Sentry drone bonuses on the popular Gallente heavy assault cruiser have been dialed back to 5% for both hitpoints and damage. Combined with tweaks to Bouncer Sentry Drones, damage and survivability of the Ishtar is now more in line with other ships, allowing for greater diversity in the field.
The Rate of Fire of all medium rail guns has been reduced by 7.5%, evening the damage output across rails, beams, artillery and heavy missiles. Expect to see more diverse weaponry in future cruiser fleets.
No more waiting for gigs of content to download before you can start playing a new install of EVE Online on Windows. Download-on-Demand (DoD) has you up and running in minutes, with additional assets downloaded as the client needs them. Coming for Mac later this year.
Fighter delegation from Carriers and Super Carriers makes an exit. No longer will fleets of powerful fighters be able to assault small fleets from the safety of starbase shields.
Under the CONCORD Spam Protection Act (CSPA), unknown pilots sending you EVEmail are required to pay a CSPA charge to do so. New pilots will now find their default charge is at 0 ISK, making it easier for recruiters and new acquaintances to contact them. You may enable CSPA Charges and set the charge amount in the Communications Settings panel.
Stats for all four strategic cruiser systems have been adjusted to make more combinations viable.
The latest release theme song and many other popular tracks from EVE Online are available on Soundcloud.
If you haven't tried the new star map yet, now is a great time to take it for a test drive.
A checkbox for the 3D Starmap is under Experimental Features on your General Settings tab of the escape (ESC) menu. Once enabled, a second map icon will appear in your Neocom. Turn it on and try it out!
Your every action in EVE Online makes a difference and the client keeps track of it all. For the first time ever, yearly statistics for your personal character will be available, and you're going to be amazed at how much is there!
The Drifter forces emerging from wormholes are increasing their activity, salvaging Jove Observatory towers and podding capsuleers for reasons still unclear to Empire scientists.
