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Barton407
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Posted - 2011.06.25 12:18:00 -
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I know its a small detail, but i liked it. The strip miner graphic used to be a work of art, and you got the feeling that it was actually doing some esoteric physics to laser and then draw up the vaporised ore back into the hold. Its that kind of attention to sci-fi detail that drew me into the game.... now its a blue line.
Whats with these backward steps?
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Gallente Nundinae
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Posted - 2011.06.25 15:02:00 -
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Ah, I unfortunately only strip-mined for the first time yesterday (on my ALT) so have no idea what the old version looked like. I personally quite like the contrast of my mining drones with the blue strip miner... but I can imagine a heap load of orange awesomeness might have been pretty good to :)
did you actually see ore move before?
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Barton407
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Posted - 2011.06.25 15:30:00 -
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Edited by: Barton407 on 25/06/2011 15:35:51
Edited by: Barton407 on 25/06/2011 15:33:05
No, but you got the sense of power of the strip miners, that they were a proper industrial operation, have a look at this to get the idea:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzpFVtpmOtY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQAogAebRlA&feature=related
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Gallente Nundinae
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Posted - 2011.06.25 15:37:00 -
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ah.. orange awesomeness with an obvious flow towards your ship...! looks pretty good but I am still going to go with the blue and orange colour scheme :P
if they made the blue flow-like?
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Reicheck
Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2011.06.25 15:40:00 -
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Using mine last night, I noticed the blue center beam and two smaller outer beams. The whole assembly rotates, clockwise, I think.
The dust draw back was only visible once in a while for me. I'll see about adjusting my graphics and see if I can get the entire effect.
I liked the old version, but I also like the added details added to the turret and especially the rotating lasers.
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Gallente Nundinae
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Posted - 2011.06.25 16:10:00 -
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Yeah I definitely like the new look of the turrets, and like you say its kind've a mixed colour beam... I'm happy but then I never got used to the old version (sorry Barton)
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Peter Lathe
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Posted - 2011.06.25 17:28:00 -
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I like the new one. Less is more. 
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Barton407
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Posted - 2011.06.25 17:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Gallente Nundinae
Yeah I definitely like the new look of the turrets, and like you say its kind've a mixed colour beam... I'm happy but then I never got used to the old version (sorry Barton)
np you don't have to agree with me.
I just don't think these tidy little blue beams convey the same effect of hoovering up 1000's of cubic meters of incandescent ore, its lost some believability imho.
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Gaius Clabbacus
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:23:00 -
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Don't know why all the cool effects in EVE get nerfed. Ahh, sweet memories of the terror caused & suffered by the old cyno effect. Now it is just a vague space burp.
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Barbara Nichole
Cryogenic Consultancy
Black Sun Alliance
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:54:00 -
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Originally by: Peter Lathe
I like the new one. Less is more.
I don't like the new one..less is less. I can prove it - Swap out your miners in space if you think less is more; You'll be loving having no beams at all...
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Tyr Kurvora
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Posted - 2011.06.26 03:23:00 -
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The new lasers still have the tractor beam-like animation, but it seems to be a bit narrower and the background color of space makes it a little harder to see. I like the blue beam color, and the fact that they don't make that annoying pulsing sound non-stop now.
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Rykuss
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.06.26 05:12:00 -
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I fell in love with the new look when I first saw it on sisi. I've also grown to like the sound or lack thereof as I often zoomed way out to get away from the constant pulsing.
Can we has a t-shirt that says "I survived teh lulz" for our avatars please? I'd totally effin' buy that!
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Aeropride
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:26:00 -
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at the very least they should bring back the old sound
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Montevius Williams
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.06.26 21:27:00 -
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I love the new look. Orange Laser breaking up the asteroid while the blue tractor beam sucks in the ore. Looks awesome.
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M Slavis
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Posted - 2011.06.26 21:59:00 -
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Edited by: M Slavis on 26/06/2011 22:00:43
While I'm not a fan of the blue (I mean it looks so boring and not looking like it's actually doing much anything), if there's a slight tweak in bringing back the the conveyor-belt animation along with the strip miner sound which was such a good sound. I guess it'd be ok, but I'd much prefer the old look and sound with the new turret which would be pretty good.
I have one question for CCP, if it ain't broke why fix it? I didn't see a huge outcry for these alterations.
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Warren Dopp
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Posted - 2011.06.27 04:52:00 -
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I like the blue but wouldn't mind the return stream being more defined.
As for the noise, I like not hearing the laser all the time but I'd love to hear the rock crunching noise you get from the small mining lasers between activations.
I think you had to be near the asteroid to hear them, but something like that anyway. :-P
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Gantz Tleilax
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Posted - 2011.06.27 07:07:00 -
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I like the new look. Also the sound is still there for me.
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Dasola
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:06:00 -
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Edited by: Dasola on 27/06/2011 10:10:29
lol i was disapointed when they replaced the old effect. To me it now looks like some sort of ladar system taking measurements in onred to navigate throw asteroid field.
I really miss that old beam that looked like its actually grinding asteroid into pieces. Just dont see why they needed to nerf it too. After all its not like theres no actual bug to waiting to be fixed..
* Revolution changes worlds *
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Linda Shadowborn
Gallente
Dark Steel Industries
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Posted - 2011.06.27 13:18:00 -
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I do like the new look and i hope they dont fix the sound, as it is.. i love it! nice and quiet :)
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Tess La'Coil
The D.A.W.N. Initiative
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Posted - 2011.06.29 11:18:00 -
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I love the new look! The turret rotation is in sync with the rotation on your "button"
-- Everything pops! --
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Tois Willar
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.06.29 18:10:00 -
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Edited by: Tois Willar on 29/06/2011 18:10:29
I vote for bringing the old sound back. Tech 1 stripmiers should have the blue en orange switched. Tech 2's should have different colors depending on their crystal. Mining gang disco baby!
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Myfanwy Heimdal
Caldari
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
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Posted - 2011.06.29 18:54:00 -
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I get the sound occasionally, but so rarely that I bother turning on my speakers.
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Sollunux
Gallente
Dawn's Requiem
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Posted - 2011.06.29 18:55:00 -
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Originally by: Tois Willar
Edited by: Tois Willar on 29/06/2011 18:10:29
Tech 1 stripmiers should have the blue en orange switched. Tech 2's should have different colors depending on their crystal. Mining gang disco baby!
+10
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Caldar Strom
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Posted - 2011.06.29 19:53:00 -
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Originally by: Linda Shadowborn
I do like the new look and i hope they dont fix the sound, as it is.. i love it! nice and quiet :)
Quiet? Does EVE have sound? 
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Obax Bannon
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Posted - 2011.06.30 16:33:00 -
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I muat say that I think all of the cool icons that have changed from nice colorful representation to...well just grey blobs are terrible.
Not just strip miners but guns, tractor beams, salvagers.....now I just have a load of fittings that basically look rubbish indeterminable grey blobs....if your going to upgrade something then surely the idea is to make it better.....not make it look like a 5 year old has come along with a big crayon.
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El Puerco
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.07.01 10:29:00 -
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Edited by: El Puerco on 01/07/2011 10:30:01
I love the new looks but i miss the old sound.. the miners stop rotating after i zoom out and back in :S
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Tierius Fro
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Posted - 2011.07.01 20:32:00 -
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I was hoping the color would change depending on the crystal in use.
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Drezzin 420
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.07.02 08:38:00 -
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I do like the new lasers. However, I wish T2 strips had different color schemes according to crystals. That has been a player request since forever. It would be neat to see bits of ore slowly moving through the beam towards your ship, that would keep me occupied long enough till it's time to offload. As for the updated sound goes, I like it better just hearing my beams once a cycle compared to the constant repeating.
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Rajima
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Posted - 2011.07.03 03:11:00 -
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I think the graphics are okay. I mean, the two-color thing is pretty neat. But I loved the rumbling noise of something that seemed to be getting sucked in.. Like turning over one of those rubber buckets with loads of rubble.. I'm +1 for the sound upgrade..
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Bash Galloway
Gallente
9th Trade and Mining Division
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:32:00 -
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Originally by: Obax Bannon
I muat say that I think all of the cool icons that have changed from nice colorful representation to...well just grey blobs are terrible.
Not just strip miners but guns, tractor beams, salvagers.....now I just have a load of fittings that basically look rubbish indeterminable grey blobs....if your going to upgrade something then surely the idea is to make it better.....not make it look like a 5 year old has come along with a big crayon.
I completely agree. The new icons look like clumps of dough. Not sure why CCP thought it was an improvement.
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