Greetings,

It has come to our attention that a small number of Capsuleers have been exploiting a bug allowing capital Dreadnought ships to cloak when using Abyssal Siege Module.

Effective immediately, using this method to cloak Dreadnoughts with Abyssal Siege Module active is considered an exploit. We kindly ask players to refrain from abusing it while we are working on resolving the problem.

If you have witnessed this bug being abused or are a victim, please contact our customer support by sending in a ticket in the ‘Rules & Policies – Exploits’ category. Players who used this exploit in-game are encouraged to reach out to us in the same fashion to soften the applicable bug abuse penalty.

Marauding Capsuleers,

The new Bastions of War update is now live in EVE Online! As part of the Reign Quadrant, you can now bring the heavy damage to the battlefield in your Marauders as a result of changes to their specialty Bastion module.


Marauders, which are Tech II versions of New Eden’s Battleship class vessels, have gotten a boost to their damage dealing might through changes to their unique Bastion module. This mod now doubles the rate of fire for all large weapons while active, making them an even more formidable element on the battlefield.

There are further changes too that have been shaped with input from the EVE community! As part of this update, the Vargur sees its 5% bonus to large projectile rate of fire changed to a 7.5% bonus to large projectile damage. In addition, the Kronos gets its capacitor capacity increased to 8000 GJ and its capacitor recharge time reduced to 17 mins 30 secs. Also as part of this update going live, the Paladin will have its 5% Amarr Battleship skill bonus to capacitor capacity replaced with a 10% reduction in capacitor need for Large Energy Turret activation per Amarr Battleship skill level.

Bastion duration has also decreased to 30 seconds, reducing Marauders’ commitment to a single position alongside their newfound power!

Bastions of War also brings updates for Heavy Assault Cruisers, with Assault Damage Control duration reduced by 25%, passive hull resist bonus reductions, and removal of the bonus reduction to MicrowarpDrive signature penalty.

Check out all of these changes in full – as well as those to Interdictors and Stasis Webification Probes - in the patch notes.


Taking full advantage of the Bastions of War update to Marauders, the new Reign Supreme Pack for EVE Online – also released as part of the Reign Quadrant – gives you 30 days of Omega as well as Skill Books for Marauders and Recon ships, plus 9 stunning ship SKINs to customize them with.

With Omega, you get double training speed, so you can train Marauder skills faster once you inject the Skill Book that you also get from the Reign Supreme Pack, acting as the perfect next step for Battleship pilots. Please note, the Reign Supreme Pack can only be purchased once per account.




To complement the Bastions of War update, EVE Online’s New Eden Store is offering 25% off selected Marauder and Recon ship SKINs until 11:00 UTC on 2 March!

Visit the New Eden Store to find out more about the SKINs on offer.

Supreme Capsuleers,

Unleash heavy-hitting firepower on the battlefield in style with the new Reign Supreme Pack for EVE Online! Released as part of the Reign Quadrant, get 30 days of Omega as well as Skill Books for Marauders and Recon ships, plus 9 stunning ship SKINs to customize them with.

Gain access to the Bastion module, the Marauder's specialty that turns this Tech 2 Battleship into a beast of the battlefield. The Bastions of War update brings significant increases to the damage-dealing capabilities of Marauders, and this pack takes full advantage of those changes in ship mechanics by placing you at the helm of these formidable monsters.

With 30 days of Omega, you get double training speed, so you can train Marauder skills faster once you inject the Skill Book that you also get from the Reign Supreme Pack, acting as the perfect next step for Battleship pilots.

In addition to brute force Marauders, the Recon Ships Skill Book means that you can stealthily transport the damage directly to the front lines using Force Recon ships, thanks to their ability to generate cynosural fields.

Don't forget, you can train those skills up twice as fast with your 30 days of Omega, too!

Last but not least, the Reign Supreme Pack lets you carry out your marauding and reconnaissance with gravitas thanks to the following ship SKINs included in the pack:

• Falcon Zento Isideko Combine SKIN
  
• Rapier Snowline Bladeracer SKIN
  
• Pilgrim Oasis of Faith SKIN
  
• Arazu Inner Zone Vanguard SKIN
  
• Enforcer Firewatch SKIN
  
• Paladin Oasis of Faith SKIN
  
• Golem Zento Isideko Combine SKIN
  
• Vargur Snowline Bladeracer SKIN
  
• Kronos Inner Zone Vanguard SKIN

Please note, the Reign Supreme Pack can only be purchased once per account.


Buy the Reign Supreme Pack

Tactically-astute Capsuleers,

Coming in fast as part of EVE Online’s new Reign Quadrant, Fleet Formations will give Capsuleers a powerful tactical weapon to wield on the battlefield!

Soon, fleets will be able to arrive at a location from warp in a variety of formations. Not only will these formations look amazing, but they can be used to influence fleet behavior.

Fleets can warp in pre-determined Point, Sphere, Arrow, Wall, and Plane formations. The shape, size, and spacing between ships can also be adjusted. There will be an additional Relative (custom) formation option which will snapshot the relative position of all ships within a given range of the Fleet Commander and warp them all to the same relative positions at the warp destination.

Be sure to watch the live discussion with CCP Rise and CCP Signal on Pando's FC Chat on Twitch at 21:00 UTC on Friday 19 February for more info!

Fleet Formations will allow you to attack with intent, with agility, and with majesty. Will you turn the tide of battle wielding this advantage?

Marauding Capsuleers,

It’s time to bring heavy damage to the battlefield with the new Bastions of War update, coming soon as part of the Reign Quadrant! Marauders are getting a boost to their damage dealing might through changes to their unique Bastion module.

Marauders, which are Tech II versions of New Eden’s Battleship class vessels, can be fitted with a Bastion module and this will soon double the rate of fire for all large weapons while active, making them an even more formidable element on the battlefield.

As part of this update, the Vargur will see its 5% bonus to large projectile rate of fire changed to a 7.5% bonus to large projectile damage.

Bastion duration will also be increasing up to 90 seconds, extending Marauders’ commitment to a single position in exchange for their newfound power.

There are also changes coming in the Bastions of War update for Interdictors and Stasis Webification Probes.

The Bastions of War changes will be live on the Singularity test server later today, so be sure to check them out!

In addition to those changes, next week you can also try out the new deployable Mobile Cynosural Beacon on the test server. This personal deployable takes 2 minutes to come online, at which time it will activate a cyno beacon allowing other Capsuleers in Jump Drive capable vessels within the same fleet to jump or bridge to the beacon’s location.

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The following changes from the Singularity test server are subject to alteration based on testing and player feedback before arriving on Tranquility next week.

- Bastion now increases the rate of fire for all large weapons by 50%
- Bastion duration increased from 60s to 90s
- Vargur:
- 5% bonus to large projectile rate of fire was changed to 7.5% large projectile damage bonus

- Web strength increased from 30% to 50%
- Area of effect range increased from 10km to 15km

Eris:
- Reduction in the plate mass penalty increased from 15% to 20%
- Rate of fire bonus increased from 5% to 7.5%

Flycatcher:
- Shield HP bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Heretic:
- Armor HP bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Revelation:
- Power Grid reduced from 780,000 MW to 700,000 MW
- XL Beam Power need reduced by 10,000 MW
- XL Beam CPU need reduced by 10 tf

Gatecrashing Capsuleers,

You still have time to claim all the free Guardian's Gala daily login rewards and dive into the special event sites before 11:00 UTC on 23 February!

As part of the new Reign Quadrant, you are once again invited to disrupt the annual Serpentis pirates and Angel Cartel celebrations! There are event sites in known space and wormhole space, daily login rewards, plus 90% PvP loot drops and an increase to warp speed in wormhole space.

Guardian's Gala sites in wormhole space offer greater challenges, and contain more lucrative rewards. Valuable loot up for grabs includes Serpentis and Domination faction items, ship SKINs, limited time Skill Point boosters, and Overseers' Effects which can be sold for ISK.

As well as the Guardian's Gala event sites, you can still claim all of the free gifts through the daily login event until 11:00 UTC on 23 February, including Spirit SKINs available for Serpentis ships for the first time, and thousands of Skill Points to help boost your skill training.

In addition to the rewards for pilots in Alpha Clone State, as an Omega you will get even better gifts such as a bigger haul of Skill Points and more SKINs. If you upgrade to Omega now, you can still claim all Alpha and Omega rewards retroactively as long as you log in to EVE Online for all of the remaining event days.


Check out the image below for a snapshot of potential event and login rewards:

Earlier this week the first quadrant of 2021 – Reign – got underway. It brought with it a long-requested feature in the form of an enhanced fleet finder which you can read about in the Fleet Discovery news item.

The new fleet finder tool is great for NPSI (Not Purple, Shoot It) communities and so this weekend CCP will be teaming up with Spectre Fleet to run a public NPSI fleet specifically aimed at new players or just players new to PvP! If you’ve been curious about trying out PvP in EVE this is a great low stress, low cost way to get started. You’ll have dozens of fleet mates to learn the ropes with and some excellent leadership from Spectre Fleet’s seasoned fleet commanders. And you won’t need a lot of skill points or a lot of ISK to get involved.

CCP will be joining players in the fleet and streaming the event from our point of view on CCPTV, so if you can’t take part you can stlll tune in.

The fleet is currently scheduled to depart from Jita on Saturday, February 13 at 20:00 EVE time. If you would like to participate in the fleet you should check out this thread on the EVE Online forums for updates and information about any preparations you’ll need to make before setting off. Fleet communications will be in English.

Spectre Fleet is one of EVE Online’s longest running NPSI communities who run regular public fleets and welcome capsuleers from all over New Eden to X up and get their shoot on.

The Abyssal Proving Grounds return with a new twist! Until 11:00 UTC on 16 February, you can engage in 2v2 Tech I Cruiser matches. As a special inclusion this time around, and in the spirit of the Guardian's Gala event, there is an allusion to the Guardian Angels and the Serpentis Corporation with a 50% bonus to the web strength of all Stasis Webifiers for this round of matches.

Permitted hulls for this round are: Arbitrator, Blackbird, Bellicose, Caracal, Celestis, Maller, Moa, Omen, Rupture, Stabber, Thorax, and Vexor.

Limitations for this round are:

• Modules limited to meta level 5 and below
  
• No pirate implants

Make sure you have your Proving Filaments ready, either from Abyssal Deadspace loot drops or from the in-game market. This will be a dramatic series of fights so don’t forget to track your favorite Capsuleer’s performance using the leaderboards!

The striking Heartsurge SKIN returns to EVE Online's New Eden Store for a limited time only, until 11:00 UTC on 23 February!

Furthermore, you can get the Jackdaw Heartsurge SKIN free when you purchase 30 days of Omega from the NES until 11:00 UTC on 15 February. In addition, the Heartsurge SKIN for the Svipul comes free when you purchase 500 PLEX from the EVE Store.

For all other hulls in this line, the Heartsurge SKIN is being sold individually (or in bundles with 10% off) in the NES, so show your fleet some love and grab it for the following ships:

• Confessor
  
• Cynabal
  
• Daredevil
  
• Dramiel
  
• Eagle
  
• Hecate
  
• Ishtar
  
• Machariel
  
• Vagabond
  
• Vigilant
  
• Vindicator
  
• Zealot

Gatecrashing Capsuleers,

As part of the new Reign Quadrant, the notorious Guardian's Gala event returns to New Eden, and you are once again invited to disrupt the annual Serpentis pirates and Angel Cartel celebrations! There are event sites in known space and wormhole space, daily login rewards, plus 90% PvP loot drops and an increase to warp speed in wormhole space until 11:00 UTC on 23 February.

Guardian's Gala sites in wormhole space offer greater challenges, and contain more lucrative rewards. Valuable loot up for grabs includes Serpentis and Domination faction items, ship SKINs, limited time Skill Point boosters, and Overseers' Effects which can be sold for ISK.

As well as the Guardian's Gala event sites, you can also claim free gifts through the daily login event until 11:00 UTC on 23 February, including Spirit SKINs available for Serpentis ships for the first time, and thousands of Skill Points to help boost your skill training.

Check out the image below for a snapshot of potential event and login rewards:



In addition to the rewards for pilots in Alpha Clone State, as an Omega you will get even better gifts such as a bigger haul of Skill Points and more SKINs. If you upgrade to Omega after the event has started, you can still claim all Alpha and Omega rewards retroactively as long as you log in to EVE Online on 7 of the event days.

UPGRADE TO OMEGA