Winter patch 2010

[Trouble]

I just run my market bot and train my 11 accounts. I can't stand to actually play the game.

[NiX]

I just run my market bot and train my 11 accounts. I can't stand to actually play the game.

[Surlyboi]

Some key bits of Incursion pushed back 'til next year.

tl;dr...

We discussed a few of the options we have with the CSM, and I think we‘re very unified that the best course of action is: 

Release a first-step patch with a collection of player requested improvements November 30th.
Release a second-step patch before Christmas (Only Santa knows what will be in this patch!)
Release key features of this expansion such as the Incarna Character Creator and Sansha Incursions in January 2011

[Phildo]

Apparently the last patch enabled HTML in chat.

[eldaec]

And ccp have declared html to be an exploit.
 

[tgr]

Yes.

[23:27:59] GM Grave > The only people who are permitted to use coloured text are CCP employees and ISD volunteers. As such anyone who colours or sizes their text in any way will be considered to be performing an exploit and dealt with accordingly.

[Sir T]

I always thought Evechat ran partly on HTML or something similar anyway, and that was how you could paste links into chat and so forth.

Just received my second "Please come back, you'll get 5 days free!!!" email from CCP in 3 days. 

[Surlyboi]

I just got that one too.

That said, the new character creator, when it works, is a thing of beauty on the test server. The level of customization is pretty high.

[Pennilenko]

I always thought Evechat ran partly on HTML or something similar anyway, and that was how you could paste links into chat and so forth.

Just received my second "Please come back, you'll get 5 days free!!!" email from CCP in 3 days. 

Just ignore it, you won't regret it later.

[tgr]

Exploiting
From: GM Horse
Sent: 2010.11.12 22:41
To: xxxxxxxx,

This is an official warning for using an exploit. Exploiting bugs in game mechanics is a EULA Violation and any further violations of this nature may lead to a permanent ban being placed upon your account.

22:42:29 Info You have been gagged by GM Horse until 2010.11.12 23:11:51. GM Horse's reason was: Colour text exploit.

It's not an exploit, but intended new feature. It's now possible for players to talk in colors in game. Enjoy~ugh

Edit: This is a lie!!! CCP is already working on fixing it. Color text is an exploit.

Slap me I made a mistake. Typing in colors is considered an exploit. Don't use it.

Only CCP can manage to make something as innocuous available to the general public as ... coloured text, and actually threaten to ban people who use it.

[Sir T]

I always thought Evechat ran partly on HTML or something similar anyway, and that was how you could paste links into chat and so forth.

Just received my second "Please come back, you'll get 5 days free!!!" email from CCP in 3 days. 

Just ignore it, you won't regret it later.

No worries, I wasn't even tempted. I'd have to download the client which rates a giant meh to me.

Nice email though, even had a pic of my avatar in the corner

Himo Amasacia,

A free five-day reactivation still awaits you, but time is running out. From now until November 21st, you can reactivate your EVE Online account for free for five days. Return in time for the upcoming expansion for the reduced price of 19.95 for 60 days.


Reactivate and Save
FIVE DAYS OF FREE EVE ONLINE
Offer expires November 21st, 2010


LAST MINUTE BONUS FOR RETURNING PLAYERS

In response to the overwhelming interest that we have seen recently for the upcoming expansion content, for the next five days the Singularity Test server will be public and available to all accounts that are eligible for this reactivation offer. Reactivating players will find that copies of their characters have already been placed on Singularity, eliminating the necessity to request and wait for a manual transfer.

To install the test server client visit the Singularity page in EVElopedia.

This extended service is for a limited time only and may be shortened if emergency testing is needed.

- EVE Online Dev Team

[Gets]

http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1412947&page=1#13

This is how to post.

[Sir T]

Urrgh, every time I look at the CCP forums these days I come away feeling soiled.

[Kageru]

I've given up on the main boards. Kugutsumen for a slightly less retarded COAD and scrapheap challenge general for discussion of game trends (plus goons board) is enough.

[eldaec]

I tend to think of it as Kugu for North-wing commentary, SHC for South-wing commentary. SHC is Fox and Kugu is MSNBC you see.

EVE News 24 isn't horrible for purely factual content.

EVE-O strictly for trolling.

[Gets]

Incursion träilör

It reminds me of a gimmick some folk discarded about a year ago.

[Kageru]

They really do bag out people who decide to mine in both their videos and their announcements. Also no idea why they're releasing a video for stuff that's still months off. The first dribble of their patch is just a couple of minor game-balances fixes.

[Simond]

:ccp:

[Sir T]

I actually kinda like that trailer, but I like overly dramatic claptrap.  But yeah they seem to have a hardon for huge hardfaught battles against mining barges and freighters.

I was half expecting, once I saw them mining ice, to hear them saying "1000101110110110101010101010010101010101010" or something in Chinese 

[ajax34i]

Must be a fantasy of theirs, since no miner in his right mind would order "keep your distance we don't know what they're up to" whenever his belt lights up with red crosses.  Or even unknowns.

[Furiously]

Who doesn't dream of blowing up a mining fleet???

[Pennilenko]

Who doesn't dream of blowing up a mining fleet???

The people running the mining fleet?

[Furiously]

Who doesn't dream of blowing up a mining fleet???

The people running the mining fleet?

Bet half of them dream of it too.

[Brolan]

Must be a fantasy of theirs, since no miner in his right mind would order "keep your distance we don't know what they're up to" whenever his belt lights up with red crosses.  Or even unknowns.

Exactly, he would be warping as soon as they showed up.

[Sir T]

Another thing is the scene at the gate with all the traffic slowly moving to the gate when the 6 Nightmare battleships appear. Amongst other things like the helpless traders not doing things like warping off, it seems they still have the pre warp to zero scenes in their minds.

[Amarr HM]

You remember that time the Mothership crashed into the station? That wasn't plausible either.

[Comstar]

It's happen though- you'll get AFK industrials and freighters auto-piloting in Empire and getting killed 15km from the gate.

[Sir T]

True.

[Gets]

Incursions are a clusterfuck of 900 people bashing at really difficult NPCs all day and only removing 30% of the negative influence while creating massive piles of wrecks.

So go fit a Drake with a rack of salvagers and go make bank!

[Numtini]

Apparently it's also a great opportunity to wait until someone in a logi reps you, then blow them up.

[Surlyboi]

Yeah, the transition between test server and live lost something in translation. I managed to send a bunch of sanshas to the great beyond on singularity, haven't splashed one on live.

[Kageru]

LoL-CCP.

You'd think even a 5 minute conversation over lunch at CCP would have raised the problem of how to do co-operative PvE in an environment where the "hostility" flag is contagious and in many cases an instant death. Then again I'm still convinced CCP are the first "griefing" development studio and do this sort of stuff on purpose. I mean the way no one gets badges out of the event until and only if the boss mob dies is brilliance.

[eldaec]

This has moved on a fair bit as the player base has worked out how to do this.

Incursion fleets are now 10 man AHAC gangs (exactly 3 Guardians 7 Zealots/Lokis) taking just under 100M per hour per member plus LP by beating on sleeper frigates, until the pinata spawns after a few days and drops another 100M each plus a handful of cool BPCs.

Its a more accessible complex. And sucks a litle bit less than the rest of EVE PVE. Biggest challenge is logistics, you have to get to the staging site fast to take advantage as they will only last a few days - ideally you want a guardian (with mining drones lol ccp) and a zealot or loki on hand for the initial sites and a shieldfleet ship (basilisk, maelstrom, tengu) for the pinata phase. As you'll only be interested in low or null sec incursions, best solution is a carrier.

[ 2011.03.18 23:41:35 ] Sswarog > Thanks GoonSwarm for clarification of system from Sansha nation))) For us all work have made)
[ 2011.03.18 23:41:47 ] Sswarog > )
[ 2011.03.18 23:41:57 ] Grey Requiem > vote for mittani
[ 2011.03.18 23:42:08 ] Admiral Feelgood > vote for themittani for csm
[ 2011.03.18 23:42:11 ] tasty food > vote cile rat
[ 2011.03.18 23:42:18 ] Grey Requiem > vote for themittani for csm
[ 2011.03.18 23:45:37 ] Sswarog > I not the politician I the pirate but all the same thanks)
[ 2011.03.18 23:48:17 ] Sswarog > All happily successful processing Sansha )

 Oh how we have fallen.

[Gets]

You forgot Legions!

[eldaec]

Making so much Isk in these.

Paid for my incursion travelling gypsy fleet (zealot, absolution, guardian, maelstrom, nightmare, scimitar) and I'm over 2.5 billion plus 300k lp up, and still owed about 1B from loot sales.