Ranger Feenix
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.01.07 02:08:46 -
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Recommend something similar to what Figure Prints does for World of Warcraft players, info here.
Basically, a player's actual ship info with current external fittings would be accessed through the manufacturing company's website, with options for a couple of different configurations (e.g. weapons extended, weapons retracted, perhaps something firing, etc.) The ship is crafted using 3D printing, and when finished, placed in some kind of display case to protect it. Cost should be $100 USD max with some caveats, not including shipping and handling. The ship would be named using the in-game default label, perhaps something like "Ranger Feenix's Vexor" as an example, with that tag appearing somewhere on the model base or display case. The player's corporation logo could also be included!
What would be exceptionally cool (just an idea) would be to have a cutaway ship showing the interior detail. Of course, this means that some poor person at CCP would have to design the interior of the ship first. Perhaps that type model would be twice the cost of a plain "exterior only" model due to the effort involved in designing and creating it...
Scale is an issue. Perhaps everything from Battleship to pod is one scale, and everything above Battleship size is another scale.
An even more ambitious option might be for the player's ship to be displayed as if it were performing an in-game activity (e.g. PvP, mining, etc.) The cost would have to increase (perhaps double?) to show the player's frigate firing on another frigate, or a player's ship mining an asteriod, etc. The concept would be for the EVE player accessing the manufacturer's website to pick their options there and preview what the finished product should look like before committing to an order.
And finally, the last option would be for a player to be able to order whatever they wanted, based on past or present EVE inventory. This might even include Player Owned Structures, etc. The possibilities are endless...
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