Project Nova was finally shown in its pre-alpha state to great applause at Eve Vegas 2018. CCP didn’t stop there however, as they allowed attendees to sample the fps goodness by destroying horrible Sansha AI on an early level gameplay demo. The reaction must not have been what CCP was looking for as only one day after the end of the Eve Vegas event, CCP announced plans to release microtransactions in time for all the Vegas attendees to enjoy in the upcoming alpha.
Many will be happy to hear it was free of Pearl Abyss influence, and for the moment didn’t feature any kitten ears or pay to win camouflage. In fact, most of the five items were the usual CCP affair of horribly designed clothes that nobody wants to wear in game—let alone real life—but one item in particular stood out amongst the rest. For the low price of $420 USD, you can buy a gold monocle which when equipped allows you to use a system very similar to the Fallout VATS system in Nova.
In addition to this, if you buy the monocle chain you can get a 2x modifier to see how much the monocle will slow down time. CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson released a statement saying, “We feel that one of the best ways to ensure a good reception of the Nova project is to look to what we and others have done well. We really want to make the game feel likes it’s part of the EVE universe and thought there was no better way to do that than to find a way to add TIDI, but couldn’t figure out a way to implement it into Project Nova. So we looked for inspiration elsewhere, and found it in the Fallout series and its VATS system. The price is a bargain if you think about it. $420 USD for a monocle that slows down time. Such an item would be vastly more expensive in real life.”
All EVE Vegas attendees will be able to test Nova and purchase the monocle in the alpha while the rest of us will have to wait until the full game is released sometime in 2019.
