Collegekid for CSM 20 Go with the new! and unknown!

Updated Csm20 Campaign

Good Evening Pilots,

I come to you with a slightly updated and yet still new to this campaign running for CSM20. With some questions under my belt and some more time to think from the last time I wrote this up I think I have a better chance to convey my ideas and hopes. If as you read this you have a question or wish to know more then by all means reach out to me and I will do my best to answer what I can. So now for the hard part getting started and here we go!!!

As with all of these things please tell us about yourself and where you come from. Well pretty straight forward found eve downloaded it early 2000’s played it was utterly lost and went to WoW at the time. Few years go by and I get the itch again and I log on and start playing, learn some things still have no clue and then meet some nice people who say it will be rough but come out and join us in null. Flew frigs and cruisers for a while then Battlecruiser and evolved from there. As time has gone on I have been in null and in low as well as lets not forget the most dangerous space of all HIGH SEC!!! ((Pause for dramatic effect)) Alas I have not always been able to be in seat every day as life has come up so I am just like a few I was here then life and then I came back a few times over the years. So rest assured when I say I can relate I am not joking at all.

Now for my experience in eve I have been a solo player and an alliance player, I have also participated in newly formed corporations and old dying corporations. I have enjoyed industrial ways of life and the front line pvp fleet engagements of YouTube. So a jack of all trades a master of a smart mouth I would say, or rather the one you don’t blare over the speakers. I have also created corporations and had fun leading a group in a direction and playing sand castle, as well as watching that same sand castle get kicked over. So a little of this and a little of that, personally I admire those who can do one thing and only that one thing for years in EvE it is actually amazing.

As for why I am running, I think I can contribute to the game with my views. I struggle with working third shift and being stuck at those odd early morning hours witho not much going on or anyone to do it with. This gives me time to think and… NVM back on topic. Oh yeah time to think and to look at things in the game, such as ui and menus which lets face it a facelift was nice but we can and do need some more life breathed into them, but I digress. But those and many others I want to bring to the table the small things that get missed by the larger groups shouting NEW! I want to look at what we have and bring it into fashion again not Granny’s attic. With this come updates and not a lot of add, it also comes with changing things up with a new dynamic as things are moved and revamped maybe consolidated and or totally changed like the ship/item info screens. I am rambling to on to the next thing in this write up.

Now for the why should I get your vote aspect and this one is rough for me but lets get into it together. I am entirely new and unknown to anyone with absolutely no track record for myself. I say this is great as I have nothing I need to prove and zero I need to keep up this is a win for both sides. I also have no affiliation as although I am in an alliance I am not sponsored by nor running affiliated with that alliance. I think this provides me the unique position of representing the solo pilots that like me reside in a unique off shoot time zone. I do also say that being in a small corporation does also give a keen perspective to the needs of smallish corporations from many different areas as well. That is not to say I will have no views on null sec or alliance aspects but will most assured be much more active for the smaller and less experienced players and organizations.

So what are some concepts and areas I want to change or think need some changing, well I will do my best here and will elaborate more if anyone so desires.
* Quality of life updates - No I do not ,ean new stuff I mean menu updates with more relevant and up to date options, slightly more customization for overviews and scanners. Updates to the existing t1 ships and modules that haven’t been touched in a very long time (much like… Off topic again)
* The better management of esi - Asit stands CCP does for the sake of the sever need to reduce some aspects of ESI but I would like to find a middle ground so as to keep the player base who are creative and add so much to the game can keep contributing. I mean it is to an extent free game tools development who doesn’t like free?
* Mission reward payout revamp - Lets face it missions haven’t seen love in the past few expansions and it is showing the cost of everything in game is fluctuating and yet the payouts from missions have not been adjusted in years. Seeing as most new players and solo players tend to focus on missions this creates quite a issue in progress for those people.
* Trade route revitalizing - The old routes were updated for progress and yet it has had the reverse large sections of the map are unused and much of the other empire systems are not quite what they use to be with this change. I would like to see a route added to reopen trade and bring traders back to the cut off systems.
* Structure timers - I do think these are a good idea but think that a different system is needed as the present system is abused way to much. Potentially a more random non user set timer for when these structures come out would shake things up and make it much more strategic on both a defensive as well as a offensive gameplay mechanic.

Unfortunately, as with all things this brings us to the end of my little corner time and I do hope I helped if anything for you to form things you yourself would like changed and if questions were formed by all means ask away and I will do my best to answer them.

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Hello CollegeKid, first of all good luck with your campaign :flexed_biceps: …and may the best will win ofc :sports_medal:
(I will great every candidate this way :nerd_face: )

Hope you find time to share your thoughts on below topics and game ideas.

1. EVE Vanguard
Have you had an occasion to try it during Operation Nemesis or earlier? What was your impression if any?

What do you think about bidirectional connection planned with EVE Online? Do you see it has a potential to attract more players towards New Eden? And do you think Capsuleers will benefit from it?

2. Information & ISK itemization
How about being able to take a notes from your notepad and put it as an item into container or ship cargo? Same with an amount of ISK? Just like you can do with PLEX.

More details https://forums.eveonline.com/t/information-itemization-put-notes-into-cargo-containers

Would you pitch CCP to consider implementing it?

3. Production Plans
Basically the idea behind this is to bundle all the BPOs (BPCs), required to produce some final product, say, an assembled Drake fully fitted according to some saved fit ready for duty, into a single BPO-like item, and internally arranged into an intricate production workflow. Complete with logistics tasks, if necessary, using delivery corp projects. It could use BPMN diagram editor to arrange.

When installed into industrial job slot it will churn out those Drakes, provided there are required materials in linked containers or pause until they are become available again.

More details https://forums.eveonline.com/t/feature-request-production-plans

Would you pitch CCP to consider implementing it? Or at least expand ESI to allow 3rd party developers to do it?

Hey Elinore,

1. EVE Vanguard
Have you had an occasion to try it during Operation Nemesis or earlier? What was your impression if any?

* I have played it granted it was last year at a beta event they had but I will say it did remind me of dust 514 to an extent and to others it reminded me of other games as well. As for attracting more players it very well could if implemented the right way but alas history with integration and side games for eve has not been that great for a track record. For the bidirectional one can only guess and hope until it is implemented and we see how it actually works vs how it is said to work.

2. Information & ISK itemization
How about being able to take a notes from your notepad and put it as an item into container or ship cargo? Same with an amount of ISK? Just like you can do with PLEX.

* We had a system like this with bookmarks as it was pointed out in the comments for that post but with so many pilots and so many bookmarks floating around I believe it was causing issues ( Do not quote me as no proof at this time) but it was removed and gently slipped into the backs of peoples minds. As for some of the uses listed I am not so sure having is as an item would enhance any type of game play when you can simply right click give isk in so many cases. As for the notes I can see this leading to quite a few being generated and I don’t think it would work well in my opinion.

3. Production Plans
Basically the idea behind this is to bundle all the BPOs (BPCs), required to produce some final product, say, an assembled Drake fully fitted according to some saved fit ready for duty, into a single BPO-like item, and internally arranged into an intricate production workflow. Complete with logistics tasks, if necessary, using delivery corp projects. It could use BPMN diagram editor to arrange.

* I see the uses for this but do not see the beginnings of a plan on how this could even be brought into being. We have the list of materials and a Bpo or Bpc will pull the materials from your inventory so I would think one could make a system that could pull both blue prints and the materials for them. It would be handy and cut down on quite a few of the needed windows to be open for industry and also cut down on some of the nightmare production can be. As far as expanding ESI if you look above it is one thing I would like worked on as to keep the third party programs and those who make them alive and well in the community.

If you have any further questions by all means send them my way!!!

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I had an opportunity to take a few minutes to talk to CollegeKid about their run for CSM20! Thank you so much for coming on and best of luck!