Over the last year, I felt many players who enjoy the lore of EVE had been getting short shrift from the development goals being pursued by a post-Incarna CCP. In my Blog Banter 38 entry, Designing the Future Experience, I expressed my disappointment at the deliberate avoidance of all lore Read more…
My ongoing exploration of EVE play-styles for Guild Launch recently found Factional Warfare in my sights. Knowing very little about FW gameplay and the communities behind it, I approached CSM member and Factional Warfare guru Hans Jagerblitzen with some questions. The result was a two hour Skype conversation which took Read more…
“As a company CCP is I think largely viewed as one of the MMO companies that really genuinely listens to its subscribers – say what you like about recent events – but in the grand scheme of things we listen to our players a lot more than other MMO studios Read more…
Amidst a tumultuous barrage of discussion about Darren Aronofsky/Michael Bay mash-ups and EVE-playing world leaders, my podcasting co-host Arydanika and I recently had the opportunity to discuss all things EVE with Nick Blood and Nathan Knaack, better known in EVE circles as CCP Dropbear and CCP Headfirst. I wanted to Read more…
A month has passed, the dust has settled and Iceland’s national beer stocks have finally been replenished. I would imagine the city of Rekyjavik has probably just about recovered from the multinational invasion that is EVE Online’s Fanfest. Part technology expo, part festival, all spaceships – Fanfest 2011 was an Read more…
When travelling through New Eden, it’s always pretty clear when you hit a major trade-hub, as local chat quickly fills with an endless succession of contract offers, a proportion of which are invariably too good to be true. This is the domain of a peculiar breed of player who, if Read more…
Following the previous post regarding the our brief membership of the Art of War alliance and their war with the Clinically Insane Carebears corporation, I received word that the conflict was imminently coming to an end. I was interested in finding out how things had transpired. I managed to catch Read more…
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In recent weeks the harshness of New Eden and it’s impact on new players has come under scrutiny. In previous Freebooted interviews we’ve discussed some of the ways to participate in the world of EVE whilst avoiding the brutal asymmetric player-versus-player combat that is one of EVE’s defining characteristics. But Read more…
EVE Online. To those of us who play, it means many things. It is a platform of tools that allows us to do as we please within a wonderfully realised sci-fi setting. Within New Eden, there is a wealth of opportunity to fight, explore, build, trade and any other pursuit Read more…