Eve Online’s Microsoft Excel plug-in is now live and will help players analyse data
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TheMicrosoftExcel add-in forEVE Onlinehas finally launched almost a year after CCP games first announced the feature.
This latest feature forEVE Onlinemassively plays into the MMO’s reputation for being a spreadsheet simulation. The add-in will allow players to analyze their in-game data like nothing else before.
Thankfully you don’t need a lot of experience to work this out, as the whole point is to make this as easy as possible. With this add-in at your fingertips, players can manage frontline warfare, maximize profits, monitor kills, track earnings, and detail character progress over time. You can be a manufacturer, a PvP fighter, or an enforcer, it’s accessible to every role.
This collaboration with Microsoft Excel is the first of its kind and is a brilliant use of the renowned software. “[It’s] been both a very enjoyable experience and a very natural fit,“EVE Onlinecreative director Bergur Finnbogason said. “Our players continue to encourage us to explore more ways to makeEVEapproachable. Advanced EVE players are known to use spreadsheets as a data management tool, so the Excel add-in is a crucial step in achieving that goal.”
“CCP Games has extensive experience in the MMO space, so it’s only natural that we collaborate with them to launch the first-ever native Microsoft Excel add-in for a video game,” Microsoft head of product Excel, Catherine Pidgeon said. “With the add-in, theEVE Onlineplayer base can seamlessly export and manage data without third-party tools.”
If you’re wondering how to access this new brilliant feature then check outCCP’s extensive FAQwhich explained how to install the add-on, free of charge. However, if you’re already familiar with Excel then all you have to do is click the Insert tab, then access the Get Add-ins button, and finallyEVE Onlineshould appear.
This news is a thrilling expansion to the ever-growing story of EVE Online and just proves that this title keeps earning its spot on ourbest MMO gameslist.
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