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This week in EVE #31 - Week 5/2014

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CCP Phantom
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C C P Alliance
#1 - 2014-01-31 13:00:29 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Phantom
"This week in EVE" is a weekly overview of EVE Online related news and events and shows what is going on in EVE Online. The focus of this overview is on official news from CCP: For example, dev blogs and important forum posts by CCP developers, the ever evolving background story and upcoming events. The summary of the previous week 4/2014 can be found here. Available is also the overview 2014

The current "This week in EVE" gives on overview of the week from January 25th to 31st


Dev blogs and official information
  • The Bloodbath of B-R5RB, Gaming’s Most Destructive Battle Ever - Forum discussion
    • Read all about the most destructive battle in the history of EVE Online which resulted in the annihilation of 75 Titans and almost 500 capital ships. 7548 players participated in this battle overall: a truly epic moment in the history of gaming.

  • CCP experimenting with streaming EVE to mobile
    • Follow this interesting interview outlining one of CCP's experiments to stream parts of EVE to mobile and desktop devices using Amazon's AppStream. Theoretically it would be possible to start into EVE very quickly with streaming the character creation process while the full game is still downloading in the background.

  • The Art of Rubicon 1.1 - Forum discussion
    • With the Rubicon 1.1 expansion came a considerable upgrade of in-game art assets including a renovation of all stations to be rendered with the V3 shaders, the introduction of completely new wrecks for capital and supercapital ships and much more. This blog contains a lot of background information on how these wrecks were made.

  • Rubicon 1.1: Sisters of EVE Reinforcements and UI fine-tuning - Forum discussion
    • The Rubicon 1.1 expansion introduced the new Sisters of EVE battleship, the Nestor. Furthermore we saw UI improvements such as adding "Traits" to the ship "Show info" window which will show skill bonus applied to the ship in a similar fashion as the ISIS. Read more about the contribution from team "Game of Drones".

  • Little Things - Rubicon 1.1 - Forum discussion
    • The many "Little Things" of Rubicon 1.1 improve the daily life and routine of most, if not every pilot in the New Eden Universe. The "Little Things" are light weight features improving mainly the UI with little, yet incredible useful changes that everyone loves! Check out CCP karkur's latest dev blog for more info!

  • HED-GP Technical Retrospective: What a HED-ache - Forum discussion
    • Following a large fleet battle in HED-GP (the battle was massive, but not as huge as the recent B-R5BR bloodbath), CCP Veritas explains in his latest blog the technical background of this battle and gives some insight into how such battles are handled on the CCP servers.


Devposts on the forum and news
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  • EVE Online: Rubicon 1.1 has been deployed!
    • The point release EVE Online: Rubicon 1.1 was deployed on January 28. This update brought us the Nestor battleship, new mobile structures, additional overheatable modules, UI improvements and a lot more.

  • Universe Data Migration Test on Singularity
    • For the next few weeks the Singularity test server we will test the migration of EVE's universe data which includes for example positions for all solar systems, planets, gates, asteroids etc. Currently this data is authored directly into the database and exist only there then - in the new system this data is authored in files (maintained through CCP's source control system) which are then deployed to the database. The new system gives much more flexibility for changing game data.

  • A simple list of API improvements/fixes
    • Captain Thunk came up with a list of improvements/additions/fixes to the API and CCP FoxFour gave good comments on this list.

  • Client Crashes while using DX11
    • Player report increased client crashes after the Rubicon 1.1 release on January 28. This is a known issue and the developers are working with high priority on a fix for this. An internal reproduction of this bug is available which helps considerably with creating a solution. In the meanwhile it is recommended to switch to the DX9 version if you experience excessive client crashes.

  • Player idea: A Titan graveyard in B-R5BR as landmark
    • After the incredible battle of B-R5BR with 74 titans and around 500 capital ships destroyed on the battlefield in this system, the...

    CCP Phantom - Senior Community Developer
    CCP Phantom
    C C P
    C C P Alliance
    #2 - 2014-01-31 13:00:40 UTC

    Events



    Background story and in-game news
    • Capsuleers Light Up the Night in Umokka
      • To celebrate the New Year we saw again the traditional fireworks in Umokka organized by Daggaroth. During this event also some fantastic prizes were given away and we now all the prizes have been delivered to the lucky winners - congratulations and thank you for this wonderful event!

    • Ishukone Announces Investment In Malkalen Reconstruction
      • The Chief Executive of Ishukone, Mens Reppola, formally announced plans for the reconstruction of the corporation’s headquarters in orbit of Malkalen V – Moon 1. The station was partially destroyed by the impact of FNS Wandering Saint during a Caldari-Gallente economic summit on May 15 YC110. Over the course of the last twenty four hours, the entire structure has been swarmed by support drones and construction personnel. Vessels from Caldari Steel and Caldari Constructions were also sighted delivering shipments of hull components and construction materials yesterday. The Secure Commerce Commission reported that Ishukone stocks continued a steady but slow increase in value after the announcement

    CCP Phantom - Senior Community Developer
    Chribba
    Otherworld Enterprises
    Otherworld Empire
    #3 - 2014-01-31 13:07:49 UTC
    Thank you for the summary!

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    Akrasjel Lanate
    Immemorial Coalescence Administration
    Immemorial Coalescence
    #4 - 2014-01-31 13:20:27 UTC
    Maby you forgot to add few words/lines about this timer in the community section Blink

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    Citizen of Solitude
    Calian Jutuan
    Deep Core Mining Inc.
    Caldari State
    #5 - 2014-02-01 11:11:00 UTC
    7o Brothers and Sisters,

    Perhaps you forgot the most important fact of the week?

    Brave Newbies 1st Birthday!
    TheSmokingHertog
    Julia's Interstellar Trade Emperium
    #6 - 2014-02-06 23:00:13 UTC
    Nice read again

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