Everyone has a fighting chance
One EVE Online player has boldly gone where no one in the game’s history has gone before. Katia Sae has explored all of the reachable systems in EVE and it only took a bit over nine years to do so. What makes it all the more remarkable, Katia did this incredible first-of-its-kind feat without suffering a single loss.
CCP Games is looking to push the envelope of its server technology with a new partnership announcement with Hadean. The pair are working on EVE: Aether Wars, a tech demo that will be shown at GDC and will feature up to 10,000 players in battle using Hadean’s simulation engine. Hadean has been instrumental with its Aether engine by allowing “developers to seamlessly scale their applications at increased speed and ease across the cloud.” Ultimately, EVE & Valkyrie players could fly together.
The EVE Online site has been updated with a new dev blog that lays out some big changes coming to the Skill System, particularly with regard to the skill training system to make it simpler and more convenient. Players will still obtain skillpoints through gameplay that are “fed into a specific skill to improve the specialization”, but the way core training skills will be obtained will be through “Skills on Demand”.
From February 12th to February 25th, EVE Online capsuleers will be able to take part in Guardian’s Gala with “new and exciting challenges, visuals and content”. Players will be able to earn a variety of rare modules, Spirit SKINs, facial augmentations, implants, boosters and cerebral accelerators. Angel Cartel and Serpentis pirate factions are in partying moods and players are invited to “crash the party and share the spoils”.
Tickets for the first three events in the EVE Invasion World Tour are now on sale. Interested fans can purchase tickets for EVEsterdam, EVE Down Under and EVE North via the Eventbrite site. These events are the first ones in the EVE Invasion World Tour that will also see stops in Russia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the USA.
The first EVE Online security report for 2019 has been published. In it, the development team lays out its case for a recent action that saw over 600 accounts permanently banned as a result of ‘modified clients, also known as client hacking’. In addition, Team Security is working with Business Development and the Legal department to try to stamp out “advertising and sales of illicit ISK”.
During a special live stream event, CCP Games announced that it will be taking the fanfest experience on the road in 2019. Called the EVE World Tour, events will take place in cities around the world throughout 2019. It will feature tournaments, livestreams, unique in-game rewards, reveals, developer round tables and stellar parties” all designed to bring EVE closer to its community.
From today through January 2nd, EVE Online players can take part in Operation Permafrost that brings a ton of challenges, visuals and content to the game as well as event-specific rewards. The latter includes Mordu’s Legion and Frostline module blueprints and SKINS, boosters and Cerebral Accelerators. Content is given in The Agency with a list of objectives players can pursue.
From December 17th to January 2nd, EVE Online players can take part in Operation Permafrost, an event that brings “new and exciting challenges, visuals and content” along with exclusive event-specific rewards. Players can look for blueprints for Mordu’s Legion and Frostline modules as well as Operation Permafrost SKINs, Bosters and Cerebral Accelerators.
From now through November 19th, EVE Online players can enjoy a double training weekend with 2x training. Alpha accounts will can claim 25,000 skillpoints two times during the course of the weekend, while Omega accounts can claim 50,000 skillpoints two times during the same time period.