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Fearless Capsuleers,

A new Proving Grounds is on its way, offering you and a fleetmate the chance to do battle together in a selection of Cruisers!

The event begins at 11:00 UTC on 6 November, and will run until 11:00 UTC on 7 November.

Celebrating the arrival of Alliance Tournament XVII, the new event will feature the following ruleset:

• Ships are restricted to the Omen, Caracal, Thorax, Stabber, Maller, Moa, Vexor, Rupture, Arbitrator, Blackbird, Celestis and Bellicose.
  
• An arena-wide effect also applies! Enjoy a +100% bonus to the benefits of module overheating, excluding Electronic Warfare (EWAR).

Find a fleetmate, fit your Cruisers, and grab your filaments from Pochven NPC wrecks, Abyssal bioadaptive caches, or from the in-game market.

Get ready for an intense bout of 2v2 Cruiser combat, as you and your friend compete to rise up the Proving Ground leaderboards, and earn exciting rewards!


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Welcome back, Capsuleers, to the Community Beat!

In our last edition, we covered some amazing EVE Partners, relived exciting battles, Halloween player events, and got a sneak peek at CCPTV proudctions. Today we look forward to the Alliance Tournament, look back at EVE Vegas, and announce the return of another great CCP tradition.

If this is your first Community Beat, worry not! To get you up to speed, our aim with these articles is to provide a foundation for all aspects of the EVE community: in-game events, developer chats, player meets, CSM reports, and much more. With a landscape as diverse and turbulent as EVE’s has become over the last near-nineteen years, no version of the Community Beat will ever look the same.

As is customary for the Beat, sit back, crack open a brand new Apple Quafe, and enjoy!




[h2]Alliance Tournament XVII[/h2]

Hosted by the Mordu’s Legion, the Alliance Tournament continues this weekend, beginning 6 November at 14:30 UTC, with the main event! Seventy-five alliances applied, and only forty remain after a grueling Feeder Tournament back in September. Those who remain will be taking part in an incredibly challenging 10-person, 40-team, double elimination format. Expect explosions, upsets, and nail-biting EVE Online action! You can find the Tournament bracket here, and follow your favorite teams on the official schedule

Make sure to tune in beginning this Saturday, 6 November at 14:30, live on CCPTV. For those who have never watched the Alliance Tournament – no worries! The incredibly talented player production group, EVE NT, will be breaking down all the action through expert casting and analysis suited for Tournament veterans and greenhorns alike. With a revamped ruleset, this year proves to be one of the most thrilling and challenging PvP events.



Sponsors of the Alliance Tournament, the Mordu’s Legion, spared no expense in the prizes for this years’ competition. Two hundred and eighty all-new prize ships – the Raiju and Laelaps – are up for grabs for the top 16 teams. But there are viewer prizes as well! You can earn CCPTV Loyalty Points on Twitch by watching the riveting matches, and by correctly predicting the outcomes. Exchange your Loyalty Points at the CCPTV LP Store for jaw-dropping GalNet SKINs, Mixed Dimensions EVE ship models, and more!




[h2]Fleet Up! - EVE Vegas Roundup[/h2]



As players returned home from EVE Vegas (22 October to 24 October), the largest event of 2021, there was no shortage of wonderful stories and great pictures from the meetup. CCP Nocturne, CCP Aurora, and CCP Icecream were on site for all the action. Although there was some Jump Fatigue from travel, seeing so many players gathered in one venue recharged our batteries. Group dinners, a private screening of Dune, tons of swag, and of course amazing conversation.

A huge shout-out to members of Ascendance, who handed out physical ship models of the capital ships that their members lost in battle. What a marvelous touch! EVE players never disappoint in their creativity and ingenuity when it comes to player meets. We can’t wait to see what fun future events hold in store for the wonderful EVE Community!




[h2]Fanfest Returns![/h2]



It’s not just player meetups that are returning; gates are green for Fanfest 2022! The EVE meet that started it all is returning to Iceland 6-7 May, 2022, and we couldn't be more ecstatic. Fanfest is a cherished time here at CCP where we can meet players face to face, chat, and share our love for EVE Online. There are so many fun events and topics planned; we're more excited than a Minmatar in a Rifter!

Presentations, charity dinner, the finals of the World Tour tournament, developer & player talks, the CCP Games Games - and so much more. We're counting down the days!




[h2]Community Corner[/h2]


Dubbed “The Most Honest Man in New Eden”, Chribba has been a pillar of the community for as long as most can remember. One of the first third-party developers, and then famous broker for the very first Supercapital and Titan exchanges, Chribba’s status in EVE is a result of the trust he earned from pilots in the cluster. His legacy is a reminder that in New Eden, Capsuleers are free to chart their own path.

In his latest project, “EVE Is Made By You”, Chirbba honors EVE players through jaw-dropping artwork. Using more than 1.7 million character portraits, these iconic photomosaics showcase the evolution of EVE Online while simultaneously celebrating the players that helped take us there. Head on over to EVEOnline.Gallery and see if you can spot yourself! He’s included a handy search bar so you don’t have to spend hours looking at portraits trying to find yourself. Thanks, Chribba!







This week, CCP Aurora & Swift were guests on the - one of EVE's most popular small-gang focused podcasts. Discussion topics included the new CONCORD Rogue Analysis Beacon, a lengthy discussion about varied playstyles, and of course the upcoming Alliance Tournament.

It's not the size of your fleet, it's how you lose it! - CCP Aurora

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That's all for this installment. Head on over to the EVE Online forums to chat and share your stories, or check out the EVE Pulse for a different look at what’s going on in EVE!

Gladiatorial Capsuleers,

The first weekend of Alliance Tournament XVII begins tomorrow, on 6 November!
Prepare yourselves for an intense and exciting competition, with a staggering 40 teams in total rearing and ready to rumble in this year’s Alliance Tournament!

Teams will be fiercely competing for glory and spectacularly flat prize ships designed by Mordus Legion, the sponsor of this year’s Tournament – and every minute of valiant teamwork and bombastic carnage alike will be on full display for all to enjoy, broadcast on Twitch live from Reykjavik in our brand-new studio, produced in collaboration with our beloved EVE_NT partners!

During each day of the tournament, giveaways will be running regularly onstream, giving viewers the opportunity to win hundreds of SKINs – including the gorgeous and highly anticipated GalNet Streamcast series, as well as a number of physical prizes including EVE watches, USB hub Rifters, vouchers for EVE merch, and a selection of ship models from Mixed Dimensions!

Localized streams from our partners on Twitch will also be available:
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Check out the ATXVII Announcement Blog, Rules to get an overview on what to expect in the Tournament, view the Brackets hosted on Challonge to see the full lineup and track the progress of all 40 teams, steal a peek at this year’s spectacular Prize Ships – the Raiju EAF and the Laelaps HIC, for a sneak preview of the fabulous rewards the Tournament’s winners will receive!



In addition to the prizes Alliance Tournament competitors can win, those participants who score a final blow on an enemy ship will get an additional prize.

Each death that occurs during the tournament will be minted into an NFT (non-fungible token) of the killmail to be memorialized on the Tezos blockchain. The killer will be the listed owner of this NFT and what they want to do with the NFT is entirely up to them; sell and trade these limited edition images, or hoard them as trophies as they see fit.



We are keenly aware of the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies, and for this reason, we opted to partner with Tezos for this project. Tezos’s Proof of Stake, the mechanism by which blockchain transactions are validated, is an extremely energy-efficient approach that uses two million times less energy than similar Proof of Work networks.

In regards to the power consumption of the AT NFTs, with an estimated power draw of only 200mWh per token and a maximum of 4000 NFTs being minted, the total consumption of the entire production process will equal less than it takes to run a mid-tier gaming PC for 3 hours – less than a single viewer watching only a tenth of the Alliance Tournament would be using.

And as an exciting extra bonus, in celebration of the return of the Alliance Tournament, the IGC will be relaunching the IGC SKIN series on the NES on 6 November, and releasing IGC SKINs for Mordus Legion’s Garmur, Orthrus, and Barghest on 9 November!

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The schedule for this weekend is as follows:

[h3]SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER[/h3]
Stream Start – 14:30 UTC

• Match 1 – 15:00 UTC – Psychotic Tendencies vs. The Minions
  
• Match 2 – 15:15 UTC – L A Z E R H A W K S vs. Hidden Leaf Ninja Village
  
• Match 3 – 15:30 UTC – Platinum Sensitivity vs. Exodus
  
• Match 4 – 15:45 UTC – Bright Side of Death vs. Tactical Narcotics Team
  
• Match 5 – 16:00 UTC – Odin's Call vs. Arrival
  
• Match 6 – 16:15 UTC – Fraternity vs. Litterally Triggered
  
• Match 7 – 16:30 UTC – Northern Coalition vs. Entropic Thunder
  
• Match 8 – 16:45 UTC – Hard Knocks Citizens vs. Snuffed Out
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 9 – 17:30 UTC – Deepwater Hooligans vs. Esports Petopia
  
• Match 10 – 17:45 UTC – TURBOFEED OR GLORY vs. Rote Kapelle
  
• Match 11 – 18:00 UTC – A Band Apart. vs. WE FORM V0LTA
  
• Match 12 – 18:15 UTC – R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N vs. The Tuskers Co
  
• Match 13 – 18:30 UTC – Of Sound Mind vs. Ride My Turtle
  
• Match 14 – 18:45 UTC – HYDRA RELOADED vs. Wormhole Society
  
• Match 15 – 19:00 UTC – Fancypants Alliance vs. What Could Possibly Go Wr0ng
  
• Match 16 – 19:15 UTC – WAFFLES vs. The Ancients
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 17 – 20:00 UTC – Goonswarm Federation vs. Winner of Match 1
  
• Match 18 – 20:15 UTC – Forsaken Empire vs. Winner of Match 2
  
• Match 19 – 20:30 UTC – The Network vs. Winner of Match 3
  
• Match 20 – 20:45 UTC – DarkSide vs. Winner of Match 4
  
• Match 21 – 21:00 UTC – VYDRA RELOLDED vs. Winner of Match 5
  
• Match 22 – 21:15 UTC – Local Is Primary vs. Winner of Match 6
  
• Match 23 – 21:30 UTC – Boundary Experts vs. Winner of Match 7
  
• Match 24 – 22:00 UTC – Templis CALSF vs. Winner of Match 8
  

[h3]SUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER[/h3]

Stream Start – 14:30 UTC

• Match 25 – 15:00 UTC – Loser of Match 9 vs. Loser of Match 8
  
• Match 26 – 15:15 UTC – Loser of Match 10 vs. Loser of Match 7
  
• Match 27 – 15:30 UTC – Loser of Match 11 vs. Loser of Match 6
  
• Match 28 – 15:45 UTC – Loser of Match 12 vs. Loser of Match 5
  
• Match 29 – 16:00 UTC – Loser of Match 13 vs. Loser of Match 4
  
• Match 30 – 16:15 UTC – Loser of Match 14 vs. Loser of Match 3
  
• Match 31 – 16:30 UTC – Loser of Match 15 vs. Loser of Match 2
  
• Match 32 – 16:45 UTC – Loser of Match 16 vs. Loser of Match 1
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 33 – 17:30 UTC – Loser of Match 17 vs. Winner of Match 25
  
• Match 34 – 17:45 UTC – Loser of Match 18 vs. Winner of Match 26
  
• Match 35 – 18:00 UTC – Loser of Match 19 vs. Winner of Match 27
  
• Match 36 – 18:15 UTC – Loser of Match 20 vs. Winner of Match 28
  
• Match 37 – 18:30 UTC – Loser of Match 21 vs. Winner of Match 29
  
• Match 38 – 18:45 UTC – Loser of Match 22 vs. Winner of Match 30
  
• Match 39 – 19:00 UTC – Loser of Match 23 vs. Winner of Match 31
  
• Match 40 – 19:15 UTC – Loser of Match 24 vs. Winner of Match 32
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 41 – 20:00 UTC – Winner of Match 17 vs. Winner of Match 9
  
• Match 42 – 20:15 UTC – Winner of Match 18 vs. Winner of Match 10
  
• Match 43 – 20:30 UTC – Winner of Match 19 vs. Winner of Match 11
  
• Match 44 – 20:45 UTC – Winner of Match 20 vs. Winner of Match 12
  
• Match 45 – 21:00 UTC – Winner of Match 21 vs. Winner of Match 13
  
• Match 46 – 21:15 UTC – Winner of Match 22 vs. Winner of Match 14
  
• Match 47 – 21:30 UTC – Winner of Match 23 vs. Winner of Match 15
  
• Match 48 – 22:00 UTC – Winner of Match 24 vs. Winner of Match 16
  

Claim your NFTs


Prepare for a Tournament packed to the brim with spectacular heart-pounding action!

Fly safe, Capsuleers – and see you in the arena!

Ambitious Capsuleers,

The Gateway Quadrant comes to an end this November, and we’re happy to bring you a summary of what’s been accomplished in the areas of the new player experience in EVE Online, as well as some details on what’s to come in the future – both near and far.
Take a stroll through the various additions and improvements EVE has seen during this Quadrant, and look forward to what’s next!

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[h3]LAUNCH OF THE AIR NPE[/h3]
The new AIR NPE has brought a powerful first adventure to new players, with a 30% increase to the average length of a player’s first session in EVE, and a massive uptick in NPE completion rates! Since its release, the AIR NPE has seen a number of fixes and some polish – and in November, we’ll be introducing animated Aura, Vesper, and Balin for an even more engaging experience.


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Work is underway to introduce a mining mission in the first half of 2022, introducing players to the fundamental cycles of the EVE Online economy - the first step in a longer plan to iterate.

Farther down the line, look forward to continued building on the narrative experience of the NPE through additional content, providing new players an engaging and enjoyable series of adventures!

UPDATES TO SKILL PLANS

The introduction of Skill Plans has brought increased interactions with skill training with thousands of skill plans created. Since the rollout, Skill Plans have seen various fixes and refinements, such as improved tooltips and explanations, as well as visible required time for skill levels without needing to check tooltips.

In the November release, look forward to being able to drag ship fittings into a Skill Plan to automatically populate it with the fitting’s required skills.
Corporation Skill Plans are coming to players in December, along with a new Skill Plan Manager role that enables corporations to create, save and share specialized plans with their members – providing a strong foundation and framework for new recruits.
In addition, players will be able to import and export Skill Plans to and from the clipboard.

[h3]OPPORTUNITIES AND CORP FINDER UPDATES[/h3]

Through observing what works best, we’ve learned that someOpportunities are more effective than others at helping players find their bearing in the vast world of EVE and will be building heavily on that knowledge as time goes on. In November, another testing phase will begin building data for the purpose of bringing players individually personalized content recommendations based on their activities and preferences in the future.

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New Landmark-based opportunities are also on their way, giving players opportunities to travel to and visit various interesting locations around New Eden and become better immersed in the world of EVE.



Additionally, look forward to various Corporation Finder improvements in November, with updates to some filters and functions and more specific corporation ads - allowing for improved player-corporation matchmaking.

[h3]EVE ACADEMY REVAMP[/h3]

Thus far, the EVE Academy page has provided a marked improvement to players’ early experience in EVE, with more than 90% of respondents reporting that the page has helped them find their path in the vast world of New Eden. Players have spent more than one year combined watching the various EVE Academy videos, and the Academy site in general has maintained a very high level of engagement.

Since release, six new videos have been published – and based on feedback from players, new resources and information, including skill plans, AIR, PVP roles, a link to the Fiction Portal, and more.


In November, look forward to the first phase in the revamping of EVE Academy, promising iterations on content and improved resources for all players – as well as the final Career video, focusing on PVP. The new Academy site will also see various new content, teaching players about a selection of specific ships, with a comprehensive page explaining the vital info that goes into flying your ship coming a bit later.

The Gateway Quadrant has brought significant improvements to EVE in across various areas, and we’re looking forward to continuing this path, bringing new and older players alike improved experiences and all kinds of engaging and enjoyable content as we approach the next year of EVE Online.

See you in space, and fly safe!

The last time EVE Fanfest took place as an in-person event, our intrepid senior reporter Steven Messner got drunk, got naked, got in a hot tub, and discussed the potentialities of machine sentience with the developers—pretty much par for the course at these events, as I understand it. The annual EVE Online convention was cancelled in 2020 and '21 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but CCP announced today that it's returning for 2022...
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