+1

I also like the idea of seeing the undocking, etc.

I realize it would be problematic in game mechanic terms, but being able to see outside the station from within the station just makes sense. I know it would complicate station games tremendously, but the idea that I am about to get in a spacecraft that can travel across the solar system without breaking a sweat and can communicate instantly to other pilots all over the galaxy, but this enormous space station can't manage the twentieth century technology of mounting cameras on the outside?

Maybe the camera view could be on the screen in the CQ, so at least there's be some purpose to that useless room, and the time it takes to get back into your ship and undock puts at least some of the element of surprise back in.

So would cameras and streaming that to a TV in CQ be of real benefit if you have to walk to your ship? You actually use CQ? What's wrong with you? lol. Just kidding on that last part but your post seems to add and then negate the same thing. Sorry just trying to clarify.

haha just thinking out loud. I was wondering what the interface for the "camera view" would be and the obvious answer is "well, there's a giant TV in the CQ".

I don't use the CQ of course, because why. But I would like to use the CQ, if that makes any sense. I'm a new player, so I'm unfamiliar with the history, but it seems to me the CQ was designed to replace the station view: you dock your ship and then you appear in the CQ where you can fit it, do market transactions, etc. on the little terminals in there. But CCP lost their nerve/wasn't ready/I don't know and we are stuck with the grotesque Mafia Wars inspired UI of the current station view and an elaborate vestigial CQ that replicates all the functionality of the station view, adding nothing of value. And with a door that won't open, seemingly placed with the intention of frustrating the player with the promise of wonderful things beyond, forever out of reach.

Well, that was quite the digression. I guess what ties it all together is that I'd like to see more immersion: better transitions from in station to out of station, a functional CQ, and your good suggestion of more routes out of station sort of ties in to all that stuff.

Appreciate the reply mate and YouTube: EVE Online Jita Riots or read this as to why that door is still closed and CQ\WiS has not been developed further. Power of the people

The funny thing, in hindsight, was that CCP actually only did two things wrong.

1. Made the CQ the default station environment. Word of mouth should have been the introduction method, aided by possibly a tutorial being offered when docked.

2. That leaked document about microtransactions. If it was never going to happen, having this false rumor spread at nearly the same time as the CQ blunder (point 1 above), was bad timing on top of bad rumors.

Those two points, when CCP finally gets past fear of repeating this, are all that really mattered.

Time to stop feeling bad, learn from those two points, and finish what they started.

That's my take.

If I wanted a walking game I'd go play WoW . I'm a Capsuleer yo, I flyz me shipz and pwns the starz...believe

You know what would be cool, if there was an animation showing your ship actually exiting the station!

game needs less station games, not more.

Perhaps the issue is simply size. The stations are too small in relation to ship size.

Make them bigger, thus making the openings bigger, and that will make the undock less crowded.

With still only one undock opening, it should really impact the station camping game.

Why should it be easier to avoid PVP?