M10 Patch: Features to Explore

[Rubino]

Hi Guys,

With the SISI M10 expansion patch about the be applied - what functional areas need to be explored and documented?
The more information we can gather up-front - to better we'll be able to hit the ground running when it goes live.

What follows is an inital list of features - if the owners of those areas (Constantine -> Explorer & Producer in Chief; Akamine -> Lead Miner) could organise and expand then into something more detailed and cohesive - it would help direct investigation and feedback.

• Probing (WH, Exploration sites, Ships, modules and ammo)
• WH (finding, K-SPace: Sec-status -> WH "richness", W-Space WH's - frequency of K-Space & W-Space WH's, Mass & Times, affecting WH's (can they be closed down easily))
• Char creation (what's changed, what's new)
• Skill Queues
• W-Space (general informaition not covered by the specific topics below)
• W-Space NPCs (finding, difficulty, loot drops, salvaging).  The new AI is supposed to make the NPC's more interactive and deadly.  They will switch targets and employ different techniques against you.  Current information suggests that you'll meet a max of 2 at a time but will be approx equiv to fighting 10-12 ships and will take around 20 mins per spawn.
• W-Space Navigation & Logistics
• W-Space Resources (Moons, Asteroids  number of, volume, types, system types, general size, etc) - while generally every moon has all resources on SISI - let's check if W-Space is different.
• W-Space Gas/cloud mining - skills, volume, POS module, etc
• W-Space Complexes (How & What of finding, what was found (incl any NPC's there or other types of interaction), loot, etc)
• Tech 3 - Finding - (What, where, how)
• Tech 3 - Using
• Tech 3 - Invention
• Missions (Storyline arcs, changes, etc)
• General (Graphics changes, effects, etc)
• Skills - What's new & what should be focussed on between now and release
• Existing content: Notice something that's changed to existing ships, weapons, ammo, content? 

Feel free to add things that I've missed and I'll update the post - any and all information, thoughts and ideas encouraged (pics, movies, text)!

[Jarkko]

As already mentioned in the list above, the NPC's will behave more intelligently. What I am espcially interested in, is how the aggro changes. For example do certain ship-types add more aggro by default, or do certain modules do that, how does webbing, repping or target painting generate aggro compared to pure damage done. Etc.

[Rubino]

Ok - the first update.
For Tech 3 you have 5 skills per race and each one represents one subsystem of the ship:

Tech 3 Amarr

Amarr Defence Systems
Mechanic V
Shield Operation 3
Engineering I

Amarr Electronics Systems
Electronics V

Amarr Engineering Systems
Engineer V

Amarr Offenseive Systems
Drones 3
Gunnary V

Amarr Propulsion Systems
Navigation V


Tech 3 Caldari

Caldari Defence Systems
Mechanic 3
Shield Operation V
Engineering I

Caldari Electronics Systems
Electronics V

Caldari Engineering Systems
Engineer V

Caldari Offenseive Systems
Missile Launcher Op V
Gunnary 3

Gallente Propulsion Systems
Navigation V

Tech 3 Gallente

Gallente Defence Systems
Mechanic V
Shield Operation 3
Engineering I

Gallente Electronics Systems
Electronics V

Gallente Engineering Systems
Engineer V

Gallente Offenseive Systems
Drones 3
Gunnary V

Gallente Propulsion Systems
Navigation V

Tech 3 Minmatar

Minmatar Defence Systems
Mechanic 3
Shield Operation V
Engineering I

Minmatar Electronics Systems
Electronics V

Minmatar Engineering Systems
Engineer V

Minmatar Offenseive Systems *fixed :s
Missile Launcher Op 3
Gunnary V

Minmatar Propulsion Systems
Navigation V

[Mangala]

Dont forget the Racial Strategic Cruiser skill also requires the Racial Cruiser to V.

[Rubino]

Amarr Tech 3 Cruiser: Legion

[Rubino]

Caldari Tech 3 Cruiser: Tengu

[Rubino]

Gallente Tech 3 Cruiser: Prometus

[Rubino]

Minmatar Tech 3 Cruiser: Loki

[Rubino]

A picture paints a 1000 words

[Rubino]

There's a few new POS arrays:

• SubSystem Assembly array (for making the Tech 3 ship subsystems)
• Polymer reactor array (possibly for the Tech 3 sub systems)
• Hybred Polymer Silo (linked to the above)
• Moon Harvesting Array II

[Rubino]

Some "Scene 2" Info (Source: http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=994510):

Please use this thread for feedback about your experiences with Scene2 on Singularity. To ensure Scene2 is enabled, press escape while the client is running and click the "Display and Graphics" tab. From there, ensure "Enable Premium Content" is checked, as well as "Enable Scene2".

Note: "Enable Dustfields" should be unchecked!

Patch notes: Apocrypha Preliminary Patchnotes

Summary of what Scene2 covers:

    * Station Interiors

    * New models found in space

    * Sun, Planets and Moons

    * New asteroids

    * Tactical Overview

    * New Effects (such as turrets, shield boosting, armor repairing)

          o The new effects are missing from the sisi build 6.10.77718

    * Icons for ships, stargates, stations (specifically icons which contain a nebula in the background)

    * Billboards



What doesn't Scene2 cover?

    * User Interface (such as the HUD, overview, chat/item windows)

    * Tech3 ships

    * Scanning and Wormholes (Linkage)

    * Fitting Screen



Known Issues:

    * Changing the client resolution may cause the client to freeze. Restarting the client resolves this issue

    * Enabling HDR or changing Bloom settings may freeze the client. Restarting the client fixes this

    * Outpost models are missing from the current sisi build 6.10.77718

[Mangala]

Annoying about the effects - but have you seen ships casting shadows on each other - thats fucking epic

[Warcold]

Minmatar Offenseive Systems
Missile Launcher Op V
Gunnary 3

should be other way around then, Miss L ops III and Gunnery V

Thanks for all the work to make our lives easier though! 

[Rubino]

Looks like W-Space moon mining will be around polymer reactions AND minerals!!!
Not a great pic - size limits on the attachement :S

But it's Fullerite-C50 and Pyerite for the Fullerite Aramids Reaction

[Mangala]

Looks like W-Space moon mining will be around polymer reactions AND minerals!!!
Not a great pic - size limits on the attachement :S

But it's Fullerite-C50 and Pyerite for the Fullerite Aramids Reaction

Quote from SHC again:

Theres minable clouds in wormhole space. These clouds are combined with normal mins inside pos reactors to create t3 minerals. T3 minerals combined with t1 minerals create components iirc.

(Off topic I can up the attachement limits, or you could use the gallery and direct link