Fonac
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.01.12 11:22:24 -
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CCP FoxFour wrote: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.
I'll be honest, i do not have the overview to understand what exactly CREST does, and what the possiblities are in the future.
However....
People that can't/won't alt-tab must be a minority... I mean really, alt-tabbing is one of the most beneficial thing you can do while using a computer. I could not imagine a world where alt-tabbing was something i never used, it's only going to limit your abilities, if you abstain from using such an usefull feature of the windows eco system.
Please don't limit your features, because of such people :)
... Oh and also keep up the good work 
Edit: So i just read up on CREST... My point still stands.. Who are those people |