Mad Mining and Manufacturing

Today, I was skimming the net, and I came across this article:

http://www.massively.com/2010/06/29/eves-sansha-live-event-takes-an-interesting-turn/

Amazingly enough, this was the first I’ve heard of this! I didn’t even realize they brought back live events to the eve universe! I’m pretty excited about this, as I remember when I first started playing the live events were a big draw.

As the article linked above states, Sansha’s nation has been amassing a huge army, and has been attacking empire bases of all 4 of the major factions. Even more interesting, some player figured out that he could send a probe through one of these wormholes, and it returned back the following image to him:

Exciting times to be an eve pilot!

From the official blog:

The Tranquility cluster will be down for maintenance on Wednesday, June 23^rd 2010 from 0900 to 1500 UTC. More information about the cluster move can be found in this dev blog. You may discuss the blog and server move in this thread.

Now, it appears that they are doing something more than they originally indicated… As this server “move” seems to be unexpected. It’s hard for me to track down the details of the dev blog (since all the websites seem to be down), but from what the main page is saying, they are certainly moving the tranquility servers to a new location.

Screenshot of Eve-Online main site:

Eve online server down page from Jund 23rd

Taken from here:

http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=3637&tid=1

Were you always hoping to benefit from the hyperintelligence of an ascetic Intaki polymath but never got the opportunity? Well capsuleer, your wait is over! Beginnning Dec 18th 2009 and ending Jan 6th 2010, a single Zephyr ship shall be given to any who wish to claim it, courtesy of the Intaki Syndicate. Read more about it in CCP Wrangler’s Dev Blog.

Don’t forget to get your ship! Taken from the dev blog, here’s how:

• Log into the EVE Online client.
• At the character selection screen there will be a Redeem Items button in the lower right corner. Select the character you wish to receive the Zephyr and press the Redeem Items button.

• Check the box next to the Zephyr in the confirmation window and press the Redeem Selected Items button.
• You will receive a confirmation window that informs you which character is receiving the Zephyr and in which station it will be deposited. They are always deposited at the character’s current location. The ship can not be redeemed if the receiving character is not docked in an NPC station.
• Click Yes to accept the confirmation window if you are happy with your decision
• Log in to that character and jump in your new ship!
• Special Note: You may only make one transaction through this system, which also governs PLEX, per 24 hours.

At around 23:50 eve time today, the game seized functioning and people were no longer able to see their profiles, dock, or do anything meaningful.

Does that mean that the Dominion Patch is coming right now? Hopefully tomorrow they’ll have everything sorted out!

Make an account on the Forum, and speculate on what Dominion is going to bring us!

EDIT: The game was only down for 30 minutes or so, but the real downtime will be starting 9:00pm (Eastern) tonight. Make sure you have long skills training!

Take some time to look around, and let us know what you think at the forums.