Some movement on these...

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/8310#96704

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/7900#92517

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/18736#233960

The more visually stimulating the game is the more chance of getting new players. Hell, the only thing EVE has going for it (apart from a huge budget) is its looks.

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/21440#265479

That was the most recent dev comment on this that I could find.

The third link has some good ideas, though... but it's prolly all waiting in the universe redux :P

+1

aww seeing that suggestion from a year ago warms my heart. back when i was a wee newb.

back when i was a wee newb.

Hmm...

+1 to OP.

+1 for when Guild has the resources to devote towards this AND the priority developments have been implemented.

In theory I agree Fluffy. But, also in theory... if the game looks more polished, we could see more players=more resources=more GS employees=more time!

Initial graveyards could be done with very few new assets if instead of making proper blown apart ships, you stick with whole ships - just swap in a more beaten up texture. Stew them amongst asteroids to make up for the lack of debris. It would be good enough to keep people happy until resources can be devoted to proper graveyards.

Another simple thing in the same vein is the construction of war memorials. Swap texture from metal to marble/concrete to convert existing models into statues. Maybe scale them up or down a bit too. Stick a big flat slab underneath them. Set it adrift in an otherwise empty sector. Oh, and put some npc guards in it and make the region around it a NFZ. They could be old vets who tell war stories to anybody who flies into range. That requires writing new content, but perhaps could be outsourced to the PCC. (In that vein, crazy old vets flying around the occasional asteroid sector blowing the crap out of hive bots and ranting about "back in my day" would be pretty awesome.)

Of course long run it would be nice to replace them with fancier versions, but these would be like appetizers. They could help to fill the emptiness and bring things to life a bit.

It seems that all of the devs' ideas on graveyards were of entirely new models, but I wonder what their position is on some retexturing (same thing as what they did with the anniversary vult, but for the different cappies, dirtier, some open hull decals here 'n there, and removal/smashing of any window-esque textures). Also, they said capital ship gibs look like crap if you catch any still glimpse of them, but they also said that the HAC ones are okay... considering that there's only one set of them, though, maybe they could be used at just on location... like the Deneb side of GR/Deneb.

And to the war memorial idea: no.