To New Eden Capsuleers,
EVE Echoes will undergo maintenance on 7/23/2025 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.

Star Key Exchange Store
The Star Key Exchange Store will remain open until 30 July, 2025, 08:00:00. Capsuleers, please make your exchanges in time, as Star Keys will no longer be usable in future events.

Relics Scramble
This round of the Relics Scramble will be extended to end after maintenance on August 6. Capsuleers, please prepare accordingly.
After the event, all systems will exit wartime status, and Wasteseeker Relics will no longer be detected or discovered. Your rank and merits will be retained, but you will temporarily be unable to join or leave any of the major Imperial Guard units until the next war operation begins.

Combat Adjustments
Due to the relatively few restrictions on features like the local list and overview, and the low cost of account creation, some players have been creating large numbers of low-level accounts to exploit these features for illicit system scouting. This unfair advantage severely undermines game fairness. Therefore, we will implement a series of adjustments to these features to provide a more balanced combat environment.
This update includes the following changes:
1. When piloting a Capsule, the Easy Lock list and Overview will no longer display any Capsuleer ships.
2. In null-sec systems, Alpha Clones will be prohibited from viewing the local personnel list.
Further adjustments will be made in the future for scenarios such as prolonged reconnaissance at the station and reconnaissance using novice ships.

Cosmic Anomaly Adjustment
To further enhance fairness and reduce the exploitation of system and Star Charts scouting, the following adjustments will be made to Cosmic Anomalies.
1. The secondary entrances to Nihilus Space, which previously spawned immediately after the main entrance, will now spawn on the Star Charts at a random time between 0 and 15 minutes after the main entrance spawns (the time listed here is an example for demonstration purpose only, and actual timing may vary for different Nihilus Spaces). This only affects the spawn time of secondary entrances. After the adjustment, all entrances will still open simultaneously.
2. The preparation time for capital covert rifts discovered by Corporation scans has been changed from a few seconds to 5 minutes.

Ship Tree Update
New CONCORD ships have been added, including Marshal and three other regular ships, and two Capital Ships.
In the future, derivative ships of each faction will be functionally integrated, lower-tier ships will be removed, and the Ship Tree will be streamlined to enhance the functionality and gameplay diversity of each ship.

Optimizations
Based on market trends, insurance buyback orders have been optimized. Now, using insurance claims for popular modules such as Ancillary Thrusters will generate more premium buyback orders and offer more PLEX when sold.
The icons for Light Fighters of the four major empires have been updated to improve model recognition.
Corporation logs related to Fortizar have been updated, with more comprehensive records now available.
In space, you can now directly destroy certain mass-produced modules, ores, and other items that can be jettisoned.
The blacklist has been updated. Now all contracts created by players on your blacklist will now be hidden in the contract interface to prevent harassment.
Overview categories have been refined. Supercarriers and Tactical Carriers now have their own separate categories. Please note that if you use a custom Overview, you will need to reselect the Supercarrier category.

Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Capsuleer Outposts and other Structures would not display low power status when running low on fuel, and optimized the related notifications.
Fixed an issue where using Homeward Needlejack could potentially return players to Malpais or the Kalevala Expanse.
Fixed a rare issue where the Contacts interface could not be opened.
Fixed an issue where Corporation Outpost reinforcement time could not be adjusted in Cobalt Edge.
Fixed an issue where players might not be able to undock after changing modules at a Capsuleer Outpost.
Fixed display issues for the Midgard and certain other ships when using low graphics settings on specific models.
Fixed an issue where the AI Assistant's voice settings would reset to the default voice.
Fixed an issue where using a Cosmic Anomaly Gravity Trap in drone-related regions might fail to detect anomalies as expected (anomalies from various factions should be discovered at random in normal cases).

The Scope
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