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"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 previous weekly overview can be found here.

The current "This week in EVE" gives an overview of the week from October 10th to 16th

Dev blogs and announcements
#CCPizza – it was real! - Feedback
A few weeks ago, a simple post appeared on Reddit by AgonistX, then two Redditors (raphendyr and cornak_firefist) took it a step further and the idea of buying CCP a round of tasty development fuel (aka Pizza) was born! #CCPizza became a thing, and a GoFund.me page was created. Donations and comments poured in until over $2.000 were gathered, exceeding the original goal of $60 by far. Enough money to feed all of CCP delicious pizza! Thank you very much!!

Tranquility Tech III - Feedback
With a large investment to an "EVE Forever" Tranquility will receive a major hard- and software upgrade. Everything will be upgraded and done early 2016. Check out the blog for technical details! CCP DeNormalized has more into on the DB (2K IOPS with spikes to 60-70 IPOS, CPU type) and business considerations. There is certainly some serious knowledge in the community :)

Sovereignty, Jump Fatigue reductions and more in Parallax on Nov 3 - Feedback
Team Five-0 brings nice improvements with the Parallax release on November 3. Sovereignty mechanics, defensive regeneration on Entosis targets, manual Online/Offline Control of Infrastructure Hub Upgrades and more! We also will see a reduction of the maximum jump fatigue for capital pilots - down from 30 to 5 days at maximum. Check out the blog for all the details.

Exploring The Character Bazaar & Skill Trading - Feedback
A fresh approach to skillpoints and character progression was presented: players will be able to extract skill points from their existing character at a cost and then trade them on the market as a skillpoint package to other players. Combined with diminishing returns, this feature will give much better options than the character bazaar. While this idea is naturally controversial, it touches a core mechanic of EVE after all, there are good discussions going on already about the benefits, drawbacks, price points and more. Please join the discussions and be specific and detailed, thank you!

Notice concerning scams citing the wallet API
Please note that a reference to fabricated API data are from today on considered illegitimate and a violation of our Terms of Play. Do not perform scams which rely on fabricated API data from now on! Further information about exploits and scams can be found in the help center.

Fanfest 2016 Cosplay Contest!
After good results of the Cosplay contest during Fanfest 2015, we are happy to announce that we are going to have another Cosplay event at Fanfest 2016!

Chronicle: Testament
A new EVE Chronicle has been published! Learn more the Order of St. Tetrimon and how they have dealt with Jamyl Sarum's return and elevation to the Imperial Throne. The new chronicle Testament provides some glimpses into this and suggests the Order may not remain quiet for much longer. Check it out and follow the discussions here.



Game development
Feedback is valuable!
CCP RedDawn is working on improvements to Data Sites. His initial draft was followed by good feedback. Thank you. This feedback has been indeed valuable and was really worth your time - constructive feedback always makes a difference!

Ice mining bonus of the new Discovery frigate
The new exploration frigate that is specialized on ice mining, the Discovery, is relatively cheap and easy to use. It is not the most powerful ice mining machine out there, but...

anything for carebears this time around?

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