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| 42s | nay |
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| 57s | didn't see that you didn't see it |
| 77s | settle down settle down |
| 94s | all right hi again everyone and welcome |
| 97s | to a deep dive project Nova one plus one |
| 103s | equals three someone said something you |
| 108s | my firm belief is that project Nova and |
| 111s | Eve online can become something more |
| 113s | than just two games in the same universe |
| 116s | and I also believe that we need both |
| 119s | great FPS fundamentals and they crafted |
| 122s | new player experience and progression |
| 124s | before we achieve that vision and |
| 128s | eighty-seven percent of surveyed Eve |
| 130s | players agreed our vision is to create a |
| 137s | long-lasting game with ongoing and |
| 139s | continuous development without sequels |
| 142s | and resets our strategy is to launch our |
| 147s | game into with a handful of quality |
| 150s | features what I refer to as the |
| 152s | foundation into the hands of a dedicated |
| 156s | community and build from there our |
| 162s | priority is the core first-person |
| 165s | experience the shooter shooter through |
| 167s | the gun experience itself and the |
| 169s | moment-to-moment gameplay therefore we |
| 172s | decided to start working with sumo |
| 174s | digital specifically their nottingham |
| 175s | studio who have extensive FPS experience |
| 179s | with individual team members having |
| 181s | worked on Goldeneye Battlefront |
| 183s | homefront Revolution and Crysis to name |
| 185s | a few |
| 186s | one of their lead designers is here at |
| 189s | Vegas and he will be joining us for the |
| 191s | roundtable later today if you want to |
| 193s | ask him questions the last time we |
| 199s | showed project Nova was at fan fest 2016 |
| 201s | when we allowed attendees to play a 6 vs |
| 204s | 6 PvP game mode inside the Chimera |
| 206s | carrier revolving around 2 mercenary |
| 209s | teams packing into a ship's mainframe to |
| 211s | steal vital information for the highest |
| 213s | bidder the vision for this demo was to |
| 216s | deliver an FPS with great fundamentals |
| 218s | controls through the gun experience and |
| 220s | second a second gameplay and we passed |
| 223s | that test |
| 224s | got a lot of positive feedback |
| 225s | especially about the performance frame |
| 227s | rates and overall weapon handling which |
| 230s | is exactly what we wanted but at that |
| 235s | time we essentially started coeval in |
| 237s | the game with community because we took |
| 240s | all your feedback back home and |
| 243s | categorized it against our own game |
| 246s | design pillars and these game design |
| 249s | pillars they provide a or drive the |
| 256s | decision-making for the whole game I've |
| 259s | taught a lot about FBX experience Eva |
| 262s | thank thick deep progression tactics and |
| 264s | teamwork and highly replayable these are |
| 267s | game design pillars and Edith antic |
| 270s | doesn't just mean visuals and audio it |
| 273s | also terms like that matters sandbox |
| 276s | social gameplay the infernal machine |
| 279s | mining looting crafting or manufacturing |
| 283s | but it doesn't mean Eve copy either we |
| 287s | have the freedom to retain improve and |
| 290s | iterate on features and what they mean |
| 292s | for an FPS but we only don't only listen |
| 300s | to the community about FPS features or |
| 302s | shooting or crafting or or fitting |
| 306s | there's a joint feeling in the |
| 308s | development team that we weren't |
| 309s | finished with the war clones and their |
| 311s | journey but we also listen to the |
| 313s | community about the lore so a dedicated |
| 316s | part of the community inspired us with |
| 318s | their written accounts of survival of |
| 320s | project Avalon and the casino Accords |
| 323s | and they have been integrated into our |
| 328s | storyline and are now somewhat cannon |
| 335s | and I leading into that I want to use |
| 339s | the opportunity to remind everyone to |
| 340s | check their emails Kashia is actively |
| 344s | recruiting grizzled veterans into a |
| 346s | defense program and there is a currently |
| 349s | a limited time of opportunity to claim |
| 351s | your surviving work loans name and have |
| 353s | it carried into Project Nova as well as |
| 356s | the exclusive Phoenix rock suit so check |
| 360s | your emails please |
| 364s | yesterday I talked about onslaught and |
| 367s | now we can get into a few details so the |
| 370s | songs are targeting spaceships they're |
| 372s | neutralizing the capacitors and then |
| 374s | deploying infantry troops to breach and |
| 377s | enter this is a conquest game mode in a |
| 381s | race against time where four players try |
| 383s | to manually power the ship up |
| 384s | before the sands are gained full control |
| 387s | the objectives are charged points they |
| 390s | can be captured and when captured they |
| 393s | power nodes that allow installations to |
| 396s | be built basically electric sockets for |
| 399s | diff maintenance and defensive purposes |
| 402s | the charge points are procedurally |
| 404s | placed as well as the lander location |
| 407s | the AI is controlled by an AI director |
| 410s | which is a combination of wave manager |
| 413s | strategy manager and behavior manager |
| 417s | allowing it to dynamically respond to |
| 420s | player actions and the combat |
| 423s | combination of these three elements |
| 425s | results in something that we call a |
| 427s | different battle every time well we did |
| 431s | not want to have PvE play out like a PvP |
| 434s | match we wanted to have a completely |
| 437s | different experience so we took |
| 440s | inspiration from tower defense games and |
| 442s | gave each enemy archetype a main |
| 444s | behavior individually each of these can |
| 447s | be learned and but the difficulty |
| 449s | quickly ramps up as you encounter more |
| 453s | enemies at the same time of the |
| 454s | different archetypes this is flexible |
| 457s | and allows us to easily add new enemies |
| 459s | over time |
| 467s | so sánchez nation the lore hounds here |
| 472s | know more than others about this elusive |
| 475s | faction but we want the we're not |
| 479s | offering a storyline in in project Nova |
| 484s | it's not a CCP thing we however want to |
| 489s | allow the player to discover interesting |
| 492s | facts memories or poor tidbits lore |
| 496s | through something we called memory |
| 500s | fragments the player himself is very |
| 504s | fragmented his mind has been cloned a |
| 507s | thousand million times maybe okay |
| 509s | overstating it a thousand hundred |
| 511s | thousand times and we will discover over |
| 515s | time through these memory fragments of |
| 517s | how it came to be what happened really |
| 520s | when when the were clones were |
| 522s | eliminated and all those things and who |
| 526s | was behind these new attacks is it a |
| 528s | trusted lieutenant that's taking up the |
| 531s | mantle of Santa Kibaki himself or is he |
| 534s | remaking a return these are all |
| 537s | questions that we want to address over |
| 538s | time with the new Eden Lord team so with |
| 542s | help from Eve and the event teams the |
| 549s | enemies are facing are the still living |
| 552s | remains of true slaves callously used up |
| 555s | through hazardous labor and encased in a |
| 558s | grotesque cybernetic body kept comatose |
| 562s | and fed a chemical cocktail called bliss |
| 565s | they're mostly unaware of their actions |
| 570s | and this is what inspired us when we're |
| 575s | starting to think about what a staunch |
| 577s | enemy looks like this is the a Victorian |
| 580s | death mask of a child with this list |
| 584s | like feature facial features |
| 590s | moving on to PvP it's not something that |
| 594s | we're play testing here here and now but |
| 596s | it's something you'll be able to get |
| 597s | your hands on immediately in November |
| 599s | when we start ramping up play tests in |
| 602s | the Alpha so PvP is our live and well |
| 605s | don't worry about it |
| 606s | it's a unique two way escort or payload |
| 609s | game-mode where both teams are |
| 611s | responsible for pushing their own |
| 612s | payload it's 16 v 16 PvP that is a |
| 619s | number that we chose for various reasons |
| 621s | mostly because I enjoyed the most the |
| 628s | attacking team is landed on target |
| 630s | brought their own pilot and established |
| 631s | a beachhead they aim to eject the |
| 634s | current pilot and make away with the |
| 636s | ship intact as the payload progresses |
| 639s | towards the destination they will their |
| 641s | pass will lead them close to charge |
| 643s | points that may or may not be under |
| 646s | their control |
| 647s | this calls for communication both in the |
| 650s | pregame before anything's happened when |
| 653s | players are selecting their battle kit |
| 654s | and which drop suit they want to use and |
| 657s | during battle especially when factoring |
| 659s | in installations and charge point |
| 661s | strategies a part of the team must post |
| 663s | its own payload a part of the team must |
| 665s | push the enemy's payload back and part |
| 668s | of the team must be scouting ahead to |
| 670s | secure charge points and defending them |
| 672s | combined forces of cloaked infiltrators |
| 675s | scouting ahead assault clearing the way |
| 677s | logistics setting up the fortifications |
| 680s | and sentinels defending this all takes |
| 682s | place on the iconic Minmatar battleship |
| 685s | the Maelstrom |
| 691s | and how did we end up with a maelstrom |
| 693s | we wanted to make sure that the size of |
| 696s | the ship supported the gameplay we were |
| 698s | offering the number of players and the |
| 699s | number of AI which meant we were looking |
| 702s | at battlefield battleship sizes or |
| 704s | bigger we also wanted to have some epic |
| 707s | views and we want to have some beyond |
| 710s | places or ships that Eve players would |
| 712s | know intimately so here are some |
| 716s | explorations of potential battlefields |
| 718s | in project Nova before we picked another |
| 721s | Maelstrom |
| 729s | there's a couple of places the Hyperion |
| 731s | scorpion the Arkin and then watch the |
| 734s | Maelstrom even if star bases and |
| 741s | outposts have been phased out and |
| 743s | replaced by Citadel's and Eve they still |
| 745s | provide us a lot of inspiration of what |
| 747s | a mercenary stronghold could be anchored |
| 750s | to a plasma planet or a beautiful Sun we |
| 754s | really want to try to explore the |
| 756s | universe |
| 757s | we shouldn't expect the next map to be |
| 759s | any spaceship which would expect |
| 762s | something different something bold |
| 764s | something that you've always wanted to |
| 766s | see from that point of view and |
| 769s | obviously so that's the minimal tour |
| 773s | which is a early concept and obviously |
| 778s | we're also exploring what the sunset |
| 780s | interiors could look like |
| 787s | and yesterday I mentioned that project |
| 790s | Nova has all new content let's take a |
| 792s | closer look at that |
| 797s | one thing I wanted to mention was that |
| 799s | we decided to go further or beyond |
| 801s | before empires for inspiration which is |
| 804s | why we specifically chose the mortis |
| 806s | Legion to be the first rocket that we |
| 808s | made it's the medium assault and it's |
| 812s | called assault quite original it's |
| 816s | difficult to find a better name |
| 817s | I can guarantee you can I've tried the |
| 822s | assault grab ability which is a unique |
| 824s | class ability is a slide to either get |
| 827s | into cover or get up close and personal |
| 830s | one thing that we've learned is that if |
| 835s | you don't have a unique ability per |
| 836s | class you start ending up with rolls and |
| 841s | crouching on one another so a very heavy |
| 844s | light becomes like a light medium and |
| 846s | vice versa so we really wanted to make |
| 848s | sure that you couldn't really just fit |
| 851s | into every every role this is the |
| 856s | miniature infiltrator he has the hover |
| 858s | grab ability allowing them to get behind |
| 860s | enemy lines or even just behind and a |
| 863s | single enemy shoot them from above or |
| 866s | get above cover for a sniper shot so |
| 869s | very this is one of the most faith fun |
| 873s | things to do is to hover snipe someone |
| 875s | in the head that creates a lot of |
| 878s | screeching and yelling and play tests |
| 885s | finally the Sentinels haiji ability a |
| 888s | Caldari class is effectively siege mode |
| 892s | which grants increased accuracy and rate |
| 894s | of fire and this is actually one thing |
| 899s | that we really wanted to try to enable |
| 902s | with these class abilities is that they |
| 905s | don't only function for one style of |
| 908s | gameplay so my favorite Sentinel fit is |
| 910s | currently a sentinel shotgun which is |
| 914s | maybe not that common it's a heavy guy |
| 918s | can't run fast can't get into close |
| 920s | proximity but the high G ability reduces |
| 925s | spread massively so effectively I can |
| 928s | snipe with my shotgun from long |
| 930s | distances which is fantastic it's |
| 934s | everything I wanted and then plan drop |
| 942s | suits we have a couple of drop suits in |
| 944s | the pipeline already this is the gallant |
| 950s | take commando we have your salt this is |
| 954s | the thing that I will exclusively be |
| 956s | playing and a sisters of Eve logistics |
| 970s | what what oh no concept known gotta keep |
| 976s | something so weapon concepts so you know |
| 983s | that the weapons of project Nova are |
| 985s | much like Eve's weapons inspired by |
| 987s | modern weapons and then reimagined in |
| 989s | the far future they're scientifically |
| 995s | grounded rather than fantastically this |
| 998s | is the Caldari rail rifle and this was |
| 1002s | the minister bolt rifle just and this is |
| 1007s | the amore pulse rifle |
| 1011s | so you can see that we've applied the |
| 1014s | unique shape and design languages of the |
| 1016s | EVE universe and the factions on top of |
| 1018s | our our modern weapons plus anyone |
| 1024s | excited about this weapon I some |
| 1027s | omarion's in the group so we actually |
| 1033s | I'm okay I'm going off script here super |
| 1036s | nerd on the weapons so I really went |
| 1041s | into how we could reflect all of the the |
| 1044s | the technologies of Eve as well so i i'm |
| 1047s | not an eve player |
| 1048s | I understand Eve Allah we've been |
| 1051s | working at CCP for 12 years always |
| 1054s | followed Eve and and these are the |
| 1056s | things that that make me excited when |
| 1058s | I'm trying to design something or get |
| 1060s | the feature up running in project Nova |
| 1062s | is I can always go into the wiki or ask |
| 1066s | someone in the canteen about like how |
| 1068s | does their weapon work like because it's |
| 1070s | actually written down somewhere there is |
| 1072s | a library or encyclopedia of all of |
| 1075s | these technologies so I love the fact |
| 1078s | that we're actually using crystals as |
| 1080s | like ammunition so that's something that |
| 1083s | I really wanted to get into the game as |
| 1085s | fast as possible same thing with this |
| 1087s | this here don't know if it has it so the |
| 1090s | Caldari we designed like a full like |
| 1093s | spinning gravimetric thing inside that |
| 1097s | propels a rail projectile etc so we |
| 1100s | really went all in on trying to capture |
| 1102s | the eve design the philosophy and then |
| 1105s | we just have the bolt |
| 1106s | rifle which is simply a high-powered |
| 1108s | explosive fire |
| 1114s | low tech gets the job done gets a job |
| 1117s | done |
| 1127s | I'm not gonna say there and a prod |
| 1130s | concept of a caldari rocket launcher |
| 1133s | exists so these are the weapons that we |
| 1145s | have in the in store weapons you've seen |
| 1150s | are the service assault rifle the sniper |
| 1152s | rifle and the launcher these are all the |
| 1154s | upwell designs sorry |
| 1158s | those are taking pictures so what we |
| 1162s | decided to do was create a new kind of |
| 1167s | faction or not create a new faction use |
| 1170s | the faction to give the normal weapons |
| 1173s | so what I kind of always missed was the |
| 1175s | change from like the standard grunt |
| 1180s | weapon that you'd kind of assumed you'd |
| 1183s | be issued and then going up to the elite |
| 1187s | Empire weapons like I I think it they |
| 1191s | need to be earned in in some way so we |
| 1193s | created this faction that is more |
| 1195s | generic if you will we really just |
| 1198s | wanted to Millie ur normal and then the |
| 1202s | upgrade into something that is a truly |
| 1204s | like a faction based weapon become |
| 1207s | something Wow okay that's a it's a huge |
| 1208s | difference there are some there's real |
| 1210s | character than in this in this weapon so |
| 1213s | the one you've seen probably is the flak |
| 1214s | pistol the members reflect pistol which |
| 1216s | is a basically like an explosive Smith & |
| 1219s | Wesson which is really fun the two |
| 1222s | weapons you haven't seen I'll go back |
| 1224s | I'm teasing are the particle prism which |
| 1228s | is a laser shotgun of course |
| 1232s | and the fusion torch which is a glint a |
| 1237s | flamethrower something I've always |
| 1243s | wanted to make so it's really like just |
| 1247s | a portable jet engine is is what I would |
| 1250s | describe it so those are the weapons |
| 1257s | that we have in store something near and |
| 1261s | dear to my heart is attachments so as an |
| 1266s | FPS player I'm I have a very personal |
| 1268s | preference about my optics and handling |
| 1271s | and how I like my weapons so I'm very |
| 1275s | happy to announce that we have something |
| 1277s | called global attachments which is great |
| 1280s | for player like me and adds a whole new |
| 1283s | layer of customization into into Pro |
| 1285s | Genova again something that is a big big |
| 1289s | game design pelipper's is the |
| 1290s | progression and part of progression is |
| 1292s | customization so here the standard front |
| 1296s | grip magnetic choke swappable sites etc |
| 1301s | so these this is a system that we will |
| 1303s | keep building on and then a couple of |
| 1308s | planned weapons also in store |
| 1311s | this was the forge gun |
| 1318s | so the only faction weapon that was |
| 1321s | missing from the first batch this is |
| 1325s | intended to obviously shoot down heavy |
| 1330s | Sancha for one also to shoot down heavy |
| 1334s | drop suits in PvP so don't worry you'll |
| 1339s | have plenty of victims even if you don't |
| 1342s | have a vehicle and we're also thinking |
| 1347s | of really trying to embrace this this |
| 1349s | idea of the the kinetic damage and these |
| 1353s | weapons will be passed through so |
| 1355s | they'll keep going through enemies until |
| 1358s | they hit a wall or something so the |
| 1367s | ultimate sniper out saying the second |
| 1372s | weapon is the pulse rifle that we saw a |
| 1374s | previous concept and this is the the |
| 1378s | proper one this is the the if people |
| 1383s | like the Scrambler rifle this is it's |
| 1384s | it's it's mark 2 has everything you want |
| 1389s | Gold crystals and more gold |
| 1397s | no but we really kind of taking really |
| 1400s | wanted I don't I should have put it the |
| 1403s | the iron sight is actually the amore |
| 1406s | symbol |
| 1410s | everything for you guys |
| 1415s | installations is one of the most |
| 1417s | interesting parts of project Nova and |
| 1421s | adds a lot of strategy and depth into |
| 1424s | into the PvE and PvP so I'm going to go |
| 1429s | out on a limb and say we've never seen a |
| 1433s | this kind of base building or whatever |
| 1437s | you call it in NFPA in a PvP game so |
| 1440s | we're very excited about that |
| 1442s | each loadout is actually has an |
| 1445s | installation slot so you're bringing |
| 1447s | these in schematics and they allow you |
| 1450s | to build that kind of turret or |
| 1453s | installation when you have a power node |
| 1457s | some drop suits like the logistics can |
| 1459s | effectively become the engineer class |
| 1461s | that can bring in more installations at |
| 1464s | the other classes for example it's |
| 1466s | better at building them can overpower |
| 1468s | them can heal them etc so that's a |
| 1472s | specialization that we really wanted to |
| 1473s | kind of break away for the logistics |
| 1476s | they actually had a real kind of like |
| 1479s | they're not like a healing assault like |
| 1483s | which is what they were treated as |
| 1485s | sometimes so they have a real real |
| 1488s | important purpose in the indie in the |
| 1490s | whole game both game modes Sentry's |
| 1494s | provide a lot of firepower so this is |
| 1496s | the change century and then the rocket |
| 1499s | century and then the EMP century and |
| 1501s | this is pretty much a play on |
| 1506s | rock-paper-scissors against the AI but |
| 1509s | the EMP sentry for example these shields |
| 1513s | but it also confuses the AI BMP century |
| 1517s | also scrambles the mini-map of PvP |
| 1521s | players so it's more like a kind of a |
| 1525s | war thing if you will |
| 1527s | rocket country is just a brutal high |
| 1530s | alpha and the G chain gun is really just |
| 1532s | a sustained DPS and then we have depots |
| 1537s | and one of those is in an ID port which |
| 1540s | can grant temporary augmentations so |
| 1542s | increased repair or etc etc so these are |
| 1546s | time based augmentations so you have to |
| 1549s | build it for the team everyone starts |
| 1551s | using it maybe that's the matter to |
| 1554s | build those maybe it's a matter to build |
| 1556s | all and EMP centuries we'll figure that |
| 1558s | out and this all brings us to the |
| 1564s | loadout and I've heard a lot of concerns |
| 1567s | that we're not making a a neve game |
| 1569s | we're making a hero by shooter or hero |
| 1573s | shooter or we're not gonna have all the |
| 1575s | depth we're obviously going to have all |
| 1577s | the depth we've adapted and at that and |
| 1581s | adopted the concept of modules from Eve |
| 1584s | and we're making a radical change from |
| 1587s | from what we did before and we're |
| 1589s | removing the concept of embattled |
| 1591s | quantity so we're introducing cooldowns |
| 1594s | only on on all equipment on active |
| 1598s | equipment and players will be able to |
| 1600s | choose between passive modules which |
| 1603s | give a always-on lower power and the |
| 1607s | higher bonus coming from an equipment on |
| 1609s | cooldown or active module this gives us |
| 1612s | a great balancing tool and control over |
| 1615s | spam tactics which were very prevalent |
| 1618s | in some of our older games and then |
| 1623s | finally the firmware sloth is something |
| 1626s | that I'm very excited about |
| 1634s | so firmware is a new concept in E in |
| 1637s | Nova we wanted to apply a lot of what |
| 1640s | makes Eve the eve fitting game so rich |
| 1642s | and flavorful but add our own flavor and |
| 1646s | we have an incredible amount so this is |
| 1648s | just logos guys it's not like the it |
| 1651s | represents the incredible amount of |
| 1654s | content that we can use to create |
| 1655s | variants and for those drop suits and |
| 1659s | weapons |
| 1660s | if actions will be represented with |
| 1662s | firmware giving a unique set of bonuses |
| 1664s | and penalties so firmware has its own |
| 1667s | slot and follows all the rules of |
| 1669s | equipment but it shares a similarity |
| 1672s | with Riggs and Eve so I think the |
| 1675s | easiest way to explain it is to instead |
| 1678s | of getting a separate Navy s you ship |
| 1680s | you in Nova you get a Navy issue |
| 1684s | firmware you can apply that to your drop |
| 1686s | suit but then if you want to remove it |
| 1688s | you destroy it so it becomes very kind |
| 1694s | of like ok I'm gonna commit to this do I |
| 1696s | want another suit I'm gonna put theirs |
| 1698s | up there's a meta that happens here and |
| 1700s | also ties in to the fact that there's a |
| 1703s | risk/reward element to it and there's a |
| 1706s | it gives an angle in which a new meta |
| 1711s | can be born but not necessarily switched |
| 1713s | as easily to fit the flavor of the month |
| 1716s | you're sacrificing the last flavor of |
| 1719s | the month to fit the new flavor of the |
| 1721s | month so you can't just go back so this |
| 1723s | is something to think about we think |
| 1725s | it's a it has great potential especially |
| 1728s | when it tap into all of these factions |
| 1730s | or or corporations of Eve tying into for |
| 1735s | example the fact that boundless creation |
| 1738s | for example maybe they become known as |
| 1742s | the firmware that gives plus 3% reload |
| 1746s | speed or something and that becomes |
| 1749s | their flavor and then you start to |
| 1751s | understand okay I got this from this |
| 1754s | family and this from this family and |
| 1755s | start to deepen the connection to all |
| 1757s | these corporations that actually don't |
| 1758s | have a they had don't have an in-game |
| 1761s | representation of any features and Eve |
| 1763s | as far as I know |
| 1768s | so now that we have the foundation we |
| 1772s | can put it into our players hands and |
| 1773s | start working on what makes project Nova |
| 1775s | truly unique with a game like first Nova |
| 1779s | it can be difficult to separate between |
| 1780s | what's it launched where are we |
| 1782s | definitely doing what do we are we |
| 1784s | thinking about doing and what are we |
| 1786s | dreaming about doing but today I'm not |
| 1790s | going to lay out a multi-year roadmap of |
| 1792s | features that's going to happen but not |
| 1795s | until we get properly engaged with the |
| 1797s | community and they start giving us |
| 1799s | feedback on what we should and should |
| 1802s | not do in the near term future EVE |
| 1805s | Online is what we are trying to emulate |
| 1807s | in this regard they launched with a |
| 1809s | small feature set as the foundation and |
| 1811s | then they built on that with the |
| 1813s | community they did not sit down 2003 and |
| 1816s | say this is our 10 15 year old map it |
| 1818s | can't be done not in this day and age so |
| 1820s | we want to build it with you guys we all |
| 1826s | know that CCP games have a reputation |
| 1828s | for being difficult to grasp and get |
| 1830s | into and we want to make sure it's it's |
| 1834s | sometimes it's a pride thing yes |
| 1836s | but we should try to make it easier for |
| 1838s | our new pros and we want to make sure |
| 1841s | that newcomers are introduced into the |
| 1843s | game with familiar concepts before we |
| 1845s | lay on the depth and another thing is to |
| 1849s | contain power progression that is a big |
| 1852s | part of our game design philosophy is |
| 1854s | not to allow power progression to go out |
| 1858s | of control so I'm going to explain this |
| 1863s | I've tried in multiple press press |
| 1866s | interviews this week and I think I have |
| 1869s | the hang of it so first a player needs |
| 1872s | to acquire and earn new loadouts these |
| 1875s | load ups will have a default weapon gear |
| 1877s | and installation they'll be ready to |
| 1879s | work out of the box experience has |
| 1882s | taught us that it's probably better to |
| 1884s | give a player a car with a steering |
| 1886s | wheel tires and an engine be rather than |
| 1892s | none of those things and say figure it |
| 1894s | out |
| 1896s | as you play you'll start to find your |
| 1901s | favorite loadout you'll unlock loadouts |
| 1903s | through a loyalty system with Conchords |
| 1907s | really and then when you find the right |
| 1911s | flavor you want okay this isn't this is |
| 1912s | the sniper guy or this is this is the |
| 1916s | forge cone guy or the heavy flamer guy |
| 1919s | or whatever you want to call them that's |
| 1922s | just the first step and that's allowing |
| 1924s | new players to okay |
| 1925s | I'm using my FPS knowledge I'm coming |
| 1928s | here and to apply it then we enter the |
| 1931s | class-based progression part of the |
| 1934s | progression where you actually have to |
| 1936s | use this drop suit or loadout that |
| 1938s | you've chosen to as your favorite and |
| 1940s | now you have to upgrade it and that is |
| 1942s | only done through using it we're not |
| 1944s | doing passive skill training in party |
| 1948s | Nova so take your loadout use your |
| 1952s | loadout to progress will upgrade the |
| 1955s | loadout and upgrading it will give you |
| 1959s | more PG to work with so you're creating |
| 1964s | a more choices over time for that |
| 1968s | loadout and the final one is the |
| 1971s | optimization and that's the fitting game |
| 1973s | you all know and love |
| 1974s | it's where the player starts mini maxing |
| 1977s | around the PG resource based on both |
| 1980s | personal preference and also what's like |
| 1982s | the the best conceivable fit you can |
| 1986s | imagine if you're that kind of guy and |
| 1989s | these are all things that are fully |
| 1990s | planned out for project Nova so I hope |
| 1993s | I've saved some or reduced some fear |
| 1998s | about this aspect for project |
| 2004s | risk and reward is also something that's |
| 2007s | heavily tied into into Eve and from our |
| 2010s | experience a lost economy needs to be |
| 2012s | designed specifically for an FPS like |
| 2014s | Taj Mahal we've learned the hard way |
| 2017s | that per death penalty's is not the |
| 2021s | right way |
| 2021s | it makes FPS players a very risk-averse |
| 2025s | it really goes against everything in FPS |
| 2028s | a modern FPS is so we did not want to |
| 2033s | punish that behavior I'm I'm a guy that |
| 2037s | prefers to go fifteen fifteen and win |
| 2040s | then go fifteen one and lose but loss on |
| 2044s | that death loss on death really makes |
| 2047s | people risk-averse they go to the worst |
| 2049s | drop suit I tried to stay out of trouble |
| 2052s | and they wait for the game to end and |
| 2054s | that's literally what happened so |
| 2057s | quantity based management of drop suits |
| 2059s | and weapons is also something we wanted |
| 2061s | to avoid running out of a fit mid battle |
| 2065s | is not a great experience and it kept |
| 2068s | players out of battle refitting wreak |
| 2071s | ustym izing in the market during battle |
| 2074s | that's not the way to fight so what we |
| 2077s | are doing in Nova is the concept of |
| 2080s | battle kit that I mentioned which is a |
| 2083s | number of drops as you can't bring it to |
| 2085s | battle and those are your basically or |
| 2088s | deck you can pick from within that |
| 2091s | selection this makes you need to think |
| 2097s | about tactics and strategy beforehand |
| 2098s | before you go into battle and not adapt |
| 2101s | on the fly to everything because that's |
| 2102s | not really strategy that's just busywork |
| 2105s | strategy is planning before battle our |
| 2111s | design proposal is therefore to use |
| 2112s | consumables per battle and this is an |
| 2117s | interesting compass |
| 2124s | so consumption per battle is basically |
| 2127s | you decide that you're going to use an |
| 2130s | equipment that has a limited use uses |
| 2133s | and once committed you can die forever |
| 2136s | within that battle you're not gonna lose |
| 2138s | that power but it's always going to be |
| 2141s | taken away from you from your inventory |
| 2142s | after battle this is for example myself |
| 2148s | let's say I have a really rare weapon |
| 2151s | that I just got and I have one of those |
| 2154s | and dust |
| 2155s | I would really okay carefully think |
| 2159s | about it I'm gonna use it now and then |
| 2162s | die the end there's no satisfaction in |
| 2167s | that in this in this scenario I would |
| 2170s | commit this weapon to the battle I'd be |
| 2172s | safe to use it die learn it and then I |
| 2175s | would say okay that was great or |
| 2177s | shouldn't have done that or this was not |
| 2181s | the right time to do it and this |
| 2183s | actually feeds into the endgame so a |
| 2188s | feature like planetary conquest and zero |
| 2190s | zero nev provides both meaning and |
| 2192s | persistence and an aspirational goal for |
| 2195s | both the players and the player |
| 2197s | corporations and the community the whole |
| 2199s | of the community CCP we the project Nova |
| 2203s | team have both the experience and |
| 2205s | know-how to make a meaningful |
| 2207s | competitive and exciting end game |
| 2210s | experience we're the best of the best |
| 2212s | class over a unique resource pride or |
| 2216s | just for the hell of it the improved |
| 2218s | lost economy that I just talked about |
| 2221s | will make sure that the best gear is |
| 2223s | saved for these occasions and also make |
| 2225s | sure that stockpiling and winning |
| 2228s | doesn't create a permanent king of the |
| 2230s | hill situation which happened because if |
| 2232s | you never die you never lose anything |
| 2234s | and that happened a lot as well so this |
| 2239s | is the most important feature to me in |
| 2241s | project Nova the end game and the most |
| 2243s | important feature to get right so it's |
| 2246s | not something we're going to get done in |
| 2248s | the very short term and it's something |
| 2251s | that we will work with the community on |
| 2253s | doing but that's absolutely what we |
| 2255s | intend to do |
| 2260s | and when we've accomplished those |
| 2263s | features and project Nova stands on its |
| 2265s | own two feet firmly on the ground we can |
| 2268s | start discussing what is one universe |
| 2271s | one war and what the hell doesn't mean |
| 2274s | that's also why it's so important that |
| 2277s | Eve the Eve team and the Nova team are |
| 2279s | sitting next to each other in Reykjavik |
| 2281s | and the sole reason why the project was |
| 2285s | moved from Shanghai to Reykjavik if you |
| 2287s | didn't know two years ago we're going to |
| 2290s | need everyone at the table players |
| 2292s | develop developers for both teams in |
| 2295s | full cooperation and what I can share |
| 2298s | since we've started talking to the leave |
| 2301s | team seas be burger so in Butte was |
| 2305s | hiding somewhere here |
| 2306s | is that we agree what type of game play |
| 2310s | we want to explore and I'm still going |
| 2314s | to say hypothetical but these are a |
| 2316s | couple of hypothetical active options |
| 2323s | oh all right I forgot to do it I'll just |
| 2328s | say limited resource trading so in its |
| 2332s | simplest term no Nova provides a useful |
| 2335s | resource to Eve and vice versa |
| 2337s | even just starting with cosmetics if we |
| 2342s | worry about game balance you have a |
| 2345s | blueprint you can make a unique skin and |
| 2347s | Eve if you get this resource or Nova |
| 2349s | done that's an economic link it's |
| 2352s | someone in the EVE universe cares about |
| 2355s | the other thing is what we call |
| 2358s | asymmetrical gameplay and I can list |
| 2361s | probably 20 ideas right now just off top |
| 2363s | my head what those could mean but I've |
| 2365s | chosen the the easiest one that I think |
| 2368s | describes what I call it a symmetrical |
| 2370s | gameplay is the moon of Endor and |
| 2373s | analogy it's a small team and in the |
| 2377s | context of reinforcement timers think |
| 2379s | about it before don't judge think about |
| 2381s | it if you can sabotage or mess with |
| 2385s | someone and Eve and they get the |
| 2389s | notification then they can react to it |
| 2391s | so let's say hypothetically |
| 2393s | hypothetically hypothetically that you |
| 2396s | have a citadel and someone issues a |
| 2401s | contract to fight that Citadel an enemy |
| 2404s | corporation you get notification that |
| 2407s | your Citadel lives under infantry attack |
| 2409s | so you can deploy your own or you can |
| 2411s | let it go and someone else will pick it |
| 2413s | up if the sabotage team wins they can |
| 2418s | move the reinforcements timer by plus |
| 2420s | minus 1 then you just have to think |
| 2424s | about it do you have to there's if you |
| 2429s | think about it it's quite cool because |
| 2431s | it's it's something that you can plan |
| 2433s | for and you can react to and it doesn't |
| 2437s | happen at the same exact time which is |
| 2440s | always a scary thing when combining two |
| 2442s | games combining second the second |
| 2445s | gameplay is high risk and not |
| 2448s | necessarily worth it from a in the best |
| 2452s | resource and |
| 2453s | management perspective I think this |
| 2457s | could be shake up things like this could |
| 2459s | shake up the meta so we can talk about |
| 2461s | it the round table or you can yell at me |
| 2463s | at the round table it's it's all fine |
| 2466s | another thing just as I'm thinking |
| 2470s | Industrial sabotage what if I mess with |
| 2472s | someone's production lines I just delay |
| 2473s | your your manufacturer like you expected |
| 2477s | something to happen now then you open |
| 2479s | her up and it didn't happen it's four |
| 2480s | hours late or that kind of stuff it's |
| 2483s | not that difficult to find ideas so |
| 2487s | we're gonna do that together so I'm just |
| 2493s | going to called |
| 2495s | today before we head into the roundtable |
| 2498s | I just wanted to make clear also with |
| 2500s | the community that we intend to work |
| 2503s | very closely with you guys as we did in |
| 2506s | this phone for that means a shared |
| 2510s | development roadmap rapid iteration |
| 2512s | balancing etc and community feature |
| 2515s | requests just as we did before and |
| 2519s | that's a promise |
| 2532s | all right take a break before the wrong |
| 2535s | table |
| 2535s | [Music] |
| 2543s | it's gonna do gonna be like a five |
| 2551s | wake up you're not dead yet you are |
| 2557s | immortal once a symbol of death and |
| 2564s | bloodshed now you lie a broken betrayed |
| 2572s | forsaken I offer Redemption |
| 2580s | reading darkness kostik |
| 2583s | gathering its forces harvesting humanity |
| 2593s | rise |
| 2594s | [Music] |
| 2607s | [Music] |