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Xydes
Grand Admiral
Joined: August 07, 2009
Posts: 276
From: England
|  Posted: 2010-06-02 06:08
I... Love this Idea! If I was a Dev/Admin i'd get right on it. But I am not. And I need to study my C++ coding etc... so :/ wait like... 10 yrs and then you will see! You will see!
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ps good idea!
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Azreal
Chief Marshal
Joined: March 14, 2004
Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2010-06-02 06:51
Tael has worked on the logo system. Somewhere in the forums there is a pic of an ICC ship with a Wolf logo that he was playing around with.
As far as I know, the idea of ship logos is being reserved for a purchase item when they come online. That's if it is still being worked on. I cant say for sure tho.
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$yTHe {C?}
Grand Admiral
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2010-06-02 09:32
I, too, enjoy Eve Online
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Shigernafy
Admiral
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2010-06-02 09:58
It is, as pointed out, often suggested and indeed even liked as an idea among the devs. The main issue is the length of the todo list and the time we all have to implement things.
Though ironically, it is actually currently possible to have a ship have a different name from the player flying it - the server stores the two separately, though obviously the player name is used in all cases now. Back when the map editor was still around, you could use it to change the ship name. What we'd need to do is tweak the UI to show them separately and then add in storage so that each ship could have a different name. And some UI option for setting/changing the name.
However, I'm a little iffy on why you advocate enemies not being able to see your username. Why should the captain of a particular vessel be anonymous?
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YIIMM
Grand Admiral
Joined: June 16, 2005
Posts: 851
From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2010-06-02 10:30
I think it would be preferable to display both the account name and the ship name, though perhaps have the ship name as the primary tag and only display the account name in the NP3 target box or something similar to that rather than just replacing the account name outright.
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Lrd_Hunter
Grand Admiral
Joined: August 16, 2006
Posts: 245
| Posted: 2010-06-02 10:50
i play a game called navyfield and on there you have your ship name then a line and your name is under it and it is a 2d game so is there some way to tweak that into this game.
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Ollary
Marshal
Joined: September 19, 2003
Posts: 5
| Posted: 2010-06-02 11:44
I like the idea!
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TE5LA
1st Rear Admiral
Joined: February 05, 2010
Posts: 30
From: Arkansas, USA
| Posted: 2010-06-02 12:21
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On 2010-06-02 05:05, Code Red of ICC *XO* wrote:
Would be sweet to have fleet logo and ship name appearing on your ship tbh , even if logo's were restricted by limiting choice from approved list to limit problems with numbers / details etc.
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One thing I like about Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is that your name is actually on the side of all your ships.
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Sardaukar
Admiral
Raven Warriors
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
| Posted: 2010-06-02 14:36
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet.
Your name is not static. While enemies will still be able to find your PlayerID- though not many people take the time to note and memorize the PIDs of individuals these days, it's still fairly easy to check your own logs for the number with the proper name- you can still change it easily enough.
Just click GameCQ, and then Change Name. I've never tried doing it ingame, and I doubt you could change your name in-game without changing servers, so be sure to do it before hopping in and revert to your desired username after returning to the lobby.
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Leonide
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Templar Knights
Joined: October 01, 2005
Posts: 1553
From: Newport News, Virginia
| Posted: 2010-06-02 16:04
my Assault Dreanought would be 'Warhammer'.
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Kanman
Grand Admiral
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Joined: August 26, 2005
Posts: 1017
From: Virginia, United States
| Posted: 2010-06-02 16:21
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On 2010-06-02 14:36, Sardaukar wrote:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet.
Your name is not static. While enemies will still be able to find your PlayerID- though not many people take the time to note and memorize the PIDs of individuals these days, it's still fairly easy to check your own logs for the number with the proper name- you can still change it easily enough.
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On 2010-06-01 22:03, Kanman wrote:
I know what you are thinking. You can just change your profile name and accomplish the same thing, but who wants to go to all that bother of changing their name and then having to announce it to all your friends and fleetmates. And then half of them were busy and not paying attention so you have to identify yourself again when they ask who you are and blah blah.
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Sardaukar
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Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
| Posted: 2010-06-02 16:49
My bad, I missed that paragraph in the skimming. Still, it's an option available for you. I'd recommend either familiarizing yourself with fleetmate PIDs, or just do what many players already do- "Yourname (classification if desired) ShipName. From what Shig said, it sounds like the system already available (but unused) would be no different in that regard- you'd show up as the shipname to allies and enemies, potentially confusing both. Nevermind the additional headaches of reporting exploiting enemies without knowing who they are.
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Kenny_Naboo
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Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2010-06-03 04:26
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On 2010-06-02 16:49, Sardaukar wrote:
Nevermind the additional headaches of reporting exploiting enemies without knowing who they are.
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This is probably the one important reason not to hide names/nicks from enemy vessels.
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Pope
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Joined: June 11, 2002
Posts: 2449
From: World of tomorrow
| Posted: 2010-06-03 09:07
The Siphon "Arrow Of Insufferable Arrogance"
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Rebellion
Marshal
Faster than Light
Joined: June 20, 2009
Posts: 730
From: sol
| Posted: 2010-06-03 14:26
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On 2010-06-03 09:07, Pope wrote:
The Siphon "Arrow Of Insufferable Arrogance"
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LOL true so true
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