# Dev blog: Welcome To The Warzone - A Guest Blog From The EVE Valkyrie Team **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** official, devblog, valkyrie\ **Created:** [August 15, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035 "2017-08-15T15:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCP\_Phantom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_phantom/32/11746_2.png) [@CCP\_Phantom](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Phantom)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/1 "2017-08-15T15:23:51Z")
On the 26th of September, some exciting changes are coming to [EVE: Valkyrie](https://www.evevalkyrie.com/) that will open the hangar doors to a draft of new pilots. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/a/5/a51ea94d5bd195165817ffbf571a95ae2132c3c1.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEU3nqgo1I0) With the launch of [EVE: Valkyrie - Warzone](https://www.evevalkyrie.com/warzone), **you will no longer need a VR headset** to join us in our epic first-person spaceship shooter! Read more about these exciting changes in the guest blog from the EVE: Valkyrie developer team [Welcome To The Warzone](https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/) ---
**Author:** ![Tipa\_Riot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tipa_riot/32/443513_2.png) [@Tipa\_Riot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tipa_Riot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/2 "2017-08-15T15:34:26Z")
Cool, what PC spec do you need to run the none-VR version? (I actually wanted to wait with a PC upgrade until Nova …😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Algarion\_Getz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/algarion_getz/32/356396_2.png) [@Algarion\_Getz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Algarion_Getz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/3 "2017-08-15T15:41:52Z")
Oh. Now we know why EVE Online development is so slow. ---
**Author:** ![Maximillion\_Carter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/maximillion_carter/32/16742_2.png) [@Maximillion\_Carter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Maximillion_Carter)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/4 "2017-08-15T16:11:14Z")
Squeee with delight 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algarion\_Getz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/algarion_getz/32/356396_2.png) [@Algarion\_Getz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Algarion_Getz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/5 "2017-08-15T17:17:36Z")
Will the system requirements go down because game does no longer have to run at 3D 8k 999Hz? On the Steam store page a NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti is recommended … ---
**Author:** ![Levin\_Crack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/levin_crack/32/16752_2.png) [@Levin\_Crack](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Levin_Crack)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/6 "2017-08-15T17:21:05Z")
This looks awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Korvin\_Antollare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/korvin_antollare/32/16754_2.png) [@Korvin\_Antollare](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Korvin_Antollare)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/7 "2017-08-15T17:25:17Z")
Huh, this has genuinely piqued my interest now. I always found VR to be too cost prohibitive, so I never thought I’d get to try Valkyrie. ---
**Author:** ![Nora\_Maldoran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nora_maldoran/32/399985_2.png) [@Nora\_Maldoran](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nora_Maldoran)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/8 "2017-08-15T17:27:02Z")
Now that I like! What I am a bit concerned about is how you will “balance” the different hardware. But I guess you thought out something (please don’t force gamepads to be used .\_. ) ---
**Author:** ![Krima\_Sumyungi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krima_sumyungi/32/496692_2.png) [@Krima\_Sumyungi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krima_Sumyungi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/9 "2017-08-15T19:47:37Z")
How about less focus on the contards and more focus on OUR game? ---
**Author:** ![Dunkle\_Lars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dunkle_lars/32/16780_2.png) [@Dunkle\_Lars](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dunkle_Lars)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/10 "2017-08-15T19:51:41Z")
No joystick support? So you want me to just keep flying MS Flightsim X? ---
**Author:** ![DaReaper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dareaper/32/330255_2.png) [@DaReaper](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DaReaper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/11 "2017-08-15T19:57:38Z")
you do know they can easily do both right? Valk has its own team that does this stuff, as does eve. Its really not that hard. ---
**Author:** ![Krima\_Sumyungi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krima_sumyungi/32/496692_2.png) [@Krima\_Sumyungi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krima_Sumyungi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/12 "2017-08-15T20:14:31Z")
One I care about, the other I couldn’t give a flying fornication. It’s really not that hard. ---
**Author:** ![Erroch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/erroch/32/16790_2.png) [@Erroch](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Erroch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/13 "2017-08-15T20:16:00Z")
I see “Mouse & keyboard support” in the blog. Does this support joysticks / throttles or are there any plans for adding support for those? ---
**Author:** ![MidnightWyvern](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/midnightwyvern/32/409257_2.png) [@MidnightWyvern](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MidnightWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/14 "2017-08-15T20:24:17Z")
Yes, it has always supported joysticks and throttles. However, it does NOT support granular throttle control. The game is arcade style, so basically you just have normal forward speed, braking, and boosting. You get used to it pretty quickly. As well, CCP Roo confirmed that they did not remove the ability to lock and fire missiles in all directions. You can bind that to any control you want on your joystick, it defaults to the right-stick on controllers, and there’s a keyboard preset that has you fly with the arrow keys while using the mouse for free-look. ---
**Author:** ![Erroch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/erroch/32/16790_2.png) [@Erroch](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Erroch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/15 "2017-08-15T20:27:12Z")
Thanks. This old thrustmaster setup has been collecting dust for a little bit. I’m itching to use it. I’ve a feeling though it’ll play better on a controller given your comment about arcade style flight. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightWyvern](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/midnightwyvern/32/409257_2.png) [@MidnightWyvern](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MidnightWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/16 "2017-08-15T20:28:15Z")
Well, if your thrustmaster has at least 2 throttle buttons, you can easily just use it to rest your hand on and do Boost and Brake. Either that or combine a keyboard with a joystick. ---
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/516090_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/17 "2017-08-15T20:40:01Z")
So now they’re removing the VR requisite from their VR game? ---
**Author:** ![Clarion\_Andedare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/clarion_andedare/32/16803_2.png) [@Clarion\_Andedare](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Clarion_Andedare)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/18 "2017-08-15T20:50:05Z")
This is Awesome news! Really glad I’ll get a chance to try Valkyrie! ---
**Author:** ![Arien\_Omnicron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arien_omnicron/32/16820_2.png) [@Arien\_Omnicron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arien_Omnicron)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/19 "2017-08-15T22:23:59Z")
So when can we expect the new fighters to be replicated into eve. ---
**Author:** ![Tavin\_Aikisen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tavin_aikisen/32/378349_2.png) [@Tavin\_Aikisen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tavin_Aikisen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035/20 "2017-08-15T23:17:12Z")
Probably just saved this game… I can’t wait for affordable VR. I really can’t. I play so many simulation games that would really benefit. But the cost is just ridiculous. Now work on better integration between Valkyrie and EVE and get this ultimate sci-fi universe going again! [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-welcome-to-the-warzone-a-guest-blog-from-the-eve-valkyrie-team/17035.md?page=2)