EVE Online: Revelations II to be Deployed June 19 CCP announces release date and features for its latest free expansion REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – June 14, 2007 - CCP, the world's largest independent game developer, today announced that their upcoming free expansion, EVE Online®: Revelations II, will be released on the massive Tranquility super-computer cluster on Tuesday, June 19th. Revelations II is the seventh free expansion for EVE Online and includes important improvements and additions. New players will appreciate a completely revamped New Player Experience where rookie pilots begin their adventures in EVE within a protected area to learn the essentials of gameplay within a protected environment at their own pace. For the more seasoned pilots and alliances, the broader Sovereignty scope, improved Corporation and Alliance management and introduction of Heat will be most important. The most notable features of Revelations II include: * Heat – Adding a new dimension to space combat in EVE. The ability to boost performance of ship modules can mean the difference between life and death, but not entirely without risk. * Broader Sovereignty Scope - Sovereignty concept broadened with intermediate goals and four different tiers: Territory, Protectorate, Province and Constellation Capital. * Revamped New Player Experience – Optimization and streamlining of the tutorial vastly improves how new players are introduced to EVE Online, making it more fun and easier to start their alter ego existence in space. * Need for Speed – Significant CPU and dogma optimizations that set the groundwork for full Vista support slated to be introduced in a future expansion. * Structure Warfare Enhancements – A number of new features expand the opportunity for strategic operations. * Improved Corporation and Alliance Management – The addition of vital tools and roles necessary to command and conquer. * Agent Mission Improvements – The introduction of Level 5 Agents add the most challenging Player-versus-Environment encounters yet. * Expanding the Frontiers of Exploration - Rare NPC spawns and other opportunities abound for greater solo exploration as well as increasing the chances of discovering in-space encounters and hidden deadspace pockets. * Anti-Fleet Warfare – Discover new tactics for dispersing large concentrations of ships. With so many exciting additions and changes to the game, there’s never been a better time to explore the challenging and expansive universe. A free, 14-day, no obligation trial is available at www.eve-online.com. Stake your claim and set a course for fame and fortune in EVE Online today.
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Ander·
CCP announces Revelations 2.0
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Aertaka·
Oh
My
F***ing
God
I can SOOOOOOOOOOOO not wait to run the mini-plexes in the normal server \o/
I do wish the patcher would work right, so I could log onto the test server again . . . I wanna try out my full T2 -tanked Drake, with T2 rigs :D
abc·
Interesting.
Not be a spoiled brat, but I would have loved to see some work on the Tier 1 and 2 Battlecruisers.
For instance giving the Ferox more turret slots (and grid to fit them) basicly bringing the T1 and T2 BC's more together in power, but just with different roles.
Instead of adding new content they should be looking at finetuning the existing content too...
Spyke·
WHY CHNAGE THE TUTORIAL!
for the lord of all sansha's loot
WHY!
isnt it bad enough?
Aertaka·
Who knows, maybe they're making it better. I started my character last summer, so maybe I'll make an alt and run through the tutorial to see how it is these days. I guess I could say it's so I can see what new recruits already know. Or maybe I'll just be honest and say it's for sentimental reasons . . .
Tarminic·
Hehe, they're making it shorter, thank god. According to their estimations it takes a slow learner 6 hours to complete it, which is...impressive...
Sessicant·
I'd like to see their estimations on how much information those slow learners retain after a 6 hour tutorial.
If they're retaining the information well, it will give them a much better advantage then someone who does the tutorial in an hour and retains hardly anything (then comes to help chat and ask questions like "How do I fly to stuff?")
flashfresh·
Noooooo - there will be no EVE for 24 hours?
Flashfresh frantically downloads the patch for the test server....
Aertaka·
Meh, I can't get the patching to work for the test server . . . :(
Firkragg·
Do a fresh copy and then repatch now and it will work. For a while it was impossible to get onto as they kept patching the test server rapidly.