EVE Vanguard Roadmap Shows Upcoming Testing Schedule While CCP Games Looks Back On First Strike Learnings
Since theFirst Strike event wrapped earlier this month for EVE Online's FPS module, EVE Vanguard, CCP Games has been crunching the data. Ahead of the holiday break, theteam laid out its early 2024 roadmap and talked about what they have learned from the first of many tests.
CCP Games' Vanguard team admits that the scale and scope of the test may not have been up to some players' expectations, as they mention that many players expected a «more complete game» than what was on offer. While the EVE Vanguard team was adamant that this was just the first test of many to come, and it would be a single weapon, map, and gameplay loop, they are committed to ensuring that they do even better at setting expectations with future testing.
On the positive side, CCP notes that players praised the performance of the First Strike test (it was rather stable in our experience), as well as praising the atmosphere, audio, and much more. Combat was also praised, with the gunplay being particularly good for such an early test — something that felt just way off the mark with the limited testing of CCP's last shooter attempt, Project Nova. However, while much of the feedback was positive, the team is also looking to incorporate feedback to improve the experience ahead of its next test, which is already scheduled for next month.
«That said, we received very helpful suggestions and feedback on ways we can continue to improve the environment (such as geometry collision issues), the audio (such as footsteps volume), and make the gunplay feel even better (such as refining weapon recoil).»
Speaking of the next test, CCP Games has committed to holding a test every month for the first six months of 2024. While we knew that the next test would take place in
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