I quite liked it as well. What I miss though is that the last pilot was default so you could just press Enter to select/log in.

Bring that back pls.

/c

You could have it so initially Enter selects the left most, and Tab changes what would be selected via Enter.

Also: First Information Portal thread with the first reply not saying first.

Or that, I just want to be able to be lazy and use the enter key haha

Awesome!

So-- when will we be able to go back to the character selection screen from in-game? ;)

Stop being lazy!

Also, that's the plan... that Enter enters the game with the left most character (since we order them by logoff time)

Love how you can see the time remaining on subscription! It's weirdly hard to find that information unless you're low on time. Would also love for it to be added to the Pilot's License tab on the character sheet, but that's outside the scope of this post.

this!

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)

Edit: Just had another thought. You know how with Office, you can right click and go straight to a doc? How about showing your auto-complete account list when you right click on the launcher shortcut on the taskbar?

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)

So, for those of us with computers that aren't pre-millennium, can we get the full character load screens as an option?

Could you work on that instead?

Being able to switch characters without having to completely close the client and log in again would be much more useful than spending your time on making the screen players try to get past as fast as possible when logging in look nice.

ATM the news item (CCP Guard with DevBlog 1 of 2) is to big. It's also hides the ship/system/station info. Can you maybe display it on the side or something?

Alright, but is this issue something you guys are keeping in mind as you are rewriting mentioned code? It would indeed be nice to have a proper log off button that takes you back to the character selection screen.

Regarding character selection: The way I'd like to see this done is to give users a command-line option to the launcher that lets you pass in the account name to be pre-populated. Then, if I want to manage 3 characters (and I do ), I can have 3 *shortcuts*. That still saves clicks vs. using the switch-account feature.

At that point, it'd also be nice to have the launcher close on play (maybe a checkbox next to the auto-play checkbox?).

Interesting that you can't implement this. Blizzard (WoW) has been doing just that for 9 years. 10 characters per server, a one key exit to the character selection screen and back in game with a different character AND selecting new servers to boot if you so desire. I am sure YOU have seen it as many others here have used it at one time or another, and it is not like WoW's characters and amount of crap they have tied to each character including where they last logged off is any less than EvE's ... well I guess you can see why we wonder why you haven't implemented a similar system over just ONE server with far less characters.

Looks good, works good.

An option to lock the location would be nice becouse it goes by past log in time I have logged in the same character a couple times when trying to switch.

What about "whole fucktons of code would have to be re-written" do you not understand? WoW was probably written with the functionality in mind and EVE wasn't. Design flaw on CCP's part back in 2003 maybe, but like Karkur said, not something that is easily fixed now without taking the code throughout the entire game apart.

re; returning to login-screen.

This has been a personal pet-peeve of mine for quite many years. I have suggested on a few occasions to change this, however this requires some changes to how the server/client communication happens and that is some major work that takes a lot of time and effort to do.

So as much as I wanted (and many more) to make this happen it just did wasn't suitable, but you never know if that will change!

So, for those of us with computers that aren't pre-millennium, can we get the full character load screens as an option?

this!

re; returning to login-screen.

This has been a personal pet-peeve of mine for quite many years. I have suggested on a few occasions to change this, however this requires some changes to how the server/client communication happens and that is some major work that takes a lot of time and effort to do.

So as much as I wanted (and many more) to make this happen it just did wasn't suitable, but you never know if that will change!

Please make the expansion background animated. Its so 1990 with the static wallpaper. The current does not look like you're about to enter a living universe.

re; returning to login-screen.

This has been a personal pet-peeve of mine for quite many years. I have suggested on a few occasions to change this, however this requires some changes to how the server/client communication happens and that is some major work that takes a lot of time and effort to do.

So as much as I wanted (and many more) to make this happen it just did wasn't suitable, but you never know if that will change!

re; returning to login-screen.

This has been a personal pet-peeve of mine for quite many years. I have suggested on a few occasions to change this, however this requires some changes to how the server/client communication happens and that is some major work that takes a lot of time and effort to do.

So as much as I wanted (and many more) to make this happen it just did wasn't suitable, but you never know if that will change!

My biggest problem with your new "simpler" screen is this. YOU have decided exactly what small bit of info the players wished to know...and how to prioritize that info.

My biggest problem with that is....i don't care 'how many' skills i have completed since my last log-in....i DO want to know how many SP i have. It's not like we have the option of looking at the skills that are so proudly displayed in the log-in screen.

Please remove this useless feature...as it currently stands, if i've completed ANY skills since my last log-in, it no longer displays my current SP, but proudly shows the number of skills i've completed. Next. To. Useless. And you guys seriously play this game?

Looks good, works good.

An option to lock the location would be nice becouse it goes by past log in time I have logged in the same character a couple times when trying to switch.

With news now only on the launcher, a Neocom short cut to either the current news using the browser or a link out side the news scroll to the last weeks "This week in EVE" Forum post would make it easier for those that do not go in the CC or the forums to find this info.

Instead of major subsystems re-writes; cant you just add a 'Swap Character' button that automatically quits and restarts the client again - using the same login / password token used previously.

Sure its not sexy as a turn key solution complete with air condition waiting room for your characters to chilax in but it solves 80% of the issue hate..


Also great Dev Blog.

Instead of major subsystems re-writes; cant you just add a 'Swap Character' button that automatically quits and restarts the client again - using the same login / password token used previously.

Sure its not sexy as a turn key solution complete with air condition waiting room for your characters to chilax in but it solves 80% of the issue hate..


Also great Dev Blog.

Two of our most important goals on this project were fast loading and an improved user experience.

The concept conflicted with our main goal, and had to go.

Improving the user experience was another of our top priorities.

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)

With your specific thing of preferring SP of Skills finished, I disagree, I don't care how much SP I have, but if a skill has finished I might mean that I have finished a pre-req for another skill and that I should sign into that Character to check if I can inject a new skill.

I like it very much.

But why only the remaining days for PLEX, ETC and trial acounts will be displayed. It would be very nice if the remaining days to the next recurring payment with e.g. credit card will be displayed, too.

I find it would be more understandable if you change the simple X to a skull icon for deleting a character.

Finally I would be happy about if also new notifications would be displayed not only new mails.

When the left charater is selected per default for entering with Enter maybe it should be highlighted per default.


EDIT:
I think it would be great if there is an confirmation question when you drag and drop an redeeming item on a charakter.
Addidional the possibility of splitting stacks.

Thank you

Thats great and all.... but the background looks rather RED....

Can I please have mine in BLUE...?

(It's medical - thanks)

Very nice overall, however, I think the mail icon with the count somewhere on the portrait would be much more visible. It seems like there will be a lot of unnecessary scanning involved to see if any characters have unread mail.
Either way, nice work.

Still only 3 character slots?. Its silly, we got 2013 not 2003.

All good, but I don't like new button for terminate character.
New button for terminate character screen looks like button in windows for close program screen , it may confuse people. If only not 10 hour delay for terminate characters YOU CCP will have big problems after patch


draw a skull in place of the cross there

Maybe in the next expansion!

This same thing caught my eye. In UI's the cross is, generally, very much related to closing a window whereas what's done here is something completely different.

Closing a window, terminating a character.

Two distinctly different things, wouldn't you agree?

It does show both. If there is a completed skill since last log-in then it will display that. If there is no change, i.e. no completed skills, then it will show the total SP.

(...)

Also, about the devblog call about aesthetics, immersion etc.: which goal did you achieve by brutally taking away one of the most beloved start up features, that is a beautiful music and awesome log in animated scene?

THOSE things, and not 3 buttons, defined EvE since the first glance.


So, please re-evaluate your goals on the light of what players need and liked, not just to speed up a couple of clicks.

No news feeds on the side.
Please bring them back.

But how long do you keep the client open? Also, that's already in the launcher.

But how long do you keep the client open? Also, that's already in the launcher.

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)

No. We would love to be able to do that, but that is not at all a "character selection screen" issue.
Once a connection has been made, both the server code and client code make a lot of assumptions that the characterID will not change, and it's very far from trivial to change that (otherwise we probably would have done that a long time ago)