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CCP FoxFour
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Posted - 2015.12.18 11:27:36 -
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If I get my way the IGB will get nuked next year. I hope to have a location service in CREST early next year so we can start the major transition away from it.
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CCP FoxFour
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Posted - 2015.12.19 13:46:22 -
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Max Kolonko wrote:Also i have only one monitor so its kind of touchy subject for me and all overlay browsers ive tried are s#?!t compared to igb. And no, im not going to rearrange my apartament to fit second monitor unless i see two monitors on eve online minimal system requirements page.
What do you use the IGB for?
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CCP FoxFour
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Posted - 2015.12.19 13:46:51 -
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Equto wrote:Socks a big meany pushing around the IGB, saying hes going to kill it and get rid of it
I have the gun loaded and ready, just waiting for the IGB to make its peace first. :P
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CCP FoxFour
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Posted - 2016.01.05 09:34:38 -
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Hey,
There were some questions about the legality of using an overlay with EVE. Specifically in reference to our EULA apparently disallowing it. I went and asked some people internally for clarification on this and I got an answer back.
For reference:
Quote:We may, in our discretion, tolerate the use of applications or other software that simply enhance player enjoyment in a way that maintains fair gameplay. For instance, the use of programs that provide in-game overlays (Mumble, Teamspeak) is not something we plan to actively police at this time.
Taken from: https://community.eveonline.com/support/policies/third-party-policies/
In essence you need to read between the lines a little. Our concern with overlays is cheating and botting. Our intention is not to hamper your enjoyment of EVE in any way. The whole point of this is that it gives us the discretion to do what we need to do to try and stop botting and cheating.
With that in mind you should all feel very safe to use overlays, assuming it "simply enhances player enjoyment in a way that maintains fair gameplay.GÇ¥
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CCP FoxFour
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Posted - 2016.01.11 19:09:11 -
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Amely Miles wrote:Removing the IGB in my opinion is a BAD MOVE on CCPs part since majority of people use it in Eve.
Feel free to voice your opinion but saying things like this only hurts your case. When you say this it completely invalidates your case since the majority of users DON'T use the IGB. We have metrics on it, I know how many users open the IGB, how many pages are requested with the IGB, how many times the custom JavaScript hooks are used, etc. The single biggest use of the IGB is leaving it open and letting it refresh for sites like SIggy and Tripwire to track your location in wormholes. Even with that the majority of users do NOT use the IGB. Taking the less than majority and subtracting a substantial portion of that leaves the user base of the IGB at... well not that large at all.
The rest of your points however are far more valid and being kept in mind.
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Posted - 2016.01.12 10:34:30 -
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BigSako wrote:Removing the IGB will sure have a benefit for CCP in the sense that they do not need to worry about people "hacking" the game or other eve players with a website. It will free resources, for sure. Considering MANY players have a tablet or a smartphone with a rather large screen, it is the right way to go.
However, I personally expect CCP to not just replace the IGB with CREST functionality, but to provide features that make me WANT to switch. Some features will obviously require you to run the EvE client (e.g., location, "showinfo", market stuff, ...), but others may not (read and ANSWERE eve mail, modify the skill queue, etc...).
Communication with the community about those features is key! Make a focus group, hold a chat, gather some developers together on slack, etc.... Because if you lose your 3rd-party developers (which are the main reasons that large groups of people can enjoy the game together, and not just solo), then you will eventually lose your players.
TL;DR: If they (CCP) kill the IGB, they need to provide KILLER FEATURES for CREST to make the change worth it. Communication is key.
So basically the existing plan? As is being proven with todays release of things like location and editing waypoints from CREST. Our pain point is going to be not with people that use the custom features of the IGB but with the people who only have 1 monitor and don't want to alt tab. Even as we add features to CREST that are not in the IGB they are going to want those features in the IGB in some way because they don't want to alt tab.
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Posted - 2016.01.13 09:12:01 -
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Jack Tronic wrote:CCP FoxFour wrote:If I get my way the IGB will get nuked next year. I hope to have a location service in CREST early next year so we can start the major transition away from it. *looks at siggy's codebase needing major rewrite* *looks at need to also switch to crest for the location tracking* *looks at real life job to create a system handling 1 million cellular modem devices reporting data remotely in next few months* *cries*
I know the feels. :( If there is anything I can do to help please let me know!
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