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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.05.11 15:47:00 -
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A new generation of interactive storylines is about to unfold, and CCP Headfirst's newest dev blog gives us the scoop.
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Tiziana Zilpah
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Posted - 2010.05.11 15:54:00 -
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Absolutely awesome :)
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Radgette
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:01:00 -
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oh yes please sounds awesome :)
in before chribba :p
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift New Eden Research
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:02:00 -
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I'd heard a rumor about more storytelling stuff but hadn't connected it to this in any way.
I assume this builds upon what CCP Dropbear has said in the EVE Fiction forum recently about interactive storytelling, which means I expect it to relate to the Sleepers. Well done... hmm, they're coming back through the wormholes?
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Evelgrivion
Ignatium. Aggressive Dissonance
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:03:00 -
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Huzzah!
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:11:00 -
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Originally by: Casiella Truza I assume this builds upon what CCP Dropbear has said in the EVE Fiction forum recently about interactive storytelling, which means I expect it to relate to the Sleepers. Well done... hmm, they're coming back through the wormholes?
Actually no...what we're doing now partly inspired those comments, but they're (almost entirely) separate events, and the Sleeper stuff is unfolding at a far less...dramatic rate. This was why I asked for "and others like it" to be included in the blog.
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Xtover
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:18:00 -
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sweet, a return to events, long missed.
will there be some form of auditing?
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Kharakan
Amarr Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:19:00 -
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OH MY GOD YES. this signature space is claimed in the name of eris, haha I got to him first. neeneer
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift New Eden Research
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:21:00 -
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Even more intriguing! Gah. Now I wonder how I can definitely get involved. (Hint to any CCP devs looking for people to help jumpstart things. )
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Fenris Ulfur
Bio Material Inc
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:21:00 -
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Joy all around \o/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- "But rather than that you question my courage, let someone put his hand in my mouth as a pledge that this is done in good faith" |
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Arous Drephius
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:22:00 -
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In before Chribba.
Also, win.
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Morwen Lagann
Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:24:00 -
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Epic. ****ing. Win.
I've been waiting for ages for these to start back up. Thanks CCP. :D
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:24:00 -
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Originally by: Xtover will there be some form of auditing?
Internal Affairs is intimately involved in these events and we are of course completely accountable to them. Furthermore, this new generation of events will be run in ways that don't have the same potential to go wrong as previous AURORA and CCP events did.
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Lord FunkyMunky
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:28:00 -
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Previous events were long before i was a Capsuleer i think, so this sounds very interesting to me cant wawit to see how it develops, and hope i dont miss the events :)
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Avan Sercedos
The Tuskers The Tusker Bastards
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:29:00 -
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HOLY **** **** YES LOVE YOU FOREVER CCP
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Mark726
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:29:00 -
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I am super excited about this. I don't suppose there's a chance I could have a look at upcoming events to cover them for my blog, eh? :-D ----
I'm playing Eve and I'm Still Alive
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Derus Grobb
RipStar Mining Industries United Front Alliance
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:29:00 -
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Sounds great!! ---
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Borza Slavak
Minmatar Mirkur Draug'Tyr Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:29:00 -
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Will there be conclusions to old Event Arcs?
/goes to check on the Vitoc Cure security measures
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Demetri Slavic
Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:31:00 -
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Awesome news is awesome.
Live events were one of the things that made eve unique and awesome, im so pleased that they are back!
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Evanda Char
Minmatar Re-Awakened Technologies Inc Electus Matari
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:38:00 -
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Jack bubu
Lyonesse. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:43:00 -
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Brilliant! I never witnessed a live event so im really looking forward to it
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:44:00 -
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The previous events were before my time and I was dissapoint that I missed out on them. I'm SUPER stoked that I may be able to participate in one.
I wonder if the plotline will be involving the Jove since CCP Hammer (jokingly?) said they were coming back in last week's strategyinformer.com interview. On the other hand, that would contradict the dev blogs point about the "actors" only having access to equipment that is already available to players. (no Jove super tech)
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Avan Sercedos
The Tuskers The Tusker Bastards
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:49:00 -
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Originally by: Jurai Talar I wonder if the plotline will be involving the Jove since CCP Hammer (jokingly?) said they were coming back in last week's strategyinformer.com interview. On the other hand, that would contradict the dev blogs point about the "actors" only having access to equipment that is already available to players. (no Jove super tech)
Actually, I'm pretty sure the Jove just use lasers. And then...
Quote: Unique "actor" characters will have standard fittings, and will not have access to modules that you as a player would not.
It doesn't say they won't have ships we don't have access to.
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Leumas Kharzim
Amarr Intaki Armaments
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Posted - 2010.05.11 16:53:00 -
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Edited by: Leumas Kharzim on 11/05/2010 16:53:29 So, would we be looking for teasers like this?
http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=3870&tid=2
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Silicis Raptor
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:00:00 -
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Edited by: Silicis Raptor on 11/05/2010 17:00:52
Originally by: Leumas Kharzim Edited by: Leumas Kharzim on 11/05/2010 16:53:29 So, would we be looking for teasers like this?
http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=3870&tid=2
I hope they update the news feeds on the site available out of game and the one that comes up ingame :S I can't find that anywhere.... then again, maybe i'm just missing it as it is 1am
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Dan Grobag
Caldari Grobag's Family
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:07:00 -
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That's some good news here, I remember the crielere event way back then and it was awesome (but laggy).
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Leumas Kharzim
Amarr Intaki Armaments
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:12:00 -
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Originally by: Silicis Raptor Edited by: Silicis Raptor on 11/05/2010 17:00:52
Originally by: Leumas Kharzim Edited by: Leumas Kharzim on 11/05/2010 16:53:29 So, would we be looking for teasers like this?
http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=3870&tid=2
I hope they update the news feeds on the site available out of game and the one that comes up ingame :S I can't find that anywhere.... then again, maybe i'm just missing it as it is 1am
edit: spelling.
Found that on the news page http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp in the Amarr Empire section. The current storyline has Lord Ardishapur travelling to various systems on a speaking tour. The headline linked above was inserted in that series of reports.
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Kyoko Sakoda
Caldari Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:14:00 -
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YES, YES, YES, you guys are awesome!
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Amset
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:15:00 -
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That's great! The event in which the visiting Jove ambassador had a slight mishap with his hiterto unheard of jump drive was hilarious, and still a very memorable Eve event for me. I've still got Jove ambassador body parts in my hanger.
Glad to see these type events coming back.
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Racjel
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:18:00 -
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Awesome
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Pottsey
Enheduanni Foundation
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:20:00 -
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Edited by: Pottsey on 11/05/2010 17:20:55 I Welcome this change, it's about time Eve caught up in the PvE department. But after how poorly Epic missions where done and how poor the current sleeper story has been, I don't hold out much hope for this. I really hope I am wrong. This if done correctly has a lot of potential. Have you thought about timezones? Others games have the problem that unless you are in the US prime game time you miss all the events.
I hope the new sleepers raids into Empire are done much better then how the first Sleepers in empire were done.
EDIT: Does this mean after all the years you are keeping the promise to do something with the Jove parts from that old Jove event? Back then CCP said keep hold of the parts they would be needed again. ______ How to Passive Shield Tank T2
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Sir Rush
Caldari Sirrush Holdings And Industries Inc.
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:30:00 -
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Pretty hot.
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:33:00 -
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Originally by: Pottsey I hope the new sleepers raids into Empire are done much better then how the first Sleepers in empire were done.
When did Sleepers come into Empire space?
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Stupid McStupidson
Gallente Hoek Lyne and Sinker
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:38:00 -
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Two whole hours of a dev blog thread and no Chribba? Someone better notify the authorities.
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Hieronomus
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Posted - 2010.05.11 17:39:00 -
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O WOW THIS IS GOING TO BE . . . EPIC
Well it will be great but if CCP cant communicate with its player base then only a handful of players will get the luxury of experiencing these rich events.
So CCP will you communicate or keep us in the dark and let us hope we are in the right place at the right time ?
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John Tanashima
Caldari ICS-762 Drunken Butterflies
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:02:00 -
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Ok, if events are back, then Tyrannis can be epic... finally.
I wonder what parts of all the feedback CCP Ginger had on the chatsubo will influence this new event system.
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Pottsey
Enheduanni Foundation
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:04:00 -
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Jurai Talar said "When did Sleepers come into Empire space?" The Epic arc "The Blood-Stained Stars" is based around Sleeper drones. If you look carefully you even see Sleeper drones in empire space during that Epic. Along with getting to fight and blow up a Jove ship.
Sleepers have an Interstellar Surveillance task force.
This next bit I am not 100% sure on. I am pretty sure I came across reference's to an unknown 3rd navigation or engine system possible for long distance. But I cannot find the details in my sleepers notes. Anyone else recall what I am talking about? Anyone else remember sometime about this? It might have been a show info on one of the sleeper drones.
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DeT Resprox
Minmatar T.R.I.A.D
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:07:00 -
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This is absolutely fantastic news. When Aurora was disbanded a couple of years ago, a HUGE part of EvE was missing and a lot of players, particularly the Roleplay contingent, felt that the abiity to have an impact on EvE stories and news had gone.
This was very much needed. I just took part in an event in Frarn in defence of the Minmatar Republic.
Also, those looking for other ways to have an impact on the EvE environment through running missions can try the only player-run missioning agency in EvE ingame at www.triad-eve.net. You will begin to find missions within there which will follow on from ISD/CCP driven events with LP based rewards
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Menkaure
Amarr LEM0N
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:09:00 -
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Was so gutted when Aurora got disbanded. Eve truly lost something on that day...
Now more live events \o/ yay! Back on track!
(Now reopen volunteer applications so I can sign up )
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Kytanos Termek
Caldari Perkone
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:12:00 -
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Edited by: Kytanos Termek on 11/05/2010 18:15:19 ...I need to have some private time now *shadey glance around*
(But more seriously, this is grand news. While im sure people will complain [they always do] about fairness. If their so distressed they can find an event themselves. I dearly missed when Aurora left, it brought alot to eve. I hope this second incarnation will be bigger and better than ever.)
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Serpents smile
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:14:00 -
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Wow, woohw, whoohw!
You know, the one real thing that pulled me into EVE was this, one story, where dev's had this thing going on about, I'm no longer sure but I think it was about a destruction of a certain rat station and players en mass preventing this.
I always felt sorry that AURORA had been put down since when ever their team entered space it was mass kill said team. Not that I do not understand the way our EVE s****thinks. But it was a BIG FUGGING LOSS!
Bringing it back is like, omg, I dunno, like, I mean, YOU ROCK!
OMG! I'm stumped.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft Total Comfort
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:26:00 -
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I've been saying this needed to happen for years but I honestly didn't think CCP would ever manage to bring back live events. Holy ****, this is going to be ********ting awesome
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Nikita Alterana
Gallente Inimical Eclipse
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:26:00 -
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this is something that was desperately needed, it felt for a long time that the story of eve was stagnating, with nothing really happening, now things are changing again, this is most excellent.
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Xeross155
Minmatar Fusion Death Inc. Intrepid Crossing
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:34:00 -
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Interactive storyline o.O
I had that in a blog post I once written (Was never published due to lack of content quality) as one of the most awesome things an MMO creator could do. --------------------------------------------- Xeross' ventures into EVE |
iudex
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:41:00 -
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A couple of months after having joined Eve, I heard that a German Alliance (D2 or their predecessor) had a fleet battle against another alliance somewhere in Gurista space. Then Gurista dreadnoughts, piloted by CCP staff, warped in and turned the tables, causing the Germans to lose the battle, which lead to a lot of complaints. That was a pretty cool event IMHO, after all, it was Guristas space and why shouldn't they have some say in their homeland. Will this be events like this ? Capital ships flown by CCP ? Or did I get a wrong idea about what you mean with "events" ? _____________________________________________________ Eveboard // Faction Standings: Serpentis +8.02 / Angel Cartel +9.24 / Gallente Federation -10.00 |
Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:41:00 -
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The timing is perfect for me. I had recently read 'the Empyrean Age' and got interested in the background story of Eve, trying to find out all the hidden hints in the chronicles and articles that is being hinted at by CCP Dropbear. The great detail that went into writing the Eve world has only recently become clear to me, and these live events are a great way to tell story...
I do hope players will be able to affect the story in more than trivial ways, even though I realise what a writing nightmare that would be.
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Jack bubu
Lyonesse. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:44:00 -
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Originally by: Serpents smile Edited by: Serpents smile on 11/05/2010 18:17:17 Wow, woohw, whoohw!
You know, the one real thing that pulled me into EVE was this, one story, where dev's had this thing going on about, I'm no longer sure but I think it was about a destruction of a certain rat station and players en mass preventing this.
I always felt sorry that AURORA had been put down since when ever their team entered space it was mass kill said team. Not that I do not understand the way our EVE s****thinks. But it was a BIG FUGGING LOSS!
Bringing it back is like, omg, I dunno, like, I mean, YOU ROCK!
OMG! I'm stumped.
Since when is S c u m filtered? Come on!
wait, that sounds alot like what happened in the crielere novella.. this actually happened ingame? whoa :D
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Obsidian Hawk
RONA Legion
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:47:00 -
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<3 <3 <3
Thank you for bringing these back.
IB4 Jade rant, whine, and hilarity.
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Sellmewarez
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:48:00 -
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This has the poitential to be very cool. I may even log in one of these days \o/
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Phoenix T'ril
Gallente Hashimoto Corporation
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:53:00 -
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"I'll be in my bunk."
Is there a channel we can hang out in for updates on this stuff? --
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Ailiana
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:54:00 -
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Originally by: Pottsey
Have you thought about timezones? Others games have the problem that unless you are in the US prime game time you miss all the events.
This.
For Eve, this is something I've experienced quite often myself, out in nullsec, since Eve appears to have a primarily European base. Much love to my European friends but I'm curious if the timing of these events will give us U.S. players, with a 9 to 5 job, a chance to participate as well. I wasn't around for the originals, but like others, I heard about them and felt sorry I missed out.
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift New Eden Research
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:58:00 -
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Originally by: Aynen I do hope players will be able to affect the story in more than trivial ways, even though I realise what a writing nightmare that would be.
What pretty much every pen-and-paper roleplaying GM / DM has dealt with since Gary Gygax...
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Matsumoto Yoshizu
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2010.05.11 18:59:00 -
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SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
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Usagi Tsukino
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:17:00 -
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This really is pretty awesome. It's nice for the NPC elements of the game to be more than just props and ISK faucets.
Thanks CCP! :squeeze: __________
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Manfred Rickenbocker
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:18:00 -
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Sweet, the backstory has taken a break even though current events have been going. Glad to see that the backstory is taking back its place. Will you be involving player-run alliances in this effort, or restricting this to individuals who so happen to be nearby when hell breaks loose? ------------------------ Peace through superior firepower: a guiding principle for uncertain times. |
Quesa
D00M. RED.OverLord
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:32:00 -
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This just in, CCP doesn't care about the poor server performance and crappy Sov system.
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Sellmewarez
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:39:00 -
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Originally by: Quesa This just in, CCP doesn't care about the poor server performance and crappy Sov system.
Nah they just don't care about idiots who start a blobtastic invasion when the server performance is crappy then claim 'OUTRAGE!' when they find out their game doesn't work with 1700 people in local
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Ulair Memmet
ORIGIN SYSTEMS Shadows of Light
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:41:00 -
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Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Marbles
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:42:00 -
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When these events were previously abolished, CCP cited the extremely inefficient assignment of resources that was required to run them effectively - a large number of staff need to devote a large chunk of their time to something that can only be experienced by a tiny fraction of the player base, and cannot be repeated for the benefit of anyone else. This is quite apart from any timezone-related unfairness that might result from most of CCP being based in Iceland.
Are these concerns still relevant?
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:50:00 -
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Edited by: Jurai Talar on 11/05/2010 19:52:02
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
So Sansha's Nation is the "ancient threat?" One of the EVE Chronicles did indicate that Sansha may still be alive and hiding somewhere while continuing his his creepy borg-like experiments.
Someone else posted in another thread about a wormhole opening in Frarn with GM-piloted Sansha ships coming through which was followed up with repeated distress calls in local from the planet. Maybe Sansha is using wormholes to raid previously unreachable planets for new test subjects?
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wizard87
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:53:00 -
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Interactive storylines...
Because Eve would die quickly if you didn't spoonfeed additional "content", this is an admission that your content of late is short on nourishment.
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Dagny Bronstein
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:55:00 -
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Edited by: Dagny Bronstein on 11/05/2010 19:55:35
Originally by: Jurai Talar So Sansha's Nation is the "ancient threat?" One of the EVE Chronicles did indicate that Sansha may still be alive and hiding somewhere while continuing his his creepy borg-like experiments.
In the "The Burning Life" novel Drem actually talks to an incarnation of Sansha.
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2010.05.11 19:58:00 -
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Originally by: Stupid McStupidson Two whole hours of a dev blog thread and no Chribba? Someone better notify the authorities.
All good. I was out getting drunk I'm home now. Gonna read this devblog tomorrow when I can actually understand it.
Secure 3rd party service | my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar' |
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:07:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
Originally by: Stupid McStupidson Two whole hours of a dev blog thread and no Chribba? Someone better notify the authorities.
All good. I was out getting drunk I'm home now. Gonna read this devblog tomorrow when I can actually understand it.
How can you think of drinking when there is still so much veldspar to mine?! FOR SHAME!!
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Usagi Tsukino
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:20:00 -
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Edited by: Usagi Tsukino on 11/05/2010 20:21:00
Originally by: Kazuo Ishiguro When these events were previously abolished, CCP cited the extremely inefficient assignment of resources that was required to run them effectively - a large number of staff need to devote a large chunk of their time to something that can only be experienced by a tiny fraction of the player base, and cannot be repeated for the benefit of anyone else.
This was before CCP-Atlanta, who they mentioned in the Dev Blog. A lot of the content job openings I have seen have been in Atlanta as well, so it seems like essentially they have a whole office now to work on this, without having to take much away from the group in Iceland.
CCP feel free to clarify this.
Originally by: Kazuo Ishiguro This is quite apart from any timezone-related unfairness that might result from most of CCP being based in Iceland.
Are these concerns still relevant?
A lot of EU prime time is afternoon for Atlanta. Some of the Atlanta staff might have to work into the evening for US prime time, but that's not an issue if they don't come in at 9AM. (I wouldn't if I knew I was going to be working until 10PM!)
AU/Asia TZ might get the short end of the stick, but I am sure both of those RPers can take one for the greater good.
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TheLostPenguin
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:21:00 -
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First off, AWESOME!!!! Great to see this happening, well done CCP and ty.
Now to be picky, I really hope this works, the potential for horrible ****-up is huge here, not just in terms of the near-certain accusations of unfairness that will arise, but also whether the content/events themselves will be any good. It seems that those who write the fiction can do a decent enough job (I've certainly read far worse sci-fi many times) but recently alot of the pve content has been a bit ill-advised (the gallente fw storyline arc for all gallente corps anyone?) or at best just near copy/pastes of existing content, and since I assume these events will be designed as pve experiences I really hope we get something somewhat diferent from recent additions. (Not saying there shouldn't be potential for pvp, ofc I expect most if not all of these events will take place in lo/nullsec, with all the risks inherent to those areas :))
/me crosses flippers, hopes for potentially awesome addition to be truly awesome...
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Gnulpie
Minmatar Miner Tech
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:32:00 -
[67]
That is AWESOME!
Where can we read up the events which happened in the (close and distant) past? Where can we get more information besides the chronicals, especially about those events?
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Ranger 1
Amarr Dynaverse Corporation Sodalitas XX
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:36:00 -
[68]
Originally by: Quesa This just in, CCP doesn't care about the poor server performance and crappy Sov system.
This just in.
http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp ===== If you go to Za'Ha'Dum I will gank you. |
Ghost Hunter
Kinetic Vector
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:49:00 -
[69]
Will the players involved in the events be served on a first come, first serve basis?
Or will choice loyalists be informed before hand? The invasion incidents for example, would Sansha loyalists be informed before hand "Come serve your Nation" or is it only if they show up at all? ______
True Slave Foundations Overseer
The Seven Events of the Apocalypse The fourth event is described by Macaper as ôthe appetite of nothing expands over the worldö; |
PMolkenthin
NibbleTek RED.OverLord
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Posted - 2010.05.11 20:56:00 -
[70]
Awesome!!!!! I still remember the half dozen Serpentis freighter's who turned up in Syndicate, and me and Drantis tryed to ransom them for 8bil. :) Also, I hope this threat is the Jovian's :)
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Kuar Z'thain
Amok. SOLODRAKBANSOLODRAKBANSO
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:12:00 -
[71]
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
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Steve Thomas
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:20:00 -
[72]
Originally by: Kuar Z'thain
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
. . . you have got to be kidding me.
*.* *.* *.* *.* *.* *.* *.* *.* a (Long) Guide to Pi
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:20:00 -
[73]
Edited by: Aynen on 11/05/2010 21:20:58 I just came from the Sansha incursion in Caldari space. I arrived fashionably late, but it's fun to see things moving, even if I only catch glimpses. For me, seeing an unusual messege in local is sometimes enough to make me feel like I was 'part of it'. It doesn't require a huge event available at my doorstep. Spreading the events in such simple ways should be relatively easy right? As long as what's happening in each system in which it happens is unique, a text messege would even suffice. Noone but the people in that particular local channel would have that piece of the puzzle. But many people across many locals would have a piece at all.
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W3370Pi4
ExoGeni Laboratories
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:28:00 -
[74]
Want to hear about or spread the news about Live events ????
Join the "live events" channel.
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Alain Colcer
Strix Armaments and Defence
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:28:00 -
[75]
I applaud CCP's bravery in engaging once more into interactive story telling.
I sincerely hope is here to stay, and past mistakes will serve as guideline to improve things in the future.
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Elrianmk2
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:28:00 -
[76]
Awesomeness on a stick now off to get killed by friendly fire again... well it happened a couple of times with Aurora events!
If it wasnt for bad luck, i wouldnt have any luck at all |
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:29:00 -
[77]
Originally by: Kuar Z'thain
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
Sansha's Nation members are all -10. Think about that for a moment...
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Arden Elenduil
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:31:00 -
[78]
about that, anyone got the KM's for the nightmares in frarn? mind uploading them to BC? or linking them?
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HairySack Hangin
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:33:00 -
[79]
How nice... once again return the little events for the few 'in the know', but without the opportunity to get some spiff little toys.
So, will hostiles be able to willy-nilly engage event actors without CONCORD repercussion as they used to do in the past, completely ruining them just for the LOLs?
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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:40:00 -
[80]
I joined Eve after the last of the Live Events had occurred, and I felt like I had really missed out on something. I'm really happy to hear that they're returning! What's the chance of a Sleeper Invasion of Jita?
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:44:00 -
[81]
The primary mission of Operation Ishaeka is to repurpose StainĈs combined intra-empire taskforce for investigation into increased Nation communications throughout the Gallente Quarter; to intercept and decrypt new communications for priority threat assessment; to provide planetary surveillance for ground forces investigating key planets; and to be prepared to reinforce combined DED/empire fleets within Stain as directed. This taskforce is enacting Phase I of Operation Ishaeka.
Would you like to know more?
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Matsumoto Yoshizu
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2010.05.11 21:51:00 -
[82]
Edited by: Matsumoto Yo****u on 11/05/2010 21:51:28 CCP DROPBEAR:
I DEFEATED MANY OF THE MOST DERANGED ENEMIES OF HUMANITY. YET I RECEIVED NOT THE REWARD I WAS PROMISED. PLEASE RECTIFY THE SITUATION IMO
ALSO:
[Nightmare, brawl] Damage Control II True Sansha Heat Sink True Sansha Heat Sink True Sansha Heat Sink Tracking Enhancer II
True Sansha Warp Disruptor True Sansha Heavy Capacitor Booster, Navy Cap Booster 800 True Sansha Stasis Webifier Pith X-Type X-Large Shield Booster Pith X-Type Shield Boost Amplifier Pith X-Type Shield Boost Amplifier Dread Guristas Invulnerability Field
True Sansha Mega Pulse Laser, Dark Blood Multifrequency L True Sansha Mega Pulse Laser, Dark Blood Multifrequency L True Sansha Mega Pulse Laser, Dark Blood Multifrequency L True Sansha Mega Pulse Laser, Dark Blood Multifrequency L True Sansha Heavy Energy Neutralizer True Sansha Heavy Nosferatu
Large Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II Large Core Defence Capacitor safeguard II Large Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer II
Hammerhead II x5
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Jowen Datloran
Caldari Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:04:00 -
[83]
Thank you mr. Yo****u for highlighting exactly why AURORA events in the past were handled bad.
Looks like that pitfall is being avoided this time. Gratz.
---------------- Mr. Science & Trade Institute - EVE Online Lorebook
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Sir Rush
Caldari Sirrush Holdings And Industries Inc.
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:19:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Ailiana
Originally by: Pottsey
Have you thought about timezones? Others games have the problem that unless you are in the US prime game time you miss all the events.
This.
For Eve, this is something I've experienced quite often myself, out in nullsec, since Eve appears to have a primarily European base. Much love to my European friends but I'm curious if the timing of these events will give us U.S. players, with a 9 to 5 job, a chance to participate as well. I wasn't around for the originals, but like others, I heard about them and felt sorry I missed out.
I'd imagine the events being primarily done over the weekend or summat. We'll see.
Originally by: Quesa This just in, CCP doesn't care about the poor server performance and crappy Sov system.
This just in, Network Programmers & Game Designers != Live Events team.
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Matsumoto Yoshizu
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:21:00 -
[85]
Whats the problem? People can make more isk loot whoring on jita undock. Just a pity that these guys don't have the tools to create events where some actors are unable to do anything other than sit there slowly dying whilst spamming local.
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Kytanos Termek
Caldari Perkone
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:32:00 -
[86]
Edited by: Kytanos Termek on 11/05/2010 22:34:51
Originally by: wizard87 Interactive storylines...
Because Eve would die quickly if you didn't spoonfeed additional "content", this is an admission that your content of late is short on nourishment.
And here come the naysayer's, trolls, and cynics.
No matter what's in the expansion, how good the change, how cool the mechanic. Someone, somwhere, will ***** about it.
-(Though, I must say im surprised at the content of the thread. I expected the overall reaction to be significantly more negative and trollish, instead their's only a few of them around, 1 or 2 "Reasonable" and the rest are pretty excited for the change)-
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:44:00 -
[87]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear The primary mission of Operation Ishaeka is to repurpose StainĈs combined intra-empire taskforce for investigation into increased Nation communications throughout the Gallente Quarter; to intercept and decrypt new communications for priority threat assessment; to provide planetary surveillance for ground forces investigating key planets; and to be prepared to reinforce combined DED/empire fleets within Stain as directed. This taskforce is enacting Phase I of Operation Ishaeka.
Would you like to know more?
Nice, I just read through them and I'm blown away by the amount of detail and work that has gone into this. Very impressive, great job and keep up the good work!
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Zenst
Aliastra
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:51:00 -
[88]
Fantastic stuff
"Unique "actor" characters will have standard fittings, and will not have access to modules that you as a player would not." So unique ships then heh ;). All good.
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Vaal Erit
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2010.05.11 22:56:00 -
[89]
Here's to hoping the next dev blog is "The Return of the old cyno effect" - It's not "Play through a pre-set story, become stronger, do endgame". Gameplay is open ended, and you make your own story. Unless you're too afraid of 'pvp grief' to do anything relevant |
Noun Verber
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.05.11 23:05:00 -
[90]
Does this mean that events only happen during US Office hours, or are they available 24 hours?
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hired goon
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Posted - 2010.05.11 23:50:00 -
[91]
It's really cool we're getting more interactive stories and I'm really excited and everything, but couldn't we see a few of the loose ends tied up before even more plots are started? I'm still waiting for answers to the questions raised by strange sleeper facilities in wormhole space. The faction warfare guys are probably really frustrated too, I mean I read the Empyrian Age novel and are the empires still at war? I don't even know. There are even loads of loose ends in the original fiction written before the game was released, for example Eve Chronicle 'The Prophecy of Macaper' in which a prophecy is partially fulfilled and seems to be on track to complete fulfillment in the future. Digital communist knows better than me of all these ancient loose ends in the fiction. -omg-
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Chitsa Jason
Caldari Bite me inc.
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Posted - 2010.05.11 23:53:00 -
[92]
Edited by: Chitsa Jason on 11/05/2010 23:53:34 There is a wormhole in the picture. Does that mean that some of the events will happen in w-space?
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.11 23:58:00 -
[93]
Edited by: Jurai Talar on 11/05/2010 23:59:56
Originally by: Chitsa Jason Edited by: Chitsa Jason on 11/05/2010 23:53:34 There is a wormhole in the picture. Does that mean that some of the events will happen in w-space?
I think the WH in the pic is reference to the wormholes that the small Sansha fleets are using to invade/attack planets. (but who knows where this new arc could lead... maybe Sansha has figured out how to communicate with sleepers the devs will use that to introduce T3 Frigates. (as Sansha uses them against us!)
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Darkwolf
Caldari TOG Empire DRACONIAN COVENANT
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Posted - 2010.05.12 02:18:00 -
[94]
Originally by: Usagi Tsukino AU/Asia TZ might get the short end of the stick, but I am sure both of those RPers can take one for the greater good.
...
AU always takes one for the "greater good". I can summarize my thoughts on this with two words - one rhymes with truck and the other with cough.
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Cadde
Gallente 221st Century Warfare
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Posted - 2010.05.12 02:48:00 -
[95]
In B4 a ****storm of people come in here complaining about how the devs could have spent more time fixing lag in fleet fights...
Also, the blog is very interesting but i have no clue on what to make out of it... yet. And something tells me a lot of people are running at the mention of 0.0 so let me just assure those people (if they actually got this far in the thread before crying carebear tears) that 0.0 isn't so bad as long as you don't bring everything you've ever owned there.
My opinions belong to me, you can't have them!
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alHaytham FTW
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Posted - 2010.05.12 02:56:00 -
[96]
Eve has a Storyline?
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Dufas
Amarr freelancers inc F A I L
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Posted - 2010.05.12 03:40:00 -
[97]
I have a story line for you...FIXING THE LAGG!! --------------------------------
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Abdiel Kavash
Caldari Paladin Order Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2010.05.12 04:00:00 -
[98]
In before "omg T2 BPOs" and "omg lag"
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Hester Shaw
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Posted - 2010.05.12 04:09:00 -
[99]
Originally by: Dufas I have a story line for you...FIXING THE LAGG!!
Your alliance name is very suitable.
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Tau Dades
Caldari Electrostatik
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Posted - 2010.05.12 04:34:00 -
[100]
Poasting in an epic thread, after Chribba
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Lusulpher
Blackwater Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.05.12 05:41:00 -
[101]
Edited by: Lusulpher on 12/05/2010 05:46:00 As a cynic, this smells pretty kosher...
Good luck with them standard fits.
Will you drop loot/corpse in the first iteration?[question is not meant to encourage Griefing, but to enhance community respect]
And is this tied to FW in any way?
Creative Customer Person 7 |
Leneerra
Minmatar Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2010.05.12 05:47:00 -
[102]
Awesome news.
ccp rocks!
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Jim Luc
Caldari Rule of Five Lucky Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.05.12 06:16:00 -
[103]
Any chance we can see npc capitals in high sec flying around?
Or a huge fleet battle would be so cool, like the Tyrannis trailer
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Vikarion
Caldari Lai Dai Infinity Systems
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Posted - 2010.05.12 06:18:00 -
[104]
This is utter awesomeness.
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Liandra Xi
Amarr Volatile Nature Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2010.05.12 06:53:00 -
[105]
Oh hell yeh! Best damm dev blog ive read since starting the game, you have outdone yourself here CCP, this is exactly the kind of thing needed to keep people engaged as well as draw in new players. I look forward to seeing exactly how it all plays out (ie: don't screw it up! lol) and hope that it is large scale enough to engage many pilots across many regions in the game.
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Waxau
Total Mayhem. Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2010.05.12 07:45:00 -
[106]
See; my question is this:
Are you gents looking for any volunteers in order to run these events? If so; Real life actor here, beautiful and all. ;)
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TheBlueMonkey
Gallente Priory Of The Lemon Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2010.05.12 07:53:00 -
[107]
Interesting --
Nothing is worthless, you may have gotten it for free but it still has an inherent value
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Freyya
Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group
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Posted - 2010.05.12 09:14:00 -
[108]
Edited by: Freyya on 12/05/2010 09:14:41 YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!!!
EPICEST.WIN.EVER. Here's to many many MANY events that may shape the future!
In case i didn't make my enthousiasm clear enough;
F*CK YEAH! HELL YEAH! I LOVE YOU! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3! Have my babies! I'll ship em by FedEx or whatever, + a sh*tload of kittens and puppies you just saved!
Oops, i broke the forum... ___________
NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
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Nareg Maxence
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.05.12 09:19:00 -
[109]
I think it would be interesting if combat related events were actually challenging for players.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.12 09:55:00 -
[110]
Was there a plan for what to do if noone had shown up at the systems where last night's events took place?
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Wrayeth
Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams
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Posted - 2010.05.12 10:13:00 -
[111]
I, for one, welcome our new live events overlords. -Wrayeth n00b Extraordinaire "Look, pa! I just contributed absolutely nothing to this thread!" |
Typhado3
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.05.12 10:16:00 -
[112]
very nice
look to get into some of these ------------------------------ God is an afk cloaker |
Crysetra Envgardian
Caldari Pilipino Corp Primary.
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Posted - 2010.05.12 10:51:00 -
[113]
This could only be good for Eve... thanks CCP!
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Heartstone
Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2010.05.12 10:57:00 -
[114]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Kuar Z'thain
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
Sansha's Nation members are all -10. Think about that for a moment...
Thinking is hard.
Nice name btw.
Heartstone. ---
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Noran Ferah
Red Sky Morning
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Posted - 2010.05.12 11:11:00 -
[115]
I hope that one of these 'live events' has to do with us being able to destroy all the planetary interaction modules that people have set down with unmitigated joker-like impunity.
I just want to see it all burn....
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Khandara Seraphim
StarHunt Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2010.05.12 11:19:00 -
[116]
Tyrannis suddenly got worth it, fantastic ___________
Originally by: CCP Whisper Boo hoo. Cry some more.
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Acadir Nimroren'a
Caldari The Wyld Hunt Sodalitas XX
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Posted - 2010.05.12 13:33:00 -
[117]
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War Kitten
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Posted - 2010.05.12 13:37:00 -
[118]
Originally by: hired goon It's really cool we're getting more interactive stories and I'm really excited and everything, but couldn't we see a few of the loose ends tied up before even more plots are started?
They all lived happily ever-after.
Originally by: hired goon I'm still waiting for answers to the questions raised by strange sleeper facilities in wormhole space.
Kill sleepers, loot wrecks, build T3 cruisers.
Originally by: hired goon The faction warfare guys are probably really frustrated too, I mean I read the Empyrian Age novel and are the empires still at war? I don't even know.
Look it up...
http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Caldari_VS_Gallente http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Amarr_VS_Minmatar
Looks like it, yep. The Caldari were winning their theater, but the Gallente have come back some it would appear. Did you want CCP to arbitrarily declare a winner for the sake of the story having a neatly wrapped-up ending?
Originally by: hired goon
There are even loads of loose ends in the original fiction written before the game was released, for example Eve Chronicle 'The Prophecy of Macaper' in which a prophecy is partially fulfilled and seems to be on track to complete fulfillment in the future. Digital communist knows better than me of all these ancient loose ends in the fiction.
Heaven forbid more than one storyline happens at the same time in a great big universe like New Eden. If every plot had a nice finish for you to look up, it wouldn't be an on-going storyline, it would be history.
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Leocadminone
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Posted - 2010.05.12 14:01:00 -
[119]
*yawn*
Matter of taste thing I guess.
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Imiarr Timshae
Caldari Funny Men In Funny Hats
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Posted - 2010.05.12 14:53:00 -
[120]
Please tell me these won't just be in US and Shanghai timezones.
I want to kill some Dev alts -----
Originally by: GM Horse
Remember kids, both meth and macro use are Really Quite Bad Things.
Originally by: CCP Shadow Tragic smelting accidents.
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Jack bubu
Lyonesse. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.05.12 15:26:00 -
[121]
Originally by: Imiarr Timshae Please tell me these won't just be in US and Shanghai timezones.
I want to kill some Dev alts
First Live events happened yesterday allready during 17-21 eve time afair
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Khan Vash'Taak
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Posted - 2010.05.12 15:29:00 -
[122]
oohhh! Soo...the Nation are working with the Sleepers..
Sleepers only exist a downloaded collective intelligence from their former race, whatever that may be..they simply exist currently as sentient AI in their drone bodies, hence the name Sleepers I guess.
The Sansha Nation are helping the sleepers to re animate into flesh bodies once more!! Ooohhh queue The invasion of the body snatchers Watch your pods....you could be assimilated...
Arghhhh!!! *RUNS FOR COVER*
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Cat o'Ninetails
Caldari Rancer Defence League
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Posted - 2010.05.12 15:41:00 -
[123]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Kuar Z'thain
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
Sansha's Nation members are all -10. Think about that for a moment...
ccp confirmation that pirates are dumb lol
x Vote Cat for free ISK!
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Shandir
Minmatar Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2010.05.12 15:55:00 -
[124]
Thank you CCP. I had heard of the events in the past and was sad to have missed them. This is the sort of thing that can take an MMO from good to amazing.
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Bagehi
Association of Commonwealth Enterprises Gentlemen's Club
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Posted - 2010.05.12 16:31:00 -
[125]
Originally by: Cat o'Ninetails
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Kuar Z'thain
Originally by: Matsumoto Yo****u SANSHA S****ELIMINATED ------ I AWAIT MY REWARD FROM THE STATE
Okay, someone tell CCP how to fit a ****ing ship. tia.
Sansha's Nation members are all -10. Think about that for a moment...
ccp confirmation that pirates are dumb lol
x
Sansha aren't dumb, just crazy.
This signature is useless, but it is red.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.12 16:38:00 -
[126]
I didn't expect events to be helt so frequently, and I love it! I did notice that some of the 'breadcrumb trails' we're following, studing things from the events, lead to non-roleplay things. Such as asking an agent where a true slave currently resides...
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.05.12 16:53:00 -
[127]
Edited by: CCP Dropbear on 12/05/2010 16:53:19 Just wanted to drop in and let you all know that we'll be responding here in a little while with some more information and addressing various concerns that have been raised.
We're watching this thread too, by the way, alongside many others like SHC and Chatsubo. So those of you who read here as well, please pass that on to those communities. Since we can't come over there and reply directly on the forums, there will be some replies to issues raised on 3rd party forums posted here.
There are already masses of good questions, clever suggestions and insightful comments being floated around, and we plan to incorporate exactly this type of feedback into future events, so I will very humbly ask that you guys give us time to react to it all, and to give these events time to evolve and improve based on your own feedback.
Edit: fixed link fail
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.12 17:18:00 -
[128]
Dropbear, is there an eta on that upcoming response?
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Jim Luc
Caldari Rule of Five Lucky Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.05.12 17:19:00 -
[129]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear Edited by: CCP Dropbear on 12/05/2010 16:53:19 Just wanted to drop in and let you all know that we'll be responding here in a little while with some more information and addressing various concerns that have been raised.
We're watching this thread too, by the way, alongside many others like SHC and Chatsubo. So those of you who read here as well, please pass that on to those communities. Since we can't come over there and reply directly on the forums, there will be some replies to issues raised on 3rd party forums posted here.
There are already masses of good questions, clever suggestions and insightful comments being floated around, and we plan to incorporate exactly this type of feedback into future events, so I will very humbly ask that you guys give us time to react to it all, and to give these events time to evolve and improve based on your own feedback.
Edit: fixed link fail
I'm curious - is there any chance you can create a long term campaign, and then create areas where mass battles are always going on between npc factions? People can warp there, and watch, or join in. As the long term campaign goes on, these areas can shift and change location, etc.
I just thought it'd be a great addition for some who are looking for quick action. Also - I'd love to see huge fleet battles with titans and carriers on the field.
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Jacob Holland
Gallente Weyland-Vulcan Industries
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Posted - 2010.05.12 17:50:00 -
[130]
Yay!
Here's looking forward to a full return of the live events team. --
Originally by: cordy
Respect to IAC .Your one of the few people who truly deserve to own and live in the space you are in.
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Chibisuke
Gallente Children of Avalon
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Posted - 2010.05.12 17:58:00 -
[131]
"We cannot (currently) tell NPCs not to shoot you unless you shoot them, so if you encounter NPCs in the course of these events, treat them with the same caution you would any other."
How the hell concord and the navy ships in empire work then?
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Cassieopeiaa
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Posted - 2010.05.12 19:10:00 -
[132]
now i am stoked enjoyed the last 1 i was in where do i sign up
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Khan Vash'Taak
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.05.12 20:05:00 -
[133]
I'm right you know!!...
Exciting stuff indeed.
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GodsVervloek
Rogue Assassin Tribe
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Posted - 2010.05.12 22:05:00 -
[134]
I'm not 100% what these "live events" are, where do they happen and how do you participate?
How big are these NPC fleets, and what AI drives them, or are all played by devs?
Do you have to fight on a certain side, e.g. Amarr vs Sansha?
Timezone specific then? I.e. Oceanic cannot participate ...
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Nagapito
Gallente Victim Support
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Posted - 2010.05.12 22:12:00 -
[135]
Originally by: GodsVervloek I'm not 100% what these "live events" are, where do they happen and how do you participate?
How big are these NPC fleets, and what AI drives them, or are all played by devs?
Do you have to fight on a certain side, e.g. Amarr vs Sansha?
Timezone specific then? I.e. Oceanic cannot participate ...
You just missed one in Kamela. Two carriers down :)
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GodsVervloek
Rogue Assassin Tribe
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Posted - 2010.05.12 23:33:00 -
[136]
Unfortunately at work, hence the question about Oceanic timezone events.
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.13 00:02:00 -
[137]
Originally by: GodsVervloek Unfortunately at work, hence the question about Oceanic timezone events.
Yes, it appears that all the attacks have occured mid-day for western US.
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Gorion Wassenar
Caldari Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.05.13 01:50:00 -
[138]
Quote: all the attacks have occurred mid-day for western US.
DIAF CCP event ppl. ----- *results may vary*
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Kateryne
Minmatar Nisaba Syndicate New Eden Retail Federation
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Posted - 2010.05.13 06:31:00 -
[139]
Best news in a long time. This and insurance fixing may well go a long way towards bringing Eve back to it's glory days :)
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.13 09:49:00 -
[140]
I really love the frequency of event-related occurences. Even the little propaganda messeges spread across different locals add a lot to the feeling that there's always something going on in some way, somewhere.
I wonder though, should the actors related to Nation be addible to contact lists so players can see if they are online, because to me it seems a bit odd, roleplay wise, that players can do this. Agents can also track their current location, which sometimes leads to non-roleplay results.
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Hirana Yoshida
Behavioral Affront
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Posted - 2010.05.13 09:50:00 -
[141]
So you found a way to compensate for the scaling issues that caused Aurora to collapse I take?
I am most pleased that you will at least try to reattach the RPG to the MMO once again .. make Eve a true beacon (no, not bacon, that would be silly!) for the entire industry!
PS: Looking forward to the first instance of a NPC faction putting a random tower or other structure into reinforced while spouting propaganda in local!! \o/
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.13 10:26:00 -
[142]
speaking of NPCs, are major characters such as Tibus Heth going to get involved, or better, will such characters appear in the live events as actual characters?
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Makumba Aki
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Posted - 2010.05.13 12:48:00 -
[143]
How do I know when and where the next event takes place? Does one get bounties for killing those Sansha ships (especially the carriers?) Do they drop special loot or something? Or is it just for the RP's?
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.13 16:39:00 -
[144]
Originally by: Makumba Aki How do I know when and where the next event takes place? Does one get bounties for killing those Sansha ships (especially the carriers?) Do they drop special loot or something? Or is it just for the RP's?
You do get bounties for destroying the many Sansha NPC ships that come through the wormholes but I'm not sure about destroying the Sansha actors. Regarding loot, I would guess you get normal loot drops from the NPC ships and some of the modules from actor ships according to normal PVP game mechanics but I can't say for sure as I am always at work when the events take place. The actor ships do seem to be equipped with Sansha faction gear so looting those ships could be very nice.
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Noveron
Caldari Aitnaru
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Posted - 2010.05.13 18:46:00 -
[145]
EVE needs this...
In a not so longer run, CCP will find a way to create events dynamically without implicating CCP staff so it remains as something usual in EVE.
Getting the story of EVE in the game is a necessary step since very long!
So I just can give my full sopport for this! yay! ---
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mundus123
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Posted - 2010.05.13 21:21:00 -
[146]
Just dropping to say was in the Umokka event that just happened and it was rather awesome i must say. Great work ccp! Only thing i would suggest is maybe a scaling tool that adjusts the number of npc's generated based on amount of people at the event. Saw ummoka jump to 300 and most came ot the event making it go quick.
Also dont know if its been looked at but no lag for me.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.13 21:57:00 -
[147]
I've noticed that giving us little breadcrumb-trails at an event that we can follow will keep us busy far longer than the duration of the actual event. I've seen how every single thing that was said by actors is being scrutinized to find out more about what's going on. Every profile of every character involved is being investigated, and referenced across all the Eve canon. Players are taking that extremely far, and I very much enjoy doing that and seeing others do it. I hope CCP will give us plenty of crumbs to analyze and disect, and I hope non of the information we can derive from the events or the characters involved is unintentional. The argument was once raised that events cost too much resources for the amount of players that get gameplay out of it, but I think these breadcrumb trails can provide plenty of gameplay while the people involved aren't actually doing an event.
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Myxx
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.05.13 23:14:00 -
[148]
Originally by: Aynen I've noticed that giving us little breadcrumb-trails at an event that we can follow will keep us busy far longer than the duration of the actual event. I've seen how every single thing that was said by actors is being scrutinized to find out more about what's going on. Every profile of every character involved is being investigated, and referenced across all the Eve canon. Players are taking that extremely far, and I very much enjoy doing that and seeing others do it. I hope CCP will give us plenty of crumbs to analyze and disect, and I hope non of the information we can derive from the events or the characters involved is unintentional. The argument was once raised that events cost too much resources for the amount of players that get gameplay out of it, but I think these breadcrumb trails can provide plenty of gameplay while the people involved aren't actually doing an event.
This, its been an amazing 72 hours so far. <3 <3 <3. and, if it helps any, I got rid of that annyoing line in my sig. |
Faolan Fortune
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Posted - 2010.05.14 12:49:00 -
[149]
The only thing I don't like about this is that you can't be apart of the Sansha's Nation attack itself on the side of Sansha of course.
But apart from that it's awesome
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Cuchulain Spartan
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Posted - 2010.05.14 15:56:00 -
[150]
So, one of these just finished in Teon.
Basically, a wormhole opened at Planet 1 and a bunch of Sansha came through, about the size of a lvl 5 mission. The Sansha FC (a dev) politly smacked in local for a bit, then a Minmitar dev asked for help in local etc etc
Then 100+ locals came and there was big old pew pew, kinda like sisi really, drones, cans, wrecks everywhere. Local hit approx 220 players, everything lagged etc then the Sansha bailed back into the wormhole out to Jove space and kidnapped 150k people from the planet as they left.
All in all an interesting 10 mins of random fun.
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Jurai Talar
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Posted - 2010.05.14 17:38:00 -
[151]
Originally by: Faolan Fortune The only thing I don't like about this is that you can't be apart of the Sansha's Nation attack itself on the side of Sansha of course.
That may change:
Quote: [08:52:16] Rallence Ameteves > Calling all capsuleers with proven loyalties to the Nation. Sympathizers and Loyalists alike; all are welcome.
Quote: [08:17:39] Rallence Ameteves > Unite with us against your misled kin and you will be rewarded. Let Master Kuvakei know of your interest, and we will let you know of our plans.
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Ripi
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Posted - 2010.05.14 20:15:00 -
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i can't wait. This is really going give high sec ppl a boost.
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Kyoko Sakoda
Caldari Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.05.15 00:35:00 -
[153]
As per the "intelligence" in this automated map, there have been 22 events since the announcement. You guys may consider this a rhetorical question if you wish, but how the heck do you find the time?
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arjun
Battlestars Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2010.05.15 06:37:00 -
[154]
if u make those events in 0.0 also then ensure, that they take place in areas without ongoing warfare.
i remember a battle for a system couple of years ago when dreadnoughts were still very rare. an "event" team in dreadnoughts showed up in the system and participated in the destruction of pos of one side. the other side having itself conveniently allied itmself with the "event" team.
shady business. dont do it again.
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Myxx
Gallente Daughters of Venus Reborn
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Posted - 2010.05.15 08:22:00 -
[155]
For any of the events teams, some of us are trying to interact in return, but id like clarification on the following thread, from the viewpoint of recent events, as they've unfolded... it isnt unfounded, or unheard of... yet a potentially 'new' dev seems to be getting involved on an out-of-character level?
WTB info and a better response that is more clear? Did I miss something?
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1318498
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Alexis Zalman
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Posted - 2010.05.15 08:31:00 -
[156]
So where exactly can we get info about incoming and ongoing live events? Any ingame channels, forum threads?
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Myxx
Gallente Daughters of Venus Reborn
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Posted - 2010.05.15 08:43:00 -
[157]
Edited by: Myxx on 15/05/2010 08:44:06
Originally by: Alexis Zalman So where exactly can we get info about incoming and ongoing live events? Any ingame channels, forum threads?
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1318003
for the time being, at least I guess. shameless self promotion... --- Sign my sig, mods, if you want <3. |
Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.15 09:55:00 -
[158]
I've been wondering if the recent proposed actions against CONCORD as made by players has caught the writers by surprise, and I'm not sure if persuing an anti-CONCORD stance can result in a satisfactory experience for the players if CCP has other plans. I sense an old Dungeons and Dragons gamemaster problem coming up with that. The players want one thing, the gamemaster wants another thing. Unless I'm wrong and the writers have throught ahead on this matter. If that's the case I'll be quite impressed to be honest.
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Sputnik Stan
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Posted - 2010.05.15 15:11:00 -
[159]
Originally by: Menkaure Was so gutted when Aurora got disbanded. Eve truly lost something on that day...
Now more live events \o/ yay! Back on track!
(Now reopen volunteer applications so I can sign up )
No volunteers or any other type of player involvement in the planning or execution of any live events please. It just summons a ****storm of grief.
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Che Biko
Humanitarian Communists
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Posted - 2010.05.15 20:24:00 -
[160]
Edited by: Che Biko on 15/05/2010 20:24:31 Thank you for bringing back one of the reasons why I joined EVE. One that I found was not valid some time after I joined. But it is now.
My only regret is having missed it's return, but the feeling that anything can happen while flying around space is strengthened none the less.
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Aldairus Jecobe
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Posted - 2010.05.15 21:45:00 -
[161]
just got done with one in ation was terrific the npc's actually respond to you in chat i was talking to one and i asked him isf he was fake because i was not sure nad he told me he was as real as anyone else it was amazing not to mention the combat it was easily 100+ ships agaisn somewhere from 25-75 players it was just amazing
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Misunderstood Genius
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Posted - 2010.05.16 11:12:00 -
[162]
When will Jove Empire declare war on High-Sec? :-P
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jason hill
Caldari Clan Shadow Wolf Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2010.05.16 13:44:00 -
[163]
I remember particpating in the crielire event it was mega awsome fun time lots of mega awsome ships going in ....then lots of pods coming out .... was a good event
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.17 13:26:00 -
[164]
I'm a little confused about who are official actors in the story and who are players who are doing this really well. Some posts of popped up over time with what are seemingly normal players who have things like scans from the wormholes that seem very legit, aswell as autopsy reports and such from slave corpses. If these are normal players, is their information somehow approved by CCP or something similar? or are they CCP actors?
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Astria Tiphareth
Caldari 24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2010.05.17 16:28:00 -
[165]
Would this be in response to or as a result of reading the dynamic event system being unveiled in GuildWars 2? Any similarities/differences (kinda hard to tell from the blog at this point)?
Great news regardless. ___ My views may not represent those of my corporation, which is why I never get invited to those diplomatic parties... Environmental Effects
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Aralieus
Amarr Rising Devils En Garde
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Posted - 2010.05.18 00:38:00 -
[166]
OMG Thank you guys sooooooooooooo much
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.18 18:33:00 -
[167]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear Edited by: CCP Dropbear on 12/05/2010 16:53:19 Just wanted to drop in and let you all know that we'll be responding here in a little while with some more information and addressing various concerns that have been raised.
I've been impatiently anticipating on this response, as I'm extremely currious!
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Koronos
Interstellar eXodus BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2010.05.19 05:19:00 -
[168]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear This was why I asked for "and others like it" to be included in the blog.
omfg a dev that actually cares about events and their relevance? good luck, I'm very cautiously STOKED.
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Tub Chil
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Posted - 2010.05.20 10:26:00 -
[169]
What happens if you follow them into WH?
where can I see chronicles of these events?
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W3370Pi4
ExoGeni Laboratories
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Posted - 2010.05.22 13:44:00 -
[170]
don't forget to join the "live events" channel To learn about or Spread the news about live events
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1316701
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Utremi Fasolasi
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.05.25 14:00:00 -
[171]
Originally by: Aynen I'm a little confused about who are official actors in the story and who are players who are doing this really well. Some posts of popped up over time with what are seemingly normal players who have things like scans from the wormholes that seem very legit, aswell as autopsy reports and such from slave corpses. If these are normal players, is their information somehow approved by CCP or something similar? or are they CCP actors?
I take these as mere hoaxes to generate attention or investors. Capsuleers don't have facilities to do autopsies, only (NPC) medical professionals have those resources. Our lab resources all pertain to blueprints, reverse engineering of hard artifacts, and our scanning abilities to those of our ships and HUDS. |
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CCP Molock
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Posted - 2010.05.25 15:58:00 -
[172]
Originally by: Myxx For any of the events teams, some of us are trying to interact in return, but id like clarification on the following thread, from the viewpoint of recent events, as they've unfolded... it isnt unfounded, or unheard of... yet a potentially 'new' dev seems to be getting involved on an out-of-character level?
WTB info and a better response that is more clear? Did I miss something?
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1318498
"Evaya Dennin" is an event persona, and her response should be construed as entirely in-character.
The events team will be answering outstanding questions and concerns in this thread and others in the very near future.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.05.26 14:54:00 -
[173]
Originally by: CCP Molock The events team will be answering outstanding questions and concerns in this thread and others in the very near future.
Will these answers come in this very thread, or in a blog perhaps?
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Del Narveux
Dukes of Hazard
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Posted - 2010.05.26 23:36:00 -
[174]
I like what I've seen so far, but just a bit of advice. Instead of doing one occasional huge event where eleventy billion people show up and lag the server to death ala 2005-2006 events, try and stick with smaller more impromptu stuff all over the map. It looks like you guys are doing this already so it's a good deal. _________________ [IMAGE REMOVED] -- aka Cpt Bogus -- Is that my torped sig cloaking your base?
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Bomberlocks
Minmatar Star Bombers
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Posted - 2010.05.27 00:03:00 -
[175]
As someone who is often hypercritical of CCP's actions, I stand corrected. This is the best thing to happen to Eve in a long while as it gives everyone, from nub to vet, a chance to get out and do some pew. Looking forward to losing some ships again.
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porangi
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Posted - 2010.05.27 07:50:00 -
[176]
had the chance to be in 2 x events one in hek the other 2 jumps away , its great fun and yes it is the best thing to watch isd and ccp masters get popped and podded lools !! thank you ccp u just got more awsomes
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Jove Karede
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Posted - 2010.05.27 11:54:00 -
[177]
Woha there everyone....could you all please take one step back and explain in the most basic noobish language available just what the hell is going on with these "Live Events",what are they, where are they, who is invited, what to bring and of course, WHERE are they???
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Smagd
Encina Technologies Namtz' aar K'in
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Posted - 2010.05.27 15:19:00 -
[178]
Originally by: Jove Karede Woha there everyone....could you all please take one step back and explain in the most basic noobish language available just what the hell is going on with these "Live Events",what are they, where are they, who is invited, what to bring and of course, WHERE are they???
Live Events are when CCP themselves craft a story, which works a bit like in the chronicles. Only, they then create a few characters, put them in spaceships and flesh them out on Tranquility using special Dev Hax.
For instance, say Sanshas want to steal a few slaves. The Dev running this event them opens a wormhole right over a planet somehere, say, in Hek, puts through one or three characters in Sanshas battleships and spawns a fleet of regular Sanshas rats, and starts claiming victory in local.
Since such event actors usually talk in purple text, this draws attention quickly. People then warp there and start a fight with them. This is really optional, but almost always happens.
Next, these fine people start talking about it on their alliance channels, and well the word spreads quickly, and people start rushing to Hek as fast as they can.
In about 10 minutes you'll have a flock of 300 people on the same grid trying to take a chunk out of a Sansha while not getting blown up in standard EVE fleet lag conditions.
Then it's over and someone starts writing a report over on the Intergalactic Summit forums (in character only, please).
You'll have to find a good Intel channel to find out whether such an Event has just started somewhere. A lot of people do want to participate even though the loot is usually crap, so they usually don't last long and lag starts building somewhat evil.
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Grideris
Gallente Fleet Coordination Commission
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Posted - 2010.05.29 06:37:00 -
[179]
Been a few days since anything has happened... pelase do not tell us you have forgotten us! We want more!
But seriously, people are becoming disillusioned with all this waiting...
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.06.04 15:53:00 -
[180]
Originally by: Borza Slavak Will there be conclusions to old Event Arcs?
/goes to check on the Vitoc Cure security measures
Well, you never want to say never, right? Thing is, there were a lot of ongoing arcs that fell silent with AURORA, and doing them justice so much later would be hard work. There's missing documentation, and the people who created these things may have wandered off, out of contact. I'm really only talking about highly specific arcs here though, the larger storylines that AURORA used to push will always continue to evolve, just as EVE itself has continued to.
Oh and it's funny you bring up Vitoc as an example, it gives me a reason to let slip that there's something pretty special in store for that particular storyline and it's approaching the final stages of production, so keep your eyes out.
Originally by: Pottsey Have you thought about timezones? Others games have the problem that unless you are in the US prime game time you miss all the events.
We've factored the issue of time zones, and accessibility in general, into our plans. I figured it better to talk about this after a few events had been run across a good spread of timezones, so that it wasn't seen as an idle promise. Going into more detail...
Timezones: We aim for events to take place across the spread of timezones where we have people available: meaning Iceland/UK and Atlanta primarily, but other offices if we can find willing participants. This first run through has allowed us to greatly fine-tune - and most importantly streamline - the way we run events. Over the long term this means more CCP'ers get involved, and that will only improve events as a whole. You guys should know that we have a horde of CCP devs chomping at the bit to help out on this, it's a testament to the passion we have for entertaining you that people from such crazily different departments and disciplines all want to dive in together and get involved.
Other ways to increase accessibility: In-game events will only reach so many people in a population that has now become so large. In order to increase awareness of events, and in a fairly humble and first-step way, increase wider (although admittedly looser) involvement in them, we're looking towards more post-event documentation and 24-hr accessible interaction. As someone involved in AURORA quite a bit myself, I personally feel that the biggest challenge back then (that was not met fully) was in documenting what happened.
That's a big part of why we're using the Intergalactic Summit (EVE's in-character forum) as part of it, and that's just one approach too, of course. The battle-tested methods of previous events are still going to see use, meaning news articles and some flashy documentation like the Ishaeka reports, whenever there's time to produce it. Collectively, we hope these and other methods will help more people feel involved, and of course get more involved.
It's worth finishing by pointing out that player created content, and player documentation has been exceptional and we can't hope to achieve the level of awesome that hundreds of players on the same wavelength can. The best content in EVE comes from players, and it always will.
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.06.04 15:55:00 -
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Originally by: Xeross155 Interactive storyline o.O I had that in a blog post I once written (Was never published due to lack of content quality) as one of the most awesome things an MMO creator could do.
It's important to remember that we're still in the initial experimental stages here, and there will be further work needed to make this stuff truly and meaningfully interactive. And on that note: give some credit to the big people driving the CCP engine, who made the decision (that we just more-than-happily executed) to have another go at this and aim for something even better than before.
I say all this because I agree that it's one of the most awesome things an MMO creator can do, but also I would add, one of the most ambitious. So, we're approaching it will a full mind towards the scope of what it would take to achieve those "wildest dreams" scenarios, and keeping our sights on more humble goals to begin with.
Originally by: Kazuo Ishiguro When these events were previously abolished, CCP cited the extremely inefficient assignment of resources that was required to run them effectively - a large number of staff need to devote a large chunk of their time to something that can only be experienced by a tiny fraction of the player base, and cannot be repeated for the benefit of anyone else. This is quite apart from any timezone-related unfairness that might result from most of CCP being based in Iceland.
Are these concerns still relevant?
Highly relevant, good question. The aim this time around was to minimize the issues you're talking about by running events in a different way. Using NPCs allowed a single person to project a fleet's worth of force. The nature of the invasions and the way they were run allowed us to do them much more frequently as well. From May 13th - May 21st, a period of 8 days, 53 events were run by a team of 4 people, which was most of the time comprised of just 2 actively running events.
I personally think there's some promise in those numbers and these new methods, when it comes to being more efficient at using what people we have, particularly when imagining how this could potentially scale with the addition of more hands.
It's also much more efficient running things in-house, you have to realize. We can say "let's run an event" and one is going within minutes. Previously, with a volunteer-run organization, things moved at a drastically slower rate. Partly this was because each event was unique and required individual approval, but there were other factors too, such as limited access to powerful TQ abilities like spawning ships and items. Being CCP Devs, we have an internal pipeline for clearance, documentation, notification, and so on, which means a faster time setting up and getting green lights. Then we also have a room full of GMs and our fluffy IA guy both just down the corridor, and a wealth of expertise at our immediate disposal via email/IM. If things go wrong we can fix it immediately. If somebody has a problem with an event, we're alerted to the issue quickly and have a lot at our disposal to remedy it. Everything just runs much faster and smoother, and we can proceed more confidently as a result.
Some other numbers: Based off player population graphs and event documentation we've put together a rough ballpark figure for the numbers of players directly involved in events (on grid at a wormhole): 4,980
And the number of players indirectly involved (in local at the time, on grid at the event for part of the time, passing through system, etc): 9,110
We'll likely have to fine tune the data, and having me do math is always dangerous, so look for the final data in an upcoming post/blog. We're also looking into measuring other aspects of player involvement like forum responses and social media, so it should be interesting reading.
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.06.04 15:57:00 -
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Originally by: Usagi Tsukino A lot of EU prime time is afternoon for Atlanta. Some of the Atlanta staff might have to work into the evening for US prime time, but that's not an issue if they don't come in at 9AM. (I wouldn't if I knew I was going to be working until 10PM!)
AU/Asia TZ might get the short end of the stick, but I am sure both of those RPers can take one for the greater good.
See: this post. I couldn't let the aussies timezone down.
Originally by: hired goon It's really cool we're getting more interactive stories and I'm really excited and everything, but couldn't we see a few of the loose ends tied up before even more plots are started? I'm still waiting for answers to the questions raised by strange sleeper facilities in wormhole space.
Check this thread out for Sleeper secretsÖ. Some things are still unfolding.
Originally by: Jim Luc Any chance we can see npc capitals in high sec flying around?
Or a huge fleet battle would be so cool, like the Tyrannis trailer
Done and done, I hope? NPC Capitals in high-sec are very limited though...but they're nice for storyline reasons, and are a good way to get around those pesky faction police.
Originally by: Aynen I've noticed that giving us little breadcrumb-trails at an event that we can follow will keep us busy far longer than the duration of the actual event. I've seen how every single thing that was said by actors is being scrutinized to find out more about what's going on. Every profile of every character involved is being investigated, and referenced across all the Eve canon. Players are taking that extremely far, and I very much enjoy doing that and seeing others do it. I hope CCP will give us plenty of crumbs to analyze and disect, and I hope non of the information we can derive from the events or the characters involved is unintentional. The argument was once raised that events cost too much resources for the amount of players that get gameplay out of it, but I think these breadcrumb trails can provide plenty of gameplay while the people involved aren't actually doing an event.
A really good observation there, and one that inspired quite a few more breadcrumb events as they progressed onwards. It's funny reading these and similar posts from people who later got quite heavily involved themselves. Ghost Hunter earlier, for example, asking about pro-Nation capsuleers being notified, and getting his answer. Your own "inter-slave communication" thread is a great example of players taking things and running with it too, as you said here five days earlier. Cool stuff.
Originally by: Faolan Fortune The only thing I don't like about this is that you can't be apart of the Sansha's Nation attack itself on the side of Sansha of course.
But apart from that it's awesome
There are ways to choose sides. Also, what Jurai said.
Originally by: Kyoko Sakoda As per the "intelligence" in this automated map, there have been 22 events since the announcement. You guys may consider this a rhetorical question if you wish, but how the heck do you find the time?
The earlier reply to Kazuo should go some way to answer that. Things can move faster when they're all in-house and the single-focus nature of these events not only allows for repetition, but sort of demands it.
Originally by: Myxx id like clarification on the following thread...
To add to CCP Molock's reply, it was a small mishap with characters on the wrong account type that was quickly sorted. Sorry for the late reply on that, but good to see it was ran with anyways.
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.06.04 15:58:00 -
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Originally by: Aynen I'm a little confused about who are official actors in the story and who are players who are doing this really well. Some posts of popped up over time with what are seemingly normal players who have things like scans from the wormholes that seem very legit, aswell as autopsy reports and such from slave corpses. If these are normal players, is their information somehow approved by CCP or something similar? or are they CCP actors?
Players create awesome content, stuff that's often more elaborate, sophisticated and cunning than we could dream up. From those biomass reports you mention to pro-Nation capsuleers mounting counter-intelligence operations and beyond, these are all crazy-awesome player-driven and player-created events, and are exactly the sort of thing we love to see arise out of what we're doing. Acting as a catalyst for all of this player-driven stuff is a chief goal of these events.
Originally by: Grideris Been a few days since anything has happened... pelase do not tell us you have forgotten us! We want more!
But seriously, people are becoming disillusioned with all this waiting...
We've been taking a small breather to let Tyrannis launch and so on. It wasn't something we wanted to overtly announce, and if we had done so, the beautiful mess that was Maut may never have happened.
In this time we've been laying the groundwork for some other projects, doing some documentation and preparing for the next harvest.
And...there, I'm done spewing words for now.
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Alain Colcer
Strix Armaments and Defence
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Posted - 2010.06.04 21:52:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear It wasn't something we wanted to overtly announce, and if we had done so, the beautiful mess that was Maut may never have happened.
you are evil!
But thanks on the full update and answers to the thread, very helpful and enlightening to see how the Live Events initiative has evolved and handled internally at CCP.
One little question on my part, are any of these efforts replicated in the Chinese server? would be interesting to know what was the reaction from the player base in Serenity.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.06.05 08:45:00 -
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CCP dropbear, thank you for replying in such detail. Do I understand correctly that creating player driven movement is the primary goal of the whole live events team? In that case, I have a few questions and pointers. In order for people to be able to ballance out their normal gameplay with event-related gameplay, it'd be handy to know when an event is to take place (leaving out the 'where' part) so that people can plan their other Eve activities around it. The waiting inbetween events, not knowing when the next will occur can be very tedious, especially when you expect one, and it doesn't happen for weeks. We lose the attention span of a lot of people that way. Point in case would be Maut, where people knew days in advance when it was going to happen, and the result was that we had an army of nearly 300 men, where normally we have a far far smaller group. Knowing when will mean much more people are willing and able to participate. Also a question, are plot twists triggered by roleplay or ingame mechanics? (or both) In other words, is someone keeping an eye on exactly how many capsuleers are there, on how much ecm is being applied to which wormhole, or are the actors of an event only responding to the roleplayed text in local? And if the event is really big with lots of players there, how do you keep track of what's being said by who?.
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Kenpachi Viktor
Gradient Electus Matari
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Posted - 2010.06.05 12:35:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Borza Slavak Will there be conclusions to old Event Arcs?
Well, you never want to say never, right? -snip-
the larger storylines that AURORA used to push will always continue to evolve, just as EVE itself has continued to.
I would love to see the landscape (specifically station) changes from Apocrypha advanced i.e. the stations updated to states of repair. ===============
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.06.05 18:13:00 -
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Originally by: Aynen CCP dropbear, thank you for replying in such detail. Do I understand correctly that creating player driven movement is the primary goal of the whole live events team? In that case, I have a few questions and pointers.
It's one of the primary goals, certainly.
Quote: In order for people to be able to balance out their normal gameplay with event-related gameplay, it'd be handy to know when an event is to take place (leaving out the 'where' part) so that people can plan their other Eve activities around it. The waiting in between events, not knowing when the next will occur can be very tedious, especially when you expect one, and it doesn't happen for weeks. We lose the attention span of a lot of people that way. Point in case would be Maut, where people knew days in advance when it was going to happen, and the result was that we had an army of nearly 300 men, where normally we have a far far smaller group. Knowing when will mean much more people are willing and able to participate.
In the long term things like this might be possible, but for now we're focusing on more spontaneous events. There's less of a time-investment required to produce them this way, which allows more to be run - and our goal this time around to is to reach as many people as possible and stir things up.
Quote: Also a question, are plot twists triggered by roleplay or ingame mechanics? (or both) In other words, is someone keeping an eye on exactly how many capsuleers are there, on how much ecm is being applied to which wormhole, or are the actors of an event only responding to the roleplayed text in local? And if the event is really big with lots of players there, how do you keep track of what's being said by who?.
We keep an eye on it as best we can. We can't measure exactly how many people are jamming a wormhole, for example, but paying attention to local can guide that. Actors only respond in-character in local, by the way.
If an event is really busy, we just pay closer attention to local. There are certain things to help notice regulars who frequently contribute in cool ways. F.ex I can have their portrait cached so its stands out. As people contribute, their portraits are clicked as well, and slowly I can build a rudimentary at-a-glance filtering system. It's honestly not that hard to keep up with local even when its busy, though, since running these particular events isn't too demanding of attention.
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.06.05 18:33:00 -
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Edited by: Aynen on 05/06/2010 18:33:52
Originally by: CCP Dropbear We keep an eye on it as best we can. We can't measure exactly how many people are jamming a wormhole, for example, but paying attention to local can guide that. Actors only respond in-character in local, by the way. If an event is really busy, we just pay closer attention to local. There are certain things to help notice regulars who frequently contribute in cool ways. F.ex I can have their portrait cached so its stands out. As people contribute, their portraits are clicked as well, and slowly I can build a rudimentary at-a-glance filtering system. It's honestly not that hard to keep up with local even when its busy, though, since running these particular events isn't too demanding of attention.
Thank you, I've been aching to have that one answered. It's really important to know wether it's ingame mechanics that carry the story or rp, or both. Now that I know how it works I can cross stuff that hasn't worked off the list of options, rather than thinking we where suppost to try ingame mechanics rather than rp or the other way around.
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Grideris
Gallente Fleet Coordination Commission
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Posted - 2010.06.07 09:02:00 -
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Are we going to have some sort of awesome Event to coincide with the actual release of Planetary Interaction?
Please say yes.
And if not, when do we expect to see more wormholes full of Sansha return?
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Alain Kinsella
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.06.07 12:25:00 -
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Just wanted to thank you for trying this again, and will be watching closely. As a migrant from Myst Online (my *only* other MMO - was there for 2004 and 2007), I have a reasonable grasp of what the difficulties are.
Out of curiosity, did Cyan's more recent experience with live/interactive events shape the current approach in any way?
Also, since you mention news events and such, will Mercury be more involved with that, or just the I.C. news corp?
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Aynen
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Posted - 2010.06.08 11:54:00 -
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Edited by: Aynen on 08/06/2010 11:54:50 I was wondering, I really like the psychological and philosophical aspects to what Kuvakei is doing and what he feels about capsuleers. The way I am playing my character he basically agrees with Kuvakei about the nature of men and how that doesn't work well when you make men immortal aswell. But he accepts what he is and, as is the case will all beings called monsters, they are naturally inclined to protect their ability to live and be happy. Point being, I like to explore dialogue between somebody of Kuvakei's persuasion and psychological nature and that of my character, but usually dialoge between players and actors goes little further than 'Nation is perfect, Nation is unity' 'no it's not! Eat missles!'. I wonder if a non-combat platform for interaction between players and actors can occur where a deeper philosophical interaction can be achieved. Has the CCP team thought about these things or is that not the direction you wanted it to go?
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