3. MOST IMPORTANT: The crew will gain expierience while doing stuff.
3a. PVE - Experience should be capped
3b. PVP -Experience should reach the maximum of an experienced Crew.

Only if I can dress them up and make them dance!!


But really, all this will be is another module slot to fill and will be treated as such. Capsuleers are beyond caring about the moral masses and could care less if they live or die.

great. another poster who does not know how to use search feature or look in commonly proposed ideas...

as to ur idea, i'm struggling to see why this is 'essential' to our experience. we already have modules like rigs. they are called rigs. they also get destroyed when u lose ur ship. u can pretend they are ur crew.

maybe we just take the word 'essential' to mean different things.

The difference would be the gain of experience! This is most important.
Modules can't learn but crew can. This is the great thing behind this idea. Produce a well experienced crew over time, very precious and you will make sure not to risk it. Or you could sell a very expensive experienced crew in the market. This could be a limited addition to the time skilling.... like skilling while doing some stuff. Just a little honor for playing the game and not only let the time run. I imagine just some percent of improvement of you modules capabilites, but they could make a difference in a fight. And it could be expensive to hire a well trained crew per hour real playtime.

The difference would be the gain of experience! This is most important.
Modules can't learn but crew can. This is the great thing behind this idea. Produce a well experienced crew over time, very precious and you will make sure not to risk it. Or you could sell a very expensive experienced crew in the market. This could be a limited addition to the time skilling.... like skilling while doing some stuff. Just a little honor for playing the game and not only let the time run. I imagine just some percent of improvement of you modules capabilites, but they could make a difference in a fight. And it could be expensive to hire a well trained crew per hour real playtime.

Only if I can dress them up and make them dance!!


But really, all this will be is another module slot to fill and will be treated as such. Capsuleers are beyond caring about the moral masses and could care less if they live or die.

Rigs weren't "necessary" when they were introduced. Now you won't undock without them.

New things get added in mmos over time. Normal progress. I'd rather see them added to spaceships like this as opposed to PI, WIS, Dust gemmicks that has little to do with the core of Eve.

Rigs weren't "necessary" when they were introduced. Now you won't undock without them.

When introduced rigs were necessary; the ship system was slightly stagnant and in need of some new variable/customization. Same as for overheating.

The crew thing could work in a similar way, but I think in the current state this would only add enthropia and duplicate variables; we are already at the edge, also adding new brand ships is a problem is better to rework the existing ones.

I see more room for the crews idea as personnel needed for new modular POS system or for some new PI module.

Rigs are an "edge" thing the same way implants are. Not necessary, but nice to have. You also don't need to grind XP to make use of them.

And as for adding things to the game; adding some complexity is nice... but adding needless complexity is bad. Especially if it requires grinding to "get the best stats."

On a base level all you are adding is an additional bonus to some aspect of your ship's performance. There are already:

- Ship bonuses
- Role bonuses
- Implants
- Overheating
- Boosts
- Drugs
- Ship modules
- Rigs

... all affecting/improving/bonus-ing your ship's performance in some way. What is the purpose of adding another ship bonus via crew slots? And when does it end? Because after crews, you will be suggesting... I don't know... 'nanobot slots' that enhance some other arbitrary aspect of your ship?

Experience gain, through activity is completely pointless in EvE. It promotes grinding-style play that can be botted and exploited in a game where every character generally has an alt. Want a perfect crew? Set up you alt and blow him up repeatedly - Weapons Officer is now Level 5 and work 1bn ISK... rinse and repeat, making your original idea of unique high level crews obsolete. It will just be another rig that instead of taking ore/minerals to build, requires someone to keep blowing his altGÇÖs noobship to level up.

Also, learn to Forum Search and think your ideas through before posting them up.

Well EVE ships already have crews. Well most of them above frigate level that is.

If the "crew" would be implemented as additional customization option then I think that they should not "gain" experience in time, as you are already hiring elite of the elite. You are pod pilot and if you are already getting into micromanaging the crew positions its clear that you would not be getting anything below the very best and whats humanly (and cybernetically) possible.

The normal module loss rules should apply, if you like you can implement some new jetcan called "escape pod" for livestock and such for the surviving members of the crew.

If implemented, then, in my opinion crew should offer customization options that are not competing with already existing modules/ rigs. what exactly - I do not have many ideas - perhaps, for example, as specialized missile screw, that lowers the reload / switch ammo type time or a specialized engineering crew granting you (very very slow) hull hp regen ability or would repair the damaged drones in the drone bays (very slow).

Well EVE ships already have crews. Well most of them above frigate level that is.

If the "crew" would be implemented as additional customization option then I think that they should not "gain" experience in time, as you are already hiring elite of the elite. You are pod pilot and if you are already getting into micromanaging the crew positions its clear that you would not be getting anything below the very best and whats humanly (and cybernetically) possible.

The normal module loss rules should apply, if you like you can implement some new jetcan called "escape pod" for livestock and such for the surviving members of the crew.

If implemented, then, in my opinion crew should offer customization options that are not competing with already existing modules/ rigs. what exactly - I do not have many ideas - perhaps, for example, as specialized missile screw, that lowers the reload / switch ammo type time or a specialized engineering crew granting you (very very slow) hull hp regen ability or would repair the damaged drones in the drone bays (very slow).