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Summer Expansion ETA May
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Demolishar
United Aggression
#1 - 2013-03-09 11:38:55 UTC
http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/eve_releases.php

CCP should give us the day it will be released on tbh.
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#2 - 2013-03-09 11:42:56 UTC
I'm more curious on what will be in it, then when.

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Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#3 - 2013-03-09 11:47:21 UTC
Wait till PAX Blink

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Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#4 - 2013-03-09 11:48:59 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:
I'm more curious on what will be in it, then when.

End of February CCP Seagull said.
So less then a year from now we'll know.

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Othran
Route One
#5 - 2013-03-09 11:59:10 UTC
Demolishar wrote:
http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/eve_releases.php

CCP should give us the day it will be released on tbh.


I'd imagine the significance of May 6 isn't lost on CCP's marketing people Blink
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-03-09 12:03:27 UTC
Giving exact dates for expansions, months in advance, is a VERY bad business practice. Look at Retribution 1.1 even. They told us the date less than a month in advance, and were still a week off in when it came out, and that was a sub-expansion.

No thankyou, to exact dates. They force product to be rushed out to stop the complaints of the hordes who will cry that the patch is late.
Michael Heineken
Spike Solutions
#7 - 2013-03-09 14:58:59 UTC
An alternative could be stating that the expansion will be released no earlier than BLANK. That way people know that they have until that time to get their skills up to par for the switch. Developers won't be rushed either because there still isn't a release date to work under.
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-03-09 19:17:02 UTC
Michael Heineken wrote:
An alternative could be stating that the expansion will be released no earlier than BLANK. That way people know that they have until that time to get their skills up to par for the switch. Developers won't be rushed either because there still isn't a release date to work under.


Isn't telling you that it is slated for May, enough for you already?
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2013-03-09 19:42:32 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
Where does it say that it's slated for May, other than in OP's link, which is an ETA (ESTIMATED time of arrival) based on no more information than anyone else here has?

Note the stated ETA for the Winter expansion was early by a month on that page.

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#10 - 2013-03-09 19:47:27 UTC
Arronicus wrote:
Giving exact dates for expansions, months in advance, is a VERY bad business practice. Look at Retribution 1.1 even. They told us the date less than a month in advance, and were still a week off in when it came out, and that was a sub-expansion.

No thankyou, to exact dates. They force product to be rushed out to stop the complaints of the hordes who will cry that the patch is late.


While true, 6 May marks the 10th Anniversary of the game ... so, good day to throw an expansion Smile

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Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-03-09 19:50:35 UTC
People who have no other worries.
Dave Stark
#12 - 2013-03-09 19:52:29 UTC
i think they shouldn't even give a timeframe like "summer".
i think they should just release it when it's done without a word, and just let you log in one day to find the expansion is there.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#13 - 2013-03-09 19:55:42 UTC
they've been doing the expansions every 6 mos for the last 10 years .... seems to be working fine (except incarna)

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Orlacc
#14 - 2013-03-09 20:36:52 UTC
Just start training the Orca now.

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Chelly Tau
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#15 - 2013-03-09 21:26:44 UTC
Velicitia wrote:
Arronicus wrote:
Giving exact dates for expansions, months in advance, is a VERY bad business practice. Look at Retribution 1.1 even. They told us the date less than a month in advance, and were still a week off in when it came out, and that was a sub-expansion.

No thankyou, to exact dates. They force product to be rushed out to stop the complaints of the hordes who will cry that the patch is late.


While true, 6 May marks the 10th Anniversary of the game ... so, good day to throw an expansion Smile


Or they could plan a bunch of celebratory stuff inside/outside the game around May 6th and end the celebrations with the release of the expansion as the last big bang. That way they get some leeway with the expansion release date while still tying it in with the 10th year anniversary.