Pierced Brosmen
Priory Of The Lemon
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Posted - 2011.06.12 23:15:00 -
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I have voiced my oppinion elsewhere on the forums earlier, but adds my view here as well.
I fully support making CQ optional in the following way.
Chose in Esc menu if you want to go to hangar view or quarters as default when you dock. If in hangar view, you can enter CQ via click of a button and vice versa.
By no means do I want this from a PC performance perspective. I have no troubble using CQ on my PC (though I hardly ever use less then 2 accounts at the time, and would need to disable station environment on all but one if CQ isn't optional).
I want CQ optional exclusively for the immersion that has been mentioned so many times before.
First of all, you have propably all seen this video, and perhaps also this one (the getting out of pod part at 1:15 - 1:58). Now CCP have here clearly set the bar that the process of getting out of your pod is a rather uncomfortable/painfull experience...
Now, why the hell would I want to go through that process every time I dock up for 1-2 minutes to get ammo or talk to my agent (you can't talk to your agent face to face from your quarters anyways)... That can easily be 10-20 times every day...
First of all, if you're just going to do a quick stop-and-go, there is no point in getting out of your ship. And forcing your character into the CQ is nothing other then immersion breaking and unnatural.
Second, if you're on war ops and are waiting for the order from your FC to undock... Wouldn't you want to be ready in your ship, and not sitting in your quarters??? Again, very immersion breaking. It just feels plain wrong that when FC screams "UNDOCK, UNDOCK , GOGOGO!!!", first then are you going to get into the pod, get hoocked in, fill the chamber with pod goo, get the pod over to your ship and get it "plugged in"... AND THEN undock...
Third, if you absolutely have no desire to leave your pod at all, why should you be forced to.
Now... I'm not against Captains Quarters or walking in stations. In fact, I've been hyped about it ever since I started playing 4 years ago (and reading about it in E-ON magazine #006). And after spending time playing around with it on Ducie and SISI for the past weeks I know that I will be spending a lot of my station time there (I never was much into ship spinning anyways)... However, there are times when you could use CQ (like if you're gonna be spending some time docked) and it would feel natural. And there are times where you should stay in your ship.
Just getting the option to not load station environment if you don't want to use CQ is just wrong. I still want to see my ship and hangar and besides, if you have docked and then change your mind, you have to re-enable station environment again and then eighter undock and re-dock or relog. The fact that CCP have only given that option is basicaly them saying: <<We want to force you to use your quarters, regardless of how wrong it feels. Cause we've spent a lot of time and effort making it. And if you don't want to use it then FU, here's a static image that says "Loading" for you... Take care now, bye bye then>>.
So yes.... I want an option.
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