EVE Online News

Liberation Games Closing Soon

Tribal Capsuleers,

The Minmatar Liberation Games are soon coming to a close at 11:00 UTC on 20 July where the winning tribe will take control of a new station in Pator. Make sure you log into EVE soon and take part in the celebrations and events to support your chosen tribe and enrich yourself in the culture of the Matari people.

This is your chance to claim any remaining daily gifts or upgrade to Omega and pick up that second tier of rewards. Get Omega before 20 July and you’ll also receive a free In Rust We Trust SKIN for one of four popular Minmatar ships.

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Bring Out EVE’s Colors - Live now

Dazzling Capsuleers,

The huge visual update to EVE Online – Bring Out EVE’s Colors – is now live as part of the Foundation Quadrant! This update represents another step in the ongoing commitment to investing in exciting technology, setting EVE up strongly for its third decade, and ensuring that New Eden continues to set the standard as a visually stunning universe. Thank you to all Capsuleers who helped test these new graphical features on the Singularity test server and for providing valuable feedback.

At a high level of graphical performance, every activity in space and every visual interaction will be affected by this graphical update, as well as all ships, citadels, planetary bodies, and more. You will now see more of how the colors of EVE Online and New Eden were intended to look than ever before.

The visual update includes:
- Shader adjustments
- New lighting changes
- The colors of New Eden becoming brighter and deeper
- Gradients smoothing out and highlights being better represented

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There is now more realistic representation of the interaction of light with objects and how it is perceived. This has led to more accurate display of roughness and reflectivity on object surfaces such as ships and asteroids, for example, making differences in texture stand out. The darkness of space and the brightness of your ship or nearby celestial bodies will regularly appear more distinct.

With visual changes of this magnitude, you won’t be able to resist undocking and seeking out the stunning wonders of New Eden, or even just re-visiting your favourite spots in space and comparing current screenshots to your older images! Due to that scope, there will still be elements that require adjustment and change in future updates, so your feedback is still valued and welcomed!

This commitment to setting up EVE for its third decade has seen new foundations to the core visual technology of EVE being laid over the past few years in preparation for both the deprecation of DirectX 9, as well as an eventual move to DirectX 12. As part of this journey, this update delivers further developments that will make the overall transition to DirectX 12 smoother.

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Hunter’s Boon

Outspoken Capsuleers,

The Hunter’s Boon update, inspired by your feedback to the EVE development team, is now live in EVE Online! As a result, several feature changes have been implemented, following up on previous updates such as Enter the Portal. The changes are as follows:
- Mobile covert cyno beacons
- Buffs to the Pacifier and Enforcer
- Bonuses to reduce nullifier penalties for Interceptors
- Hardened cloak booster extension
- Tech 3 cruiser skill loss removal

Thank you once more for your fantastic feedback. Please continue to test the new features in-game, and by all means keep up the great communication via forums and bug reporting!

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Liberation Day Propaganda Contest

Republic-revering capsuleers,

After the heady celebrations of Federation Day, all eyes in the cluster are now on the Minmatar Republic as they commemorate Liberation Day.

The Minmatar now seek contributions of capsuleer propaganda that venerate the tribes or the Republic as a whole! To be in the running to win some cool prizes, you must submit a piece of propaganda for review. Some of the topics it could address are:

celebrate the rich history of the Minmatar people
denigrate the the enemies of the Republic - i.e. the Amarr, Caldari, Angel Cartel or Triglavians
highlight a famous location in Minmatar space
recognize a notable Minmatar citizen and their accomplishments (this includes both player and non-player characters)

Or something else not listed here - as long as it's bigging up the Minmatar we want to see it! You can find some examples of the excellent work produced by capsuleers for the previous contest in this thread on the official forums.

Valid propaganda could take many different forms: memes, vintage propaganda posters, videos, songs, poetry, short stories - whatever you like as long as it bigs up the Minmatar Republic.

[h2]PRIZES[/h2]

Submissions will be pored over by a crack team of CCP developers with impeccable taste and the chosen winners will receive the following:

1st place

Your choice of any Minmatar ship model (Rifter, Tornado or Typhoon) offered by our friends at Mixed Dimensions
A set of brand new apparel: the Republic Commander's Dress Jacket and Pants (men's and women's)
Muninn Freedom's Revolution SKIN

2nd place

1100 PLEX
Republic Commander's Dress Jacket and Pants (men's and women's)
Svipul Freedom's Revolution SKIN

3rd place

500 PLEX
Republic Commander's Dress Jacket and Pants (men's and women's)
Republic Fleet Firetail Freedom's Revolution SKIN

All winners and any distinguished entries chosen as honorable mentions by the jury will also receive a medal from the Minmatar Republic to display with pride on your character sheets.

[h2]HOW TO ENTER[/h2]

Please note that there has been a minor change in the entry process from the previous contest in order to streamline the submission, collation and judging of the entries.

In order for your work to be considered it must be submitted in this thread on the EVE Online forums.
The contest starts now and the cutoff for submissions is Thursday, 22 July at 11:00 UTC. Winners will be notified soon after!
All entries must abide by the EVE Online Terms of Service
Although no longer required for entry, please do continue to share your propaganda on EVE-related social media, such as Twitter with the #tweetfleet hashtag.

Good luck!

[h2]LIBERATION DAY LIVESTREAM QUIZ[/h2]

Join us later today, Saturday 10 July at 15:30 UTC on CCP TV for a Liberation Day livestream with Minmatar-flavoured discussion and quizzes (including MORE chances at cool prizes!) before we head over to join the community-run in-game celebrations in Pator at 17:30 UTC!

Eve Online is set to kick off another nation-themed space festival

It's time for another big celebration in the spacefaring MMO Eve Online. Minmatar Liberation Day festivities kick off July 9 and run through July 20, and mark the Great Rebellion that secured the freedom of billions of Minmatar tribe members after hundreds of years of fighting for freedom in New Eden.

In Eve's lore, the Minmatar are the descendants of a major empire that was attacked and enslaved by the Amarr, Eve's largest 'nation' and a fiercely theocratic monarchy. For centuries they laboured before finally mounting the Great Rebellion, but the legacy of the Amarr's subjugation lives on - the Minmatar now are scattered across New Eden, and many remain in bondage in Amarr systems. Now, the Minmatar celebrate their hard-fought freedom and pledge to liberate those who remain in captivity.

During the Minmatar Liberation Day festival, you'll be able to pledge allegiance to one of the Seven Tribes of Matar, and the winners will take control of a brand new station that's been built in Pator, the seat of Minmatar government. Regardless of which group you pick, there are daily login rewards and gifts, which include capsuleer clothing, skill points, Minmatar SKINs for your ships, and a handy four-day Minmatar Expert System that provides access to all the basic skills you'll need in the new combat sites and the Proving Grounds.

From July 16-20, you'll be able to jump into the Rifter Glorification Proving Ground, which is a four-player free-for-all that features the Minmatar Rifter-class frigate, and is limited to meta level five modules and implants - everyone will be on an even playing field, so it'll be the sharpest capsuleers who prevail.

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