Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
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Posted - 2014.03.17 06:18:00 -
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Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:For paint jobs, I think this would be the best way to do it. First make a new slot/slots in the fitting window for the paint jobs, instead of having them built in with the blue print. Also having a paint job doesn't change the type of ship it is, like how the Navy Comet turned into the Police Comet. There should be either just one slot for a paint job, or I'd like to see 3, and the 3 slots are for different parts of the ship, so you can change around different paint jobs for all different types of looks. Any paint job can be applied to any ship also.
Also paint jobs costing AUR just needs to be taken away. They should all come from LP stores, I'd say 5 to 6 different paint jobs per LP store, and cost in LP and ISK is anywhere from what a +1 implant cost to a +3 implant depending on the paint job. This is so that the paint jobs doesn't raise the value of the ship it's on by too much. I think these changes would make having paint jobs on ships worth while, and not make your ship a target by just having a paint job. If you think this sounds good, please like and hopefully CCP will listen and instead of trying to get more money from us for something we have asked about for years, they listen and paint jobs can turn into something more common in EVE. Thanks for your time.
Thadd
Posting the same thing twice on the same page isn't helpful, and on that note I'm fine with some paint jobs costing AUR. They've already said that when/if they expand on the paint schemes they will make some available through LP purchase also (much like the Comet is already.) On the subject of how they are applied, I will agree that it should be a fitting slot for paint jobs, instead of a different ship entirely. But again, they've clearly stated that the way it's been implemented so far isn't the final product.
The cost right now is a bit high, but for myself I consider it in the vain of a kickstarter program for customizable skins. Buy some of the AUR ones now, with the hope that they iterate and make actual custom skins down the line, in a more appropriately implemented way.
Edit: Also I'd be curious on the numbers of these first skins purchased with AUR/LP and the number of market transactions involving them as well as how many have been killed in glorious PEEVEEPEE for the first couple weeks after release. |