Alliance tournament weekend has started!!!

off into the wormhole we go

CCP Falcon and CCP Leeloo have been very open to our questions and the questions that we have brought forward from the community starting from last night.

I've recently been asked about accounts used for businesses and what account usage qualifies as a business reference this part of the EULA:

yes

ISK doublers in Jita will get richer.

/c

Feeling a bit cynical today?  Big smile

Absolutely not, but I'm sure some of the gamblers out there getting their ISK back will fall for it Lol They're gamblers after all lol

/c

Do you think Somer will get a set of dirty gold magnate ships as a farewell present?Roll Totally not the gold magnate so it should be safe.

I doubt it. Now that would be looking very odd if they are found guilty of EULA breach, rewarded with stuff lol

Hey guys,

We're [CCP] aware that SOMER Blink has posted a message to state that their services are shutting down.

We're also well aware that a lot of members of the community have enjoyed playing SOMER Blink over the course of the last four years, and it's very unfortunate and saddening to see a source of enjoyment for our players closing its doors.

In the same respect however, we believe that the promotion that caused this issue was not representative of the original proposal that was brought to CCP.

Given that we're unable to provide reimbursements as per section 1.3 of our reimbursement policy, it's good to see that SOMER Blink is shutting down in a controlled and stable manner, and that players will be able to withdraw their ISK and / or assets.

While we will be monitoring this closely, we have no intention of interfering with this process, as we feel that allowing players to be able to have their assets and / or ISK returned by SOMER Blink of their own free will is an important part of bringing this situation to a solid resolution.

We'll have more information for you guys tomorrow, once myself and CCP Leeloo get back into the office and speak to the relevant people, including the CSM.

This remains a top priority for the community team, those involved in other parts of CCP, and the CSM.

Thanks for your patience while we work on bringing this to a close.

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We can confirm that the current issues with Tranquility are not volcano related - We are currently working on restoring service!

so what the new meta ? still using gila for AT12?

Exlopration

    The six-digit scan ID (ABC-123) for cosmic signatures/anomalies will now be consistent across server downtimes.
    A number of changes and improvements have been made to Wormholes and W-Space. All the details can be found in this dev blog.[2]
    The wormhole changes include:* Wormhole effect rebalance
    A second static for Class 4 wormholes
    More randomly spawning wormholes
    Mass-based spawn distance after wormhole jumps
    K162 appearance only on first jump
    Loosening of bookmark copying restrictions
    Ensuring that scan signatures stay consistent over downtime

Graphics

    Continuation of the renovation project: updated content for a large selection of environmental objects and scenery assets.

Market

    Tooltips have been added to the market interface and the top-level market groups.
    A new top-level category, Pilot's Services, has been added. In this category you will find various services that are sold via the New Eden Store such as character resculpt and multiple character training.
    The Pilot's License Extensions (PLEX) have been moved to the Pilot's Services category.

Miscellaneous

    You can now activate your Pilot's License Extension (PLEX) to donate 30 days of game time to the account of any other character.

Missions NPCs

    Incursion Scout sites have been rebalanced to be more in line with the risk vs reward of the other Incursion sites. Sansha presence has been increased within them and they now pay out 3,500,000 ISK and 400 LP.
    Drone Nexus chips that can be traded for Sisters of Eve ship BPCs now drop more frequently from Sentient Rogue Drones
    Mordu's Legion Special Warfare Unit NPCs will now appear more often in low-security asteroid belts.
    A new type of level 4 security mission can now be received from all standard level 4 security agents in all areas of space. All the information on these Burner Missions can be found in this dev blog.[3] * Burner Missions are completely optional, and no player will ever receive standings penalties for declining or failing them.
    Burner Missions can only be completed in Frigate sized ships.
    Burner Missions pit players against a single extremely difficult frigate NPC. Players are advised to exercise caution when attempting these missions and to only fly what they can afford to lose.

New Eden Store

    A new category has been added to the New Eden Store called Services and there you will find two new items available for sale:* Pilot's Body Resculpt Certificate can be consumed to enable a one-time full recustomization of your character including facial features and body shape.
    Multiple Pilot Training Certificate is used similar to a PLEX except it can only be used to enable and extend additional skill training queues on your account.
    Both items can be traded on the market (can be found under the Pilot's Services category).
    In order to use one of these items it must be located in your station hangar, then you can activate it either via the right-click menu or by double-clicking the item (note that the item can be used remotely, even while you're undocked).

Science Industry

    Creating new Planetary Interaction colonies in 0.0 no longer requires you to be a member of the sovereignty holding alliance

Ships and Modules

    The following adjustments have been made to the Nestor battleship:* Mass: 20,000,000 (-36,000,000)
    Inertia: 0.5 (+0.32)
    Velocity: 65 (-27)
    Magnetometric Sensor Strength: 30 (+6)
    Signature Radius: 420 (-45)

    The Nestor now contains a Ship Maintenance Bay with a volume of 5,000m3

    The following adjustments have been made to the Ishtar Heavy Assault Cruiser:* The bonus to sentry drone tracking and optimal range reduced from 7.5% per level - 5% per level.

    The maximum velocity has been reduced from 195 to 185.

    The following adjustments have been made to the Eagle Heavy Assault Cruiser:* The maximum velocity has been increased from 180 to 190.

    The following adjustments have been made to theMuninn Heavy Assault Cruiser:* The maximum velocity has been increased from 210 to 230.

    The cargo capacities of several Heavy Assault Cruisers have been increased.

    The capacitor requirements of 100mn microwarpdrive modules have been reduced by 50%.

    New Jump Drive Economizer modules have been added.* These modules decrease the fuel use of jump drives, and can only be fit to Jump Freighters and Rorquals.

    Blueprints for the Jump Drive Economizer modules can be obtained through Besieged Ghost Sites in low-security space.

Structures Deployables

    The build material requirements for Mobile Siphon Units have been slightly reduced.* Guidance System required: 89 (-22)
    Miniature Electronics required: 100 (-11)
    Data Chips required: 11 (-2)

User Interface

    The 'New Location' window will now remember its position between instances, instead of always defaulting to the center of the screen.
    The speed at which players can copy bookmark locations has been increased, and the throttling limits have been lowered.
    Overview profiles can now be shared in game by dragging and dropping an icon from the overview settings window into chat or EVEmail. These links can also be stored in notepad. Note that only saved tab presets can be shared.
    Added a counter to the bottom of the fleet composition window.
    Added a timer to the top left corner of the client for booster effects.

FIXES:

Audio

    Fixed a missing sound on the warp gates.

Gameplay

    Inventory access to starbase structures was incorrectly denied if the player's ship was within range of the control tower (but not the structure itself) and the tower did not have an active forcefield. The structure should now be correctly accessible if the ship is within the area where the forcefield would be, even when the forcefield is not present.
    Occasionally a static dungeon (such as an Ice Belt or a Sov-upgrade site) would not re-spawn correctly on server startup, and remain missing until after the next downtime. This should now be fixed and all sites should be available according to normal respawn timers.
    Fixed an issue with 'Expel Member' corporation votes, where a corp member would sometimes be missing from the list of available candidates for removal if he owned slightly more shares than the average shareholder. The intended behavior is that a character holding more than the average shareholder (excluding any shares owned by the corp itself) can only be expelled via a vote. Characters with less shares can be kicked normally.
    Replaced Scout Drones certificate with Medium Drones certificate on the Sacrilege.
    Blockade Runners can now access the 'Angel Base' dungeon.
    Stealth Bombers can now access the 'Knife in the Throat' mission dungeon.
    Industrial Command Ships can now access the 'Angel Cartel Occupied Mining Colony' dungeon.
    Microwarp drives can now be used inside the 'Guristas Guerilla Grounds' dungeon.
    An issue where the Bounty Office service was disabled if the Reprocessing Plant service was damaged has been fixed.
    An issue where multiple anomalies could spawn within the same grid has been fixed.
    Fixed an issue preventing fleet members from warping at range to each other, using the radial menu while on the same grid.
    Fixed an issue preventing corporation bills from being pasted into chat.
    Fixed the 'All' overview default tab preset.
    Fixed some stats on the Mackinaw ORE Edition.
    The Prospect Expedition Frigate now leaves behind a wreck when destroyed.

Graphics

    The inventory icon for Women's Rocket dress (green) has been fixed.
    Fixed an issue which prevented tights from being visible in previews.

"Stable revenue and margin from one year to show that our core business, publishing and development of the computer game EVE Online, is going strong. In April we took the difficult decision to quit development of the computer game World of Darkness and focus to the goal of developing games for one and the same game world; EVE game world. As part of our plans to combine and simplify our business in key operational company, we will soon say goodbye to two of the Company's management. Joe Gallo and David Reid won a great job for the CCP and I wish them all the best for the future. "

CCP's newest hire is none other than David Reid, formerly of Trion Worlds and NCsoft. Reid steps into the role of chief marketing officer for DUST 514, and Gamasutra reports that he'll also shape the publicity strategy for CCP's upcoming World of Darkness title.

Reid helped launch Trion's RIFT MMO in 2011, and was instrumental in the development of its "we're not in Azeroth anymore" campaign. "We had a great launch with RIFT and I have nothing bad to say about it," Reid explains. "But I have kept my eye on CCP for a very long time."