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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I remember reading that Nova would be set in the future of EVE, effectively killing any real-time integration with the EVE universe. Granted, I haven't read anything since the initial FF information, but still. Has that changed?
Hm. I just googled that and found a MassivelyOP reference to it being "set in the current EVE lore", for whatever that is defined as: lore only, or actual game play?
Is there a CCP quote somewhere on that topic?
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Posted - 2016.06.02 15:11:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:byte modal wrote:Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I remember reading that Nova would be set in the future of EVE, effectively killing any real-time integration with the EVE universe. Granted, I haven't read anything since the initial FF information, but still. Has that changed?
Hm. I just googled that and found a MassivelyOP reference to it being "set in the current EVE lore", for whatever that is defined as: lore only, or actual game play?
Is there a CCP quote somewhere on that topic? That was either by CCP Rattati or CCP Frame, either way I'm not exactly sure if that's how it's interpreted in the way you interpret it. Keep in mind that Eve Online is currently set in the future as well. Even though we are playing Eve Online in the "NOW" we are also playing Eve Online in the "FUTURE" which is approximately 24,000 years into the future. But that's just one way of interpreting it. Another way to interpret it is perhaps CCP may have meant the the Future of Eve as in the day Project Nova actually launches which is a long time from now. It could be an entire year or two into the future from NOW before we see any serious product made out of Project Nova.
What i mean, is that what I read way back when was pretty specific and not really open to subjective interpretation. "While DUST players shared the same universe as EVE players in realtime, Nova is its own self-contained game like Valkyrie and is actually set in the future of the EVE universe." Source.
While the same site days later added the "set in current EVE lore" comment to another article, that alone does not change the original context.
I guess my only point here is to maybe ease off the speculation of what might be. Considering what happened with DUST, I am honestly surprised to see so many creatively filling in the holes of what NOVA might or might not be. For me, I'm trying to remain neutral with my expectations. At this point based on my reading, it is set in the future of EVE (read: not our relative future, but the universe of EVE ;P). Because of that, I can safely assume that NOVA will be self-contained and without a real time connection to EVE. I will keep my hopes in check until CCP says otherwise. If they ever do.
Considering we do not even know if the thing has been green lit apart from cryptic posts that mean nothing unless we dissect those comments under a microscope, and even then it's still subjective. If the project is green lit, they will announce that accomplishment, I am sure (I hope?). At that point my expectations will move to the next level of possibility. That's realistic. Personally, I feel that a large part of DUST's failure was due to fan-side speculations of what's to come. We all envisioned our own personal fantasy of the perfect EVE based shooter. DUST could never have lived up to that hype (for lack of a better word).
I absolutely agree with Kevall. My expectations will ride along actual posts from CCP. I seriously suggest everyone else do the same, else we will only see a repeat of history.
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