EVE Online News

Fearless Capsuleers,

EVE's Halloween Horrors are upon us, and New Eden will once again be haunted by a series of awesome events and offers that consist of new Crimson Harvest combat event sites across all space, daily login rewards, balance changes to Interdictors and Combat Interceptors, a new Proving Grounds event, and more! The events start and finish at different times, so make sure to check the details below to know exactly what you can expect after logging into the game.




[h2]Crimson Harvest[/h2]
The Crimson Harvest event returns to New Eden with brand new combat sites located all across Highsec, Lowsec, Nullsec, and Wormhole space until 11:00 UTC on 10 November! You will choose to either fight the Blood Raiders or the Shining Flame mercenaries, and you can venture to Lowsec systems within the Bleak Lands and Devoid regions, as well as the Blood Raider home systems within Delve for a greater challenge and the greatest rewards.

Rewards include ISK, new and returning ship SKINs, fireworks, Crimson Harvest apparel, blueprints for a new Blood Raider modified Mobile Tractor Unit, powerful faction modules and implants, and limited-time Cerebral Accelerators!

As part of the returning Crimson Harvest event, there will also be a daily login campaign, with more details coming very soon

[h2]Crimson Harvest Abyssal Proving Grounds[/h2]
From 30 October until 3 November, you can get stuck into a 4-player Tech 1 Frigate free-for-all as part of a new Crimson Harvest Abyssal proving Grounds event! Combatants can enjoy double Stasis Webifier range and a uniquely spooky Abyssal environment during this event!




[h2]Trick or Treat[/h2]
This Halloween it pays to undock and go on a spine-chilling rampage as you can get 90% module and cargo drops from any destroyed player-owned ship, as well as 90% of non-asset safety drops from structures until 11:00 UTC on 10 November!



[h2]Frightening Savings on Omega[/h2]
As part of EVE's Halloween Horrors, there are frighteningly good savings to be had on all Omega packs right now, but only until 11:00 UTC on 3 November! Get 15% off Omega and gain unlimited access to EVE's best ships and skills, as well as doubling your skill training speed this Halloween weekend and beyond.

[h2]Howling Interdictors[/h2]
The new Howling Interdictors update is now live, bringing changes, variety and balance to Interdictors and Combat Interceptors, and introducing the new Stasis Webification Probe!




[h2]Malagrin Marshlight SKIN Returns[/h2]
As part of EVE's Halloween Horrors, the chillingly beautiful Malagrin Marshglight SKIN returns to EVE Online's New Eden Store, and it is now available on even more ships, but only until 11:00 UTC on 9 November!

Fly scary, Capsuleers!

Champions of the Abyss has concluded and a huge congratulations to the overall winner - Cable Uta!

As announced back in July, to become one of the Champions of the Abyss capsuleers had to rack up the most wins cumulatively across all nine Proving Grounds events during Quadrant 3 - and many of you put in a lot of effort!

Here is the final Top 10 of the contest:

The result should come as no surprise – Cable Uta finished in first place on the leaderboard of every single Proving Grounds event during the Zenith quadrant (even if sometimes just narrowly!) and ended up almost doubling the number of wins of his nearest rival, uMillenium.

The prizes for this contest have begun to make their way out to the winners.

The top 10 characters on the final Champions of the Abyss leaderboard will receive:

• 1000 PLEX
  
• A unique medal commemorating their achievement added to their in-game character sheet

The top 5 characters will also receive:

• a US$50 voucher and free postage for a single order from the EVE Online Gear Store
• Their names up in lights on an in-game billboard advertisement celebrating their prowess for all of New Eden to see

In addition to that the top 3 characters will also receive:

• the EVE Online ship model of their choice from our friends at Mixed Dimensions (spoiler: they all chose Dramiels)

And finally, Cable Uta can probably expect the most prominent news outlet in the cluster to feature them him an episode to air sometime soon!™

Thank you to all capsuleers who chased the glory of becoming one of the Champions of the Abyss and those of you who participated in the Proving Grounds over Quadrant 3 just for fun.

For the first time ever, music from EVE Online as performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra is now available on Spotify!

Composed by Jón Hallur Haraldsson (aka RealX) and originally performed at the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for EVE Fanfest 2013, this music was previously included with the EVE Online Collector's Edition release. Now, after being debuted for EVE's 10th anniversary, it can be enjoyed by all today on Spotify.

Immortal Capsuleers,

As part of the Phoenix Quadrant, a big update to Supercarriers is coming to EVE Online on 10 November, introducing the new Tactical Capsuleer Recloner, stunning new visuals, and added ship balance for these behemoths of New Eden!

The Tactical Capsuleer Recloner is a new module for Supercarriers, allowing fleet members who are podded in battle to respawn inside a local fleet Supercarrier and enter a fitted ship that is already stowed inside the massive vessel itself! A new booster type, called the Nanoheuristic Clone Mapper, will be introduced that must be consumed for a fleet member to become eligible for Supercarrier Recloning.

In addition, there will be amazing and long-deserved new visuals in this update with Supercarriers doubling in size, more visual details added to the engines, detailed textures with more texture space allocated to the Supercarrier hulls, and holographic effects surrounding the Supercarriers that will be visible during ship assembly!

The ship balancing for the Supercarriers consists of the following changes:

• Wyvern and Aeon fighter damage bonus increased to 7.5%
  
• 10% increase in Heavy Fighter HP
  
• Light Fighter speed reduced by 10%
  
• Light Fighter signature increased by 10%
  
• Supercarrier SMB capacity increased to 5m from 2.5m

To complement the Vat Out of Hel update, the Headhunter SKIN will be returning to EVE Online's New Eden Store for the Aeon, Hel, Nyx, and Wyvern with a 20% discount. The offers are available between 10 November and 17 November, downtime to downtime.

Finally, the new Blazing Phoenix Pack contains the Capital Ships Skill Book to start you on your way to flying EVE's largest ships - including Supercarriers - as well as Skill Books for using Fighters. There are also four superb Supercarrier SKINs, excellent for customizing those newly-updated beasts, so act fast and grab it by 11:00 UTC on 1 December!

Fearsome Capsuleers,

The new Howling Interdictors update is coming on 27 October, screaming its way into EVE Online, bringing changes, variety and balance to Interdictors and Combat Interceptors!

The choice of which Interdictor to use for a specific purpose in-game becomes more interesting with changes to Power Grid and CPU usage, velocity, ship bonuses and more to some vessels in this category.

The changes in full are as follows:

Eris:
- CPU increased to 250 tf (was 210)
- Power Grid increased to 71 MW (was 64)
- Max velocity to 316 m/s (was 305)
- Signature radius to 78 m (was 85)
- Mass reduced to 1,100,000 t (was 1,200,000)
- Gallente Destroyer bonus changed to "5% bonus to small hybrid turret rate of fire per level" (was 10% bonus to small hybrid turret optimal range)
- Interdictor bonus changed to "15% reduced mass penalty from armor plates per level" (was 5% bonus to small hybrid turret rate of fire)

Flycatcher:
- CPU increased to 290 tf (was 280)
- Caldari Destroyer bonus changes to "10% bonus to missile kinetic damage" (was 10% bonus to missile explosion radius)
- Interdictors bonus changed to "10% increased shield HP per level" (was 10% bonus to missile kinetic damage)

Heretic:
- CPU increased to 270 tf (was 240)
- PG increased to 70 MW (was 60)
- Amarr Destroyer bonus changed to "10% increased armor HP per level" (was 10% bonus to light missile and rocket max velocity)

The update to Combat Interceptors will see role bonuses added to the Claw, Crusader, Taranis, and Raptor, including a 100% bonus to the benefits of overheating Afterburners and Microwarpdrives.

A new Stasis Webification Probe will also be introduced as part of the Howling Interdictorss update, acting as a new charge type that can be used in interdiction sphere launchers. When used, it will drop a probe in space with a short delay until it explodes, applying a 30% web effect to all nearby ships which lasts for 30 seconds.

You can experience these changes on the Singularity test server as of Wednesday 21 October.

There will also be a 20% discount on individual Interdictor and Interceptor SKINs in EVE Online's New Eden Store, as well as 30% off the Interdictor and Combat Interceptor SKIN bundles, between 27 October and 3 November. The SKINs included in the offer are Oasis of Faith, Zento Isideko Combine, Inner Zone Vanguard, and Snowline Bladeracer.

Fly safe and fear the sphere!

If you'd like to discuss this update, please [join the discussion on the EVE Online Forums](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/howling-interdictors-update-now-live-on-singularity-for-testing/275044).