Greetings Capsuleers.
“A healthy economic environment where players can find opportunities by making interesting choices is the goal. One of the key pillars of EVE is that loss has meaning and a state is being reached where loss is not meaningful anymore for veteran players. It is imperative, both for EVE’s success and for the well-being of its inhabitants, that the economy resides within a healthy state.”
Back in March, the EVE Online Ecosystem Outlook blog described the plans for resource distribution in New Eden. This endeavour started last December with asteroid belt changes, then moved on to ore anomaly changes and a moon resource shake-up, and now the fourth step of the Shortage Phase is planned to go live in mid-October. Alongside the final steps of the Shortage Phase, the first step of the Redistribution Phase will also go live in the middle of October.
The main goal during the first steps of the Redistribution Phase is to create ‘Primary Supply Zones’ and give value to all space in New Eden. The process starts by creating the following map of minerals:
| Security Zone | Exclusive/Main Supplier of Mineral | Excluded Minerals |
|---|---|---|
| Hisec | Tritanium | Isogen, Nocxium, Zydrine, Megacyte, Morphite |
| Lowsec | Isogen, Nocxium | Tritanium, Zydrine, Megacyte, Morphite |
| Nullsec | Zydrine, Megacyte, Morphite | Tritanium, Nocxium (some availability through Sov anomalies remains) |
| Wormholes | – | Tritanium, Nocxium, Morphite |
This, as with anything else, will change according to how things in New Eden progress.
The above will be achieved through the changes detailed below.
The biggest change to come is with the ore DNA. This change is part of both the Shortage Phase and the Redistribution Phase. The Shortage part has to do with the exact values that were decided, while the Redistribution has to do with the material composition.
The mineral output of all asteroid ores will be changing in order to create room for a better geographical distribution of minerals, as stated above in the Redistribution Phase Section.
Here are the changes (only standard ores presented, appropriate changes are in place for higher yield ores):
| Tritanium | Pyerite | Mexallon | Isogen | Nocxium | Zydrine | Megacyte | Morphite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veldspar | 400 (-15) | |||||||
| Scordite | 150 (-196) | 90 (-83) | ||||||
| Pyroxeres | 0 (-351) | 90 (+65) | 30 (-20) | 0 (-5) | ||||
| Plagioclase | 175 (+68) | 0 (-213) | 70 (-37) | |||||
| Omber | 0 (-800) | 90 (-10) | 75 (-10) | |||||
| Kernite | 0 (-134) | 60 (-207) | 120 (-14) | |||||
| Jaspet | 150 (-200) | 50 (-25) | 0 (-8) | |||||
| Hemorphite | 0 (-2200) | 240 (+140) | 90 (-30) | 0 (-15) | ||||
| Hedbergite | 450 (-550) | 0 (-200) | 120 (+20) | 0 (-19) | ||||
| Gneiss | 2000 (-200) | 1500 (-900) | 800 (+500) | |||||
| Dark Ochre | 0 (-10000) | 1360 (+1360) | 1200 (-400) | 320 (+200) | ||||
| Crokite | 0 (-21000) | 800 (+800) | 2000 (+2000) | 800 (+40) | 0 (-135) | |||
| Bistot | 3200 (-8800) | 1200 (+1200) | 160 (-290) | 0 (-100) | ||||
| Arkonor | 0 (-22000) | 3200 (+3200) | 1200 (-1300) | 120 (-200) | ||||
| Mercoxit | 140 (-160) | |||||||
| Spodumain | 48000 (-8000) | 0 (-12050) | 0 (-2100) | 1000 (+550) | 160 (+160) | 80 (+80) | 40 (+40) | |
| Bezdnacine | 40000 (+26800) | 0 (-2200) | 0 (-3780) | 4800 (+3700) | 128 (-57) | 0 (-10) | ||
| Rakovene | 40000 (+37800) | 0 (-7200) | 0 (-855) | 3200 (+3200) | 0 (-450) | 200 (-70) | 0 (-83) | 0 (-2) |
| Talassonite | 40000 (+27400) | 960 (+504) | 0 (-81) | 32 (+19) |
The ore quantity composition of the Sov Ore Anomalies will be as follows:
| Level | Pyroxeres | Omber | Kernite | Crokite | Bistot | Arkonor | Mercoxit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 600,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| 2 | 200,000 | 10,000 | 40,000 | 25,000 | 1,500 | ||
| 3 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 | 2,000 | |||
| 4 | 20,000 | 2,500 | 135,000 | 50,000 | 2,500 | ||
| 5 | 5,000 | 175,000 | 50,000 | 3,000 |
Further changes are being made to other resources:
As mentioned in the EVE Online Ecosystem Outlook blog from March, the goal for this update is the reduction of inventory. Alongside that, the following is expected:
This has now been almost a year long journey, and there is a lot more to come. For some this has been painful, but significant progress is being made towards the goals for a healthy New Eden ecosystem as mentioned in the EVE Online Ecosystem Outlook blog.
On this journey there have been very encouraging signs, and as New Eden reaches its final stages of the Shortage Phase, the journey into the Redistribution Phase begins.
