EVE Online - Empyrean Age Chat Log @ MMORPG

Big ol Dev Chat at MMORPG, here's a clip.

MMORPG_Taera: zt3fan86 asks, Does Eve News" have any influence on the actual gameplay at all? like the one we got last day, BREAKING NEWS: Unidentified Armada Detected In Yulai or are those news just for role players?"

Ginger: Well , there are several areas of EVE News. CCP Announcements, Player News and what we currently call fiction news.

Ginger: As this question is related to fiction news I will address that section of it.

Ginger: Fiction news related to players the goings on in the world of EVE, the fictional story of EVE

Ginger: Which, as it happens, is currently very busy with many nasty , interesting, confusing and exhilerating happenings as we build up to the Empyrean Age release

Ginger: In the past, the fiction news hasnt had much affect on gameplay however with the build up to Empyrean Age we have got the resources from other departments to actually change the world to reflect the changes described in the news.

Ginger: So for example. When we released the news and the trailer of the Nyx plowing into the Ishukone Headquarters

Ginger: If fly there now you will find that station greatly changed

Ginger: Its got a bloody big hole in it for a start

Ginger: So things like this we are looking to incorporate into the game itself, but the news items will not affect your ability to play the game of EVE.