Today was supposed to mark Fanfest's opening day, EVE Online & # 39; s the annual gathering of players in Reykjavik, Iceland. Unfortunately, the event was canceled due to a coronavirus. Fanfest is usually a time of fellowship EVE The players, the opportunity to interact with the development team, and the bigger they are EVE Online features are announced. At least one of those items is still on the menu: EVE Online & # 39; s The latest movie trailer featured today, introducing a sequel to the game and showing players what will come in the next three months.
Quadrant is the latest development strategy EVE, breaking the year into four categories focused on a specific topic. They were first described in October last year at EVE Vegas and have launched a trend to include a major playerbase development roadmap. EVE & # 39; s The second quadrant is called Eclipse, and according to Brand Director Sæmi Hermannsson its purpose is "to exchange the balance." The main focus of the trailer looks to be the Triglavian NPCs look. In the trailer, the Triglavian character is seen staring at the planetary city as it is slowly damaged by the exotic rocks that existed only in the mysterious "Abyssal space," where the Triglavians came from. At the end of the matchup, the Triglavian World Ark, between the sky and the space station, seemed to have an effect on the star in the middle of a program that could completely shut down one of the Stargates used by players to travel between programs.
Kotaku spoke to Hermannsson, EVE Online & # 39; s Creative Director Bergur Finnbogason, and a member of the Stellar Management-nominated council have invited Merkelchen to discuss Eclipse and EVENew quadrant output structure.
"We all have the goal of working together," Hermannsson said of the four cases that reached Zoom. “It has also given teams the opportunity to work together and put their work together. They are all greater than the sum of individual parts. ”
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By talking only about the release for the next three months, the CCP engineer is able to give players a taste of what is to come without restricting the features that may not last. Quadrant 1 was named "Fight or Flight" and focused more on player vs player balance and interests, to add frigate Escape Bay, the newest plants, the return of the most popular The "reindeer" filters, and an update to EVE & # 39; s the secret space of the worm. Overall it was well received by the players, especially as it came with the much-anticipated update to the game.
According to Finbogason, "[Fighting or Flying] was a great start, but I think there are a lot of things to learn. Cadence felt really good; there might be a few tweaks. greater than this. ”
Hermannsson added, “[Fighting or Flying] was a good start, and he went much better than I expected. What we see internally is that many teams start thinking about the time of their release, to release them with the same things. I've been preaching inside about launching a & # 39; & # 39; s factory in chocolate. & # 39; We need to put things together for the changes to compliment each other. We need to try to make a perfect cake, rather than selling a bunch of sprinkles separately from the icing bowl. ”
The player's reaction to the quadrants was positive. According to Merkelchen, who also heads one of the biggest players' organizations yet EVE, "With a 17-year-old product you have to be adept at keeping things fresh, and I think [quadrants] is how [CCP] is trying to do it. They try a lot of things along the way to keep things going."
Contrary to popular belief, CSM does not mean to predict the changes made EVE. Instead they provide feedback on the player's view before the features are announced to the players. According to Merkelchen, sometimes new members of CSM do not fully understand what they have achieved: “You arrive in Reykjavik, and you & # 39; re winning & # 39; also at CCP HQ. You come in as Commodus, expect to go with your & # 39; s authority & # 39; voters from the voters, and you sit down in this sitting room ready to legislate, and it's not much different. Very interactive. Once you arrive you have had another year of planning and you & # 39; ve your best plan & # 39; t smash it like a brick wall. ”
Merkelchen said he was happy with Eclipse. “Recently [CCP] has been a major focus on new players and increased retention. But this one does have some really interesting things on the other side of the community, the warriors. It should provide some really cool features for established players inside EVE.”
When asked what Eclipse and its appearance focused on Triglavians would mean EVE, Finbogason said, "We have been working on the Triclaic epic arc for a year, and we will enter the final phase of that event now. they are made and compete. ”
Hermannsson added, "I can tell you that the situation in New Eden will never be the same again."
The ongoing Triglavian attack has turned health EVE Online last year, and with players adapting to it, they learned how to deal with occasional attacks and build skates to chase down attackers. When asked what will happen with these things in the upcoming quadrant, Finbogason said, "I think that's up to the players to decide, right?"
“There's going to be something else going on to drive the narrative; the story will continue. It's not just a newsletter that people are reading, it's a living and evolving story, ”adds Hermannsson.
Finbogason went on to say, "We have been fighting to let the news media have a huge impact on the universe."
The Eclipse trailer includes a brand new spacehip, EVE the players are already talking. Little is known about the ship yet, but there seems to be a completely new weapon system built into it, one that has only been seen before EVE & # 39; s death star analogs, the massive Keepstar space stations. The trailer shows the ship shooting a blue power beam from one ship to another and then another, much like a chain light spell from all the fantasy games ever.
The player's theorycrafting goes wild even though there is little information about the ship. In EVE, players often get together with their allies and fly in tight ways, making any kind of weaponry place of their own. Currently there are very few of these weapons, and it is difficult to fully use them. The intended location of the operation of a vessel such as this ship seems to have a great potential for large-scale ship-side encounters.
Eclipse's original content update won't be the new mysterious ship. Instead, it will be another iteration of EVE Online & # 39; s a kind of Easter egg hunt. The "Hunt" event will begin on April 6 and serve players by collecting "eggs" throughout New Eden. These pods eggs are counted as NPC eggs and toy ships. Players will need to search for NPC pills at various event sites to gain access to more sites and rewards, or to hunt and destroy player pills. During the event, a special buff will allow players to have access to the vital vegetation that usually contains within the player's tablets, which are usually destroyed when the capsule is destroyed.
Despite causing a worldwide epidemic EVE OnlineIn normal health, Hermannsson and Finbogason said their plans for the game had not changed. They said the CCP was grateful to the players for their understanding and for the disappointing news that Fanfest was canceled. The club is looking to get two quadrants in the hands of the players and is very excited to continue this new trend EVE & # 39; s continuous improvement.
