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| 2s | hello fun fest |
|---|---|
| 7s | should we try that again |
| 9s | hello fun fast |
| 15s | it's good to be back oh god i love it |
| 18s | so for those who those of you who don't |
| 20s | know me i'm csb burger |
| 22s | like hamburgers yes i know |
| 24s | and i'm the creative director of eve |
| 26s | online |
| 26s | and i want to welcome you to the eve |
| 29s | keynote |
| 30s | god damn we've waited a long time for |
| 32s | this one |
| 36s | first off i want to thank this year's |
| 38s | hosts the kalitari state |
| 40s | for hosting fanfest 2022 |
| 43s | the kalthari |
| 45s | are the kaltari is founded on the |
| 47s | pillars |
| 48s | of duty loyalty efficiency and hard work |
| 53s | while not as large as calamity rama |
| 57s | their statue is still universally |
| 59s | respected throughout |
| 61s | for their |
| 62s | economy and technology technological |
| 65s | wonders |
| 67s | this year kaltari opens their doors to |
| 69s | the newly renovated gita 4-4 for you |
| 72s | honorable capsuleer despite your |
| 75s | questionable history |
| 77s | standings and allegiance i can see |
| 79s | a few |
| 80s | yeah questionable people here |
| 84s | it's been four years since i stood on |
| 86s | states last time uh at fan fest and it |
| 89s | wasn't actually in the keynote it was in |
| 91s | this shenanigans here uh awesome |
| 94s | and like hallmark was talking about |
| 96s | earlier we took a break |
| 98s | in 2019 to take eve on a world tour |
| 101s | from the awesomes of e-vegas filled with |
| 104s | burgers and american joy |
| 107s | to little more intimacy |
| 109s | in keminosare in finland |
| 114s | apparently this is like finland all the |
| 116s | time but yeah it's awesome here you can |
| 118s | see csp helmer in deep conversations |
| 120s | about |
| 120s | wormholes needing more chaos |
| 124s | well |
| 125s | that break in 2019 became a wee bit |
| 128s | longer than we had hoped |
| 130s | but that didn't stop you guys |
| 132s | you've actually been really really busy |
| 135s | since |
| 136s | yeah 2019 |
| 138s | you've had wars |
| 140s | you have welcomed new and actually shot |
| 143s | new players |
| 144s | uh you forced new alliances and more and |
| 146s | more and more and to put it into a wee |
| 149s | bit of context |
| 151s | we have some stats |
| 153s | about what's been going on in the world |
| 154s | since 2018 the last time we were here in |
| 156s | reykjavik |
| 158s | so |
| 159s | since last fan fest in reykjavik you |
| 162s | have manufactured |
| 164s | 276 |
| 167s | billion 128 million |
| 170s | 163 |
| 171s | 031 item |
| 175s | i think there are 32 now because this |
| 176s | data was taken |
| 178s | half an hour ago |
| 180s | and to put this into context |
| 182s | even more you've actually manufactured |
| 185s | 48 million 127 |
| 188s | 647 ships |
| 190s | you've destroyed almost 30 million of |
| 193s | them |
| 194s | job well done |
| 195s | and uh |
| 202s | and then you've blown up like 7.3 |
| 204s | million capsules you know basic stuff |
| 207s | uh |
| 208s | but the next number is actually one of |
| 210s | my favorite numbers because you've also |
| 211s | destroyed |
| 213s | 1059 titans |
| 221s | not enough yeah let's blow some more |
| 224s | off |
| 227s | you've had almost 1 billion |
| 229s | market transactions |
| 231s | trading |
| 233s | this amount of items |
| 237s | worth around |
| 239s | wait for it i learned a new |
| 241s | thing yesterday |
| 243s | 35 quatrillion |
| 246s | isk anton chains yeah |
| 249s | uh |
| 251s | yeah i mean people sometimes make fun of |
| 253s | the icelandic economy that it's kind of |
| 256s | fake this definitely makes the icelandic |
| 258s | economy look fake so job well done |
| 264s | and all that creation and destruction |
| 266s | has brought us |
| 268s | you know back here to reykjavik for a |
| 270s | fantastic weekend where we can talk and |
| 274s | breathe and laugh and cry and form new |
| 277s | friendships all in the eve universe and |
| 280s | it's pretty pretty awesome |
| 283s | talking about new friends over the last |
| 285s | couple of years we've been investing a |
| 287s | lot in our new player experience |
| 290s | really supporting our new players to |
| 291s | become stronger |
| 293s | in the war machine that eve is |
| 296s | this deep |
| 298s | learning curve |
| 300s | this is an upgraded graph of the steep |
| 302s | learning curve |
| 303s | the steep learning curve |
| 304s | to get into new ethan has been a reality |
| 307s | from the very beginning |
| 310s | and through numerous attempts we've |
| 312s | tried to soften this this |
| 314s | curve with various results |
| 317s | to say the least |
| 319s | one key problem that we've always run |
| 321s | into is that we've always viewed this as |
| 323s | a problem like hey here's a problem can |
| 324s | you fix it rather than an ever-evolving |
| 328s | long-term initiative and that's a big |
| 330s | huge change that kind of was kicked off |
| 333s | at easter time in 2019 |
| 336s | eve is a vast complex sandbox with |
| 339s | incredible freedom given to the players |
| 341s | that make it their home |
| 343s | in the real side of reality most people |
| 346s | don't have core competencies |
| 348s | uh |
| 349s | to live an independent life until in |
| 350s | their kind of late teens early 20s or in |
| 353s | my case much much later |
| 355s | you will know why at pub call tonight |
| 358s | um |
| 360s | so why in the world should capsuleers be |
| 362s | ready to jump into the deep end of the |
| 363s | pool after 30 minutes of school |
| 368s | eve is about world domination or death |
| 371s | whether it's building the strongest army |
| 374s | to crush your enemies or sampling |
| 376s | a smaller squadron to trap your prey |
| 380s | it's our role as ccp to prepare the |
| 383s | hopefuls cadets into your eve online |
| 387s | because |
| 388s | more players equals more content that |
| 390s | equals a better game |
| 393s | through our focus on new players we've |
| 395s | set three core design principles |
| 398s | to help |
| 400s | frame the new player conversation going |
| 403s | forward and ultimately to victory |
| 407s | the ultimate sci-fi experience |
| 411s | first pillar pretty cool |
| 413s | i want to take you guys a few years into |
| 415s | the future and kind of see how the game |
| 417s | has changed |
| 420s | the start of playing eve gets me hooked |
| 422s | from the get-go |
| 423s | i can feel i got just thrown 21 000 |
| 426s | years into the future and i'm intrigued |
| 428s | to learn more |
| 430s | i really feel one with the game |
| 433s | whether i'm blowing up enemies mining |
| 435s | megaroids or exploring the new frontier |
| 439s | the universe inspires me to push further |
| 441s | into the unknown and forge my own |
| 444s | adventure |
| 445s | eve online is the benchmark what sci-fi |
| 449s | should look and feel like |
| 452s | easy to grasp hard to master |
| 456s | i'm coming to eve decades after it was |
| 458s | released |
| 460s | i definitely did not |
| 461s | expect to grasp the controls so quickly |
| 464s | it probably helps that i've been playing |
| 466s | other games and i've been trading online |
| 468s | for a while |
| 470s | i feel like i'm constantly evolving in |
| 472s | eve |
| 473s | every mission and interaction builds |
| 476s | confidence in taking on bigger |
| 478s | challenges |
| 478s | when i hit a roadblock aura is there to |
| 481s | help me |
| 483s | i'm not too worried about catching up |
| 484s | with others it's more about finding my |
| 486s | place in the universe and creating my |
| 488s | own niece |
| 492s | fulfills my purpose |
| 495s | eve is a more integrated part of my day |
| 498s | to day the relationships that i've built |
| 500s | are meaningful and the things that i do |
| 503s | satisfy my curiosity |
| 506s | like in the real world the single shared |
| 508s | universe is filled with all sorts of |
| 510s | people with all sorts of interests |
| 513s | this is what makes the world unique |
| 515s | exciting and unpredictable |
| 518s | but what's always predictable is finding |
| 521s | something to do |
| 522s | or the game pointing me towards |
| 525s | interesting new challenges |
| 528s | with this these principles in hand we |
| 531s | set the eve academy teams that are |
| 533s | focused on new player experience |
| 535s | on a road to a better eve online so here |
| 539s | to talk a little bit more about it i |
| 540s | want to welcome ccp sled summer |
| 544s | he always has something brewing if it's |
| 546s | game design systems beer sourdoughs who |
| 549s | knows and then after him ccp nomad |
| 552s | my favorite worm holder |
| 555s | flicker green is forward |
| 560s | hello everyone it's uh it's actually |
| 562s | amazing to see you all here in the flesh |
| 564s | again i'm from team odyssey um we're a |
| 567s | storyline content team |
| 568s | that's part of the academy segment of |
| 570s | eve online development |
| 572s | we've spent the last year reimagining |
| 573s | what the first moments of gameplay for |
| 575s | the new players should be |
| 577s | we're creating a modern narratively |
| 579s | driven |
| 580s | storyline experience that introduces |
| 582s | players to new eden |
| 583s | while teaching them the basics of the |
| 585s | games and its mechanics and showing off |
| 587s | its potential |
| 588s | we've levelled up our content authoring |
| 590s | capabilities and collaborated very |
| 592s | closely with art audio cinematics player |
| 595s | research and tool teams to deliver each |
| 598s | installment of this exciting and |
| 600s | engaging story starting with the team's |
| 602s | first release in september 2021 |
| 606s | so the first chapter of the air mpe |
| 608s | picks up as soon as the player has |
| 609s | created a character and opted into the |
| 611s | tutorial |
| 612s | we have a cinematic that introduces the |
| 614s | player to new eden and sets the scene |
| 616s | for the first moments of gameplay you |
| 617s | can see it here |
| 619s | this is the aftermath of an attack on |
| 620s | the air cloning station that you've just |
| 622s | woken up in |
| 624s | we worked closely with art cinematics |
| 626s | and audio to create a smooth transition |
| 628s | from the cinema into the game which |
| 629s | you've just seen |
| 630s | we introduced aura |
| 632s | who guides you through this experience |
| 634s | we also introduce balin ferris who is |
| 637s | leading the evacuation of this besieged |
| 639s | facility |
| 640s | and we also introduce vesper caltrix who |
| 642s | is the vp of operations for the |
| 645s | association for interdisciplinary |
| 647s | research |
| 648s | uh we established our main narrative |
| 650s | hook for the story and that is |
| 652s | uh what's who's behind this attack |
| 654s | and we did all of this against the like |
| 657s | stunning backdrops that really showcase |
| 659s | the beauty and potential of new eden |
| 662s | so the next installment we released in |
| 664s | march earlier this year |
| 666s | in this we expose the player to mining |
| 668s | for the first time |
| 670s | this is a low barrier |
| 672s | like a low barrier entry into like |
| 674s | making esk and eve online so we figured |
| 676s | this would be the most sensible place to |
| 678s | take the player next we teach the player |
| 680s | how to mine asteroids what the |
| 682s | difference between ore and minerals are |
| 684s | and what they could be used for |
| 686s | we taught them how to sell the ore that |
| 688s | they've gathered and where they can see |
| 690s | how much risk they have so exposing them |
| 691s | to the wallet all with narrative |
| 693s | justification |
| 694s | we head to how mining becomes um how |
| 697s | mining is the backbone to the economy of |
| 698s | new eden that there's a vast machine at |
| 700s | work toiling day and night to provide |
| 702s | the fundamental ingredients for |
| 704s | everything that's built in the cluster |
| 705s | and we also revisited aspects of our |
| 708s | september release we always want to |
| 709s | strive to improve what we've released so |
| 711s | we updated the skill and fitting moments |
| 714s | in in that release |
| 716s | to provide better narrative |
| 717s | justification and a more solid lesson |
| 719s | for the player |
| 722s | as you've seen |
| 723s | in the story so far we introduced |
| 725s | several key characters aura balin vesper |
| 727s | and elias |
| 729s | we want this to be a character-centered |
| 731s | experience players form strong emotional |
| 733s | connections with well-developed |
| 735s | characters and this in turn promotes |
| 736s | immersion and engagement in the universe |
| 740s | we don't want the player to feel as if |
| 741s | they're alone on their journey |
| 743s | these characters don't just drive the |
| 745s | story along they're your companions on |
| 747s | this adventure |
| 749s | it lets us give each career a relatable |
| 751s | representative and use these characters |
| 753s | to ease the player into more complicated |
| 755s | scenarios and mechanics and systems as |
| 758s | we introduce each of these characters we |
| 760s | want the experience around them to like |
| 763s | feel like a taste of what it'd be like |
| 764s | to be a member of that profession but |
| 766s | just a taste |
| 768s | the basic mechanics are core |
| 769s | competencies involved in each of these |
| 770s | careers |
| 771s | we want to give the players the space to |
| 773s | become comfortable in the universe and |
| 775s | to instill in them the confidence to |
| 776s | reach out on their own in new eden |
| 780s | underpinning all of this work is an |
| 782s | incredibly powerful new content |
| 783s | authoring system that we've made |
| 785s | alongside the content we call this noddy |
| 788s | it's short for the node graph editor |
| 790s | it's highly flexible letting us trigger |
| 792s | a plethora of events from any condition |
| 795s | that we can track on the client or on |
| 796s | the server |
| 798s | every piece of ui guidance action that |
| 800s | an npc takes the goal that a player has |
| 802s | to satisfy or music and cut scenes that |
| 805s | play in our experience are all queued up |
| 807s | and |
| 808s | scheduled by this service and this tool |
| 811s | we built this alongside the air mpe and |
| 813s | this is very important |
| 815s | but we want this to be the standard tool |
| 817s | for content development and you moving |
| 818s | forwards |
| 819s | we'll talk more about this tomorrow on |
| 821s | this stage |
| 823s | the next installment of the air mp is |
| 825s | going to focus on exploration |
| 828s | we know from survey data that the idea |
| 830s | of exploration is what brings a lot of |
| 832s | new players into the game |
| 834s | but we don't just want to show them the |
| 836s | functionality of a probe scanner or how |
| 837s | to hack a can |
| 839s | like we want to instill in them the |
| 841s | emotional values of exploration what's |
| 843s | behind that next target is there |
| 845s | anything interesting in this cosmic |
| 846s | signature who did i just see on d scan |
| 850s | we want to make sure that the player |
| 852s | appreciates the scale of the universe is |
| 854s | humbled and inspired by its complexity |
| 856s | and its majesty |
| 858s | we have a high level design for this but |
| 859s | we want to let this mature over the next |
| 861s | few months i just want to let you know |
| 863s | though that we're not going to be |
| 864s | sitting idle in the meantime |
| 866s | as i mentioned we're dedicated to |
| 868s | improving things that we've released we |
| 870s | don't want to fire and forget |
| 871s | we have extensive data points to |
| 873s | reference for our entire experience so |
| 876s | far |
| 877s | looking at this we can see some clear |
| 878s | areas for improvement so part of what we |
| 881s | want to do in the next few months is |
| 883s | harden up this experience so that we can |
| 885s | dive headlong into the next chapter |
| 888s | confident that we've given it our best |
| 890s | in the beginning |
| 891s | but that's not all we want to do before |
| 893s | then |
| 894s | career agents |
| 896s | we lead the player to the career agents |
| 898s | during their mp as a handoff |
| 901s | to find more activity to become more |
| 903s | familiar with other professions |
| 905s | the art team are working on a massive |
| 907s | visual update in its early stages for |
| 909s | all of the career agent content |
| 911s | and we on team odyssey are going to be |
| 913s | looking to introduce a guidance layer |
| 916s | assess the rewards |
| 919s | make sure any missing critical |
| 920s | information is presented to the player |
| 922s | clearly and not buried in local chat |
| 927s | with team pathfinder we're also looking |
| 929s | to give the agent conversation ui an |
| 931s | update we'll have more details on that |
| 932s | tomorrow as well |
| 934s | more excitingly for all you guys i think |
| 936s | is that we're prototyping applying our |
| 938s | node graph editor to missions |
| 941s | and two existing dungeons this is in its |
| 944s | infancy right now |
| 945s | but this is the focus for the team over |
| 947s | the next few months |
| 948s | we'll be here at 12 o'clock tomorrow to |
| 950s | talk more about this if you want to see |
| 952s | any juicier details i'll pass it over to |
| 955s | ccp nomad now who's going to talk to you |
| 956s | more about character progression and |
| 958s | career progression thank you very much |
| 969s | hello fanfest |
| 981s | that's a noble goal isn't it |
| 984s | keep new players |
| 986s | how do we do that |
| 988s | we focused on one of the possible |
| 990s | answers to that question |
| 993s | just keep them busy |
| 995s | give them something interesting to do |
| 997s | and they will stay |
| 1001s | so what |
| 1002s | is very interesting to do in eve |
| 1004s | let's see what you guys have to say |
| 1006s | about that |
| 1008s | who has seen this show of hands |
| 1012s | all right |
| 1014s | so this was made by one of you all true |
| 1016s | i hope i spelled that correctly |
| 1019s | and this shows what there is to do in if |
| 1022s | all kinds of activities |
| 1026s | but |
| 1027s | what it is lacking is just saying what |
| 1030s | stuff there is to do but there's no way |
| 1032s | to explain how to do it in other words |
| 1035s | okay |
| 1036s | i want to be an explorer and do hacking |
| 1039s | how do i go from here from seeing this |
| 1041s | screen |
| 1042s | to actually doing it in game |
| 1045s | before i explain where this is going i |
| 1047s | will show you another complexity of if |
| 1052s | those are the skill groups |
| 1054s | there's 23 of them |
| 1055s | and it's already make it difficult to |
| 1058s | pick what you want to train |
| 1060s | out of this |
| 1061s | selection but what happens when we go |
| 1064s | deeper |
| 1070s | oh god |
| 1072s | there is 461 skills in if |
| 1075s | and it's not easy to decide what to |
| 1078s | train when to train it so back with in |
| 1081s | september we simplified this choice |
| 1085s | we released the skill plans |
| 1088s | we compiled lists of skills |
| 1090s | into certified skill plans |
| 1092s | and they take away the complicated |
| 1094s | choice and allow you to easily progress |
| 1097s | your character before you know how to do |
| 1100s | it really |
| 1103s | so certified skill plans not only |
| 1105s | provide you with the list of skills but |
| 1107s | also |
| 1109s | with the information about suggested |
| 1110s | fitting for particular activity |
| 1113s | and the links to the agency so you can |
| 1116s | find the content that might be of |
| 1118s | interest to you |
| 1119s | then two months later after the |
| 1121s | september we released the corporation |
| 1123s | skill plans so you guys can do |
| 1125s | this help for your recruits |
| 1127s | thank you |
| 1133s | so |
| 1134s | we solve the skills problem kinda |
| 1137s | with the skill plans so far |
| 1140s | how do we deal with this monster |
| 1143s | let me introduce you to |
| 1146s | air career |
| 1149s | program it guides you through multitude |
| 1152s | of activities in each career so you can |
| 1154s | easily access and experience all areas |
| 1156s | of the game |
| 1158s | this new system monitors |
| 1160s | everything you do no consent needed |
| 1165s | right it provides you with the rewards |
| 1168s | for completed goals allows you to get a |
| 1170s | good picture of what there is to do in |
| 1172s | if and to choose |
| 1175s | who i want to be what i want to be doing |
| 1178s | what i should be doing now |
| 1183s | as i said it tracks all your actions |
| 1185s | gives the rewards including skill points |
| 1188s | and and skins this is mostly focused for |
| 1190s | new players but all of you will |
| 1192s | experience this in one way or another |
| 1196s | it pushes you to interact with all types |
| 1197s | of gameplay |
| 1199s | and it gives you career related |
| 1201s | free expert systems to allow you to try |
| 1203s | out ships before you train into them |
| 1206s | so then you can make the choice of what |
| 1209s | to train after you have tried it out |
| 1212s | finally it creates capable eve players |
| 1215s | who know what to do and how to do it |
| 1219s | a couple of examples of goals |
| 1224s | in total there's |
| 1226s | 188 |
| 1227s | of of them from various areas of the |
| 1230s | game some required require focused |
| 1232s | effort like hacking 20 containers in |
| 1235s | null |
| 1236s | you need to make a choice to do so |
| 1239s | others will be fulfilled passively |
| 1242s | like |
| 1243s | randomly work disrupting people |
| 1247s | and in some situations the new players |
| 1249s | might need your veteran help to fulfill |
| 1252s | their goals |
| 1254s | like here |
| 1261s | like mentioned before |
| 1263s | the air carry program will provide the |
| 1265s | players with free expert systems |
| 1268s | that will allow them to try out multiple |
| 1270s | ships and you can see |
| 1272s | um |
| 1274s | in the next slide you will see the list |
| 1275s | of ships |
| 1276s | but there's one expert system in for |
| 1278s | each carrier |
| 1280s | and they will be |
| 1281s | provided as a reward for completing that |
| 1283s | careers career agent missions so very |
| 1286s | early in the game players will will have |
| 1288s | access to a bunch of ships that |
| 1290s | otherwise they would have to train for |
| 1294s | so those are the ships that the new |
| 1296s | players will be able to fly without |
| 1298s | having to train them |
| 1304s | so what else we are working on |
| 1308s | besides the air carrier program |
| 1315s | how about this |
| 1328s | right if you are interested in any of |
| 1330s | what i said or ccp sledgehammer just |
| 1332s | said come and see us tomorrow at the |
| 1334s | same stage at 12 thank you |
| 1349s | wow pretty exciting stuff |
| 1352s | so |
| 1353s | we aim to teach players core |
| 1354s | competencies by folding the lessons into |
| 1357s | an engaging narrative that gives people |
| 1360s | purpose and goals rather than sending |
| 1362s | them to school |
| 1364s | we all |
| 1365s | all to make them better capsuleers for |
| 1366s | your ranks |
| 1368s | but the big question is has it worked |
| 1372s | so |
| 1373s | this is a pretty complex one so bear |
| 1375s | with me |
| 1377s | here you're looking at |
| 1378s | the median average meet the medium |
| 1381s | average session length by session |
| 1384s | no no wait |
| 1387s | it's way more complicated than that |
| 1388s | sorry it's the moving average of median |
| 1390s | session links in minutes by session over |
| 1392s | the last four months |
| 1394s | just want to make sure that our data |
| 1396s | team doesn't kill me after this |
| 1399s | on the right you can see the session |
| 1401s | numbers |
| 1402s | the first really interesting line here |
| 1405s | is the orange line on the bottom that's |
| 1406s | the medium average first session back in |
| 1409s | 2018 when i was standing on the stage |
| 1412s | this number was 13 minutes |
| 1414s | and it's sitting at 27 minutes today |
| 1417s | which is pretty huge |
| 1419s | and this is no aches just new players |
| 1422s | and what's actually interesting here is |
| 1425s | that by giving people purpose by |
| 1427s | teaching them how to mine and giving |
| 1428s | them you know proper goals we're |
| 1430s | actually starting to push up |
| 1432s | the the sessions after the first session |
| 1434s | which is really important |
| 1436s | but this is pretty complex and |
| 1440s | i can definitely simplify it |
| 1442s | what this basically means is that people |
| 1444s | are playing |
| 1446s | and because you love some graphs let's |
| 1447s | see some more |
| 1449s | this is the percentage of first lock-ons |
| 1451s | with the market rating within the first |
| 1453s | seven days so players are taking more |
| 1456s | part in the economy new players are |
| 1459s | taking more part in the economy |
| 1462s | and if we look at young players wealth |
| 1465s | here we're looking at the 25th |
| 1467s | percentile of active wallets |
| 1469s | back in 2018 that number was sitting at |
| 1471s | 360 000 just over |
| 1474s | but it's now |
| 1475s | at 609 000 |
| 1478s | so new players are finding more ways to |
| 1480s | make money |
| 1483s | and if we look at |
| 1484s | skill points in queues for alphas |
| 1487s | back in 2018 we're at 65 000 skill |
| 1491s | points |
| 1493s | but today |
| 1495s | we're at 950 000 skill points |
| 1498s | and that's actually uh |
| 1499s | three hundred sixty one point |
| 1502s | fifty four percent uh growth so new |
| 1505s | players are planning for the future |
| 1506s | which is great |
| 1510s | but making eve more accessible isn't all |
| 1512s | about adventures |
| 1514s | no fantastic story will ever fix shifty |
| 1516s | ui just like no fantastic ui will ever |
| 1519s | fix a shifty story |
| 1521s | i totally stole that quote from jintan |
| 1524s | if you're here thank you sorry i |
| 1525s | apostatized it |
| 1527s | uh and we've made massive investments as |
| 1530s | you might have noticed into ui and ux |
| 1533s | over the last few years |
| 1537s | all with the goal |
| 1539s | of making eve easier to understand and |
| 1540s | harder to master you want to create more |
| 1543s | reasons to look at space |
| 1545s | and we want to use |
| 1547s | common and consistent gaming language |
| 1549s | throughout and this is a huge task we've |
| 1551s | been developing this game for over 19 |
| 1554s | years |
| 1555s | so to take on that project and talk |
| 1558s | about it a little more i want to welcome |
| 1560s | on states |
| 1561s | ccp unison our lead ui designer |
| 1572s | please please please don't call him a |
| 1574s | graphic designer you should not rather |
| 1575s | call him the head |
| 1577s | of mission control efficiency |
| 1584s | hello guys i'm so excited to see you all |
| 1586s | here um |
| 1588s | i'm pretty new she's to ccp and i'm one |
| 1590s | of those sixty percent that hillmark |
| 1592s | talked about this is my first fun first |
| 1594s | since i started so |
| 1596s | super glad to be here |
| 1602s | um but i'm not new to online my dad used |
| 1605s | to work at ski one which is the place |
| 1607s | that sold the first ever copy of |
| 1609s | evenline and |
| 1611s | i remember him coming home uh on on |
| 1613s | release date with a boxed copy of the |
| 1615s | game and uh we were like super hyped |
| 1618s | playing it on our our home pc |
| 1621s | together like similar to this one here |
| 1624s | i just wanted to show this to emphasize |
| 1626s | um that it's been |
| 1628s | almost 20 years since the game came out |
| 1631s | and 20 years is |
| 1633s | a long time in gaming and an even longer |
| 1635s | time in ui design a lot changes in this |
| 1638s | time and over 20 years of development |
| 1641s | our |
| 1642s | ui had started to show its age |
| 1646s | so in the beginning of last year's we |
| 1648s | asked ourselves how do we prepare our ui |
| 1650s | for a third decade what fundamentals do |
| 1653s | we need to fix to be able to move |
| 1655s | forward |
| 1657s | when new players start playing eve they |
| 1659s | need to learn how to use our ui and know |
| 1661s | how to interact with it |
| 1663s | you can look at our ui as a visual |
| 1664s | language |
| 1666s | and and if we do that we we don't want |
| 1668s | to be teaching german uh in one window |
| 1672s | and to |
| 1673s | and then have to teach japanese in the |
| 1675s | next one |
| 1676s | so as you can see here um our button |
| 1678s | library had become way overbloaded with |
| 1680s | over 100 different styles so we really |
| 1683s | needed to needed to start by fixing the |
| 1685s | inconsistencies with our designs to be |
| 1687s | able to build upon it |
| 1690s | our answer to tackle this problem is |
| 1692s | photon our new design system |
| 1695s | we released it on tq and in april |
| 1698s | and and released it as an opt-in beta |
| 1701s | the release of the reason why we did |
| 1703s | that was to be able to get your feedback |
| 1705s | on it as early as we possibly could |
| 1710s | um after month on tq we've had over a |
| 1713s | five percent adoption rate which is uh a |
| 1715s | lot more than we expected |
| 1717s | and we've gotten super super valuable |
| 1719s | feedback from you guys we've written |
| 1721s | blogs about it posted videos posted on |
| 1724s | our forums and we're really grateful for |
| 1727s | the time and effort you |
| 1729s | put into it so thank you for that |
| 1731s | we're actively working on improvements |
| 1733s | for photon |
| 1734s | and based on your feedback |
| 1736s | and the first big one we're tackling is |
| 1739s | the |
| 1740s | is the combat mode which will tackle the |
| 1743s | the issue of some winters taking up too |
| 1744s | much space |
| 1752s | we're also working on improvements for |
| 1753s | the notification system for the neocom |
| 1755s | which will get rid of the infamous red |
| 1757s | dot |
| 1758s | but |
| 1762s | but we'll also tone down the constant |
| 1765s | blinking that we have in the neocom |
| 1766s | today |
| 1768s | after we've ironed out most of the kinks |
| 1770s | we really look forward to bring more |
| 1771s | life and and enjoyment into into the |
| 1775s | into the ui with animations and |
| 1777s | enjoyable interactions like this one |
| 1779s | here for the untuck button i just really |
| 1781s | like would love to like untalk all day |
| 1784s | with this thing |
| 1785s | it's quality of life improvements like |
| 1787s | these combined with your valuable |
| 1788s | feedback that we feel will make the |
| 1791s | difference for photon we're planning a |
| 1793s | nice update to it in june with a full |
| 1795s | release |
| 1796s | in the in in the coming fall |
| 1799s | and after laying the foundation with |
| 1800s | photon |
| 1801s | we can look beyond the basics and how we |
| 1803s | can improve the immersion and cipher |
| 1805s | field for example by giving players more |
| 1807s | reasons to look into space and interact |
| 1809s | with it |
| 1810s | and we want to give people more |
| 1812s | enjoyable interactions like in this |
| 1814s | example here we will add depth and |
| 1816s | perspective to make it feel like it |
| 1818s | belongs more in the world that you're |
| 1819s | creating |
| 1821s | we also want to look at how we interact |
| 1823s | with the core controls of the game these |
| 1825s | are very very early concepts |
| 1828s | and explorations to display how the |
| 1829s | heads up display could |
| 1832s | work like a neath |
| 1834s | the hud reacts to your needs and |
| 1835s | surroundings we want to allow you for |
| 1837s | maximum flexibility so for example you |
| 1840s | want to have four overview windows open |
| 1842s | we want you to be able to do that |
| 1852s | laying a good and consistent foundation |
| 1854s | with photon will open up the |
| 1855s | opportunities for us to bring even more |
| 1858s | immersion and and create a more visceral |
| 1860s | future for the iui and eve |
| 1862s | thanks a lot guys |
| 1874s | so much goodness |
| 1877s | so |
| 1878s | we've covered a lot of ways on how to |
| 1880s | make uh sure that our new capsuleers |
| 1883s | stick around |
| 1884s | and find the path in new eaton |
| 1886s | but that's just half the challenge it's |
| 1888s | also about finding these finding these |
| 1891s | new recruits willing to take on the |
| 1893s | challenge of new eton |
| 1896s | and to dominate the world you need to be |
| 1898s | everywhere |
| 1899s | a couple years ago we announced eve |
| 1902s | anywhere a cloud-based platform that |
| 1903s | allows all mega players to play eve on |
| 1906s | any browser |
| 1907s | eve enver is a game changer |
| 1910s | for eve as it keeps new eaton at your |
| 1912s | fingertips and allows you to lock on |
| 1914s | from any computer and even cars please |
| 1917s | don't even drive please |
| 1922s | it's been amazing to see how well you |
| 1924s | guys have actually adopted this and and |
| 1926s | given us incredibly important feedback |
| 1928s | to help us improve the experience so |
| 1931s | thank you thank you thank you |
| 1934s | after all this testing uh |
| 1937s | we're at a place where we can actually |
| 1938s | start scaling up eve anywhere |
| 1941s | we're actually going to velvet rope this |
| 1943s | scaling because we don't want things to |
| 1945s | go up in flame just yet please |
| 1949s | um so starting may 16th we are actually |
| 1952s | going to open up eve anywhere for alpha |
| 1954s | players in the territories that we're |
| 1956s | already serving and then later this year |
| 1958s | we will start to expand to new |
| 1960s | territories so look out for that |
| 1965s | also over the last few years we've |
| 1966s | greatly improved our localization |
| 1969s | localized experience in eve |
| 1971s | with better tooling and better delivery |
| 1973s | allowing more players to enjoy |
| 1975s | explosions in their own language |
| 1979s | we've localized the game |
| 1981s | into korean |
| 1983s | and we're well on our way with our next |
| 1985s | localized language |
| 1989s | thank you |
| 1991s | it's the most requested language by |
| 1993s | players |
| 1995s | spanish |
| 2003s | the eve spanish-speaking community is |
| 2006s | super passionate it's incredibly very |
| 2009s | resourceful and they love a good fight |
| 2013s | i actually stole this picture from the |
| 2015s | biggest |
| 2016s | spanish eve community on facebook |
| 2019s | there are fantastic bunch of people and |
| 2021s | they dream about building their own |
| 2023s | alliance so it's going to be pretty |
| 2025s | interesting where they claim their space |
| 2026s | and i wonder who is going to give up |
| 2028s | space for them |
| 2035s | uh every time we roll out the new |
| 2036s | language we learn a lot |
| 2038s | when we did korean we set up a korean |
| 2040s | council and we worked with a korean |
| 2042s | publishing partner to really understand |
| 2044s | kind of player jargon how koreans play |
| 2046s | the game kind of what were the nieces |
| 2048s | and so on and we're doing the same thing |
| 2050s | with spanish we're setting up the |
| 2052s | spanish |
| 2053s | player council to collaborate with |
| 2055s | but we also want to try something new |
| 2057s | spanish is a very vitally spoken |
| 2059s | language so we're actually going to roll |
| 2061s | out an early part of the spanish |
| 2063s | localization in september for the |
| 2066s | awesome community to give us proper |
| 2067s | feedback on the translation with a full |
| 2070s | release later in the year |
| 2072s | so |
| 2073s | spanish |
| 2082s | so |
| 2083s | now that we've covered getting new |
| 2085s | recruits into your ranks |
| 2087s | i think we should take a look at what |
| 2088s | you have been doing to each other |
| 2091s | over the last few years |
| 2093s | to kick us off please welcome the star |
| 2096s | lee legend the nicest walking |
| 2098s | encyclopedia about eve online my dear |
| 2101s | friend ccp swift |
| 2106s | thank you ccb burger |
| 2109s | i don't know about nicest walking |
| 2110s | encyclopedia but |
| 2113s | i have been a student of eve online for |
| 2115s | since i've started playing in 2004 |
| 2118s | i am fascinated by the stories you tell |
| 2121s | i was privileged enough to tell a few |
| 2123s | stories myself |
| 2125s | as a player which was really fun but we |
| 2127s | are the pretty much the only game that |
| 2129s | has filled not one but two history books |
| 2133s | uh just from player created stories |
| 2136s | uh now whether you're a new player an |
| 2137s | old player pvper explorer builder |
| 2141s | sometime in the last couple years you've |
| 2142s | took part in some sort of invasion |
| 2145s | uh |
| 2146s | yeah there's there's been a few |
| 2148s | the the two notable ones obviously the |
| 2150s | triglavian invasion when the uh |
| 2153s | triglavians came in and took 27 systems |
| 2157s | and of course a lot of you guys here in |
| 2159s | the audience we're in world war b2 |
| 2162s | uh yeah yeah |
| 2164s | vietnam |
| 2167s | frank's gone it's fine |
| 2172s | each of these uh invasions had kind of |
| 2174s | different strategies different metas uh |
| 2176s | different stories and of course |
| 2178s | different results but there are some |
| 2179s | some neat similarities and whenever you |
| 2181s | guys tell a story we are here to listen |
| 2184s | to it and kind of figure out how we can |
| 2185s | enable you to uh to tell even better |
| 2188s | stories in the future |
| 2191s | uh so yeah first blood |
| 2193s | at rarovos so this is the the first |
| 2196s | system that the triglavians actually |
| 2197s | successfully took i think this is uh |
| 2200s | where for a lot of you guys or at least |
| 2202s | for me uh this is where it kind of |
| 2203s | clicked like the amount of chaos that |
| 2206s | eve players could ensue over new eden uh |
| 2208s | watching this system go from high sec to |
| 2210s | lowsec to nolsec people come in and die |
| 2213s | tens of thousands of you came in there |
| 2215s | to try and uh fight forward and fight |
| 2217s | against it uh a lot of you streamers and |
| 2220s | content creators brought fleets in here |
| 2222s | a lot of nullsec people came in and |
| 2224s | brought fleets in here just to uh just |
| 2225s | to have a good time |
| 2227s | and yeah if royavos was was where you |
| 2229s | guys figured out that you could create |
| 2231s | chaos |
| 2233s | niyarja is where you guys |
| 2237s | completely broke through everything |
| 2241s | uh some incredible players at the |
| 2242s | arataka research consortium i know i saw |
| 2245s | uriel in here somewhere but i know |
| 2246s | there's a few of you uh when the |
| 2248s | troglobians were invading they were able |
| 2250s | to kind of map out and find |
| 2252s | kind of systems that that it might work |
| 2254s | for and the arja was a candidate |
| 2258s | and of course when push came to shove |
| 2261s | no one could really stop this from |
| 2263s | happening |
| 2264s | eve players said hey |
| 2266s | this is a really handy connection |
| 2267s | between jeetah and ammar it's the only |
| 2270s | way to connect these two regions |
| 2271s | together wouldn't it be cool if we just |
| 2273s | broke it for fun |
| 2274s | uh yeah yeah and then you did and it was |
| 2277s | it was miserable for a lot of people but |
| 2279s | i think that makes eve players eve |
| 2281s | players |
| 2282s | uh yeah this is this is kind of where |
| 2285s | uh really you guys left your mark your |
| 2287s | indelible mark uh on to new eden |
| 2291s | uh but that's not the only invasion uh |
| 2293s | although some of you guys were in both |
| 2295s | of them |
| 2296s | in fact many of you uh were these these |
| 2298s | two kind of did overlap quite a bit uh |
| 2300s | in the summer of 2020 uh nulsek feels |
| 2303s | like everywhere went to war they went |
| 2305s | south |
| 2306s | uh and again |
| 2308s | just like in the triglavian invasion |
| 2310s | there were some interesting strategies |
| 2312s | stories and results |
| 2316s | this one is probably my favorite |
| 2318s | the game is |
| 2320s | super old you guys are very very adept |
| 2322s | at coming up with strategies |
| 2324s | and new ways to kind of trap and kill |
| 2326s | one another but operation no was |
| 2329s | something |
| 2330s | just completely different something that |
| 2332s | eve had never seen before |
| 2333s | if you're unfamiliar |
| 2335s | the imperium baited out |
| 2338s | a pappy super capital fleet and then |
| 2340s | they logged on titans that were just |
| 2342s | like pristinely located to try and |
| 2344s | doomsday them and get them all at once |
| 2347s | uh so it didn't quite work but i know uh |
| 2350s | as someone who was in a knicks getting |
| 2351s | doomsdayed i was like oh oh |
| 2355s | uh |
| 2356s | and this is just like one of my favorite |
| 2357s | moments it shows the sheer creativity of |
| 2360s | eve players uh when we introduced like |
| 2363s | these doomsdays no one would have |
| 2365s | suspected that e players would come up |
| 2366s | with something like this incredibly |
| 2369s | inventive people |
| 2371s | but they're not the only ones |
| 2376s | as pappy were getting their foothold in |
| 2377s | the delve |
| 2379s | incredible literal record-breaking |
| 2381s | fights broke out fwst yz-9 |
| 2385s | they were long they were bloody |
| 2387s | they broke records and it was nuts just |
| 2390s | to see how the fcs and the players |
| 2392s | adapted day to day week to week |
| 2396s | papi said hey i see what these guys are |
| 2398s | doing they're warping carriers in |
| 2400s | uh why don't we just use these bubbles |
| 2403s | what could go wrong |
| 2404s | and then the keepstar kind of went up |
| 2406s | just an amazing ingenuity |
| 2409s | sometimes you think you've got the game |
| 2410s | figured out but eve is very good at |
| 2413s | humbling you and letting you know that |
| 2414s | hey someone's going to come up with a |
| 2416s | better idea just around the corner |
| 2418s | and you guys are all motivated to come |
| 2420s | up with the next great idea |
| 2424s | so if i were to like write slides for |
| 2425s | all the cool things we learned at ccp uh |
| 2428s | the keynote would be about six hours |
| 2430s | long and they said i couldn't do that |
| 2431s | um but we did learn quite a bit uh about |
| 2435s | these these two invasions and kind of |
| 2438s | learned about uh how you guys as players |
| 2442s | interacted and |
| 2443s | like i said when you guys tell stories |
| 2445s | we want to listen and kind of give you |
| 2446s | more about that |
| 2449s | uh okay you guys completely |
| 2450s | unpredictable i was uh telling uh |
| 2454s | someone who didn't really quite |
| 2455s | understand eve |
| 2457s | how ship balance works and how game |
| 2458s | balance works and i said okay well if |
| 2460s | you give eve players a piece of wood |
| 2463s | you might expect like a spear a sword |
| 2465s | something to smack someone with because |
| 2467s | you know they're notorious for that |
| 2469s | nope eve players would surprise you and |
| 2471s | build like a bike |
| 2473s | you don't know how they did it but they |
| 2475s | did it |
| 2476s | uh and now you're like okay so they |
| 2478s | built the bike i'll give them this rock |
| 2479s | now it's it's new they're going to build |
| 2481s | some sort of cool car with it or |
| 2483s | something |
| 2484s | nope |
| 2485s | you guys will build some sort of like |
| 2486s | trebuchet and then that's how you'll use |
| 2489s | this rock that we gave you |
| 2491s | uh but one thing is true if we give you |
| 2493s | sand and tools to mess with the sandbox |
| 2497s | you guys will tell amazing stories |
| 2500s | uh and and just use these tools in ways |
| 2502s | that we could never imagine |
| 2504s | and that's something that we want to |
| 2505s | keep doing and so ccp burger tell us a |
| 2508s | little bit more about how that's going |
| 2509s | to work out |
| 2510s | thanks man yeah i mean |
| 2517s | yeah i mean that's i mean that's exactly |
| 2519s | what we want to do we want to give you |
| 2522s | we want to give you tools to tell |
| 2523s | amazing stories |
| 2525s | and you know to create new bonds |
| 2528s | and we want new ethan to respond to your |
| 2530s | actions |
| 2534s | and how do we get there |
| 2536s | um |
| 2537s | as we mentioned a few months ago |
| 2540s | as you mentioned few months ago we're |
| 2541s | moving away from quadrants |
| 2543s | after the invasion arc |
| 2545s | there were a lot of big and small |
| 2547s | problems that we had to kind of dive |
| 2549s | into and deal with |
| 2553s | when we were identifying these issues we |
| 2556s | saw that like splitting the europe into |
| 2558s | four would really help us on that path |
| 2561s | it allowed us to tackle really big |
| 2563s | things like afa cloak afk cloaking cf |
| 2565s | iterations events new objectives to |
| 2567s | fight over new sites so on and so on and |
| 2570s | so on |
| 2571s | we tackled a lot of hard problems while |
| 2573s | at the same time rolling out regular |
| 2575s | events and shift balance updates |
| 2579s | but now with our foundation even more |
| 2582s | solid |
| 2583s | our design team has more freedom to work |
| 2585s | on the solid base |
| 2587s | but we're actually going to go into that |
| 2589s | a little bit more later |
| 2592s | throughout quadrants the biggest and |
| 2594s | most difficult project we took on was |
| 2596s | resource distribution and gathering |
| 2600s | it's a monumental project |
| 2604s | that really helps us set up for the |
| 2606s | third decade |
| 2608s | to go deeper into this and the effect of |
| 2611s | this change |
| 2612s | and what it means to have a solid |
| 2614s | foundation |
| 2615s | i want to welcome on to the states a |
| 2617s | really dear friend of mine we used to be |
| 2619s | in a team together we mostly asked for |
| 2622s | forgiveness |
| 2624s | rather than permission |
| 2626s | it's my dear ccp latikin |
| 2628s | look at this today look at this what |
| 2630s | could possibly go wrong |
| 2638s | so |
| 2639s | those of you who look at their monthly |
| 2640s | economic report this will probably look |
| 2642s | a little bit familiar |
| 2647s | this is the volume of all that has been |
| 2649s | mined over the last year |
| 2651s | specifically this is all ore that you |
| 2654s | can refine and turn into a spaceship or |
| 2656s | module so that's all from asteroid belts |
| 2659s | or from moons anything like that and |
| 2662s | we're going to dig into this data a |
| 2664s | little bit more and to start with we're |
| 2665s | going to go back 10 years so this is all |
| 2666s | the way back to 2012 |
| 2669s | and to make us make it easier to explore |
| 2671s | this data |
| 2672s | we're going to define some time periods |
| 2676s | so |
| 2677s | at the moment we're in new dawn |
| 2680s | prior to that is the infamous shortage |
| 2682s | phase |
| 2684s | before that is the reign of the royal |
| 2686s | call and |
| 2687s | we'll be talking about why it's called |
| 2688s | that shortly |
| 2691s | and before that we also have |
| 2694s | oh sorry during the reign of the royal |
| 2695s | during this little uh red period here |
| 2697s | that was actually what blackout did to |
| 2700s | the all-being mind |
| 2705s | and before that we have the historic |
| 2707s | phase |
| 2708s | so to continue our exploration we're |
| 2710s | going to break down the volume of all |
| 2712s | mined by each ship type |
| 2714s | so this is mining barges pretty simple |
| 2718s | in blue we have exhumers |
| 2721s | in yellow we have every other single |
| 2724s | ship that have has ever fitted a mining |
| 2726s | laser in mind |
| 2727s | excluding |
| 2729s | the rock wall |
| 2735s | in fact during the reign of the rock |
| 2737s | wall |
| 2739s | rock walls mined more cubic meters of |
| 2742s | ore |
| 2743s | than every other ship |
| 2745s | combined |
| 2749s | and they did it with less players too in |
| 2752s | fact during the reign of the rock all |
| 2754s | there was about forty eight thousand |
| 2756s | unique uh characters flying rockets |
| 2758s | compared to 1.6 million flying all the |
| 2761s | other ship types |
| 2763s | so |
| 2764s | what happened to all this all where did |
| 2765s | it go what did you guys do with it |
| 2768s | well we're going to look at sub-capital |
| 2770s | ship production by hull size and don't |
| 2773s | get me wrong there's certainly variation |
| 2775s | during this time period but on the whole |
| 2777s | sub-capital ship production has actually |
| 2779s | been pretty stable |
| 2781s | what about |
| 2782s | capitals |
| 2785s | this is just super capitals |
| 2791s | and during the reign of the royal on one |
| 2794s | single day there were 29 titans |
| 2797s | delivered and 47 super carriers |
| 2801s | this uh |
| 2803s | is is not sustainable it was a |
| 2806s | massive concentration of wealth and |
| 2808s | resources |
| 2810s | now the goal of shortage phase was the |
| 2813s | democratization of the economy to spread |
| 2815s | that wealth out a little bit and are we |
| 2817s | there yet |
| 2818s | no we we have some work to do especially |
| 2821s | around capitals as this graph will |
| 2822s | definitely show but we're working on it |
| 2826s | but we're getting there we've seen a 10 |
| 2828s | to 20 increase in the daily volume of |
| 2831s | all mined by each character with mining |
| 2833s | frigates |
| 2835s | we've seen a 8 to 16 percent increase |
| 2838s | for mining barges |
| 2840s | and we've seen a 30 increase for mining |
| 2842s | tumors |
| 2844s | and perhaps more importantly |
| 2846s | the distribution of all being mined by a |
| 2849s | region |
| 2854s | is a little better in udon compared to |
| 2857s | the reign of the rock hall during the |
| 2859s | reign of the rock hall one single region |
| 2862s | produced 27 percent of |
| 2871s | all mining is just one part of the |
| 2874s | complex ecosystem complex economy of eve |
| 2876s | online and we're looking at more than |
| 2879s | just mining and we're constantly |
| 2880s | tweaking and working on it |
| 2882s | but ultimately we believe that a more |
| 2885s | equitable distribution of resources |
| 2887s | results in more players in space |
| 2889s | and more players in space |
| 2891s | makes for a better eve online for |
| 2892s | everyone |
| 2893s | if you want to know more please come to |
| 2895s | the daily presentation roundtable cheers |
| 2909s | equitable distribution of resources |
| 2913s | larkin you really really really really |
| 2916s | make eve sound like |
| 2918s | spreadsheets in space |
| 2923s | it's hard to be a creative director |
| 2924s | sometimes when when you have all the |
| 2926s | spreadsheet lovin |
| 2928s | but you know as you all know |
| 2930s | strategic plans for world domination |
| 2932s | definitely require deep planning and |
| 2934s | we've seen corporations and analysis |
| 2937s | actually invest a lot into data you know |
| 2940s | for intelligence or efficiency or what |
| 2942s | may what you may have it |
| 2944s | and the initial knowledge and the cost |
| 2946s | of setting up these systems can be a it |
| 2948s | can be pretty daunting for small groups |
| 2951s | and with this in mind |
| 2952s | we actually reached out to our friends |
| 2954s | at microsoft access |
| 2960s | i'm not lying we actually reached out to |
| 2962s | them and they were like oh my god we |
| 2963s | love |
| 2967s | like i was saying data is massively |
| 2970s | important to many advanced playstyles in |
| 2972s | eve |
| 2973s | and by simplifying the access to data |
| 2975s | for all |
| 2976s | we will level the playground when it |
| 2978s | comes to the tools of the sandbox |
| 2982s | with microsoft we're building an |
| 2983s | extension that will allow players to log |
| 2986s | in and pull data directly into excel |
| 3002s | it's not april fools this is for wheels |
| 3005s | and this is a real prototype working um |
| 3008s | if it's for you know satisfying your |
| 3010s | curiosity if it's for you know maximize |
| 3012s | your industrial enterprise or managing |
| 3015s | your frontline warfare |
| 3017s | it's in your hands to create the tools |
| 3019s | for your advantagement |
| 3022s | this is still an early phase and we look |
| 3024s | forward to hearing more later in the |
| 3026s | year |
| 3027s | but this is pretty wild stuff |
| 3035s | even though many claim that mining is a |
| 3037s | numbers game |
| 3038s | i want to give you we want to give you |
| 3040s | more reasons to look at space and |
| 3042s | throughout our work on the new player |
| 3043s | experience we've been developing a lot |
| 3046s | of new tools |
| 3047s | uh |
| 3048s | among others |
| 3050s | a new way to create huge megaroids in |
| 3053s | space |
| 3056s | we want to dress up the mining scenes we |
| 3058s | want to make them exciting we want to |
| 3059s | make them fun to look at and engaging |
| 3062s | to begin with you will not be able to |
| 3064s | interact with those megaroids but you |
| 3065s | know who knows what the future brings |
| 3070s | and on the topic of visuals |
| 3073s | one of eve's signature |
| 3075s | is the consistent and beautiful visuals |
| 3078s | and audio |
| 3080s | the visceral experience is a key |
| 3082s | contributor on our vision pillar of the |
| 3085s | ultimate sci-fi experience where |
| 3087s | capsuleers are transferred from the |
| 3089s | day-to-day to 21 000 years into the |
| 3091s | future |
| 3094s | audio and visuals |
| 3096s | are an evolving moving target with new |
| 3098s | technology unlocking new ways to make |
| 3101s | the world even more beautiful |
| 3104s | therefore to set up for the new for the |
| 3106s | third decade |
| 3108s | it's important to never settle |
| 3110s | into set ways and be constantly |
| 3112s | searching |
| 3113s | pussing and reevaluating how we present |
| 3116s | new eaton |
| 3117s | and to tell you more about that |
| 3120s | and give you a small glimpse into the |
| 3122s | future of eve i want to invite the |
| 3124s | wizard ccp mitch |
| 3127s | that through his beautiful magic makes |
| 3129s | everything fun to ex to blow up |
| 3133s | and |
| 3135s | peace enabler ccp cafe who allows you |
| 3139s | all |
| 3139s | to blow up a lot of lots of lots of |
| 3142s | stuff at the same time |
| 3144s | take it away thank you very much |
| 3150s | it's absolutely fantastic seeing people |
| 3151s | in person it's been a crazy few years |
| 3154s | that's for sure great to be back at |
| 3155s | fantastic guys absolutely |
| 3157s | so the last few years for us um we've |
| 3160s | made some absolutely massive technical |
| 3163s | investments in the eve client |
| 3166s | in 2020 we went 64 bit entirely there's |
| 3170s | not a single bit of 32-bit code left in |
| 3173s | eve online so this was really focusing |
| 3176s | on cleaning up some of that technical |
| 3177s | debt which we all joke about and has |
| 3179s | been kicking around for a long time |
| 3181s | and we finally got there |
| 3183s | this offers much better performance uh |
| 3186s | especially in those kind of big wars |
| 3188s | that you keep having |
| 3190s | you can bring more ships than ever after |
| 3192s | this 64-bit upgrade |
| 3196s | with the foundation set we were finally |
| 3199s | able to port eve online natively to an |
| 3202s | entirely different operating system |
| 3203s | where we released the native mac client |
| 3209s | there is way more mac players than most |
| 3212s | people realize it's very very popular |
| 3215s | with uh |
| 3216s | e-players |
| 3218s | so we did the 64-bit we ported it to uh |
| 3221s | os we rebuilt our entire pipeline |
| 3224s | internally of how we built the client |
| 3226s | and again we removed a massive amount of |
| 3228s | technical debt for this we could finally |
| 3231s | say goodbye to our old wine client and |
| 3234s | if there are mac users in here that used |
| 3236s | that one client we know it was in a bit |
| 3239s | of a bad state so |
| 3241s | hopefully this has uh improved it |
| 3245s | we also launched with m1 support from |
| 3248s | day one |
| 3249s | this was great it had a massive uptake |
| 3252s | way bigger again than we actually |
| 3253s | thought it would uh would be and it's |
| 3256s | the the mac client is now on par in |
| 3258s | terms of how it looks and how it plays |
| 3260s | with our windows client actually with |
| 3263s | one exception and that is to skill plans |
| 3265s | which is coming in the release next |
| 3267s | month |
| 3272s | as part of this work |
| 3274s | we really started the main development |
| 3276s | to make eve as platform agnostic as |
| 3279s | possible so we're in the best situation |
| 3281s | we could ever be in if we want to target |
| 3283s | other operating systems and other |
| 3285s | architectures in the future |
| 3289s | once we release the mac client |
| 3291s | we could finally get rid of directx 9. |
| 3296s | so i don't know how many of you have the |
| 3298s | original uh box that come with eve of |
| 3301s | many of you in the group cool so if you |
| 3303s | actually check out the disk on that we |
| 3305s | had to install directx 9 as part of the |
| 3307s | eve installation |
| 3309s | it's been with us basically from the |
| 3310s | start it's |
| 3312s | the best part of 20 years old directx 9 |
| 3314s | it was taking up significant development |
| 3317s | resources internally and we couldn't |
| 3320s | offer a lot of the features that we |
| 3321s | wanted to offer you on directx 9. |
| 3325s | every single feature we wanted to put |
| 3326s | into eve needed an implementation for |
| 3329s | this opportunity cost for it was just |
| 3332s | too great |
| 3334s | on the plus side by removing diet x9 it |
| 3337s | does mean now we can focus on bringing |
| 3339s | you diet x 12 which we'll be shipping |
| 3342s | this year |
| 3344s | we have a working version internally |
| 3346s | we'll be announcing the mass tests for |
| 3347s | this very shortly it's actually not far |
| 3350s | off |
| 3351s | so while we're excited to be shipping |
| 3353s | directx 12 to you and looking at what we |
| 3355s | can bring to you |
| 3357s | we have managed to ship some pretty big |
| 3360s | graphical updates this year |
| 3362s | on our current tech |
| 3363s | updates like |
| 3366s | bring out eve's colors which |
| 3368s | saw us delete the grey and deepen eve's |
| 3371s | output colors to a much wider range by |
| 3373s | updating our tone mapper for something |
| 3375s | much nicer as you can see right here |
| 3378s | uh there we also adjusted the overall |
| 3380s | look of eve uh updating our shaders to |
| 3383s | take in more of the environment |
| 3385s | ships now really feel like they're |
| 3387s | inside the world wherever you are in the |
| 3389s | universe they look like they're there |
| 3391s | and after all one of the pillars of evil |
| 3394s | line since the very beginning |
| 3396s | has been the pursuit of beautiful |
| 3398s | graphics |
| 3400s | and our investments into the tools to |
| 3403s | make those over the last couple years |
| 3404s | accumulated |
| 3406s | and paid massive dividends in upping the |
| 3408s | quality of the new player experience |
| 3411s | paving the path with |
| 3413s | exciting and dynamic visuals as well as |
| 3416s | engaging |
| 3418s | first steps content for your soldiers |
| 3420s | and |
| 3421s | troops of tomorrow |
| 3422s | to |
| 3423s | walk down |
| 3425s | and even if the new player experience is |
| 3427s | the catalyst |
| 3428s | and in the long run everyone will |
| 3431s | benefit and just a short while ago why |
| 3434s | we |
| 3435s | spent time on improving our reflections |
| 3437s | to in |
| 3438s | aid to make these environments look even |
| 3440s | better |
| 3442s | more things are now reflected in real |
| 3444s | time |
| 3445s | and this is cool because you can see |
| 3447s | things like explosions |
| 3449s | reflect on ships now |
| 3451s | things like wormholes also now |
| 3453s | reflecting on your ships |
| 3455s | sino beacons stations jump gates they're |
| 3457s | all included in reflections now |
| 3460s | these little additions across the game |
| 3462s | are making eve just you know that little |
| 3464s | bit more realistic |
| 3466s | so where you are you know things are |
| 3467s | reflecting on you |
| 3472s | thank you |
| 3474s | all right so what's next |
| 3477s | just a disclaimer that everything that |
| 3479s | you see is work in progress and is |
| 3481s | subject to change |
| 3484s | so the first one and as a player myself |
| 3487s | i'm super excited for this one is |
| 3490s | high resolution nebulous |
| 3492s | this is coming in the june release |
| 3495s | we've doubled the resolution |
| 3498s | there's significantly less banding |
| 3500s | and we've also changed the type of |
| 3502s | compression that we use |
| 3504s | and these look absolutely amazing in |
| 3507s | game |
| 3509s | we've also entirely overhauled what we |
| 3512s | call our level of detail system so all |
| 3514s | games use this if you're not familiar |
| 3516s | with it it's how we render things like |
| 3518s | polygons and textures based on the |
| 3520s | distance from the camera |
| 3523s | the new system that we're using has been |
| 3525s | rewritten from scratch because the |
| 3527s | existing one is that's as old as the |
| 3530s | game itself i think it's 19 years old so |
| 3532s | it needed a bit of love |
| 3534s | we used to have three levels before and |
| 3536s | that's actually quite restrictive for |
| 3538s | the artists |
| 3540s | now we've got as many as we need this |
| 3542s | feeds really nicely into being able to |
| 3544s | make absolutely huge scenes |
| 3549s | it also allows us to do things like |
| 3551s | automatic switching so i'm sure we've |
| 3553s | all seen this in the client at the |
| 3554s | moment |
| 3555s | you'll change your camera and things |
| 3557s | will kind of snap in between different |
| 3559s | models |
| 3560s | that will be gone |
| 3564s | also better performance |
| 3566s | and this is particularly noticeable for |
| 3568s | anyone on a mid or a low end machine |
| 3570s | because we have to render less polygons |
| 3572s | now you get a higher frame rate |
| 3575s | and also we can create higher fidelity |
| 3578s | meshes |
| 3579s | you may have already seen a few sneak |
| 3581s | peeks of these in some of the slides |
| 3583s | already |
| 3585s | the lord improvements aren't just about |
| 3588s | polygons though they also relate to |
| 3590s | things like textures and how we instance |
| 3593s | things inside of the game |
| 3596s | so previously we could only ever change |
| 3598s | a texture on a model when we change the |
| 3601s | model |
| 3602s | that's no longer the case we can change |
| 3604s | them independently |
| 3606s | doesn't sound like much but that's an |
| 3608s | absolute massive boom to being able to |
| 3610s | do things like put a thousand keep stars |
| 3613s | on grid and then fly through them |
| 3615s | without any performance impact compared |
| 3617s | to what we had before anyway |
| 3619s | please don't try and do that that's not |
| 3621s | a challenge |
| 3627s | we've not shipped it yet i know you're |
| 3628s | going to use it in a way we haven't |
| 3630s | predicted and then probably have to |
| 3632s | redevelop a few things but |
| 3634s | it's absolutely awesome we can genuinely |
| 3636s | make these huge areas of space now with |
| 3638s | models that are |
| 3640s | absolutely massive |
| 3642s | it also feeds into other things like |
| 3645s | attachments |
| 3646s | which you're probably very familiar with |
| 3648s | from |
| 3649s | turrets and also |
| 3651s | things like particle systems they really |
| 3654s | leverage |
| 3655s | the advantage of this |
| 3664s | hello hello |
| 3667s | yeah |
| 3667s | so |
| 3669s | uh one of these new things is lit |
| 3671s | particles uh |
| 3673s | we just implemented these for us to |
| 3675s | start using |
| 3676s | uh which for my visual effects artist |
| 3678s | itself is just like |
| 3680s | it's a it's an exciting time it's |
| 3683s | great and |
| 3685s | this is an example of what that might |
| 3687s | look like |
| 3690s | this basically means that the newly |
| 3691s | authored particle systems can now |
| 3693s | receive light from nearby light sources |
| 3695s | or from the local star |
| 3697s | and expect us to get a lot better using |
| 3699s | these over time |
| 3701s | right now it's very much early days |
| 3703s | but i think you can see this holds a lot |
| 3705s | of promise |
| 3708s | now |
| 3709s | i don't know about you guys but i'm |
| 3711s | always really enjoyed this one |
| 3713s | particular moment from the birth of the |
| 3716s | capsuleer trailer |
| 3721s | our cinematics team did a great job as |
| 3723s | usual and we've been thinking |
| 3726s | could we do something like that in game |
| 3728s | something inspired by that |
| 3731s | you want to see what we have so far |
| 3736s | now okay i have to say a couple things |
| 3738s | first |
| 3741s | in the following video just focus on the |
| 3743s | ship uh some parts have been sped up and |
| 3747s | uh it is work in progress so |
| 3749s | let's get the audio on this let's go |
| 3752s | yeah i forgot to click |
| 3805s | what was that |
| 3808s | anyways this is just a little part of |
| 3810s | what investing in our foundations |
| 3813s | brings investing in our engine in our |
| 3815s | tooling and we're doing a lot of that |
| 3817s | which is giving us the ability unlocking |
| 3820s | and enabling us to do things that are |
| 3822s | simply higher quality simply way cooler |
| 3825s | and more awesome things than ever before |
| 3827s | and this all leads into the eve of |
| 3829s | tomorrow being more beautiful a more |
| 3831s | immersive and visceral experience |
| 3843s | of course this is a lot of graphical |
| 3846s | enhancements that we're putting in the |
| 3848s | client and we want to make sure as many |
| 3850s | people as possible can enjoy these so |
| 3852s | one of the integrations that we'll be |
| 3854s | doing this year is amd's fidelityfx |
| 3858s | super resolution which will allow you to |
| 3860s | play the game at a higher resolution at |
| 3862s | a lower performance cost |
| 3864s | in addition to that we'll also be adding |
| 3866s | freesync so if you have a freesync |
| 3868s | compatible monitor you'll be able to |
| 3870s | enjoy the smoothest experience so far |
| 3873s | without any screen tearing whatsoever |
| 3883s | if you like some of that then do you |
| 3884s | want to know more or just happen to |
| 3886s | enjoy pleasingly arranged pixels |
| 3889s | i want to see what we're planning on |
| 3891s | doing with them then come to the art of |
| 3893s | eve |
| 3894s | into the third decade presentation right |
| 3896s | in this room at 3 pm today |
| 3898s | we have a presentation that is |
| 3900s | absolutely packed to the brim to show |
| 3901s | you |
| 3902s | and stop by the art corner |
| 3905s | somewhere up there in the building and |
| 3907s | say hi the artists they don't buy it you |
| 3909s | know |
| 3910s | they want to hear from you |
| 3913s | if you're interested on how we build eve |
| 3916s | online the journey to a native mac |
| 3918s | client or perhaps you just want to chat |
| 3919s | about dirt x then drop by the rain table |
| 3922s | tomorrow at 10 o'clock in room two and |
| 3925s | we would love to hear any ideas that |
| 3927s | you've got as well as show you what |
| 3929s | we're currently working on |
| 3930s | thank you fanfest |
| 3941s | beautiful beautiful beautiful stuff |
| 3944s | so |
| 3945s | when trying to understand new eden |
| 3948s | it's really good to look at a city |
| 3952s | the city has plenty of system functions |
| 3955s | like buildings infrastructure schools |
| 3957s | and so on |
| 3958s | and then |
| 3960s | on top of that |
| 3962s | the city has its inhabitants people |
| 3964s | animals planted plants trees |
| 3968s | the actual city happens at the |
| 3969s | intersection of the two |
| 3971s | filled with the agenda emotion |
| 3974s | compromise and so on |
| 3977s | you have the more secure parts of town |
| 3978s | where you can go about your business |
| 3980s | without too much harassment |
| 3982s | but there's always the east side you |
| 3984s | know if you're into that |
| 3988s | each player and classic empire |
| 3991s | of eve can be viewed as a city state |
| 3994s | where interests of each faction is built |
| 3996s | around their beliefs |
| 3998s | their needs |
| 3999s | and their needs drive their agenda |
| 4002s | conflict or compromise it's in your |
| 4004s | hands to navigate |
| 4008s | but unlike the real city our inhabitants |
| 4010s | ability to shape the world |
| 4012s | is quite limited |
| 4015s | we strive to create virtual worlds more |
| 4017s | meaningful more meaningful than real |
| 4018s | life and in many ways we do |
| 4021s | you know you guys seem to like the game |
| 4024s | and the world |
| 4026s | friendships are formed |
| 4028s | big achievements conquered |
| 4029s | beautiful things are built and then |
| 4032s | destroyed |
| 4033s | attitude |
| 4034s | but once you look past the incredible |
| 4036s | player simulation the world is pretty |
| 4039s | static and predictable |
| 4041s | you'll always have multiple parallel |
| 4043s | simulations going on at the same time |
| 4046s | but it's time to elevate the empire and |
| 4049s | the universe simulation |
| 4052s | we use this as spaces for three vision |
| 4055s | pillars |
| 4056s | for challenging you all the core |
| 4060s | i belong here i want to take you few |
| 4062s | years into the future again |
| 4064s | to talk a little more about that |
| 4067s | new eden is colored by the people that |
| 4069s | occupy it |
| 4070s | inhabitants claim their stake and become |
| 4073s | masters of their surroundings |
| 4077s | eve online is and has always been about |
| 4081s | people dealing with people |
| 4084s | and this goes way beyond pvp or trade |
| 4088s | from selecting another player to |
| 4090s | entering a new space you can always read |
| 4092s | the story |
| 4094s | from metals showing achievements |
| 4097s | to megastructures on honoring the rulers |
| 4100s | of that given system |
| 4103s | cruel but fair |
| 4106s | new eden's rules of engagement are clear |
| 4109s | and consistent |
| 4110s | and i can apply the knowledge from one |
| 4113s | part |
| 4114s | to one to the next |
| 4116s | the real difference lies in the |
| 4118s | environment and the people that occupy |
| 4120s | each system |
| 4124s | even though some |
| 4125s | of the changes are out of my area of |
| 4127s | control i feel my influence |
| 4130s | shaped the outcome of it |
| 4133s | when things go wrong |
| 4135s | i can see how it happened adapt and |
| 4137s | continue |
| 4141s | vibrant metropolis |
| 4144s | new eden is a playground where systems |
| 4147s | and emotions build the perfect vibrant |
| 4149s | metropolis |
| 4152s | as you travel through the returns you're |
| 4153s | reminded of earth cities from 21 000 |
| 4156s | years ago |
| 4158s | where the streets tell the story of the |
| 4160s | people that have claimed it their home |
| 4162s | and just like the city it never stops |
| 4165s | it's in your hands to save it to your |
| 4166s | needs |
| 4169s | even line happens when the constraints |
| 4172s | of the system meets the dwellers of new |
| 4174s | eaton |
| 4175s | the universe is alive and kicking and |
| 4177s | it's in our hands to make it what we |
| 4180s | want |
| 4181s | if it's imp if it's influencing the |
| 4183s | imperial agenda |
| 4184s | or setting course for your own empire |
| 4187s | one thing is for sure the world will |
| 4189s | never be the same again |
| 4191s | to dive deeper in how we're taking these |
| 4193s | vision pillars and applying them to our |
| 4195s | work i want to invite three great |
| 4197s | friends ccp ratari |
| 4199s | who was once a financial guy i'm sure |
| 4201s | you don't know that but he was an avid |
| 4203s | fps player so he ended up just doing |
| 4206s | games which is way better |
| 4207s | then we have ccp lockheed the one-man |
| 4210s | production team between behind the scope |
| 4212s | and |
| 4213s | i guess he's like the swiss army knife |
| 4215s | of ccp |
| 4217s | and then ccp aurora |
| 4219s | i mean we should we should call her ccp |
| 4222s | super ninja star i mean she's amazing so |
| 4224s | ratadi take it away thank you burger |
| 4234s | so thank you burger for that |
| 4235s | presentation or introduction to me |
| 4238s | uh we're here and we're ready to talk |
| 4240s | about the future of the living universe |
| 4243s | now that we have a solid foundation our |
| 4245s | plans are ambitious and achievable |
| 4248s | so let's get right into it |
| 4251s | eve players are a big family |
| 4254s | and i've been this is my 15th fan fest |
| 4256s | as a ccp developer |
| 4259s | and to me fanfest is a family reunion |
| 4262s | with food and drinks |
| 4264s | and relatives that you're not sure you |
| 4266s | missed |
| 4269s | but you all made it |
| 4271s | and we're all here |
| 4272s | together |
| 4274s | and it makes me really happy to know |
| 4277s | that you all had a second family during |
| 4279s | the last two or three years |
| 4282s | but we're not just a family |
| 4284s | we're all members of different groups |
| 4286s | both formal and informal |
| 4288s | some are welcoming some are invite only |
| 4293s | some are merit-based and some are simply |
| 4299s | circumstance when we belong to a group |
| 4301s | you've already gone through three stages |
| 4304s | categorization who am i |
| 4306s | and which group do i identify with |
| 4309s | and you're also in identification who |
| 4311s | are the other groups |
| 4313s | and how do they look and behave |
| 4315s | and ultimately in comparison how are |
| 4318s | they like me and how are they unlike me |
| 4323s | for these three stages it's good to have |
| 4324s | a common language |
| 4326s | humans thrive off of creating emotional |
| 4329s | response to others |
| 4330s | such as fear respect or desire |
| 4334s | and within the eve community there are |
| 4336s | three |
| 4337s | strongest emotions that we identify |
| 4339s | unity i have a sense of belonging |
| 4342s | valor i'm proud to be one of the best |
| 4345s | and duty i help each other and feel good |
| 4347s | about it |
| 4348s | and we want you to help you |
| 4351s | to express those to others |
| 4354s | now social expression was not invented |
| 4357s | in the 20th century |
| 4358s | lords on the battlefield |
| 4360s | needed to identify each other |
| 4362s | they needed to |
| 4364s | either attack or avoid or flee an |
| 4366s | opponent |
| 4367s | and rally their troops |
| 4370s | through heraldry |
| 4371s | they would express heritage |
| 4373s | achievement experience |
| 4376s | importance and wealth |
| 4382s | so how do i see myself and most |
| 4384s | importantly how do others see me |
| 4386s | and what do i want them to understand |
| 4388s | about me |
| 4390s | i'm a badass with tattoos i fly a blink |
| 4393s | battleship |
| 4394s | i'm a proud member of university |
| 4396s | university |
| 4398s | but i'm also |
| 4399s | holding a high quality rank |
| 4401s | and i'm an alliance tournament winner |
| 4404s | and i feel kinship with the caristas |
| 4408s | which brings us to |
| 4410s | who are we and what do we stand for |
| 4413s | we're world war b survivors we're |
| 4415s | charitable |
| 4417s | we're friends in real life and we come |
| 4418s | to fanfest to meet each other |
| 4422s | and we're proud to present our vision of |
| 4424s | heraldry for eve online and a path to |
| 4427s | the following elements of achievement |
| 4431s | lines logos and patterns on ships |
| 4448s | the super carrier holograms unlocked |
| 4450s | incredible opportunities |
| 4453s | holograms that change and grow based on |
| 4456s | your achievement like standings |
| 4460s | or kill marks |
| 4466s | and attachments |
| 4474s | unlocked by the new art and graphics |
| 4476s | technology presented |
| 4481s | before i that |
| 4483s | next year |
| 4487s | i promise |
| 4489s | i've been trying i've been trying |
| 4491s | uh holograms and billboards |
| 4494s | instructure skins ambience and logos |
| 4505s | and a vision of a fully customizable |
| 4507s | structure and ship |
| 4512s | so heraldry will be acquired through |
| 4514s | interbus credits |
| 4515s | a new in-game currency that cannot be |
| 4517s | bought directly |
| 4519s | only earned |
| 4520s | it can never be traded between |
| 4522s | characters cannot be sold and does not |
| 4524s | have an exchange rate to any real money |
| 4527s | plex is or any other currency |
| 4537s | every character can generate into bus |
| 4540s | credits through select activities |
| 4541s | engagement |
| 4543s | made for players |
| 4544s | by players is the first activity that |
| 4546s | will grant ibc's |
| 4548s | i'll talk more about that our 11 |
| 4550s | presentation tomorrow in addition |
| 4552s | characters will generate ibc's to the |
| 4554s | corporation while they are members |
| 4556s | so corporations and players can both buy |
| 4559s | heraldry which is non-tradable |
| 4564s | and omega is the key it already gained |
| 4567s | stable xp and access to all skills but |
| 4570s | omega clone state will give a major |
| 4572s | boost to andy and all acquisition of ibc |
| 4575s | for those that are interested i'll cover |
| 4577s | this core loop and explain enterprise |
| 4579s | credits in full detail tomorrow so be |
| 4581s | there |
| 4584s | this obviously needs updates to the |
| 4586s | fitting window |
| 4587s | so we'll unify the experience between |
| 4590s | herald's vein modules |
| 4591s | and here's a very quick visualization of |
| 4593s | what it could look like with this new |
| 4595s | opportunities |
| 4597s | logos |
| 4599s | holograms |
| 4601s | holograms |
| 4603s | logos |
| 4604s | dyes |
| 4607s | ceo holograms |
| 4611s | and uh who wants to build the statue of |
| 4613s | their ceo or even yourself |
| 4616s | i think that's a pretty good goal |
| 4621s | and this is the full |
| 4622s | full suite |
| 4626s | so |
| 4628s | pausing a bit we're hard at work for uh |
| 4630s | mostly account benefits |
| 4632s | and progress against this fairly long |
| 4634s | road map is very promising |
| 4637s | we're absolutely committed to our a |
| 4638s | tiered reward system to benefit our |
| 4640s | veterans and i have no further update |
| 4643s | today nor this fan fest but this is a |
| 4645s | high priority for us let just wanted to |
| 4647s | know that |
| 4650s | we all want stronger organizations that |
| 4652s | can recruit train and retain new players |
| 4656s | this is why we're investing in a lot of |
| 4658s | support like better tools |
| 4660s | social income which i'll talk about |
| 4662s | tomorrow |
| 4663s | analytics and planning through |
| 4664s | spreadsheets in space |
| 4667s | improved retention and with a particular |
| 4669s | focus on less griefing |
| 4671s | and smarter training as we've seen today |
| 4674s | air academy career program and improved |
| 4677s | career agents |
| 4680s | so we're going to be investing heavily |
| 4682s | into the vibrant metropolis pillar |
| 4684s | because it's important for both new and |
| 4686s | old players to log in every day |
| 4689s | and feel that the world is living |
| 4690s | breathing and adapting and filled with |
| 4693s | new opportunities |
| 4694s | this is a real commitment and not |
| 4697s | something we can do in a patch or two |
| 4700s | but we're not going to go into a cave |
| 4701s | either and come out with a perfect |
| 4703s | solution in 12 months we want to keep |
| 4705s | the rapid release spirit alive adjust |
| 4708s | iterate and improve |
| 4710s | and i hope to see you again tomorrow |
| 4711s | where we share additional clues about |
| 4713s | this |
| 4714s | but now i'd like to welcome |
| 4717s | ccp aurora will explain to us what this |
| 4719s | strategic commitment really is |
| 4727s | thank you very much |
| 4730s | all right everyone hello |
| 4734s | so let's talk about gameplay |
| 4737s | in particular |
| 4739s | let's talk about faction warfare |
| 4744s | i am very pleased to announce |
| 4746s | that the living universe team will be |
| 4748s | dedicated to faction warfare for not |
| 4750s | just the next release |
| 4752s | but potentially the next few years |
| 4756s | faction warfare is an incredible |
| 4759s | area of the game with many more |
| 4761s | incredible stories that have been formed |
| 4763s | in it |
| 4764s | however as we know it's also an area of |
| 4767s | the game that has really needed some |
| 4769s | love |
| 4770s | for quite some time |
| 4772s | we're committed to faction warfare as |
| 4774s | our primary focus |
| 4775s | not just for a single update |
| 4778s | or even a whole expansion |
| 4780s | but potentially for years to come |
| 4783s | we're looking at faction warfare as an |
| 4785s | avenue to deliver new content to the |
| 4787s | game |
| 4789s | this could include things like updates |
| 4790s | to structures |
| 4792s | to territory control how you take |
| 4794s | sovereignty or how you capture faction |
| 4796s | warfare systems |
| 4798s | plus balance new modules almost |
| 4800s | everything could be delivered through |
| 4803s | faction warfare stories driven by you as |
| 4805s | the players |
| 4810s | to accomplish our goals in faction |
| 4811s | warfare we need to update how players |
| 4814s | declare their allegiances to |
| 4816s | factions in eve |
| 4819s | we'll be introducing a new allegiance |
| 4821s | system |
| 4822s | so instead of having to join a specific |
| 4824s | corporation inside a specific alliance |
| 4826s | to join a militia |
| 4828s | instead you can simply |
| 4830s | declare your allegiance inside your |
| 4832s | current group |
| 4839s | the new allegiance system will be |
| 4840s | separate from but connected to the |
| 4842s | standing system so for example you may |
| 4845s | not even have to |
| 4847s | you may be able to simply declare |
| 4849s | allegiance to any group that you choose |
| 4851s | however they might not accept you if |
| 4853s | your standings are not high enough |
| 4856s | if they don't like you they don't want |
| 4858s | you |
| 4859s | and you should be able to align yourself |
| 4861s | with the faction of your choice whether |
| 4862s | that be an empire faction or perhaps one |
| 4865s | day |
| 4866s | even a pirate faction |
| 4873s | and of course the factions in eve are |
| 4875s | wide and varied |
| 4877s | they each have their own agendas the |
| 4879s | things that they want to accomplish |
| 4881s | and |
| 4882s | they are going to have their own goals |
| 4884s | in the game and to their armies and |
| 4886s | their allied players they're going to |
| 4888s | pass down objectives to you |
| 4890s | to ask them to |
| 4892s | for help completing |
| 4895s | players that help their faction achieve |
| 4897s | their objectives will be rewarded |
| 4899s | and the success or failure of these |
| 4901s | objectives is not predetermined |
| 4904s | if we tie a feature to the game for |
| 4906s | example |
| 4908s | the caldari are working on a new navy |
| 4910s | ship |
| 4911s | or something along those lines and they |
| 4913s | fail in their objective |
| 4915s | it may not it may simply not be released |
| 4920s | at least for some time |
| 4924s | whatever the outcome you will leave a |
| 4926s | lasting impact on the shape of new eden |
| 4931s | as a faction loyalist we want you to be |
| 4933s | able to |
| 4934s | display your loyalty proudly |
| 4936s | through systems such as the heraldry |
| 4937s | system which ccp ratati just introduced |
| 4940s | and |
| 4941s | be rewarded for your loyalty as you |
| 4943s | fight for them both as you help them |
| 4945s | achieve their objectives and simply for |
| 4948s | following them through time win or these |
| 4952s | now let's take a look at the state of |
| 4953s | faction warfare |
| 4955s | at the moment there's 180 systems in |
| 4957s | faction warfare each of them are nearly |
| 4959s | identical in terms of gameplay |
| 4964s | players fight over control of these |
| 4965s | systems but |
| 4967s | the territory itself doesn't mean very |
| 4970s | much |
| 4971s | beyond where you choose to maybe set up |
| 4973s | your gate camp |
| 4976s | the capture of a system plays almost no |
| 4979s | role on the space around it |
| 4981s | if you capture the system there's no |
| 4983s | effect on the neighboring systems |
| 4985s | there's very little detail to the shape |
| 4987s | of space where there could be some |
| 4989s | with this in mind we're looking to add |
| 4991s | more meaning to the geography |
| 4993s | of space and faction warfare and |
| 4996s | eventually beyond |
| 4998s | and we're looking to accomplish this by |
| 5000s | creating a frontline system |
| 5002s | this would be a dynamic system where if |
| 5004s | you capture space |
| 5005s | it will change the |
| 5007s | nature of the space that you're in |
| 5010s | for example in this example if you're in |
| 5012s | a system which borders an enemy |
| 5014s | controlled system |
| 5016s | that system will be declared a front |
| 5018s | line |
| 5019s | these systems would have new content |
| 5021s | higher rewards and strategic advantage |
| 5024s | for fighting in them |
| 5026s | we're also looking to update the tempo |
| 5028s | of faction warfare space such that these |
| 5030s | systems would be slightly faster to |
| 5031s | capture than the surrounding space so |
| 5035s | if you want to push into enemy territory |
| 5036s | it might be better to do so from the |
| 5038s | front line not that it's going to stop |
| 5040s | you from sneaking behind |
| 5042s | and taking systems in their back lines |
| 5045s | systems adjacent to the front line would |
| 5047s | also be somewhat unique so these are |
| 5049s | systems that are adjacent to the front |
| 5051s | lines but not |
| 5053s | adjacent to an enemy control system |
| 5056s | we're currently calling these command |
| 5057s | operation systems |
| 5059s | these systems would have their own |
| 5060s | unique traits |
| 5062s | content and |
| 5064s | tactical |
| 5066s | value we'll talk more about that |
| 5067s | tomorrow |
| 5069s | all of these systems |
| 5071s | uh all other systems that are neither a |
| 5073s | front line or a command operation system |
| 5075s | would be designated as rear guard |
| 5076s | systems |
| 5078s | rear guard systems may be less lucrative |
| 5080s | in terms of faction warfare rewards and |
| 5082s | slower to flip however it may still be |
| 5084s | possible to sneak past and take attack |
| 5087s | them from behind |
| 5092s | on top of the front line system we're |
| 5094s | also looking to build a new system of |
| 5095s | objectives |
| 5097s | rather than simply an endless tug of war |
| 5099s | as faction warfare is now we want the |
| 5101s | factions of new eden to declare |
| 5103s | objectives in space and we want them to |
| 5105s | be real and meaningful things that you |
| 5108s | can help them accomplish |
| 5110s | players allied with their factions will |
| 5111s | be able to clearly see what their |
| 5114s | faction's objective is and they'll have |
| 5116s | to work with the frontline system to |
| 5118s | push it into that space capture it |
| 5120s | achieve their objective and be rewarded |
| 5123s | appropriately |
| 5125s | when and if they succeed |
| 5129s | frontline systems are still in the |
| 5130s | exploration phase and we'll be talking |
| 5133s | with you more about these concepts at |
| 5134s | the faction warfare roundtable |
| 5137s | in the more near future the cd green |
| 5139s | update is slated to hit tranquility this |
| 5140s | coming tuesday this is the key art from |
| 5142s | that |
| 5143s | this update features reductions in the |
| 5145s | cost of all of the capital ships |
| 5147s | creating a very clear balanced scaling |
| 5150s | from dreadnoughts to carriers to faxes |
| 5155s | it also contains updates to the |
| 5157s | reinforcement of medium structures which |
| 5159s | we're not done with |
| 5161s | speaking of structures |
| 5163s | structures are an integral part of the |
| 5165s | ecosystem |
| 5166s | we want to make sure that there's a |
| 5167s | healthy balance for them in all areas of |
| 5170s | space |
| 5171s | and we want to ensure that the |
| 5172s | experience that you have when using them |
| 5174s | is a good one |
| 5176s | it should be as epic and |
| 5178s | large scale as it is |
| 5180s | when you are |
| 5181s | undocked |
| 5184s | given that |
| 5186s | and |
| 5187s | you guys spend a lot of time docked |
| 5189s | like |
| 5191s | a lot of times it's kind of a problem |
| 5193s | actually you should |
| 5194s | anyway uh |
| 5197s | given that that's unlikely to change |
| 5199s | anytime soon we want to ensure that your |
| 5200s | experience while docked is a really good |
| 5202s | one it should be immersive um and |
| 5205s | so with that in mind we're updating the |
| 5207s | docking experience starting with |
| 5210s | upwell citadels |
| 5244s | so |
| 5268s | these new hangar experiences should feel |
| 5270s | more like you're inside the docking bay |
| 5272s | of a busy station where you can see the |
| 5274s | other ships docked around you uh rather |
| 5277s | than feeling like you're in kind of your |
| 5278s | own private hotel room |
| 5281s | you should see the station services |
| 5283s | around your docking bay as well |
| 5286s | things like aura and perhaps you'll even |
| 5287s | be able to interact with these things |
| 5289s | directly in the future |
| 5291s | at the moment we're looking to show |
| 5293s | other ships with you and |
| 5296s | when we say other ships we mean |
| 5298s | a lot of ships |
| 5300s | so this is the scale that we're going |
| 5302s | for that you can see in this clip |
| 5304s | at first these will be the other ships |
| 5306s | currently in your hangar so you can kind |
| 5308s | of look at them as like a pedestal of |
| 5309s | your trophies |
| 5320s | and then potentially in the future it |
| 5321s | may also show other players in station |
| 5324s | with you |
| 5331s | and of course |
| 5332s | larger capital ships will be getting |
| 5334s | their own updated docking bays too here |
| 5336s | is some concept art from our wonderful |
| 5338s | artist lorenzo |
| 5344s | i have no idea if you can spin it yet |
| 5350s | we're also looking to connect the hanger |
| 5352s | interior more to the outside world by |
| 5354s | indicating the status of the structure |
| 5356s | here for example you can see a structure |
| 5358s | which is under attack with fires |
| 5361s | bursting from pipes and electrical |
| 5363s | explosions sirens blaring whole warning |
| 5366s | uh being displayed right in the station |
| 5369s | this is obviously a very early work in |
| 5371s | progress |
| 5372s | but it should be really cool to get a |
| 5374s | really visceral feel of exactly how your |
| 5376s | station is interacting with the outside |
| 5377s | world |
| 5379s | that's all i have for you today if you'd |
| 5380s | like to hear more please join us at the |
| 5382s | faction warfare round table and the |
| 5383s | living universe presentation where i'll |
| 5385s | go a lot more in depth on the sort of |
| 5387s | things that we're looking at for faction |
| 5388s | warfare |
| 5390s | and with that i'll introduce ccp loki |
| 5401s | thank you |
| 5408s | hi there i'm ccp loki and like so many |
| 5411s | of you i've |
| 5413s | been here for a while |
| 5418s | but usually i stay more in the shattos |
| 5421s | pulling some strings and during my time |
| 5424s | here at ccp i have sort of |
| 5426s | been up to all kinds of shenanigans you |
| 5429s | may remember some of these |
| 5433s | uh and my sort of passion here at ccp |
| 5437s | have mainly been two things one |
| 5439s | uh create entertainment and try to avoid |
| 5441s | being shot |
| 5444s | and |
| 5444s | the second part is |
| 5446s | world building |
| 5449s | i'm quietly |
| 5451s | quite obsessed with world building and |
| 5454s | as you may be seen here earlier today we |
| 5456s | are doing a lot of things to |
| 5460s | increase the immersion into eve |
| 5463s | and |
| 5465s | sort of |
| 5466s | make |
| 5470s | make make things sort of come alive |
| 5472s | inside new ethan instead of eve |
| 5476s | in my mind eve is the game |
| 5479s | new ethan is this |
| 5481s | other universe where empires are |
| 5483s | endlessly fighting |
| 5485s | you guys are like an attack at long |
| 5487s | feuds and fighting wars out in in |
| 5489s | nalsack |
| 5490s | and |
| 5492s | just like those stories that have been |
| 5494s | created throughout the years |
| 5497s | when we introduce new features |
| 5499s | they should be |
| 5500s | giving their own origin story |
| 5503s | and even more than that you the players |
| 5505s | the capsuleers should be able to |
| 5507s | participate |
| 5508s | in that story |
| 5510s | so today |
| 5512s | i want to talk to you about how we're |
| 5514s | going to release future expansions |
| 5516s | by using narrative driven development |
| 5520s | and arcs |
| 5524s | mere |
| 5525s | as you've heard we are moving away from |
| 5526s | quadrants |
| 5528s | and instead we're going to start |
| 5530s | creating story arcs |
| 5532s | arc will allow you to participate in the |
| 5534s | story of new eaton as events takes place |
| 5537s | a new discovery just discovered inside |
| 5540s | new ethan |
| 5542s | in many cases you'll be able to directly |
| 5543s | impact on how and when for example new |
| 5546s | ships modules or features come into |
| 5549s | existence |
| 5551s | the first arc has already started so |
| 5553s | there are clues out there |
| 5556s | but |
| 5557s | understandably i can't give you any |
| 5558s | details that will sort of defeat this |
| 5560s | purpose |
| 5562s | now some of you may remember stuff like |
| 5565s | the |
| 5566s | lead up to |
| 5578s | platitudes |
| 5580s | blandishments lies |
| 5582s | you of all people know that concord and |
| 5584s | the empires have no interest in common |
| 5586s | with you they have done nothing for you |
| 5589s | they shall do nothing for you |
| 5592s | how long will you listen to their empty |
| 5594s | words |
| 5595s | in recent days as is their pitiful habit |
| 5599s | concord has made use of you to advance |
| 5601s | their own agenda |
| 5603s | these free trade outposts you have so |
| 5606s | willingly cleared of my associates have |
| 5608s | been taken over by concord's worst the |
| 5611s | cerro |
| 5613s | perhaps you don't believe me |
| 5615s | check for yourself i have broadcast the |
| 5618s | new signatures of those sites to all |
| 5620s | why should you not destroy the sorrow |
| 5622s | bully boys they have always sought to |
| 5625s | control you |
| 5626s | do their bidding no more |
| 5628s | open your eyes seize your destiny and |
| 5633s | if you would |
| 5634s | join me |
| 5636s | the deathless |
| 5643s | mike get a lot more of these keep your |
| 5646s | eyes open there are clues there are |
| 5648s | things that you need to find out it's |
| 5650s | like during this beginning times of each |
| 5653s | arc |
| 5654s | there will be complete radio silence |
| 5657s | from us we will not tell you what ships |
| 5659s | we're building what whatever we're going |
| 5662s | to pull into the narrative we want to |
| 5664s | use the narrative to tie everything |
| 5666s | together everything you've seen here |
| 5667s | today the allegiance system the |
| 5669s | frontline system everything is tied |
| 5671s | together in a narrative so the universe |
| 5674s | feels like a living universe it's alive |
| 5676s | it's vibrant |
| 5679s | as the story as the arcs progress and |
| 5683s | things become more clearer |
| 5685s | you will probably start to see a lot |
| 5687s | more of what's coming up inside the game |
| 5689s | and you will be clear giving like very |
| 5691s | clear objectives |
| 5693s | most likely by your faction which you |
| 5695s | have pledged the legion to to |
| 5697s | make that thing come into reality the |
| 5699s | faction might actually pit you against |
| 5701s | one another |
| 5703s | so |
| 5705s | you know |
| 5706s | to get something like if we were doing |
| 5708s | citations today they would you would |
| 5709s | actually have to do a lot more to have |
| 5711s | the citadels actually come into the game |
| 5713s | and you know theoretically we had done a |
| 5716s | citadel for each empire maybe the |
| 5718s | caldarium ones would have their citadel |
| 5720s | first and the next you know first astor |
| 5722s | who's first and the |
| 5724s | you know amar maybe six months later |
| 5729s | and these things can you know those |
| 5732s | things that we're asking you to do it |
| 5734s | could be something related to the |
| 5735s | frontline system it could also relate |
| 5737s | you actually to solving puzzles it's you |
| 5739s | know |
| 5740s | because the whole idea is that |
| 5744s | we want to create |
| 5748s | an experience that |
| 5751s | doesn't sort of feel repeated |
| 5754s | we're not trying to construct the system |
| 5755s | here we rather we want |
| 5758s | each and every |
| 5760s | arc to be unique have its own twists and |
| 5763s | turns and |
| 5764s | various outcomes this is not a game |
| 5766s | mechanic per se this is not a system |
| 5768s | that happens again the same way again |
| 5771s | and again again |
| 5772s | and i know some of you are not really |
| 5775s | taking part in this |
| 5776s | mechanic but still you should feel that |
| 5779s | something is going on in the world so we |
| 5781s | will start putting we're ramping up npc |
| 5785s | fleets we're ramping up you know stuff |
| 5787s | like this where we put half-built |
| 5788s | structures into the game we we will |
| 5791s | start dressing the world up and you will |
| 5792s | actually start feeling and seeing the |
| 5795s | universe come alive |
| 5803s | of course not everything can be |
| 5805s | explained narratively |
| 5807s | or in character and tomorrow we'll talk |
| 5810s | more in details about the future |
| 5812s | expansions |
| 5814s | and how they are delivered we'll also |
| 5816s | get into more detail about arcs and the |
| 5818s | narrative development |
| 5821s | so i'm hoping to see you as many of us |
| 5823s | possible here at the lemon tomorrow and |
| 5826s | of course we're always open to ideas we |
| 5828s | in the past it's no secret that we have |
| 5830s | kept our like during the uh all lead up |
| 5833s | to the abyssal death space we keep our |
| 5834s | ears very close to the track and we have |
| 5837s | on more more than one location sort of |
| 5840s | implemented your ideas into this whole |
| 5842s | thing this is a bit like directing a |
| 5845s | movie where you are reactors and |
| 5846s | everyone is improvising |
| 5848s | it's a bit chaotic but it's a lot of fun |
| 5851s | so i hope this you know i really hope we |
| 5853s | can entertain you and entertain |
| 5855s | ourselves at the same time and you know |
| 5858s | thank you and hope to see you tomorrow |
| 5860s | thank you |
| 5871s | ah the shenanigans |
| 5874s | so |
| 5876s | with this complete rethink of functional |
| 5879s | warfare |
| 5881s | we're also setting up for a strong |
| 5882s | foundation for new players to graduate |
| 5885s | into |
| 5886s | if it's gathering resources |
| 5888s | or hauling ships to the front lines |
| 5891s | they will have a strong purpose in the |
| 5892s | war machine |
| 5895s | this is a massive undertaking and us |
| 5897s | border shift shift the empires will be |
| 5900s | forced to react with new tactics and |
| 5903s | tools |
| 5905s | my sources tell me that due to this |
| 5908s | rising tension most factions have |
| 5912s | already started funneling |
| 5914s | massive amounts of funds |
| 5916s | to their innovation ministries |
| 5919s | and like that |
| 5921s | we want the universe to tell as |
| 5924s | impressive stories as you all create |
| 5930s | the empires will play a major part in |
| 5933s | this story with you |
| 5935s | the ritz backstory should not only be |
| 5937s | about yesterday |
| 5938s | but also about today and tomorrow |
| 5942s | with that we after the eve universe |
| 5944s | portal last year |
| 5946s | where you all can go in and really dig |
| 5948s | deep into the eve lore |
| 5950s | and we have plans to expand it even |
| 5952s | further |
| 5954s | we also introduced a new comics last |
| 5956s | year the capsuleer chronicles issue 2 is |
| 5959s | out now and we have two more issues to |
| 5961s | complete this arc |
| 5964s | and then we're going to pull them all |
| 5966s | together and |
| 5967s | purpose a hardcover that you can |
| 5969s | actually pre-order right now |
| 5971s | pretty cool |
| 5974s | so |
| 5976s | we've covered a lot today |
| 5979s | it's a pretty long one |
| 5982s | and |
| 5983s | we have a very busy year ahead of us |
| 5985s | towards the 20th birthday next year |
| 5988s | we talked about all the amazing work |
| 5991s | that the |
| 5993s | eve academy teams are doing on embracing |
| 5995s | new players |
| 5996s | with career agents uh coming first and |
| 5999s | then diving headfirst into exploration |
| 6003s | air career program |
| 6005s | a new way |
| 6008s | of a new way of finding your way in new |
| 6010s | e10 |
| 6012s | we will welcome new spanish-speaking |
| 6014s | players to our awesome awesome awesome |
| 6016s | universe |
| 6018s | and other interesting things that we'll |
| 6020s | be talking more about or fanfest |
| 6026s | we've also covered plenty of interesting |
| 6029s | visceral candies |
| 6031s | lots of visual updates |
| 6033s | here's just a tiny bit of the things |
| 6036s | that we have planned |
| 6039s | more ways to show your identity |
| 6042s | new hangers a pedestal for your |
| 6044s | achievements |
| 6046s | photon ui is in full swing and we will |
| 6049s | continue to develop it with your input |
| 6051s | and help |
| 6052s | and then we're going to dive into the |
| 6054s | hud later in the year but that's going |
| 6055s | to be a very long conversation we want |
| 6058s | to make that |
| 6060s | the best we can |
| 6062s | we'll talk about more things at fan fest |
| 6065s | and then there are going to be plenty of |
| 6066s | things that you're going to discover |
| 6068s | through play |
| 6071s | and then |
| 6072s | we touched on some pretty interesting |
| 6073s | things on challenging the core you all |
| 6078s | with more focus on narrative development |
| 6080s | we will start our journey |
| 6082s | into more engaging functional warfare |
| 6086s | interbus credit is a new way of keeping |
| 6088s | your captains engaged |
| 6091s | we will continue to do regular events |
| 6093s | releases and |
| 6095s | expansions |
| 6096s | and the first expansion is actually |
| 6098s | coming to you for this year |
| 6101s | a legion system a new more meaningful |
| 6103s | way |
| 6105s | to support your faction |
| 6107s | and then very exciting updates that you |
| 6110s | will discover and unlock through play |
| 6114s | pretty exciting stuff |
| 6116s | we're still investing a lot in the new |
| 6119s | player experience |
| 6121s | but more and more teams are starting to |
| 6123s | move to features that benefit all |
| 6126s | and then into the handshake between the |
| 6128s | early onboarding and the evergreen |
| 6130s | through functional warfare |
| 6133s | we're also investing heavily into the |
| 6136s | foundation to set us up for the third |
| 6138s | decade |
| 6139s | that actually starts next year |
| 6143s | where you and your crew will actually |
| 6146s | play a key part |
| 6148s | there is no time like now |
| 6150s | and the future of eve is very bright |
| 6155s | i want to wish you all the best fun fest |
| 6157s | i can't wait to hang out talk eve nerd |
| 6160s | out you know maybe get a couple of ideas |
| 6162s | into my head |
| 6164s | and to close this off i have a message |
| 6166s | from the kaltari state |
| 6167s | chairman |
| 6169s | akimaka |
| 6170s | saraki |
| 6179s | cold wind |
| 6180s | remembers the darkest of days |
| 6187s | when the reigns of our world became |
| 6191s | laced |
| 6192s | with fire |
| 6198s | one warrior's fierce duty |
| 6201s | seared a path |
| 6203s | to our future |
| 6206s | the ultimate sacrifice |
| 6209s | made in blood |
| 6211s | and steel |
| 6219s | we remain culturally |
| 6223s | no matter the cost |
| 6232s | everything we are |
| 6235s | we all to our ideas |
| 6241s | a fuel our rise |
| 6244s | as the heart of a raging storm |
| 6249s | a beacon of strength |
| 6252s | and a shrine to our identity |
| 6259s | honor |
| 6260s | and preserve |
| 6262s | your family |
| 6264s | your cooperation |
| 6267s | your state |
| 6270s | without hesitation |
| 6274s | without |
| 6276s | remorse |
| 6314s | you |