CCP Games feels almost unique in the amount of players who have made the jump to developing the game they ve loved for so long. Bradford sat down with two such developers, CCP Swift and CCP Spider this past weekend during EVE Vegas to talk about their paths from player to developer.
How Eve Online’s corps recruit fresh blood for the space game’s wars
CCP is reworking EVE s tutorials, but it s corporations that really teach the newbies how to play
When most of us hear about Eve Online, it’s because of some record-breaking battle that’s just annihilated an eye-watering amount of real-world value from the game. World War Bee 2 just set a new record with the Massacre at M2-XFE, which resulted in a combined loss of $378,012 (about £267,400) for the belligerents, who collectively destroyed some 3,404 ships – including 257 Titans, Eve’s largest and most expensive capital ships.
While the massive capital ships represent most of the actual value involved in Eve’s battles, the conflicts also demand huge amounts of time and dedication by vast numbers of players. The coalitions fighting the war – groups formed by Eve’s massive player-controlled corporations – need a steady stream of new recruits to maintain the war effort. They need fresh capsuleers,