One of those assumptions thus far has been that the base grid size of 250km is big enough to contain all the space action you can handle. However things are about to get a whole lot bigger and we need to make some room for the new enormous structures coming next year.

So we are increasing the base grid size to be 32 times larger, from 250km up to 8000km across.

Any off grid bookmarks may now be on grid bookmarks. They will still be the same distance from the gate, station or asteroid belt you made them around but they will now be visible from that location.

Let’s look first from the perspective of someone wanting to add skillpoints to their character. All they need to do is get themselves a “Skill Injector” item (we simplified the name here for clarity), which they can find on the EVE market for ISK, providing another player has listed it. Once they’ve bought one, or convinced a loving supporter to give them one, they simple activate the item which immediately adds skillpoints to their unallocated pool and consumes the Skill Injector. Those skillpoints can then be spent however they like (following normal skill progression restrictions of course). That’s it.

The injector items will give a different amount of skillpoints depending on what your character’s skillpoint total is when you use the item, according to the following scale:

< 5 million total skillpoints                   =500,000 skillpoints per injector
5 million – 50 million total skillpoints     =400,000 skillpoints per injector
50 million – 80 million total skillpoints   =300,000 skillpoints per injector
> 80 million skillpoints                        = 150,000 skillpoints per injector



But, the item you need and the process you use are the same no matter where you fall on the scale. One last thing here: we are making some big improvements to the UI for allocating skillpoints but I don’t have a screenshot of that for you just yet.

I’m sure you want to know about pricing for Extractors but we are going to announce that a little closer to release time.

It’s very important to note here that this means all the skillpoints available to buy on the market in EVE will have originated on other characters where they were trained at the normal rate.  Player driven economies are key to EVE design and we want you to decide the value of traded skillpoints while we make sure there is one single mechanism that brings new skillpoints in to the system – training.

In this video, CCP Seagull touches on a massive step for the EVE Universe, with the relocation of the all new hardware and infrastructure that supports it to a completely new data center, as well as how you can get involved in real life science by playing EVE Online and contributing to Project Discovery.

In addition to this CCP Seagull also reveals a gift of 200,000 unallocated skillpoints for the recent issues and extended downtimes that Tranquility has experienced.

Note: All times are in UTC with (SG/MY) timezone

Thursday:

10:45 (6.45pm) – Stream Starts!

11:00 – Welcome to o7 – Fanfest Live
12:00 – Opening Ceremonies & Updates on New Eden
13:00 – Speaking with the Community

14:00 (10pm) – EVE Online Keynote

15:00 – Valkyrie: Assaulting the Senses
16:00 – A History of the Great Empires of New Eden


Friday:

10:45 (6.45pm) – Stream Starts!

11:00 – Game Design Panel
12:00 – Ships & Modules
13:00 – Project Discovery
14:00 – Live Concept Art
15:00 – NASA – There is no lull
16:00 – Care 4 Kids
17:00 – YC118 Amarr Championships Finals


Saturday:

10:45 (6.45pm) – Stream Starts!

11:00 – Art & Graphics Panel
12:00 – Social Scientists Study: EVE Online
13:00 – Structures
14:00 – Art Of Citadels
15:00 – EVE: Valkyrie Tournament Semi Finals
16:00 – EVE: Valkyrie Tournament Finals

17:00 (Sunday - 1am) – Closing Ceremony

18:00 – Stream Wrap Up

In celebration of the 13th anniversary of EVE Online on May 6th with Capsuleer Day and the EVE Online: Citadel expansion, we offer EVE Online on Steam for free this weekend from May 5th to 8th without any restrictions. Further celebrations include massive discounts on Core Starter Packs (75% off), Premium Editions including PLEX (50% off), Content packs, PLEX and subscriptions. 

With the EVE Online: Citadel expansion, we have introduced many new features to EVE Online, and deployed massive improvements. The Community has been extremely busy in game, fighting the largest conflict New Eden has seen in years. Now we can celebrate all of this with all of you!

If you are looking to strengthen your corporation, alliance or coalition with new players or returning veterans, this is the time! Lend your newbros a hand and reap the benefits of additional manpower - as we all know, there is power in numbers.

Spread the word and join the free EVE on Steam celebration weekend! Further details will be available in the coming days.