Shortly the new expansion will be upon us. Yet another free expansion I might add. And anticipation is running high. So what is coming and how will it impact the game? What features am I looking forward to the most? Or the least? I thought it was about time I said something about the biggest event in Eve, so here it is.
As usual, I’m doing this entirely from memory.
Spaceships
I’m a spaceship fan. It is the primary reason I play Eve, to fly spaceships in space. So any expansion that adds more spaceships to an already spaceship filled game is automagically a good expansion in my book. And Retribution is adding a bunch of new ships to our palette. Primarily these are in the form of four brand spanking new Destroyers.
More importantly however, is that these new ships are coming into the game at a time when ship re-balancing is going nuts. The brainiacs at CCP ave decided to re-shuffle the deck under our feets once more and change everything. Plus this and minus that, more slots, less slots, better at this thing and less better at that thing. So the overall impact on the universe remains to be seen. Personally, I fully support the tiericide efforts and look forward to even more as things progress.
We will also be getting some newly skinned V3′d ships! The Tempest, Megathron and a few others are getting updated looks. And the best news of all – the FRILL RETURNS!! I can’t wait to undock my Vagabond and probably have it exploded in some horribly stupid manner.
Crimewatch
Huge subtle changes are coming to the way people label me in local. And now I’ll have these nifty new icons on my screen to remind me constantly about how bad of a person I am. Sheesh. People will even be able to buy and trade kill rights on me! As if being a scum-sucking pirate person wasn’t hard enough already.
Seriously though, I fully support the changes and modifications. And the bounty system is extremely interesting, although I have some doubts that it will significantly change much. You still have to take an active role in assigning bounty and I believe most people are just lazy. But I remain optimistic and hopeful that I will be proven wrong.
UI
We are also getting some upgrades to the user interface. Primarily these include round and not square target icons. I preferred the original design, being intelligent I didn’t have a problem figuring out the order of damage. But, the new design makes sense, since it looks like a tiny version of our HUD, so that should make the idiots happy.
The new target camera system looks to be incredibly interesting, but I still wonder how it works in practice. Hiding it up under that tiny little corner seems a bit cumbersome when flying around, but I hope it works easily. The idea has been a long time coming, just wondering about the execution.
Those are the big features. I’m sure there are, as usual, a load of smaller tweaks, changes, updates and whatnots that I am forgetting. But all in all, this looks to be yet another awesome expansion in the continuing evolution of Eve. Nothing earth-shattering, but the game gets better and better, so who am I to complain?
Ok, so I wish it was more. I wish the Jovians had become a playable race ( something I predicted last year! ) but they aren’t. I wish Providence had finally been turned into Low Sec! But it isn’t. I wish intelligent dust clouds invaded!! But they haven’t. The wish list is really long, so I’ll stop there.
Hopefully the Thrasher won’t be the only Destroyer I think about when I want to fly a Destroyer. And Frills.
I’m good.
Rixx Javix is a null and low sec PVPer. He has seen some heavy warfare in the Providence region in the years he has been playing. His blog can be found here.
Providence turned into lowsec, please there has to be some shit nullsec no one wants
But I am looking forward to the new UI and above all the sexy looking Vargur, I need some tissue
CVA has been trying to turn Providence into low sec for so long, I figured I'd throw 'em a bone. lol
Excuse me sir, we want Providence to be highsec under the great Amarrian empire. We will be hailed as heroes throughout space!
yeah yeah, I know all about it. Keep dreaming.
Very nicely written article, VERY happy they are making the vaga sexy once more!
Provi is the asshole of EVE, CVA is nothing more than a bunch of gaggling cumbuckets, fuck'em with a s**t covered co*k
Get ready for the quality of post to drastically drop cause everyone is anonymous
Also no thumbs up/down? It helps filter out the BS and show top ranked comments.
You’re supposed to get better then “The other site” not take steps back
wut
What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.
+1 for a quality song
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsM/11233-3…
Ah adblocker somehow blocked it and make it look different
It is your duty to thumb down my previous ignorant comment, for shame
Question, what is 'the other site' you people keep talking off,
thx,
An article about the expansion, but no release date listed? That should one of the few basic things you mention before delving into the specifics.
I'm pretty sure release is Dec. 4th
delving into specifics is the opposite of what this guy did, keep in mind i dont know what he is talking about cause he didnt say, the new camera in the corner…. ok the new camera does what dude?? good writer tho, guys who add current eve nomenclature show that they actually give a shit about the game
You know I am getting sick of how they make out they are doing us some sort of favor by making updates FREE! There really aren't that many games that make you pay for updates whether they are major or minor ones & more often than not it also doesn't cost to play the game either F2P.
IF CCP were to start trying to charge for updates, I think their quality of code etc would have to be much better than it currently is. A few less bugs & crap wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Anyway CCP & whom ever else, if you truly believe that they are doing us some sort of favor by giving the updates for FREE then maybe it's time to do a bit of research to see how many actually do charge for those sorts of things
Free? Wowzers in my browsers!
Free as in; You paid 14,95 for 8 months for this, but we call it free.
I would argue you payed 14.95 for 8 month to have the servers up, to have support happening, to have nodes reinforced when you need it (ya sometimes not…), to have developers play with you and organize AT for you, etc Are you going to tell me that all enumerated above are not worth 14.95 per month?
you're also paying 14.95 a month for future development.
Ahhh, new patch.
Who cares planetside 2 comes out the 20th and its badass
true dat
And then this happend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_QDv7DFfxk
You know you can walk in that game he?
Thats the new game without pl that gets help from ccp to make a blue desert out of the whole game .. no test and no gewns .. time to change game ;DDD
Technical name for the frills is "those wingy bits", get it right.
Mixing up the Vaga's Frill with Wingy Bits?
You should be ashamed.
Cant say I'm feelin this update. Nothing really interests me. T1 cruisers, meh, theres none on the market where I am
Maybe there will be after the update.
My Wh PoS got killed by former WH allies so I'll buy isk for cash, no questions asked. Except : how many dollar for how much isk? hit me up ingame.
Gavascon