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Luzon Ziming
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Posted - 2005.12.08 13:52:00 -
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I love this game, its great, its fun but it has one major turn off for me: The Pods.
It makes sense I suppose for the ship to be controlled in such a way so that Death isn't permenant (brain scan) and you can still leave the ship after its been blown up bur still, I'd have been happy with Escape Pods and Space Helmets to solve that sorta thing. As for crews you could have had robots so it could be just the one pilot and then a bunch of robots doing the dirty work... just a gripe I suppose
Ah well.
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sonofollo
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Posted - 2005.12.08 13:54:00 -
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think of the nightdawn trillogy - instead of an escape pod youre body when flying a ship is encased in a nutrious liquid (with implants etc plugged in as well) this is the pod and the escape pod is the pod when youre ship blows up real death comes when u loose youre pod as well. Hence clones are also there.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.12.08 13:57:00 -
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i try to avoid being in a pod, so its ok for me 
i don't see what your problem is. i don't get how "Escape Pods and Space Helmets" would be any different 
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sonofollo
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Posted - 2005.12.08 13:58:00 -
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if u dont want to end up in a pod or moreso being podded stay in a NPC corp - stick to high sec empire mining or run level 2 missions in a battleship.
And u should be ok
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:18:00 -
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We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve, the pods keep us alive and allow us to directly interface with the ships AI, when our pods are penetrated, our skills, knowledge and experienced are transported to a new clone.
Get over it 
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Coconut Joe
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve, the pods keep us alive and allow us to directly interface with the ships AI, when our pods are penetrated, our skills, knowledge and experienced are transported to a new clone.
Get over it
Imagine how much bettter we'd be if our pods had go faster stripes on them.
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Rhianna Christian
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:25:00 -
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ooh, and a nice halfords spoiler on the back...
Go chavpod!
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Gericault m0id
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:35:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews. 
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Simon Illian
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:44:00 -
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what is a POD ????
sorry never loose my Ibis of Doom when i attack hostile ...
herff not so true :p
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Jonathan Davis
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:52:00 -
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Originally by: Gericault m0id
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews.
Ithought Sansha ships were pod-piloted. Aaaaaanywa, being a pod pilot still makes our ships far better in most repects than non pod piloted ships
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Jonathan Davis
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:53:00 -
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Originally by: Jonathan Davis
Originally by: Gericault m0id
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews.
I thought Sansha ships were pod-piloted. Aaaaaanyway, being a pod pilot still makes our ships far better in most repects than non pod piloted ships
Edit cause i suck at typing
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.12.08 14:56:00 -
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please just use the edit button in future 
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Pandemic Thinking
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Posted - 2005.12.08 15:04:00 -
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Considering the purpose set forth in our corp charter, we have grown fond of our little egg shaped ships as we spend so much time in them
IT'S YOUR GAME - TAKE IT BACK
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Kharakan
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Posted - 2005.12.08 16:01:00 -
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Originally by: Coconut Joe
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve, the pods keep us alive and allow us to directly interface with the ships AI, when our pods are penetrated, our skills, knowledge and experienced are transported to a new clone.
Get over it
Imagine how much bettter we'd be if our pods had go faster stripes on them.
Naaah, da red wunz go fasta...
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Grimwalius d'Antan
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Posted - 2005.12.08 16:19:00 -
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Originally by: Gericault m0id
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews.
Same goes for player ships, they all have crews, despite popular belief.
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Solar Sailor
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Posted - 2005.12.08 17:32:00 -
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Originally by: Gericault m0id
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews.
Not true since the Caldari got pod technology during the war with Gallente (circa 23155~23248 [we are living in 23344~5 so Pods have been around in the 4 empires for almost 200 years]) ALL ships have switched to pod pilots because its cheaper to train 1 Pilot that can be cloned than train thousands of command/navigation/gunnery officers. We all have small crews for menial tasks and maintenance.
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Magunus
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Posted - 2005.12.08 17:48:00 -
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Originally by: Pandemic Thinking
Considering the purpose set forth in our corp charter, we have grown fond of our little egg shaped ships as we spend so much time in them
Oh. I can read it now. :P
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Harisdrop
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Posted - 2005.12.08 18:13:00 -
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I think our pods should more like a casket. It should have a door and hookups. It should have vents and tanks. I do not understand the plating look.
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Derek Degenerante
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Posted - 2005.12.08 18:19:00 -
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I also hate the wetgrave pod idea.This idea of drowning in a pool of sustaining goo is ridiculous IMO.I think a better idea is that we pod pilots are cybernetically enhanced with a couple of connections running up and down our spines.You enter the pod by sitting down where in all the connections are made to your ship.Then pod closes and your in your safety once again.
In my Eve my vigil's*****pit is tiny with a restroom,small sleeping area and the pod in the middle.When sleeping and target locked my siren tells me that I need to get into the pod and quick.
What I would like to see is for CCP to add a graphic change to the pod so that it has a thruster.I always hate seeing a pod moving yet no indication of what can move it.
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Lenil Star
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Posted - 2005.12.08 19:56:00 -
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Originally by: Derek Degenerante
I always hate seeing a pod moving yet no indication of what can move it.
It's Jove,where not meant to understand it
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Rae Mathenge
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Posted - 2005.12.08 20:38:00 -
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Originally by: Kharakan
Originally by: Coconut Joe
Imagine how much bettter we'd be if our pods had go faster stripes on them.
Naaah, da red wunz go fasta...
Play Orks much?
The one issue I had with the pods from the original fluff was a lack of a breather unit. The original tester had to hold a tube in their mouth which was rather silly.
I could see either some sort of oxygen mask for the nose and mouth or a pod pilot is taught to breath in the fluid in the pod a la The Abyss. Of course, the pilot would have to be hooked into a waste evacuation system if the latter were the case. So a breather unit is more sensible, as well as a waste evacuation set up.
As for the question of crews, some of the fluff put out by CCP as indicated that there are crews in addition to the pod pilot on larger ships (cruiser and up). Not sure the purpose of such crews if the pod pilot has complete control of the ship unless there has to be some human element to, say, loading or unloading cargo (not very likely considering the technological advances of this period).
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Chiralos
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Posted - 2005.12.09 07:59:00 -
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We don't get to sit importantly in bridge chairs like Trek captains, or sit in front of consoles and throw switches like Han Solo, or wander around VR war room like in B5. We're floating blind and helpless in a pod of goo with the ships senses and controls wired right into our brains.
Yeah the pods aren't very Space Opera, are they ? But they are EVE. It's distinctive, and the whole cyberpunk feel has kind of grown on me.
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xena zena
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:11:00 -
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the pod clones are not exact genetic copies of real humans, they've been geneticly engineered to live in these pods. Therefore things like nutrient intake and waste evauation are taken care of through genetic alterations that make these tasks easier. The pod clone can never leave the pod environment. The reason clones are permenetly encased in a pod is purely logistics reasons. Its far more efficent for them to just directly interface with the ships AI and computer systems mentally to do every task on the ship, and set simple sub tasks to be controlled by the ship's AIs. They never have to move, or have to wait for their arms to move to type a command or feet to walk to a console or anything. Likewise to eject from a destructing ship is instant, they're already in the escape pod, no need to run for the pod, or move or anything, instant. Likewise clones are grown in a new pod, no need to transfer or move them or anything, just reprogram it and launch it into space.
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Right Eyeighty
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:13:00 -
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The crew are there for repairing the breach in the hull with plaster. Even though the loading/unloading is operated by machinary, we still need human factor to oversee that, and make notes of the stuff there. So probably they operate those machine and do our shopping list while we sit comfy in our pod.
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Derek Degenerante
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:22:00 -
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Hold on a sec Zena,where you headed with that story of yours...
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Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:28:00 -
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Originally by: xena zena
the pod clones are not exact genetic copies of real humans, they've been geneticly engineered to live in these pods. Therefore things like nutrient intake and waste evauation are taken care of through genetic alterations that make these tasks easier. The pod clone can never leave the pod environment. The reason clones are permenetly encased in a pod is purely logistics reasons. Its far more efficent for them to just directly interface with the ships AI and computer systems mentally to do every task on the ship, and set simple sub tasks to be controlled by the ship's AIs. They never have to move, or have to wait for their arms to move to type a command or feet to walk to a console or anything. Likewise to eject from a destructing ship is instant, they're already in the escape pod, no need to run for the pod, or move or anything, instant. Likewise clones are grown in a new pod, no need to transfer or move them or anything, just reprogram it and launch it into space.
Considering that there are some stories dealing with pod pilots where they are most definitely not stuck in a pod, I'd jus tlike/have to point out to you that you're wrong. A pod pilot is not always stuck in a pod.
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PaulAtreides
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:30:00 -
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Real men PvP in Pods. 
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specis
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Posted - 2005.12.09 08:31:00 -
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Originally by: xena zena
the pod clones are not exact genetic copies of real humans, they've been geneticly engineered to live in these pods. Therefore things like nutrient intake and waste evauation are taken care of through genetic alterations that make these tasks easier. The pod clone can never leave the pod environment. The reason clones are permenetly encased in a pod is purely logistics reasons. Its far more efficent for them to just directly interface with the ships AI and computer systems mentally to do every task on the ship, and set simple sub tasks to be controlled by the ship's AIs. They never have to move, or have to wait for their arms to move to type a command or feet to walk to a console or anything. Likewise to eject from a destructing ship is instant, they're already in the escape pod, no need to run for the pod, or move or anything, instant. Likewise clones are grown in a new pod, no need to transfer or move them or anything, just reprogram it and launch it into space.
brr scary hm I wanna go out from that pod get social in the nearest pub in a station for god sake
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.12.09 10:41:00 -
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Originally by: Solar Sailor
Originally by: Gericault m0id
Originally by: Lord Aradon
We are in pods because we are pod pilots, the only pilots capable of operating the vessels of eve
Not accurate. NPC ships are allegedly operated by huge crews.
Not true since the Caldari got pod technology during the war with Gallente (circa 23155~23248 [we are living in 23344~5 so Pods have been around in the 4 empires for almost 200 years]) ALL ships have switched to pod pilots because its cheaper to train 1 Pilot that can be cloned than train thousands of command/navigation/gunnery officers. We all have small crews for menial tasks and maintenance.
correct, ships above frig size have a crew on board.
also the NPC's probably do have a crew operating them, but then again, that the case, why are they called drones? eitherway they dont drop pods so it crew or ai
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.12.09 11:28:00 -
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pods blow chunks, they suxor big time. Pods have ruined a many a night.
Problem 1 with pods: no snuggeling
problem 2 with pods: ever try to shave in one of those?
problem 3 with pods: personal satisfaction is kinda messy.
Ive got gobbs and gobbs of problems with pods, their designer and the over all principle of the rest of my crew gets to run around without a worry in the world. Me no Im stuck in some stupid pod with fecal fluid all around me. wtf
Last thing on my hate for the pod. when my ship gets blown up wheres all the crew mates corpses? only 1 corpse mine, the crew somehow telports out leaving me to sit and die in this fecal filled, personal satisfaction filled stinking pod.
wtf
wooo
morning
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