With millions of market transactions and hundreds of thousands of explosions every day, keeping New Eden running smoothly – and still setting records after nearly 20 years – is a monumental task. Like our players, we're constantly on the hunt to push boundaries. In the last two years, we've made significant changes to the hardware behind Tranquility, resulting in almost daily records for EVE downtime (among other things). But to see where we are, it's important to look at where we've been.

Back in 2005, only 2 years after launch, EVE was already setting records as a standout single-shard universe. New Eden was generating some 1,250 database calls per second which added up to over 60 million per day! As more players came online, the servers struggled to keep up. Game features were taking over 20 seconds to load, making everyday tasks in New Eden such as warping across the galaxy, completing market transactions at the new major market hub Jita 4-4, and upgradin...

Ferocious Capsuleers,

The Hunt may be almost over, but there’s still time to make your mark and pick up one of the Guristas Hunter Packs. Choose the Outlaw Hunter Pack to receive 30 days of Omega time, 50,000 Skill Points, and among other goodies, a Core Ship Operations Expert System. Use it to get a taste of your potential and instantly gain access to the ‘Magic-14’ skills for a limited time!

For more veteran Capsuleers, pick the Podhunter Pack for a package of 500 PLEX, 100k Skill Points, and more bundled alongside four new Ace of Podhunters SKINs. The SKINs are us...

o7 fellow Capsuleers,

We are back with another hit of the Community Beat!

In the last episode, we covered some of the cool projects in the community – We heard some of the super cool stats to come out of the Stay Frosty Event, we saw some of the creative projects players were performing to help raise funds for Plex4Good, the Easter Egg Hunt planned later this month and our latest partner spotlights.

Happy Birthday Mining CAKE

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