Brant Tivianne
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Posted - 2015.05.21 14:05:59 -
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Perhaps not something they should focus on next, but I do think an upgrade to WiS will help with the new player experience.
Having only been playing for a few years, WiS has always been there for my experience of EVE.
As a wide-eyed newbro, the experience of sitting on the WiS couch, realizing I could click on the TV screen and see updates in real time of different happenings around New Eden, really helped flesh out the universe. As much as this is a game about spaceships, having the human element in it, it's something new players can identify with a little easier and helps the atmosphere. It's something a new player wants more of, then they get shut down when they try to use the door.
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Now I'd like to recommend something I know is probably not possible, but I can dream right?
One of the things that I used to do as a new player is try to visualize just how BIG the ships are. I would use the little lights on them to help visualize it by picturing they were all windows. I would zoom in as much as possible to change my perspective while cruising around and it helped some, but unfortunately, the ship models can be only so-detailed.
When we are in a station in the ship view, can we get tiny little maintenance craft and crews to come out and pretend-work on our ships? Something, anything to give us a better sense of scale? The ships in EVE just don't seem BIG like they should. We need more visual cues to show it. |
Brant Tivianne
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Posted - 2015.05.21 14:18:57 -
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Delt0r Garsk wrote:Brant Tivianne wrote:
When we are in a station in the ship view, can we get tiny little maintenance craft and crews to come out and pretend-work on our ships? Something, anything to give us a better sense of scale? The ships in EVE just don't seem BIG like they should. We need more visual cues to show it.
When you fly a cruiser around a dread, and your the same size as the turret, you get a pretty good sense of scale.
Exactly! Flying a small ship by a much larger ship definately helps give you an idea of how large the ships actually are and it's those types of visual cues we need more of. |