EVE Online: Crucible 1.2 has been deployed successfully. This update introduces considerable client performance improvements as well as fixes for the UI and the Mac client. The full patch notes are available here.
Please report any issues with Crucible 1.2 here; a thread for general feedback is available here.
EVE Online: Crucible 1.2 is scheduled for deployment on Thursday, February 16. The downtime schedule will be announced as soon as it is available.
A variety of client performance improvements will be introduced with Crucible 1.2. More information about client performance improvements is available in this devblog.
As of Monday, February 13, we have added PayPal as a payment option for the buddy program again. The terms and conditions of the program will be updated accordingly.
If a player you invite to the game selects PayPal as their payment method you will be eligible again for the game time or PLEX reward you had selected. Please be aware that it might take up to three business days before you receive your chosen reward if the invited player uses PayPal as payment method and after we have received the payment confirmation. It is not required to file any petitions to receive your rewards.
The successful series of ISD Seminars continues! This Saturday, February 11, at 20:00 UTC the ISD divisions STAR and Mercury will hold a joint seminar 'The Storylines of New Eden', explaining the relationship between the empires, pirate factions and a lot more. All you need to do is to join the in-game channel 'Seminars' for the lecture and 'Seminar Q&A' for asking questions. Further information is available here.
EVE Online: Crucible 1.1.1 was successfully deployed during a regular downtime on Thursday, January 26, 2012.
Several small fixes to the Neocom were released together with corrections to localization and various texts throughout the game. The patch notes are available here.
The next mass test on our test-server Singularity will be on Thursday, January 26 at 17:00 UTC. In this mass-test we will have a look at client performance and server code improvements. The SisiLauncher tool is available for the Windows client, otherwise please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia.
Testing should last 60 minutes. All participants will receive two million skillpoints on Singularity.
Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.
On Saturday, January 28, 2012, the 7th annual Greek EVE Gathering will take part in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will include traditional pie cutting and a lottery, as well as video greetings from the CCP HQ in Reykjavik, Iceland. More information are available in this thread.
Tranquility will be rebooted at 16:20 UTC due to a server issue. We expect the server to be online again by 16:30 UTC, please refer to this forum post for updates. We apologize for any inconvenience due to this unscheduled server reboot.