Editorial

Self-Policing and Public Relations
At 12:15 ET on March 23, Fraternity undocked over 30 Titans and a number of smaller ships. They then locked on to two of those Titans, Fraternity’s own, and blasted them into space dust. That’s right: Fraternity pointed the gun…

Is Game Design a Numbers Game?
Where should CCP’s priorities be, when it comes to game design? Does trying to please the most active people serve the health of the game, or should design decisions be agnostic of the current balance of numbers? There’s been a…

Gwailar’s Requiem
On May 4, 2022, I logged into EVE Online for the last time. After more than 14 years, I have biomassed everything, and a GDPR purge request is pending with CCP to delete my eight accounts. In the time since…

What Is Play To Earn?
And Why Are We Talking About It? We’re discussing Play-To-Earn ahead of Fanfest 2022, which starts on May 5. One part of the speculation about CCP’s upcoming announcements has been the discussion around cryptocurrencies, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and how emerging…

CCP Want More Of Your Money
Much like Netflix, CCP recently announced a subscription increase of 33%, increasing the cost of a one-month subscription from 14.95 US Dollars (USD) to 19.99 USD. These price increases are due to launch on May 17, 2022. EVE Versus Other…

CCP’s Rate Hike: 33% Inflation? Really?
Be warned, dear reader, that I am writing this in the heat of the moment . My cynicism has taken the helm, and we are at full throttle. Raise the Rates, Full Speed Ahead Reddit, Discord, and all EVE related…

Blockchain and EVE—Greed’s Still Good
On April 11, CCP released a ‘news’ article entitled ‘Blockchain and EVE Online’. In the article—with a ‘CCP Hellmar’ byline—CCP has finally attempted to address some of their customers’ concerns about many of the statements CEO Hilmar Pétursson has made…

What Might CCP’s New Paradigm Of Pay Packs Look Like?
“One of the topics for Fanfest is a new project that we’re in the middle of developing, that will transform these and any future packs – a paradigm where packs of this type will be supplied by players, ensuring that…

CCP Wants Your Unpaid Labor… or RMT.
By now, most readers are probably familiar with the Prospector Pack fiasco of this past week-and-change. Many of CCP’s customers are celebrating the removal of the pack. Multiple members of the CSM have expressed a sense of relief that CCP…

A Treacherous Road to an Angry Fanfest.
Dear Capsuleers, I come to you having re-written this piece twice now due to CCP, yet again, taking one step forward and then deciding to take a significant backflip backward. Firstly, let’s give CCP some well-deserved acknowledgment for implementing some…

Breaking News: CSM Publish Open Letter on CCP Monetisation
On Wednesday, March 9, members of the Council of Stellar Management published an open letter regarding CCP’s monetisation strategy. This is the first time in a number of years that the CSM has published a public, collaborative condemnation of CCP’s…

Battleships Are Back!
CCP announced the Road to Fanfest 2022 Update during a live twitch event with CCP Rattati, CCP Burger, CCP Swift and Carneros. The hour long stream covered a variety of topics gradually building up to announcements on battleships, compression, reversal…

A Pioneering Dream
With the recent changes and the uproar from them, it is clear many players are questioning CCP’s ability to make healthy changes to the game. In this article, we are going to go through a couple of CCP’s recent flubs…

Breaking News: R-ARKN Keepstar Destruction Coverage
Early Sunday morning, January 16, the R-ARKN Keepstar went abandoned after a week of waiting since the fuel was removed on Saturday January 9. The Keepstar was watched all day to ensure that there were no surprise explosions, and around…
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