey special effect monster in a film is actually worse for suspension of disbelief than some creepy music and threatening shadows right?

And why would I want to leave my pod when I just want to drop off some ore?

Personally, I just ignore NeX pretty much from the start and you wont find a single one of my posts complaining about it.

The OP pointed out how it helps his immersion, which had me point out that the pricing structure is entirely out of line with eves otherwise quite coherent pricing structure, so if it has any impact on roleplayers immersion, it must be negative, which some of the most seasoned and prominent roleplayers in this game have already confirmed.

The fact it's entirely out of line wont change over time - be it 3 months or 3 years.

I dont know why you would leave your pod everytime you drop off some ore, I'm not you. And according to CCP some time in the future it will indeed be optional to leave the pod or not. If my understanding of their posts are accurate.

Just that stating it breaks immersion to me reads as you either lack imagination since you can't come up with something suitable, or you don't care about immersion that mutch anyway. Whitch begs to wonder why you stated it breaks immersion.

Then you are like me. I dont use the nex store mutch myself, as it is too expencive for me atm.

I apologice if you took offence in that part of my response. But saying that a monocle cost as mutch as something else witch is so mutch more useful. Is jumping on a bandwagon that stopped rolling some time ago. It's old, the current price is set, new items might come in cheaper but it won't change the current prices.

If the items in the store adds to the immersion of the OP, good for him/her. Then why come and single out one item in it. And why the very item that did get all that hype when it was introduced?

I can't find anywhere in OP's post saying that the Monocle helps with his immersion.

[...I also love the Nex shop and the items that you can buy from it for the same reasons of immersion...

To be honest unless the OP is CCP Apollo then I don't see how anyone can see the Nex store as a good thing.

Let's see what it along with Incarna/WiS has brought to the game at this point:
* Broken immersion
- Having to get out of your pod each time you dock
- No pod room
- Getting out of your pod naked and covered in pod goo onto a metal docking pier in the middle of nowhere
- No washing facilities at all in CQ
- Aren't ships supposed to break down in an oxygenated atmosphere? how do we breath then when the CQ isn't sealed from the hanger
* Diluted the sandbox
- Clothing not crafted as was touted in Ambulation
- Clothing not destructable
- Potential crafter/retailer character path now removed
- Ship painting (not in yet) could have been another player crafted feature
- Player created clothing and paint jobs could have added a whole raft of raw materials to the market
* Monetising of Game Content
- Nex items now added based on potential sales, rather than adding them for the enhancement of the game experience
- Motivation shift for devs (instant money vs content with depth)
* Removed racial uniqueness
- Generic look for avatars
- No unique clothing (Amarr male robe the exception) to truly identify each race
- Bringing in outside designers that appear to have no knowledge of EVE's lore or look/feel of the original character creator
- The designers do know this is a Sci-Fi game don't they?

If you really sit down and look at what this sandbox game has lost and what content Ambulation was supposed to have then you wouldn't be singing the praises of Incarna in it's current state or the Nex store.

So do I dislike CCP? ... hell no! I just don't agree with the direction they have taken with Incarna so far.

Actually, it breaks immersion.

Claire said that the nex shop and its items as a whole adds to his/her immersion. And I can see that in the sence that it makes the character stand out more. Nothing to do in general about the pricing of it.

The nex store is not cheap, its items might be overpriced. The general population of this forum is in agreement of that fact. But does it need to be brought up in every thread that has the word nex in it? And does it need to be brought up in the way of THE MONOCLE. There are limitless other counterarguments one can use instead.

Add to that NeX store is a ridiculously-unbelievable fiasco. Its an imperialist Amarrian fashion house...