EVE General Discussion

1066 system added to nullsec, bringing the total number of systems in the game to 7930…

Heh. Yearly.

Adorable optimism.

What aren't you telling us, oh miner of Eve client data nuggets?

No, nothing as clearcut as a removal.
Instead, just the effective removal of T2 mfg in high sec , by penalizing high sec T2 industry / giving null sec massive invention and mfg bonuses.

That way, even though T2 high sec industry is gutted, null sec cartels can say "we never touched T2 high sec industry.

Yeah, it will be most interesting of I am correct.

Because that would mean all the null sec cartels started employing game mechanisms that totally jived with the winter changes, but months before they were released publicly, and well, that was just be pure blind luck by the cartels......

Actually, that is not fair. The last, but far most powerful cartel, would have started months before the release. Many of the cartels had already embraced this game mechanism, before that.

I hope we get seeds so we can grow plants in our Captain's Quarters.

CCP will strive to localize Eve by replacing asteroid belts with shoals of space fish. All mining vessels will be transformed into space trawlers, mining lasers to nets. A jaunty captain's hat will be added to the Noble Exchange.
Also added will be Space Banking and Poor Investment Decision skills. These will allow you to magically multiply your ISK with no effort. Hostile buyouts of corporations and alliances will supplant warfare. PvPers will rage.
To sink all that ISK, new gold-plated newb-ships will be added. These can only be purchased with the new Jovian currency, the Jeuro. A London School of Economics lecture series to explain how the ISK - Aurum - Jeuro - PLEX exchange rates are calculated will be cancelled after the first one devolves into a riot.

The Winter 1.1 update will add a new weapon, the Super, which insta-kills everything in space within one AU when fired. It can only be mounted on the gold newb ships. NPCs, including CONCORD, stations and gates will be vulnerable. The Final Jihad will bring an end to all space-based life in New Eden.

DUST 514 players will look into the sky and marvel at the lights. They will call for orbital fire support. There will be no response.
Oh, and the door will finally open, but you'll just get sucked into space and die.

Lower Marauder prices.

Drone implants (damage, speed, tracking.)
Faction Drone Damage Amplifier

The first patch to winter expansion will be to (again) nerf the Dominix's optimal bonus, and then to nerf the living hell out of the Ishtar's sentry optimal bonus. (Or just replace the optimal bonus completely.)

Other than the ship classes, following is my interpretation from already released. heavily NDA:d information posted by CSM from the August Summit:

Exploration theme continues. There's going to three major new additions to the game mechanics, biggest one a project headed by Team Kuromaku, but there are three other dev teams working on different aspects. Another big thing from Team Five-O. Superfriends are working on a feature as well. probably not linked exploration.
New art.
UI gets more love.
Ship balancing continues with marauders, I'd guess EAFs, Recons and Logis follow (no major changes to these).

Modular POSes are unfortunately pushed back to late 2014.

OP can Visit my CQ?