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FailingtheRorschach Test Republic Military School Minmatar Republic 0	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:11:00 - [1] - Quote Are the constellations in Eve meaningful in geographic terms? Were there any rules that went into decided what would constitute a constellation? (# of jumps between stars? # of links? etc.) Besides incursions and sov, are there any other functions they play? (This toon is a posting alt.)
Jack Tronic borkedLabs 6	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:13:00 - [2] - Quote Theres an constellation named unicorn? It's just groupings of systems. It's how exploration sites are distributed in kspace, with only x number spawning in a constellation and always respawning somewhere in it after completion. (Does not apply to wspace).
Morganta Peripheral Madness The Midget Mafia 197	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:26:00 - [3] - Quote Poitot is the only named system in syndicate if that doesn't indicate a higher power at work, then I don't know what does The American public's reaction to the change was poor and the new cola was a major marketing failure. The subsequent reintroduction of Coke's original formula, re-branded as "Coca-Cola Classic", resulted in a significant gain in sales, leading to speculation that the introduction of the New Coke formula was just a marketing ploy
FailingtheRorschach Test Republic Military School Minmatar Republic 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 00:24:00 - [4] - Quote Thanks for the answers. So to confirm - there is ZERO geometric/geographic consideration when defining the boundaries of a constellation? (This toon is a posting alt.)
Karn Dulake Souls Must Be Trampled The.Alliance 66	Posted - 2011.10.31 00:29:00 - [5] - Quote I heard they pulled them out of hilmar's arse
Large Collidable Object morons. 476	Posted - 2011.10.31 00:42:00 - [6] - Quote randomly morons-áare recruiting. We're good at breeding!
Barbelo Valentinian The Scope Gallente Federation 104	Posted - 2011.10.31 01:58:00 - [7] - Quote It's odd because of course constellations from the point of view of Earth aren't systems of stars that are relatively close together - e.g. a constellation seen from earth may be composed of some stars that are close and some that are more distant. Why they decided to call systems of stars that are relatively close together in EVE "constellations" is a mystery. There doesn't seem to be much point to it. I guess it was meant to help orientation in some way, but what with the map, I never think of where I'm going in terms of constellations, just stars, jump routes and regions. Still, the names are cool. Actually the naming of things in EVE is one of its most attractive features. Brilliant naming of things all round - must have been some great drunken brainstorming sessions!
T' Elk Clearly Compensating The Dark Triad 96	Posted - 2011.10.31 02:20:00 - [8] - Quote God sat a cat on the keyboard. Cat walked across keyboard. God said this was good, and so it was. God wears-áRay Ban Aviators.
Demon View 24th Imperial Crusade Amarr Empire 18	Posted - 2011.10.31 02:54:00 - [9] - Quote Barbelo Valentinian wrote: There doesn't seem to be much point to it. I guess it was meant to help orientation in some way, but what with the map, I never think of where I'm going in terms of constellations, just stars, jump routes and regions. Yes, they're easy to ignore, but if you make a small effort then the spaces of New Eden becomes more differentiable and interesting. Especially when you start to make decisions along constellation boundaries, such as "I'm going to present a constant threat to war targets in Jayai", or "I want GSCs for bombs, torps, and loot in every system in Sound." Boundaries are useful even when they're arbitrary. So, here are two tools to help you stop ignoring constellations: F11. Dotlan. Oh, also, take a look at the constellations in this map. It's very obvious on the Minmatar side, with Hed, Essin, Eugidi; they're very tightly interconnected groups of systems. (And 4 of Hed's 6 interconstellation connections are also regional connections, with their large regional gates that make gate-camps such a pain.) If you tally up gates-per-system, you get a sense of 'appendixes' (Oyeman, Lantorn, Vimeini, Auner, Lulm) in which you might be able to act with less chance of being found. Right now, Dotlan has Lantorn at 6 jumps and the rest of the constellation at 87 (Vard) to 100+ (everything else) to 200+ (Auga, Amamake). Oyeman likewise has 6 jumps; no other system in Semou has less than 60 jumps. And you get a sense of local hubs. Eugidi's Aset, and Jayai's Asghed both jump out as obvious centers of those constellations.
Aggressive Nutmeg 14	Posted - 2011.10.31 02:59:00 - [10] - Quote I thought most place names were just randomly generated. Like they did with Elite.
Marcus Caspius Vitriol Ventures BLACK-MARK 5	Posted - 2011.10.31 03:07:00 - [11] - Quote A little off topic but maybe related! I've always wondered how CCP came up with the system names?
Meeogi Debitum Naturae RED.Legion 13	Posted - 2011.10.31 04:17:00 - [12] - Quote Marcus Caspius wrote: A little off topic but maybe related! I've always wondered how CCP came up with the system names? I bet it went something like this.................."""Screw it !! .... I've been naming systems for 3 weeks. I'm done. ""
RubyPorto Profoundly Disturbed RED.Legion 1	Posted - 2011.10.31 06:41:00 - [13] - Quote CCP-US and null systems like that are from what I'd guess was the start of naming, the rest, hit keyboard, call it good.
Nyio Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 193	Posted - 2011.10.31 06:43:00 - [14] - Quote Beer Features & Ideas Discussion: Skill Training, Agent Finder, Black Holes Needs a banner here..
Veronica Kerrigan Hand Of Midas F0RCEFUL ENTRY 2	Posted - 2011.10.31 06:47:00 - [15] - Quote I know that when I was in highsec we set up shop in a system that was the entrance to a constellation, the only way in or out. While during normal operation this meant nothing other than what systems our agents would send us to, when it came to war, we could still operate as we only had one gate to watch. That's a use for identifying constellations, which ones are defend-able, and which ones aren't. They are manageable chunks of space, much more so than regions. Easier to remember how 8 systems are linked by remembering 2 4 star constellations than trying to remember every connection between the 8
Darth Skorpius Legion of Darkwind Order of the Void 19	Posted - 2011.10.31 06:52:00 - [16] - Quote ccp dropbear said in a post once that nothing is accidental. i take this to also mean the constellations Baa Means Baa!
Taedrin Kushan Industrial 134	Posted - 2011.10.31 15:38:00 - [17] - Quote If I recall correctly, many system names within the various faction's space follow themes. I heard, for example, that many Caldari systems supposedly have names taken from Japanese Kanji.

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