The following page will list patch notes for the February 2020 release. All subsequent point releases will be added and marked with a date as they become available.

Last Update: 28/02/2020

Patch Notes For February 2020 Release

Features & Changes:

Balancing:

• High Angle Weapons may now only be fit to Dreadnaughts
  
• Adjusted High Angle Weapons and Siege Module attributes to simplify bonuses to High Angle Weapons. Overall damage output for High Angle Weapons in Siege mode will remain consistent with pre-patch values.

Exploration:

• Wandering wormhole connections (excluding to Thera and Shattered) have had their presence increased
  
• Wandering C5 and C6 connections to null sec have had their presence increased
  
• New wandering connections between C4, C5 and C6 wormhole systems have been introduced

Events:

• The Guardian's Gala has begun! This event will run from 12 February to 24 February. (13/02/2020)
  
  • The Serpentis and Angel Cartel pirates are gathering all over New Eden to celebrate their lucrative partnership. Capsuleers can crash the party and defeat the carousing pirates for a chance at valuable loot! (13/02/2020)
    
  • The standard Guardians Gala Venue site has begun to appear all over known space (high sec, low sec, and nullsec). These sites can be found using your ship's built-in anomaly scanner, and once a capsuleer has initiated warp to them a beacon will appear visible to everyone else in the system. CONCORD advises that capsuleers bring a ship of approximately battlecruiser power or greater if they wish to attack these locations. (13/02/2020)
    
  • The Guardians Gala VIP Venue can be found exclusively within wormhole space. This site features larger numbers of more challenging hostile NPCs and an opportunity to gain even more valuable loot including blueprint copies for the new Angel Cartel "Savior" pirate implant set. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Both the Standard and VIP Gala Venues drop overseers effects, ship skins, fireworks, agency combat boosters, "Inquest" implants, and a small chance of faction modules. The VIP Gala Venue in wormhole space provides the "Savior" implants as well as better quantities and chances at all the other valuable loot. (13/02/2020)
• For the duration of the Guardian's Gala event, pvp loot drop rates within wormhole space have been increased to approximately 90% instead the normal 50%. (13/02/2020)
  
• The Guardian's Gala has concluded, ending the appearance of Guardian's Gala venue sites throughout New Eden and returning the PVP loot drop rates in Wormhole space back to the standard 50% (24/02/2020)

Implants:

• Nirvana Implant Blueprints added to Sansha Loyalty Store and loot tables
  
• Amulet Implants moved to Blood Raider Loyalty Store and loot tables
  
• The new Savior implant set has been introduced. This implant set improves the cycle time of subcapital remote shield and armor repair modules, and blueprints for these implants will initially become available through the upcoming Guardian's Gala VIP Venues:
  
  • Low-grade Savior Alpha +2 Perception 1% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 2.5% set bonus
    
  • Low-grade Savior Beta +2 Memory 1.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle timewith 2.5% set bonus
    
  • Low-grade Savior Gamma +2 Willpower 2% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 2.5% set bonus
    
  • Low-grade Savior Delta +2 Intelligence 2.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 2.5% set bonus
    
  • Low-grade Savior Epsilon +2 Charisma 3% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 2.5% set bonus
    
  • Low-grade Savior Omega 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Alpha +3 Perception 1% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Beta +3 Memory 1.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Gamma +3 Willpower 2% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Delta +3 Intelligence 2.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Epsilon +3 Charisma 3% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 10% set bonus
    
  • Mid-grade Savior Omega 25% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Alpha +4 Perception 1% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 15% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Beta +4 Memory 1.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 15% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Gamma +4 Willpower 2% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 15% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Delta +4 Intelligence 2.5% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 15% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Epsilon +4 Charisma 3% reduction in subcap remote rep cycle time with 15% set bonus
    
  • High-grade Savior Omega 50% set bonus

Modules:

Performed Remote Capacitor Transmitter Module Tiericide

Module name changes:

• Small Asymmetric Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Small Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Small 'Regard' Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Small Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Medium Asymmetric Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Medium Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Medium 'Regard' Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Medium Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Large Asymmetric Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Large Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Large 'Regard' Remote Capacitor Transmitter renamed to Large Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter

Module migration:

• Small Partial E95a Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Small Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Small Murky Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Small Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Medium Partial E95b Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Medium Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Medium Murky Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Medium Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Large Partial E95c Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Large Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter
  
• Large Murky Remote Capacitor Transmitter converted to Large Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter

All market orders for the affected modules will be removed, the modules and escrow will be returned to the character who created the order.
We will convert every module of one type into modules of another type, everywhere in the database. This includes modules currently fit to ships and modules in containers or contracts.

New attributes for changed modules:

• Small Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1, Volume: 5, CPU: 30(+1), PG: 4, Transfer Amount: 35(+3), Capacitor: 38, Range: 4025(+350)
  
• Small Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1(-3), Volume: 5, CPU: 24, PG: 4, Transfer Amount: 35(-1), Capacitor: 38, Range: 3500(-700)
  
• 'Squire' Small Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 6, Volume: 5, CPU: 22(-2), PG: 3(-1), Transfer Amount: 39, Capacitor: 49, Range: 4550
  
• Medium Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1, Volume: 10(+5), CPU: 40(+2), PG: 80, Transfer Amount: 104(+9), Capacitor: 113, Range: 5750(+500)
  
• Medium Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1(-3), Volume: 10(+5), CPU: 32, PG: 72(-8), Transfer Amount: 104(-4), Capacitor: 113, Range: 5000(-1000)
  
• 'Knight' Medium Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 6, Volume: 10(+5), CPU: 30(-2), PG: 68(-4), Transfer Amount: 117, Capacitor: 146, Range: 6500
  
• Large Radiative Scoped Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1, Volume: 25(+20), CPU: 50(+2), PG: 320, Transfer Amount: 311(+27), Capacitor: 338, Range: 8625(+750)
  
• Large Inductive Compact Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 1(-3), Volume: 25(+20), CPU: 40, PG: 288(-32), Transfer Amount: 311(-13), Capacitor: 338, Range: 7500(-1500)
  
• 'Chivalry' Large Remote Capacitor Transmitter - Meta Level: 6, Volume: 25(+20), CPU: 37(-3), PG: 272(-16), Transfer Amount: 351, Capacitor: 439, Range: 9750

Other changes:

• Setting the volume for all Remote Capacitor Transmitters - Small: 5m3, Medium: 10m3, Large: 25m3
  
• Setting the Meta Level for all Remote Capacitor Transmitters to 1 for 'named', 8 for Faction, 10 for C-Type, 12 for B-Type, 14 for A-Type
  
  Added 'Needlejack' filaments: (27/02/2020)
  
  • Noise-5 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 5 players to random system
    
  • Signal-5 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 5 players to random active system
    
  • Noise-15 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 15 players to random system
    
  • Signal-15 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 15 players to random active system
    
  • Noise-25 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 25 players to random system
    
  • Signal-25 'Needlejack' Filament – moves 25 players to random active system
  Noise-5 'Needlejack' Filament and Signal-5 'Needlejack' Filament can be found in Data Exploration Sites
  Noise-15 'Needlejack' Filament Blueprint and Signal-15 'Needlejack' Filament Blueprint can be purchased from ORE Corporation LP stores
  Noise-25 'Needlejack' Filament and Signal-25 'Needlejack' Filament will be distributed in upcoming events

Miscellaneous:

• Changes to the qualification rules for Sansha Incursion rewards have been made. In order to qualify for the rewards, pilots must be present at the site upon completion and also have a meaningful contribution to the completion of the site

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Missions & NPCs:

• Updated Drifter Response Battleship Behaviours
  
• Updated some Sleeper warp scramblers to shut off micro jump drives

• Fixed an issue with multifitting that could cause ghost items to appear in the inventory (18/02/2020)
  
• Fixed an issue causing the old inventory badges to reappear (18/02/2020)
  
• Fixed an issue causing traded ore to not trigger inventory badges properly (18/02/2020)

Structures & Deployables:

• Launching a Customs Office Gantry into space will now require the same corporation roles (Equipment Config) as anchoring it. (20/02/2020)
  
  
  
  User Interface:
  
  
  • Introducing a system to track new items in the Inventory, Hangars, and PLEX Vault via icon badging, UI breadcrumbs, and tooltips.
    
  • PLEX is placed in PLEX Vault instead of Item Hangar when obtained via redeem, market, trade, contracts, etc.
    
  • Number entry fields will now automatically include thousand separators (eg “1,000,000” rather than “1000000”). In the past, having these fields not format for easy readability has caused a significant amount of headaches for pilots and our Player Experience team. This change will hopefully make number fields much more readable and less prone to errors.
    
  • Adjustments to the Crate opening flow.
    
  • Moved NEOCOM icons for Redeem Window, Contextual Offers and Daily Login Rewards to NEOCOM Tray
    
  • Unified naming of redemption queue in text references to "Redeem Items"
    
  • Overhaul of Redeem queue UI.
    
  • Tooltips now show the notes for bookmarks
    
  • Corporation bulletins can now be rearranged
    
  • Daily Login Incentive window now has sound
    
  • Log Off window now includes Daily Reward reminder.
    
  • Added a link icon next to the current fit name in the Fitting window
    
  • New UI elements in the "buff bar" above the ship HUD will now clearly display the impact of system-wide effects on your ship. These icons will appear when your ship is being affected by:
    
    • Wormhole system effects
      
    • Sansha Incursion system effects
      
    • Triglavian Invasion system effects
      
    • Triglavian Stellar Accelerator system effects
  • New items added to inventory are now added to the top of the inventory instead of bottom (18/02/2020)
    
  • Added ability to clear new inventory badges without using mouseover (18/02/2020)
    
  • Removed inventory badging from salvaging (18/02/2020)
    
  • Removed inventory badges for scooped drones (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue causing consumed cerebral boosters to trigger the badging icon (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed UI scaling issue causing items to the right of screen to not be selected when dragging selection box (18/02/2020)
    
  • Added tooltip when unallocated SP is injected (18/02/2020)
    
  • All items in the Redeeming window will now be selected by default. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Added visual feedback when player tries to redeem but have nothing selected. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Reverted sorting in hangars that made new items always be shown on the top, based on player feedback. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Removed sound for delivery tooltip based on player feedback. (25/02/2020)
  
  
  HyperNet:
  
  
  • You can now see a list of the capsuleers who own the highest number of HyperNodes in an offer when looking at the offer details view.
    
  • Filtering has received a number of improvements:
    
    • You can now filter by item meta groups, blueprint copies vs. originals and item categories have been added to the item field.
      
    • Filter settings can now be saved.
      
    • You are no longer forced to select a range for the HyperNode count field, you can now filter on offers with a single specified number of HyperNodes.
  • The history view has vastly improved filtering. You can filter by all the same criteria as in the browse view along with filtering on joined/created, active/finished, public/private offers. Sorting options were also added.
    
  • When a filter is applied to the history view you can now see how many total offers there are and how many the filter criteria applies to.
    
  • You can now see a list of the capsuleers who own the highest number of HyperNodes in an offer when looking at the offer details view.
    
  • You will now see a warning on offers that have a disproportionately high HyperNode price compared to the item's average price on the regional market. This warning, along with the indicator for low-priced HyperNodes, can now also be seen in the offer details view.
    
  • You can now see how many HyperNodes you own along with the total number of HyperNodes in an offer when it is finished and being synchronized.
    
  • You will now be warned if you set a very low HyperNode price compared to the regional market estimate when creating an offer.
    
  • Your history will now show you all the offers you've participated in or created in the last three months.
    
  • Offers with blueprints will now say in the title whether they are an original blueprint or a copy.
  
  
  Universe:
  
  The following adjustments have been made to asteroids throughout the universe of New Eden:
  
  • High Sec Asteroids:
    • Pyroxeres, Omber & Kernite quantities reduced.
  • Low Sec Asteroids:
    • Veldspar, Scordite, Pyroxeres, Plagioclase, Jaspet, Hemorphite & Hedbergite quantities reduced.
  • Null Sec Asteroids:
    • Scordite, Omber, Kernite, Jaspet, Hemorphite, Hedbergite, Gneiss, Dark Ochre, Crokite & Arkonor quantities reduced.
      
    • Bistot quantity increased.
  • Ore Anomalies spawned from Sovereignty Industry Index upgrades:
    • Level 1, 2 & 3 respawn times adjusted.
      
    • All variations of Crokite in all levels replaced with the equivalent yield variation of Kernite.
      
    • Gneiss, Dark Ochre & Spodumain quantities reduced.
  
  
  Third Party Developers
  
  
  ESI:
  
  
  • Fixed skillqueue conversion error. (12/02/2020)
  
  
  Defect Fixes:
  
  
  Gameplay:
  
  
  • Fixed a problem, which sometimes caused all modules to be offline on ships in Upwell structures.
    
  • Fixed an issue were the assets of a biomassed character would not correctly transfer to their corporation
    
  • Fixed issue that was preventing "Move PLEX to PLEX Vault" functionality from working when in a different solar system than the PLEX. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue causing Stack All to fail in some inventory locations, like in containers or corporation hangars. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where contested incursion sites would yield no reward at all. (17/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where drones do not execute mass-commands. (17/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue where by the fitted items from Ships in the Ship Maintenance Bay are shown as fitted items of the destroyed ship on Killmails. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that was causing too many C5 to C6 wormhole connections to appear (20/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed a problem which caused larger ships to land too close to the wormhole after jumping through. (20/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue, which caused the payout of incursion LP to fail after finishing the final site.(20/02/2020)
    
  • New Eden has been made a better place for everyone. (20/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where a ship could sometimes get stuck jumping through a wormhole at the same time as the wormhole is collapsed by another ship. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue were drones abandoned by another player cannot be scooped to drone bay. (27/02/2020)
  
  
  Graphics and Audio:
  
  
  • Fixed a post-processing issue on the smaller asteroids when a larger one was occluding the sun.
    
  • Fixed an animation Issue on the Damavik's core VFX while warping.
    
  • Scaled smartbomb visuals to their area of effect.
    
  • Reduced ambient ship SFX for the Triglavian Frigate Nergal.
    
  • Adjusted godray intensity and colors according to the system stars.
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused some sound effects to be unaffected by sliders.
    
  • Modified sunlight occlusion by asteroids.
    
  • Corrected switching between dynamic and classic music with classic EVE music enabled.
    
  • Adjusted speech audio levels for all languages.
    
  • Fixed an issue that allowed boosting SFX to be heard when all advanced audio settings were muted
    
  • Added warp animation sounds for the Gallente Frigates Maulus, Keres, Tristan, and Utu.
    
  • Added warp animation sounds for the Gallente Battleship Dominix, Battlecruiser Talos, and Destroyer Magus
    
  • Adjusted transparency of Minmatar solar sails on gates, structures, deployables, and some ships.
    
  • Fixed visibility of the blueprint icons for the mining drones. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Applied Capsule SKINs now persist after ejecting from a ship or clone jumping. (20/02/2020)
  Localization:
  
  
  • Fixed issue where characters were not correctly encoded in HyperNet offers for Russian localization.
  
  
  Market:
  
  
  • Zorya officer module blueprints no longer have market entries.
    
  • Improved search ability of Triglavian ores on the market.
  PvE:
  
  
  • Enemies in the tutorial now show the correct resistances in their show info windows.
    
  • The Guardian's Gala Venues will no longer spawn in rookie and career agent systems (20/02/2020)
  Text & Descriptions:
  
  
  • Various text, grammar and punctuation fixes.
  User Interface:
  
  
  • Fixed an issue where the item and solar system filter fields in the HyperNet Relay were not displayed correctly with UI scaling enabled.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the number of joined offers in the history view in the HyperNet Relay would sometimes be incorrect.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the default price for blueprint copies was based on the market price of the original when creating an offer in the HyperNet Relay.
    
  • Aura's conversation windows no longer animate their exit animations even when the window is minimized
    
  • The Ship Tree window is now correctly reset when using the "Reset to Default Window Position" option
    
  • Fixed an issue where clicking a "Bill issued" notification in the notification feed would break the wallet window if it was already open
    
  • Switching inventory tab with a highlighted search term now correctly clears the highlight
    
  • Pasting a number with decimal places into a field that only accepts whole numbers will now correctly round the number to the nearest whole rather than just remove the decimal separator
    
  • Reprocessing window: Adjusted the opacity of skill bonuses in the tooltip for reprocessing ores.
    
  • Fixed an issue where unrenting corp office didn't remove items from the open reprocessing window.
    
  • Personal Assets Search tab help icon is now consistent with other help icons.
    
  • The Ship Warp Speed column now shows in the compare tool when Only Show Attributes That Differ flag is enabled for ships that have different warp speed.
    
  • Fixed an issue with Forward and Back buttons in info windows.
    
  • Fixed an issue where distance to an object would disappear when at 0m.
    
  • Agent level now has a tooltip in the Agency.
    
  • The golden capsule is now filtered out of the SKINs list.
    
  • Fixed an alignment issue for resources in the Agency.
    
  • Fixed an issue where Agency Damage Boosters would show multiple bonuses in pop-up.
    
  • Fixed an issue where position indicator would remain visible when the same position was selected in the Overview Settings window.
    
  • Fixed an issue where it was possible to select unavailable sections in the Agency when in Wormholes.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the behaviour of the strike-through line in the Sell Item window was inconsistent.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Font Size option became unavailable in the Corporation window.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the back button in the showinfo window would fail if the previous item was a stargate form another system
    
  • Rapidly clicking the "Take Control" button in an Upwell Structure will no longer shows multiple "Pilot in Control" windows showing your own character
    
  • Searching for "Territorial Claim Unit" or "Infrastructure Hub" in the Sovereignty tab of the corporation window now correctly filters for the respective structure type
    
  • Selecting a Skill training tooltip will now only add the skills required to train that skill and ignore any missing nested requirements
    
  • Fixed an issue where simulated fittings would not always appear correctly when swapping between ship and structure fittings
    
  • Hovering over a link now only highlights the current instance of the link rather than also highlighting any duplicate links in the same text box
    
  • Added Minimize and Close options when right-clicking the Agency window header and Neocom icon
    
  • Fixed the alignment of some icons in the Corporation window
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Radial menu would remain visible if active when opening the Settings window
    
  • Fixed an issue where systems without active Incursions sometimes appeared in the Agency window Incursion results
    
  • Fixed an issue where Pointer Window highlights would appear above other windows
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Pointer Window highlight for the Overview would not adjust when the window was resized
    
  • Removed the ability to add decimal places to contract number fields (as contracts would only work with whole ISK amounts)
    
  • Fixed an issue where the loading circle for sites in the Agency window would linger if no sites are available
    
  • Fixed issue that caused different order of command for normal and Upwell stargates
    
  • Fixed issue where the Neocom may be displayed too brightly immediately after login
    
  • Fixed an issue where expanded cargohold modules would not be considered when loading items for Multifit
    
  • The Simulation Fitting browser will now correctly refresh when a subsystem is fit if the 'Hull Restrictions' filter is active
    
  • Fixed an issue where the 'Simulate Fit' option in the Information window of the active ship could fail under some circumstances
    
  • Fixed issue that prevented users from warping fleet to members using the right-click menu.
    
  • Fixed issue where Customs Offices were not appearing in the right-click menu.
    
  • Fixed issue that made it Impossible to invite to the fleet via the right-click menu. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue that caused the right-click menu for some Epic Arcs not to work. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue that caused the option to 'Resign as CEO' appears in the right-click menu of directors. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue that caused the Customs Office in the right-click menu to only appear for the first time. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue where double-clicking on a drone icon brings up a blank drone information window. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where filtering by blueprint type in the HyperNet Relay would not work as expected. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where copying contracts would not correctly preserve the price. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where the '<' or '>' symbols in the names of Saved Locations would cause issues. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Entering an extremely large number in "Suppress if balance change under:" field in the wallet settings no longs causes an error number to appear. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where pasting a number with the "ISK" suffix into a price field fails. (13/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused Incorrect fitting warnings for blueprints in cargo. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that cause the radial menu to not work correctly when interacting with drones. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused an issue when simulating Fleet Members Fittings. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where "Simulate Fit" option fails to show a fit in space when selected via an Information window opened in a Hangar. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where Modules filter in Ship Simulator does not update when subsystems are changed. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Related contracts menu to not show. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused misleading tooltips about the player being out of locking range. (18/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed a problem with displaying of incursion logs in the journal. (20/02/2020)
    
  • The Rapid Repair and Active Shielding command bursts now once again affect capital remote repair modules (24/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where Neocom buttons where missing from inventory sub-folder. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where the redeeming window was stackable. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where inventory badging system was triggered when probes were auto-pulled. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where inventory badging system was triggered when loading stacked faction/T2 crystals. (25/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed issue causing some windows to unexpectedly unstack. (27/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where redeeming PLEX occasionally doesn't trigger the inventory badging system. (27/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issues where inventory badging system was triggered when moving PLEX to and from the PLEX vault. (27/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where tool tip for Destroyer + Omega Combo bundle are not displaying when using Russian as client language. (27/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue where localized titles are too long on contextual offer for Destroyer Pack offers. (27/02/2020)
    
  • Fixed an issue causing Filaments to use incorrect construction materials for Blueprints. (28/02/2020)

Adventurous Capsuleers,

It's been an amazing 11 years since wormholes were first introduced as a feature to EVE Online as part of the Apocrypha expansion in March 2009, allowing Capsuleers to explore uncharted regions of space through those unstable gateways to the unknown. To celebrate this anniversary, and this amorous time of year, wormholes are receiving a loving update!



The main thrust of this update that will arrive next Tuesday is added connectivity. The chance of connections appearing between wormholes is going to increase greatly. Look out especially for added roaming connections between high class wormholes!

We’ve also made changes to a certain Drifter NPC who loved the Astrahus a little too much.

To further celebrate wormholes, EVE Online's New Eden Store will be running discounts on SKINs belonging to ships that are often used by Capsuleers in wormhole space. Starting at 25% off, there are offers on the Sisters of EVE One Eden Bundle, the Heron Zento Isidenko Combine SKIN and more. The sale starts at 11:00 UTC on 11 Feb and finishes at 11:00 UTC on 18 Feb.



This year, the Guardian's Gala - the annual get together for the Angel Cartel and Serpentis pirates to celebrate their spoils - is not only taking place in k-space, but there will also be more challenging sites with more unique rewards in wormhole space! Running from 13 to 24 February, the rewards for Capsuleers who successfully gatecrash the outlaws' celebrations will include the new Savior Angel Cartel Logistics Implant Set.



In addition to the above, there will be a limited time increase in loot drops from PvP in wormhole space to coincide with the Guardian's Gala event. This will be happening between 13 and 24 February, so make sure you're ready for it!

Hello caring capsuleers!

On Wednesday, 15 January 2020 the PLEX for GOOD for the Australian Bushfires campaign got underway. In no time at all donations began rolling in, and players began organising their own PLEX drives and events to raise awareness and gather donations for the campaign.

The campaign concluded on Sunday, 26 January 2020 and now we’re happy to have some information for you about how this PLEX for GOOD turned out!

PLEX for GOOD is a charitable program operated by CCP Games on behalf of EVE Online players. It provides a way for EVE players to donate to a charitable cause through the use of the digital currency PLEX. There are many people who are quite wealthy in EVE Online but may not have much to spare IRL. PLEX for GOOD creates an opportunity for charitable giving for those who otherwise might not have the means to donate real money.

In the week after the campaign concluded we tallied up the total donations and were taken aback when we realised just how much the EVE community had raised:



An astonishing US$107,454 has been raised which far exceeded our predictions. To further put this amount in context, that equates to:

• 2,687,693 PLEX
  
• 448 years of game time
  
• 9.14 trillion ISK worth of PLEX at current market prices

This makes PLEX for GOOD for the Australian Bushfires our second most successful campaign since the first PLEX for GOOD all the way back in 2005:

• 2005 - $25,326 – South East Asia (Tsunami)
  
• 2010 - $34,350 – Haiti (Earthquake)
  
• 2010 - $38,900 – Pakistan (Monsoon)
  
• 2011 - $44,600 – Japan (Earthquake and tsunami)
  
• 2011 - $32,900 – United States (Hurricane Katrina)
  
• 2013 - $190,890 – Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan)
  
• 2015 - $103,650 – Nepal (Earthquake)
  
• 2020 - $107,454 - Australia (Bushfires)

This campaign also brings the total raised for charity across all PLEX for GOOD campaigns to US$578,070 since 2005, an incredible feat which all EVE Online players can be proud of!

Of course we have to once again highlight the astonishing donation by Kelon Darklight who auctioned off the incredibly rare Gold Magnate he earned when the team he captained won the Amarr Championships at Fanfest in 2016. This exotic ship fetched a winning bid of 1,001,001 PLEX and once the auction concluded he immediately donated the full amount to PLEX for GOOD. His donation alone accounts for over a third of all the PLEX raised during the campaign and catapulted the total over the $100k mark.

Also deserving of special mention are all the players who organised and promoted public events to drive donations for PLEX for GOOD, such as the giant free-for-all brawl which brought together Australian timezone players from all over New Eden, or the Zirnitra kill event where over 1,000 players turned up to write themselves into EVE history by appearing on the killmail of the first Triglavian dreadnought to be destroyed in the game.

Then there was the two-day Raid-a-thon organised by the hard working team at Streamfleet which brought together dozens of EVE’s talented Twitch streamers to raise even more PLEX. Other valiant streamer efforts such as MyLeftArm's 24 hour stream and Squishy and the B-Team's drive that raised about 40k PLEX also helped the cause.

However, not everyone in New Eden has the means to donate or raise huge amounts of PLEX. The vast majority of donations made to this campaign were small, individual donations made by players who scraped together whatever they could and gave out of generosity of their hearts.

So whether you donated one million PLEX or one hundred PLEX is beside the point - ALL capsuleers who contributed to PLEX for GOOD can feel proud that they have made a contribution to an important cause, and the money raised will have a real, meaningful impact on those whose lives have been tragically affected by the destructive bushfires in Australia.

CCP Games and the Icelandic Red Cross came together at CCP’s headquarters in Reykjavik to officially hand over the cheque for the money raised on behalf of the capsuleers of New Eden.



The Icelandic Red Cross sends their profound thanks to the players of EVE Online for this incredible display of humanity and generosity. They will now deliver the funds to their Australian Red Cross counterparts where it will in turn find its way to the relief services that are being provided on the ground to those affected.

As with previous PLEX for GOOD campaigns, people who donated the minimum 100 PLEX will receive in-game apparel as a ‘thank you’ from CCP for their generosity. This will consist of two t-shirts (one mens and one womens) featuring the logo of the Reserve Frontier Safeguard (RFS) for your avatars to wear proudly:



The DED's Reserve Frontier Safeguard service, commonly known as the RFS or "Safeguarders", has its origins in a lowsec/nullsec frontier patrol operated using reservists from the member states of CONCORD. The RFS originally provided a security patrol presence in lowsec systems with planetary colonies and other orbital settlements. Since the expansion of CONCORD's mandate and permanent DED fleet capacity in YC105, the RFS has evolved into an organization focused on providing disaster relief to colonies across lowsec space.

Anyone who donated the minimum 100 PLEX will receive one pair of the shirts. At 500 PLEX you will receive two pairs and then an additional pair for every 500 PLEX donated after that.

Our art team is hard at work on preparing these assets and we hope to have them delivered to donors sometime in March. In the event that you made your donation as part of a collection being taken up by your corp, alliance, player group or other means where you won’t be directly credited for it, we will provide instructions about what you need to do at that time to ensure that everyone who is entitled to apparel receives theirs!

Unlike many of the disasters that PLEX for GOOD has assisted with, the Australian Bushfires were not a sudden, jarring event like an earthquake or a tsunami. It was something that built up slowly over a long period of time and it would be several months before the true scale of the disaster had manifested.

Embarking on this fundraiser, we were uncertain if it would attract as significant an amount of donations as we’ve seen in the past. By the time PLEX for GOOD for the Australian Bushfires began, the scale of the catastrophe in Australia had been headline news around the world for some time. We wondered if people had already given all they could through other means, or if the impact of the event had already begun to diminish in peoples’ minds.

What we’ve seen instead is one of the biggest PLEX for GOOD campaigns we’ve ever run, and once again we here at CCP have been humbled and moved by the capacity for caring, empathy and generosity that the EVE Online community possesses.

We want to acknowledge those in the community who began calling on CCP to bring back PLEX for GOOD to help with this disaster, and also the many others who rallied to those calls. Our players are a constant source of pride and inspiration to us here at CCP and we truly feel that is the greatest online gaming community that has ever existed.

Before we sign off, we want to leave you with a special message:



And also on behalf of everyone here at CCP: Thank you, capsuleers. o7

- The EVE Development Team

Capsuleers of EVE Online and Commanders of World of Warships, prepare yourselves for the CCP × Wargaming Bundle, giving you DLC for both games with just one purchase!

• 7 days of the Omega premium subscription, giving you access to all ships and skills in EVE
  
• Praxis Battleship with the Praxis Icecloud Investigators SKIN
  
• 250,000 Skill Points to boost your training!

• 7 days of Warships Premium Account, giving you bonuses of +65% XP and +50% credits per battle
  
• Battleship Texas for 7 days and a special Space Commander with 3 skill points
  
• 10 Sci-Fi Space camouflages

Are you wondering what these two titles have in common? EVE Online and World of Warships are two of the biggest spaceship and warship MMO games of all time, respectively. They also both have huge dedicated player communities, and are renowned for their epic-scale player battles!

EVE Online and World of Warships allow their players to choose between a variety of ship classes, and there is a degree of similarity in the division of classes across the games. The available choices enable tactical diversity to flourish for players in both game worlds. Destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and carriers are examples of the ship types that players can use to employ a wide range of strategies—including tactical fitting—on the seas of World of Warships and among the stars of New Eden.

There's never been a better time to try EVE Online and World of Warships, so grab the CCP × Wargaming Bundle today to get off to an explosive start in both New Eden and out on the open virtual seas!

Value-seeking Capsuleers,

You can now get four brand new Packs for EVE Online, giving fresh Capsuleers a chance to make an immediate impact in New Eden. The packs contain items such as Omega, PLEX, Skill Points and excellent SKINs, so there's plenty of appeal for more experienced players, too.

Ranging from the Bronze Pack which starts at $9.99 to the Platinum Pack, you can get between 30 to 90 days of Omega, up to 1500 PLEX and a range of different SKINs depending on which pack you go for.

Like the previous packs, you can only buy each pack once per account, so check them out now and either use it to make a flying start to your life in New Eden or as an opportunity to top up your PLEX or Omega!

Festive Capsuleers,

In celebration of the Lunar New Year, we are delighted to announce the return of the Serene and Absent Heroes Serenity SKIN lines! The SKINs are available in the New Eden Store right now, and you have time until 11:00 UTC 10 January to add them to your impressive collection.

The Serene SKIN series are available on five hulls at the following prices:

• Magnate - 110 PLEX
  
• Naga - 110 PLEX
  
• Cynabal - 110 PLEX
  
• Augoror Navy Issue - 110 PLEX
  
• Hyperion - 250 PLEX
  
• A bundle of all 5 SKINs will be available at 15% off their total price.

The Absent Heroes SKINs are available on two hulls:

• Rifter - 110 PLEX
  
• Typhoon - 250 PLEX
  
• A bundle of both SKINs will also be available at 15% off their total price.

But the celebration would not be complete without the Stargazer Lantern Firework, which you can also find in New Eden Store during the time frame specified earlier.



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Skilled Capsuleers,

Bonus Skill Point Weekend is returning between 24 and 27 January 2020, with massive Skill Point rewards for both Alpha and Omega Clone State pilots! Log in daily to claim thousands of Skill Points that you can use to boost your training, honing combat skills that are great for the Fight or Flight Quadrant events.

As long as you make sure to log in every day during Bonus Skill Point Weekend, as an Alpha you can get up to 75,000 Skill Points, and Omegas will get both their own and the Alpha rewards, meaning a whopping 250,000 Skill Points total! Perfect for training those Triglavian skills and piloting the fearsome new Zirnitra Dreadnought.



If that isn’t enough to quench your thirst for Skill Points, then you’’ll be thrilled to hear that due to popular demand, the Skilling Spree will also be returning to New Eden! From 28 January to 2 March, pilots will receive one of three randomly selected challenges that offer either 10k, 25k, or a whopping 50k Skill Points as a reward for destroying NPC vessels.

Pilots will be rewarded upon completing the challenge, and a new one will be offered to them at the next daily downtime. If the challenge is not completed successfully, it will be replaced by another randomly selected challenge during the next daily downtime at 11:00 UTC.

Here are some clarifications for the Bonus Skill Point event:

• Pilots can claim one reward (consisting of both one Alpha and one Omega reward depending on clone status) per day.
  
• New Eden counts days from downtime to downtime. Rewards refresh at 11:00 UTC each day.
  
• The day one reward is the first that a player can claim, regardless of which day of the event they claim it on. They then claim the day two reward the next day, and so on.
  
• One set of rewards is available for every account in game.
  
• One set of rewards is only available for Omega accounts - claiming this reward gives both the Alpha and Omega reward for that day.
  
• Should an Alpha account upgrade to Omega at any point during the event, they will receive all Omega rewards retroactively for the days that they have claimed in the event so far.

To claim your Skill Points, all you need to do is log in to EVE Online and follow these simple instructions on the character selection screen:

• Click "Claim All" at the bottom of the highlighted day in the Daily Login Campaigns window.
  
• You will then receive a confirmation that you've claimed the day's Skill Points.
  
• You'll now see a "Redeemable Items" bar at the bottom of the screen, click it to expand it.
  
• Your Skill Points are right there, simply drag and drop them onto the character you'd like to use them on.
  
• As you drag and drop the Skill Points, you'll receive a confirmation that tells you they have been delivered to your character's unallocated Skill Point queue.

The start of the new year has seen EVE Online's first Quadrant - Fight or Flight - begin, and it is being marked by the release of the new Dragonaur Blitz event, as well as the Warhead Upgrades update.




CONCORD urges you to join the Dragonaur Blitz and attack the extremist Templis Dragonaurs outcasts in Low-sec sites in specified ship types, and earn the new Nirvana Implant BPCs. This limited time event ends 27 January, so act fast and get involved!

As mentioned above, only certain ship types will be allowed entry to Dragonaur Blitz sites. These will include ships with bonuses to Heavy Missiles and recently rebalanced Caldari craft that are most affected by the Warhead Upgrades update (details below).

The Dragonaur Blitz event will also be your first opportunity as pioneering Capsuleers to earn blueprints for the new High and Mid-Grade Nirvana Implants. So, it's time to climb aboard the right ship, prepare for attack - as well as some surprises along the way - and hit the Templis Dragonaurs extremists for the honor of the Caldari State!




Lock onto your targets with the Warhead Upgrades update, which increases the damage dealt by Heavy Missiles in New Eden! The 5% increase to damage dealt by Heavy Missiles will encourage their use more often in future PvP encounters.

The update also sees the introduction of the exciting new Nirvana Faction Implants, which can provide bonuses to shield HP, as well as characteristics such as Perception, Memory, Intelligence, Charisma, and Willpower, depending on the implant used. These implants will initially be available only through the Dragonaur Blitz event, where ships that are most affected by the Warhead Upgrades update will be eligible for entry.

There is also a return to module tiericide with Shield Boosters. Siren fighters will also have their speed reduced by way of having their Microwarp Drives replaced with Afterburners.




You can now get the Heat-Seeker SKIN Bundle in EVE Online's New Eden Store, featuring discounted SKINs for the ships most affected by Warhead Upgrades and suitable for Dragonaur Blitz! Kit out your Drake, Caracal, Cerberus and Tengu with SKINs from the bundle, or check out the other discounts on Zento Isideko Combine, Convergence and Snowline Bladeracer SKINs for these and other Caldari hulls. The offers end at 11:00 UTC on 28 January, so no time to hesitate!


Be sure to read more about the other updates coming as part of the Fight or Flight Quadrant for EVE Online!