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Directors' Letter - January 2024
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First joint Directors' Letter from CCP Burger and CCP Rattati, two months after the 20th-anniversary year wrapped. Establishes the three product themes - Strong Organizations, Future of War, Identity and Agency. Telegraphs that 2024's two expansions will focus on nullsec, commits SKINR for ships, and seeds Corporation Projects expansion to non-members - which 16 months later shipped as Legion's Freelance Jobs.
Directors' Letter - January 2024
Background
The first joint Directors' Letter from CCP Burger (Creative Director) and CCP Rattati (Game Director), published 19 January 2024, two months after the 20th-anniversary year wrapped. Sets out the 2024 product roadmap and the three product themes - Strong Organizations, Future of War, and Identity and Agency - that anchor CCP's communication going forward.
Key takeaways
- Two expansions in 2024 will focus on nullsec. "The value of owning and defending space is set to rise" - first telegraph of Equinox (which shipped 11 June 2024 as the first sov rework since Aegis 2015).
- SKINR extended to ships in the summer expansion - promised here, delivered in Equinox, with the Paragon Hub as the player-driven SKIN marketplace.
- Corporation Projects expand to non-members - freelance tasks aimed at recruitment + new-pilot onboarding. This was the seed of what shipped 16 months later as Freelance Jobs in Legion (May 2025).
- EVE Vanguard monthly playtests continue through 2024 - mining prototype in March, weapon mods + persistent fittings in June.
- 2024 events confirmed: Capsuleer Day, Crimson Harvest, Winter Nexus, plus "the biggest Alliance Tournament yet."
Why it matters for returning players
This is the public commitment that drives every 2024-2025 nullsec change you'll see when you return. If you logged out before 19 January 2024, the Equinox sov rework + Legion's Freelance Jobs were not on the roadmap; this letter is where those features got committed publicly.