Patch Notes - May 25

2022-05-24

Dear pilots of New Eden,
EVE Echoes will undergo maintenance on 5/25/2022 at 08:00 (UTC+0) and will take approximately 120 minutes to complete. During this time, players will be unable to log in to the game. We kindly ask for your understanding and patience during the maintenance.

New Content
New Ships
Introducing 3 Ships: Noctis, Orca and Rorqual.
The Noctis is a T8 Medium Industrial Ship with the powerful ability to salvage wrecks.
The Orca is a T10 Large Industrial Command Ship capable of operating mining drones and using Mining Foreman Bursts to enhance the performance of fleet members' miners.
The Rorqual is a T10 Capital Industrial Ship capable of operating state-of-the-art Exhumer Drones and using Mining Foreman Bursts. It can also further enhance mining, combat and command abilities by fitting industrial modules. It has the ability to compress ores in its own cargo hold when the Industrial Enhanced Module is installed. And when the Industrial Command Module is enabled, it can even utilize the remote compression assembly line to compress ores in fleet members' cargo holds.
How to obtain: Destroy industrial ships in Normal Cosmic Anomalies and Capital Ship Quarries to obtain medium, large and capital Ship Debris, use them to perform Reverse Engineering to get blueprints and craft them.

Mining Drones
Introducing 4 types of Large Mining Drones and Rigs, which can be used on large ships in general. The Orca is a perfect fit in particular.
Introducing 4 types of Exhumer Drones and Rigs for the Rorqual exclusively with the most advanced technology.
How to obtain: Use blueprints obtained in Lv.9/Lv.10 Scout Cosmic Anomalies to make them.

New Modules
Introducing the Mining Foreman Burst, available for the Orca and Rorqual to enhance the performance of fleet members' miners.
Introducing the Industrial Command Module and Industrial Enhanced Module, available for the Rorqual to enhance its mining, combat, and commanding abilities. They can also assemble and enable the Rorqual's ore compression assembly line to compress ores in its own cargo holds or fleet members' cargo holds.
How to obtain: Use the Mining Foreman Burst Blueprint obtained in Lv.9/Lv.10 Scout Cosmic Anomalies to craft Mining Foreman Burst. ORE Data Compiler and XL Device Materials can be obtained in Nihilus Space. Reverse engineering these items will provide the Industrial Module blueprints. The Industrial Module is an extremely special type of capital module that requires some Construction Parts and Capital Ship Components to manufacture.

New Skills
Introducing the skills related to Industrial Command Ships, Capital Industrial Ships, Mining Foreman Bursts, Mining Drones, Exhumer Drones and Industrial Command.

New Scanning Locations
Added Lv.5 Data Sites and Relic Sites which can be scanned in -0.8 to -1.0 systems.
These 10 locations are well-hidden, but there is a chance to obtain the "3P Integrated Module + Blueprint" and "4P Integrated Module U Blueprint" in them.
It should be noted that 5 points of Analysis Strength are required to hack these boxes.

Capital Ship Quarry
Introducing the Capital Quarry Anomaly, a type of Capital Cosmic Anomaly that can be discovered by the Pirate Detection Array.
The Capital Ship Quarry is where pirate forces run mining operations. There is a small number of Escort Capital ships and a lot of mining ships. Capsuleers can destroy these sites to obtain rewards. There is a chance to encounter pirate industrial transport ships loaded with compressed ores.
After repelling the pirates, Capsuleers can collect the remaining compressed ores, so be sure to arrange for someone to stay on site. These signals will disappear once the ship leaves.

Lost Pirate Mining Barge
There is a chance to find the Lost Pirate Mining Barge when mining in level 7-10 asteroid belts. Destroy them to get compressed ores.

Balance Adjustments
The Procurer's Tech Level has been reduced to 8, and the Covetor’s Tech Level has been reduced to 9. The performance and price remain unchanged.
Increased the number and spawn rate of asteroid belts in some systems and narrowed the difference between systems.
The natural spawn rate will increase by 300% in the Condensed Asteroid Belt.
Increased ore reserves by 100% in the Asteroid Belt and Condensed Asteroid Belt.
Increased the number and spawn rate of small, medium and large Cosmic Anomalies in some systems, and narrowed the difference between systems.
Increased the spawn rate of Relic and Data Sites by about 33%.
Reduced the chance of opening a single chest to obtain multiple rare blueprints in Inquisitors, Scouts, Relic Sites, and Capital Cosmic Anomalies. This will reduce the production of rare blueprints in the universe and alleviate the short-term market oversupply caused by increased production of rare blueprints in the Guristas and the Angel Cartel region. More blueprint-related gameplay will be available in the future.
Added mining related blueprints to Lv.9 and Lv.10 Scout Cosmic Anomaly boxes.
Reduced the Cooldown Time and fuel consumption of the Ore Gravity Well Trap Device.
New exclusive bonus for Sisters of EVE ships and Exploration Frigates: Analysis Strength for analyzer +1.
Increases bounties for pirates driving the Rokh by 30%.

NEW EVENT
Sun Chaser Funding Program
Duration: May 26, 2022 to June 9, 2022
The Sun Chaser Funding Program will be available again on May 26, 2022. The Yan-Jung representative has prepared great rewards for investors, including numerous skill points and Golden Age Freighter Nanocores.
Please check the event page for more information.

Pop Art Exhibition - Caille's Night
Duration: May 26, 2022 to June 14, 2022
The mysterious young magnate, Spike, has announced his plan to hold an unprecedentedly grand trading event in Gallente. He spends a fortune to invite many artists from Caille, determined to recreate a typical bustling night at the metropolis.
During the event: Reduced Tax rates in Amarr Trading Center,more items purchased by insurance companies, and increased Planetary Production Yield.

New Eden Store Updates
The following updates will be added to the Hot Selection in the New Eden Store:
Regular Pack Updates
Nanocore Material Supply S
Nanocore Material Supply M
Nanocore Material Supply L
Defense Nanocore Material Supply is added to the three supplies above.

Weekly Deal - Skill Conversion Bundle
Purchase this pack to get a lot of Lazarus Units and some skill points to help Capsuleers adjust their skill routes.

To celebrate the Great Mining update, the following time-limited pack will be added to the New Eden Store:
Last Updated: May 26, 2022 to June 16, 2022
Skill Points Lucky Bag
Purchase this Lucky Bag to get Regular Nano Source Lucky Chests and some skill points. You will receive 1-3 Regular Nano Source, and a chance to get items such as a Classified II Gravitational Wave Graph and a Cloud AI Learning Code Refactoring Permission III.
New Version Skills Special Offer
Purchase this pack to get 188, 388, 588, 888 IPs and massive skill points.
Blueprint - Secret Trafficking Container Decryptor Special Offer
You will have the chance to obtain the Exhumer Rig Blueprint Opt Box, the Mining Drone Blueprint, the Exhumer Drone Blueprint, "3P Integrated Module + Blueprint" and "4P Integrated Module U Blueprint" by opening the Blueprint - Secret Trafficking Container.

The following packs will be removed:
Weekend Special Offer - Lazarus Unit Bundle
Weekend Special Offer - Skill Conversion Bundle
Lazarus Unit Bundle

Optimizations
1. Added station sorting to Personal Assets.
2. Stations are now listed in different categories in Personal Assets.
3. Now, you can tap and hold item icons to view item tips in "My Orders" on the Market page.
4. You can quick-switch between regular, advanced and expert levels of skills in Skill Tips.
5. The statistics feature of Corporation Mission is available to pilots.

Bug Fixes
1. Fixed the issue where oversized text could be sent in Chat Channels.
2. Fixed the issue where the Capital Anomaly spawn rate was sometimes incorrect.
3. Fixed the issue where some Decryptor Material Efficiencies were inconsistently displayed on the Industrial Screen.
4. Fixed the issue where chat windows in the Wargames might disappear sometimes.
5. Fixed the issue where the rotation speed displayed on the screen may not match the actual speed when the module to increase weapon fire rate is enabled.
6. Fixed the refresh rate issue of local player list.
7. Added the feature for pilots to change their Structure names. Pilots can spend a certain amount of PLEX to change any structure's name. After the release of this feature, all the structures' names can be changed once for free.