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Lugh Tal-Sela

Redhogs

Fraternity.

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#1 - 2011-12-20 13:00:11 UTC

Hey, newish player here with a point of curiosity that can be answered by Vets and Devs. I'm enthralled by the open-ended gameworld for EVE, but am curious as to whether it was always this big, meaning - was the number of star systems in EVE set from launch or was it expanded gradually or in spurts over the history of the game, and are new star systems in game being or planning to be "created", of course justified in lore as new jumpgate construction.

Just curious is all...

J'Poll

School of Applied Knowledge

Caldari State

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#2 - 2011-12-20 13:28:42 UTC

Not a real vet myself. But as far as I know this universe wasn't as big as it is now when they launched the game.
CCP has been adding regions to the game before, so I guess they will do it again if they think it's needed (hint to Devs, we want Jove space, you can't keep it for yourself all the time).

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Velicitia

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#3 - 2011-12-20 14:02:13 UTC

As far as I know, currently the only "added" space has been:

1. The Drone Regions (Southeast part of the map, where Red Alliance et. al. live)
2. the FW systems/region between Gallente/Caldari space (can't recall if there was one added to Minmatar/Amarr)
3. w-space

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Malcanis

Vanishing Point.

The Initiative.

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#4 - 2011-12-20 14:03:24 UTC | Edited by: Malcanis

Lugh Tal-Sela wrote:

CCP added the Drone regions in 2007 with Revelations, and Black Rise in (I think) 2008 with Empyrean Age, then W-space was added in 2009 with Apocrypha. (Note that W-space systems do not show up on the map)

There are currently ~5000 K-space systems and ~2500 W-space systems, so IIRC, the total number of systems in EVE has increased from about 4500 at launch to around 7500 now.

There is an ongoing debate about whether EVE "needs" more systems, but my personal view is that it would be better to expand EVE by increasing the number and size of meaningful locations within a system. 'More warping, less jumping'.

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gfldex Likes received: 813	#5 - 2011-12-20 14:29:22 UTC 2 Lugh Tal-Sela wrote: was the number of star systems in EVE set from launch The New Eden cluster was created by a crystal propagation algorithm with about 4500 stars. The random seed used was 42. If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.

Cameron Zero

Sebiestor Tribe

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#6 - 2011-12-20 17:01:36 UTC

gfldex wrote:

Lugh Tal-Sela wrote:

was the number of star systems in EVE set from launch

The New Eden cluster was created by a crystal propagation algorithm with about 4500 stars. The random seed used was 42.

I see what you did there. Cool

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gfldex Likes received: 813	#7 - 2011-12-20 18:09:14 UTC 1 Cameron Zero wrote: I see what you did there. It wasn't me who picked that number. Poke Oveur if you get the chance. He should know who came up with that. If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.

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Tau Cabalander Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs Likes received: 6,913	#8 - 2011-12-20 18:14:48 UTC 1 Cameron Zero wrote: gfldex wrote: Lugh Tal-Sela wrote: was the number of star systems in EVE set from launch The New Eden cluster was created by a crystal propagation algorithm with about 4500 stars. The random seed used was 42. I see what you did there. As far as I know, that is correct. He's not pulling your leg.