Indeed, all the UI being drawn on a 2D plane overlayed over the 3D space makes it hard to disern relative distance. I was thinking of getting a 3D screen and glasses but I doubt it would work for Perpetuum and I'm not playing much else at the moment. The system might be able to handle the 3D rendered scene but I can see the 2D overlay being a spanner in the works. Lotro had the same issue from talking to friends that had a 3D setup.

Well its the weekend again and as usual the combat is obscured by a blob of player nameplates. Could we please get some options to help reduce screen clutter.

Eve servers are located in London, costs them a fortune though for their level of hosting. Would need a lot more subs before Perpetuum could afford that hosting.

Combat flag isn't until you have a hostile action initiated, locking doesn't flag you. Means you have plenty of time to delete the cargo. Already seen it happen today.

I guess we just look at PvP differently. The thrill of a good fight and the fun of the teamwork is the reward for me.
I've had plenty of small fights often with equal numbers, a few 1 vs 1 duals, a fair few ganks too and some of the horrible blob fights at weekends. The best fights are the 10-20 per side range and we've had a good number of those. Personally I've not seen any log in traps in the time I've played so you must have been unlucky if you think that's the norm.

I'd have classed holding an island and its outposts as territory control. The rewards for PvP are outposts which give you lower production costs for your stuff so you can PvP more and mine less. If you live on the islands as a corp the fights come to you, mine/farm in the quiet times, dock up and get your combat bots out when there is stuff to shoot.

I'll agree that there could really do with adding more islands so more groups can form up and make a presence in PvP zones and that the arkhes should definitely be removed from kill counts but I cant really agree with your view of the PvP content in the game.

At this point in time the narrative and epic content you're looking for is what we as players make of the world through our battles and actions. The backstory is just that, its up to us as players to make the rest.

Shoot the nipple!

Could even reduce it further to just 3 damage levels as shown on the icon. red=25% damage yellow=50% damage white=75% damage

Arkhes, being free, obviously wouldn't drop anything. That would be far too farmable. Everything else dropping salvage would be a nice bonus.

What a lot of the so called 'carebears' seem to not realise is that the 'hard core pvpers' do easily as much if not more building and industry than they do as well as the pvp. The whole point to building robots is to use them to shoot other robots. If there was no pvp there would quickly be no point to building anything. Once you've got your stuff built you need something to do with it.

Ixath I'd just like to point out that  "I don't think there is a single person alive who would sit with me while I mine for 8 hours and twiddle their thumbs." is actually not true. I spent 8 hours watching teleport points just yesterday so our alliance miners could mine and PvE'ers could farm without surprises. I'm not the only one either, there are a ton of us willing to put in the hours for the good of our group. Mind you I have more than one account so I can still do stuff while I scout.

This game is all about forming a group and doing stuff together and sharing the benefits.

The EP difference isn't as much of an issue as you think it is. Seriously stop flogging a dead horse. I've got an early access account and two I bought after launch and I've had no issue with getting kills with my newer characters. The 30K EP difference between my chars hasn't stopped them doing what I needed them to. Seriously, a few % here and there doesn't matter as much as fittings and player skill. You seem to be attributing your fail to a perceived EP difference when in fact there is a strong likelihood the people beating you could have less EP than you.