As previously reported here, the new YouTube channel from CCP, “Flight Academy,” has been busy adding new content at a rapid pace. The series is designed to help players conceptualize EVE’s complicated universe, one subject at a time. These are great primers for new players.
Historically, CCP has suffered from failures to deliver on over-hyped features and game developments, most publicly the “Ambulation” or “Walking in Stations” concept that fizzled when released in the Incarna Expansion. There was also Tessellation graphic enhancements, the PVP Dojo, and so on. Not all of these failures fall at the feet of CCP, but their dev-to-player relationship puts them at high exposure for blame when something doesn’t pan out.
To turn things around, Executive Director, CCP Seagull, has taken a cautious approach: Restricting announcements of what CCP “hopes” to see, down to what CCP can actually deliver. Weighing the frustration of players over noncommittal commentary, the prudent move which CCP Seagull decided to take was to under-promise and over-deliver. The Flight Academy series is one more stone in that wall, delivering faster than anyone ever expected.
The YouTube video channel has published nine videos in as many days covering several topics:
For all the videos, go to EVE Online: Flight Academy
We expect to see many more videos in the near future. There was a discussion (referred to in the CSM Winter Summit notes), but not promises, of technology created for players to be able to capture/share screenshots and video to make their own tutorials in the future.
