Winter Expansion 2013
Many of you may have noticed when you logged in that we have an upcoming official stream to cover the Winter Expansion for 2013. Watch CCP Guard and the EVE development team at 20:00 UTC (eve time) on September 26,2013 to get the details on what will be coming soon in the next Eve Online free expansion! It will be aired live on CCP’s official channel at TwitchTV
Recently many people have written news and articles covering the recent changes to the Terms of Service. Information that comes directly from CCP Grimmi states the following:
First, a history of Impersonation of other players and the EULA:
CCP archives show that this Impersonation clause in the EULA was slightly different at the very beginning of EVE Online’s history. For roughly a year (May 6th, 2003 – April 13th, 2004) it looked like this:
“No player may use the player name of another player to impersonate or falsely represent his or her identity.”
The clause was then updated, and an archived version of the EULA from June 29th, 2004 shows the current version:
“No player may use the character name of another player to impersonate or falsely represent his or her identity.”
Recently CCP Falcon took a moment to deliver the following:
Customer Support has been made aware of the use of a specific defect as a tactic in combat. The defect has to do with assigning drones to another pilot and then moving into the safety of a forcefield without having the drones deactivate or return to your dronebay.
Abusing this defect to your advantage is regarded as an exploit, and henceforth will be dealt with as such in accordance with our policies. We appreciate your assistance in making sure everyone plays in accordance with the policies we have in place.
The defect in question is being worked on and will be fixed as soon as possible. If you believe you have discovered a defect, please use the bug reporting tool we have provided. Instructions on how to create a bug report can be found here:
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Bug_reporting
Remember to follow the EULA and you can also help improve Eve Online by using the bug reporting tool when you find things that do not work as they are intended.
Today on deployment day we were scheduled to return to our ships around 10:40. However CCP has posted that they have had some minor issues and have since extended the downtime. Although we have no new time for it to go online we can however give you some additional information about the update.
Drone Management
CCP karkur posted on the Dev Blog yesterday that Drones are going to be getting some loving! In Odyssey 1.1, you will now be able to launch any drone by dragging it from the drone bay and dropping it into space or onto the “Drones in Local Space” folder. You can also perform this same action for any drones in a specific group.
To recall the drones, you can drag individual drones or drone groups from the “Drones in Local Space” section and drop that them onto the Drones in Bay. While CCP karkur comments that they magically return to the drone bay… I am fairly confident that they will perform this action utilizing flight mechanics (hehehe). So while the actual rules on drones have not been changed a great method has been added to assist with the management of drones. Plus we have the introduction of a radial menu, watch list and more! Check out the Official Dev Blog post today!
The excitement is building with the very rapid approach of the Odyssey 1.1 Update. This exciting update is being released on Tuesday, September 3rd 2013. So make sure when you get off to bed you set a long skill train. So aside from this video below would you like to know more?
Amazingly the team at CCP in Reykjavik is re-balancing 28 ships in this update with major changes to medium weapons, nosferatu modules (coming back with better usability and viability), gang links, armor repairers and shield boosters. Click on more to read the Official Patch Notes!
Also don’t forget you can install Twitter and use the #tweetfleet and #eveonline hash tags to talk to the community as we all try to patiently wait for the server to go back online.
Recently CCP Guard Announced that Eve Valkyrie is a go! Check out the official trailer below.
Find out more information on evevalkyrie.com
Azmodeus Valar
Today the CEO of Eve University announced an upcoming week of flying friendship for Eve University. In the words of our CEO…
“Starting this Saturday we will be having a week long event… Beginning this Saturday, August 31st – September the 7th we will be having “Fly With Friends” week. This entire week the University will be suspending all rules on mixed-fleets for PVP or PVE operations.”
Our directors are quick to point out that all Eve University members are still to hold to the rules of the University and obey the Rules of Engagement at all times. He also wished all pilots to have fun with this event and be responsible. Essentially this will be a test of multiple items as the University Management holds internal talks on rules and engagements in various areas around New Eden. Students and Directors alike are extremely excited and we look forward to updating you on new developments as they happen. Keep checking back as we start bringing you the latest updates and news on Eve University.