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Hello spacefriends, it's time for another Community Beat!

Before we get started, I'd like to take this opportunity to say hi. My name is CCP Lumi - I'm the newest member of the Community Team. I'll mainly be focusing on player gatherings and of course, I'll be helping out the team with a variety of other projects.

Now, let's look at some of the cool things that are going on across the community...

Starting Guide to Faction Warfare

For those of you that have wanted to dip your toes in Faction Warfare, CrazinessOfTheInternet made a starting guide! Check out his video below.

In the coming weeks, he will continue his series with frigate builds for each faction.

Frigate Free For All

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Attention Vanguard, 

The battlefield is calling once more, and your service is required. Preparations for the First Strike February Playtest have begun, and seven days from now legions of Vanguard will go boots-on-the-ground for the third time, doing the Deathless’ bidding, earning amazing rewards, and contributing to corruption in New Eden. The playtest will run from 22-26 February and is open to all Omega players. 

PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT 

On 22 February, the doors to the battlefield will open for the next First Strike Playtest, and Omega warclones will once again take up arms and fight for glory and chaos. In addition to proving your loyalty to the Deathless by completing contracts and impacting the level of corruption in New Eden, you will have the opportunity to earn fantastic rewards by proving your mettle on the frontlines. These rewards include the Atron and Talwar Arkombine Arisen SKINs, as well as PLEX. 

Up-and-coming capsuleers,

Starting your journey in New Eden is an exciting prospect, and you can get going even faster by securing a Starter Pack, which includes valuable items like 7 days Omega, Core Ship Operations Expert System, two Basic Glamourex Boosters, and stunning SKINs to decorate your ships.

This pack will enable you to speed up your skill training, increase your standings with the factions of New Eden, and look amazing while doing it, all for a fantastic price.

Don’t delay, get the Starter Pack today!

Celebratory capsuleers,

It’s time to light your firecrackers and exchange gifts to celebrate Lunar New Year. To mark the occasion, the EVE store is offering two packs with brand-new SKINs, apparel, Omega, PLEX and much more until 19 February.

THE DEALS OF THE DRAGON

The Dragon Scale Pack contains a collection of stunning Empyrean Dragons SKINs and apparel.

• Stiletto Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Loki Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Dominix navy Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Jaguar Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Hecate Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Huginn Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Vexor Navy Issue Empyrean Dragons SKIN

• Men's & Women’s Empyrean Dragons Jacket

WEALTH AND WISDOM PACK

The Wealth and Wis...

Economic Capsuleers!

The Monthly Economic Report for January 2024 is now available!

You can download all of the raw data used in this report here. Each image can be enlarged by clicking on it.

To join the player discussion, please visit the official thread on EVE Online forums.

Enterprising capsuleers,

Don’t miss the chance to get more from your PLEX! For a limited time, you can get Starter Packs at a 50% discount, whether you’re a new pilot or a veteran of New Eden. Now is the time to stock up on EVE essentials such as Omega, SKINs, apparel, Skill Points, and more – for less!

The following discounts are available: 

• Bronze Starter Pack - 50% off

• Silver Starter Pack - 40% off

• Gold Starter Pack - 35% off

• Platinum Starter Pack - 35% off

The sale runs from 7-13 February, exclusively in the New Eden Store. Each of the four Starter Packs is filled to the brim with powerful essentials to help accelerate your journey to greatness as you spread your influence across the cluster.

*Each pack can only be purchased once per account.

Trailblazing capsuleers,

The new launcher for EVE Online will permanently replace the old one starting on 7 February. This is a crucial move forward in the effort to deepen immersion and streamline the journey into New Eden.

Customize Your Launch

You will now get into space faster, as you choose your character right there in the new launcher. The new launcher sports a sleek and modern look, easier navigation, automatic updates, and improvements to security and performance. In addition, capsuleers now have brand new methods of personalization, including the ability to customize the way they select and launch a character, account, or groups of characters simultaneously.

What to expect

When you first open the EVE launcher after the rollout on 7 February you will get prompted to update, and as you opt in the process will start. Should you choose to wait, the new version will automatically be installed the next time you open the launc...

Hello spacefriends! Happy February and welcome to the Community Beat!

We'd like to shine the spotlight on various things that caught our eye coming from the community in the last couple of weeks.

Eve Online Market Watcher

We'd like to start by giving a shoutout to a player developed phone app called Eve Market Watcher, a companion app for navigating and monitoring the complex markets of Eve Online. The app allows you to tailor searches to specific regions, keep track of desired in-game items with a customizable watchlist, and receive real-time alerts when these items hit your targeted price!

Greetings Vanguard, 

Recently, legions of warclones took to the battlefield to aid in the corruption of New Eden, lending their hand in the collaborative development of EVE Vanguard. This was the second First Strike playtest, and it was action-packed and explosive.  

The Deathless puts a premium on the valor of warclones, and has kept meticulous records on Vanguard actions and achievements on the battlefield. Here are some highlights from the most recent deployment: 

Attention, capsuleers!

You can now enjoy a 20% discount on a selection of Skill Training Bundles from the EVE Store, and accelerate your training goals for 2024.

Each bundle contains a generous serving of Skill Points to allocate however you want, while accelerators increase training speed and help you reach your goals faster.

Here’s what’s inside each of the discounted bundles:

GRADUATE BUNDLE

• 700,000 Skill Points

• Specialist ‘Boost’ Cerebral Accelerator

• +8 to all attributes, lasts for 8 days or 16 days with the Biology 5 skill

PRODIGY BUNDLE

• 1,050,000 Skill Points

• Advanced ‘Boost’ Cerebral Accelerator

• + 6 to all attributes, lasts for 6 days or 12 days with the Biology 5 skill

MASTER BUNDLE

• 1,750,000 Skill Points

• Standard ‘Boost’ Cerebral Accele...

Capsuleers!

The Kickstarter campaign for EVE: War for New Eden is going live! From 24 January to 21 February, you’ll have the limited-time opportunity to support the campaign and secure a special copy of this epic new board game.

Created in cooperation with Titan Forge, EVE: War for New Eden features game pieces of incredible craftsmanship. Choose one of the four empires to lead into strategic combat in the EVE Universe, and explore the boundless possibilities of intergalactic warfare.

Why support the campaign now?

• You’ll get the Kickstarter version of the game at a better...

Attention Vanguard, 

It is nearly time to go planetside once more. The next First Strike playtest for EVE Vanguard is taking place from 12:00 UTC 25 January - 12:00 UTC 29 January, opening the doors once again to the in-development FPS module for EVE Online. The event is open to all Omega players as part of Founders’ Access.   

ADVANCING IN FORMATION 

EVE Vanguard is a work in progress, being developed in collaboration with you, the community. This upcoming playtest will welcome even more warclones by opening server access in the Asia Pacific and South American territories.  

The First Strike playtest event in December provided a wealth of insights which have already been put to good use in the upcoming build. Issues have been identified, bugs have been fixed and minor changes have been made, all of which would not have been possible without participation and feedback from you, the Founders. We look forward to welcoming you to the First S...

Ambitious capsuleers,

New starter packs are now available from the EVE Store! Each one contains an assortment of Omega, Skill Points, cerebral accelerators and SKINs, and they’re the perfect way for new and veteran players alike to continue their journey through New Eden in 2024.

Here’s what’s inside each one of the packs:

BRONZE STARTER PACK

• 14 days Omega

• Specialist 'Boost' Cerebral Accelerator

• 50,000 Skill Points

• 2 x Core Ship Operations Expert System

• Rifter Snowline Bladeracer SKIN

• Nereus Inner Zone Vanguard SKIN

• Inquisitor Khanid SKIN

• Heron Zento Isideko Combine SKIN

• Venture Radioactives Reclamation SKIN

Forward-looking capsuleers,

As we warp into the new year, we want to thank you, our community, for a monumental 2023 and cast our eyes forward, filled with immense anticipation and excitement for what lies ahead in EVE Online.

The 20th anniversary year was an epic one, with a record breaking Fanfest, two expansions, the EVE Vanguard First Strike event, and much more! The end of year episode of EVE Pulse captured some of the highlights and notable capsuleer achievements.

Greetings, New Eden; we're back with another edition of the Community Beat, your best source of all New Edens going on that could be confused with being called New Edens Hottest (information) Sauce..? ANYWAY, let's get going!

Beautifully Crafted

The universe is filled with those craft-orientated, be it the ability to create a spaceship from our favorite colored bricks as we saw during the last beat, or as they become more affordable in the world, 3D printed models! The exciting thing about many 3rd models is the variety of details in the models, with some creators adding additional highlighted details, additional components to the design, or even an elegant faction-aligned appropriate stand into the equation. Regardless, we always enjoy seeing these beautiful creations out in the wild, be it a work in progress, in person at...

Budding Vanguard, 

The time approaches for Founders to go planetside once again in the next First Strike playtest from 25-29 January. This Founders’ Access to the First Strike January playtest gives you the chance to try out EVE Vanguard, the in-development FPS module for EVE Online, and contribute to its ongoing development. The only requirement to join the playtest is to have Omega access, and there has never been a better time to upgrade, as both the EVE Store and the New Eden Store are offering 14 days of Omega access for a limited time, giving anyone interested in jumpi...

Ambitious capsuleers,

The Havoc expansion for EVE Online was introduced last November, and has been a big hit with capsuleers, introducing the chance to align with pirates or fight against them, in a gripping struggle between suppression and corruption. Nothing is static in New Eden, including Havoc, and the first update of the new year is now live, bringing adjustments to Pirate Insurgencies, graphical updates, certain NPCs respecting pirate alignment, and more.

Modify your ambitions

Among the things announced on stage at Fanfest 2023, when the Havoc expansion was revealed, was the inclusion of an Ambition Modifier, which adjusts the number of points needed to win an Insurgency. The Ambition Modifier has now been implemented in Havoc, and it will affect the side that regularly wins Insurgencies by requ...

Accomplished capsuleers,

The time to act is now! For a very limited time, new and veteran pilots alike have the opportunity to get their hands on the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Starter Packs for up to 50% off.

• Bronze Starter pack – 50% off

• Silver Starter pack - 50% off

• Gold Starter pack - 40% off

• Platinum Starter Pack - 40% off

From 10-16 January, you can treat yourselves to a wealth of Omega time, PLEX, Skill Points, SKINs, and apparel. Make sure you don’t miss this chance to start the new year on the right foot.

Each pack can only be purchased once per account.

Competitive capsuleers, 

The PvP tournament scene looks to be better than ever in 2024 with the recently announced sixth iteration of the Anger Games. This community-run PvP tournament kicks off 13 April with sign-ups open now! 

The rules have been updated for this year, with teams starting out in a round-robin group stage, guaranteeing at least three matches per team, with the top 16 teams then entering a traditional double elimination section.  

You’ll find the full announcement from the organizers, with all the details, ...

Hello spacefriends and welcome to the first Community Beat for YC126! Or as it's known in meatspace: 2024. Let's begin...

EVE Online Careers Chart

Remember that huge, cool looking chart of EVE Online careers from a while back? You know the one. It looked a bit like this:

You may not have checked it out for a while since the original creator's last version dates from 2016. Well ICYMI, for the last two years the task of maintaining the chart has been taken up by a player called Mu'ad Diib.

With original creator Altrue's blessing and input, Mu'ad Diib has been updating and refining the EVE Online Career Chart and is still at it. Lots of activities have been added and there are some new features as well! For example with the interactive PDF version of the chart you can click on a career...