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CCP Weekly Wrap Up: February 16-22, 2021
Guardian’s Gala – Claim Your Gifts If you are still missing log in rewards for the Guardian’s Gala, make sure to grab those before February 23 at 11:00 UTC. Rewards include the usual haul of skill points, and SKINs. You......
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Ignoitton TTC Structures Killed by Snuffed Out
The Tranquility Trading Consortium’s (TTC) Keepstar (KS), Tatara and Sotiyo have fallen in Ignoitton. The lowsec system of Ignoitton has seen dramatic action on Feb. 21, 2021. Snuffed Out (B B C) alliance, clearly not sated from their recent ki...
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CCP Introduces Fleet Formation Warping, Hints at Further Changes
In a recent edition of Pando’s FC Chat, CCP Rise and CCP Signal sat down to answer questions about the upcoming Fleet Formations feature hinted at in the recent Reign Quadrant 1 Trailer. In addition to the Fleet Formation changes,......
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TEST Loses Most Expensive Sotiyo Ever
At 21:44 UTC on Feb 18, TEST alliance absorbed the second most expensive Upwell Structure lossmail in the history of New Eden, when their Sotiyo in D-FVI7 (worth 374 billion ISK) was destroyed by The Bastion and Ferrata Victrix. More......
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