Dersen Lowery
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Posted - 2013.05.23 19:38:00 -
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I know that it seems a bit backwards, and it may take some setting up, but:
What if the launcher had a configuration option so you had the option of entering your login credentials, for all your accounts, without logging in? The launcher could then hit the API, grab all your characters, and then ask you for a "master account and password" so that you still had login security. Initially, this could be stored locally.
With that in place, the following scenarios become possible:
1) you click on one character, enter one username and password, and log in;
2) you shift-click on multiple characters, enter one username and password, and log in;
3) you shift-click on multiple characters, choose to Save Selection As..., pick 1-3 portraits to be used as a visual tag for the set (in the large-small-small style used in the current login screen. Then, when you want to log in your one-man mining op, or jump freighter moving team, or whatever, you just click on one saved set, enter one username and password, and log in.
The launcher would enter whichever account credentials were necessary behind the scenes.
Then, when you guys are ready to roll out master accounts... you already have them. You can just query the launchers for them, and boom, done. Per-account usernames and passwords could be phased out painlessly, because the customer doesn't deal with them anymore; the launcher takes care of that.
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Dersen Lowery
Laurentson INC
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Posted - 2013.05.24 15:37:00 -
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They've talked about putting things like fitting tools and skill queue updating on the official EVE site. Still not interested in ever logging in?
Personally, I have no problem with CCP building towards the future, as long as they don't lose sight of the present; e.g., even though I only have three accounts, this launcher does not sound like a step forward for me. Maybe eventually it will be?
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