Patch Notes - Dec 28

2022-12-28

Dear pilots of New Eden,
EVE Echoes will undergo maintenance on 12/28/2022 at 08:00 (UTC+0) and will take approximately 120 minutes to complete. During this time, players will be unable to log in to the game. We kindly ask for your understanding and patience during the maintenance.

New Content
Barreled Capital Weapon
A Capital weapon used against conventional ships. It has high accuracy at the expense of damage.
Weapon Type: Cannon, Laser, Railgun, Missile (Torpedo)
How to obtain: Defeat enemies in Capital Cosmic Anomalies and Rifts

Capital Capacitor Warfare Weapon
Added two new special weapons used for Capacitor Warfare, including the Capital Energy Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer.
Due to the excessive intensity of instantaneous energy, the efficiency of this weapon will be attenuated to some extent when dealing with conventional ships.
How to obtain: Defeat enemies in Capital Cosmic Anomalies and Rifts

New Rigs
Added Rigs that can improve the Flight Velocity or EHP of Drones and Fighters.
Added Rigs that can improve the Damage, Rate of Fire, Range, Flight Velocity, and EHP of Lightweight Ships.
How to obtain:
Manufacture from the Drone Blueprints obtained in Inquisitor Anomalies and Relic Sites
Manufacture from the Lightweight Ship Blueprints obtained in Capital Ship Rally Points and Special Fleets

Nanocore Reset
Added Nanocore Reset, which allows you to reset some Nanocores and exchange them for Nanocore Opt Boxes of the same series and tonnage.
This technology is still in the testing stage, is only supported by "Ascension" and "Thermomagnetic Storm" Nanocores, and only repackaged Nanocores can be reset.
Resetting consumes a certain amount of Compressed Nanites, which you can get by purchasing the Omega Clone Duo Bundle Pack in the Store.

Salvage Drone
A non-combat Drone that can salvage nearby wreckage and transfer it to the Mothership. There are two types of Salvage Drones, Light and Heavy.
Light Salvage Drones can orbit the Mothership and are highly suitable for mobile operations. Heavy Salvage Drones cannot fly but can salvage wreckage in a larger range at designated locations.
How to obtain: From Loot Crates in Classified II and Classified III Gravitational Wave Graphs

Cosmic Anomaly Adjustments
New Drone Blueprints have been added to Inquisitor Anomalies and Relic Sites.
New Capital Equipment has been added to Capital Anomalies and Capital Rifts.
New Fighter and Lightweight Ship Blueprints have been added to Capital Anomalies.
Salvage Drone Blueprints have been added to the Loot Crates found in Classified II and III Gravitational Wave Cosmic Anomalies.

Time Efficiency Adjustments
The Time Efficiency of Skills and Decryptors has been renamed Time Consumption and changed to a percentage bonus. The details are as follows:
Changed all Invention Skills' time consumption bonuses to -25%.
Changed all Conventional Manufacturing Skills' time consumption bonuses to -25%.
Changed Exclusive Capital Ship Manufacturing and General Capital Ship Manufacturing Skills' time consumption bonuses to -20% and -10%, respectively.
Changed Decryptors' time consumption bonus to a percentage bonus, the time consumption effect of the Reverse Accelerant Decryptor to -40%, and the success rate penalty to -5%.

Implant Stories
Added Implant Stories. You can now tap the "Story" button in the upper right corner of the page of installed Implants to read their stories.
The stories of all twelve Implants have been added, each divided into three parts, which are automatically unlocked as the Implants are upgraded.

NEW EVENT
Annual Ship Logs
Event Duration: Dec 28, 2022 to Jan 11, 2023
During the event, Capsuleers can watch their personal Annual Ship Logs in the link on the event page, which records the details of their journey throughout the year.

Corporation Epic
Now, Capsuleers can view the historical information of Inscription of the Galaxy in [Corporation] - [Corporation Epic]. Currently, "Blaze" and "Burning Night" have been included, and more history is coming.
The historical info includes the display of all listed Corporations as well as customized and limited rewards, including medals, banners, nanocores, etc. The clashes between civilizations will never come to an end, and we look forward to a glorious epic put together by all the Corporations.

New Eden Store Update
New Limited Item: Added the Classified III Gravitational Wave Graph, which can be purchased with PLEX or AUR. The purchase limit is reset every Monday.
Compressed Nanites have been added to the Omega Clone Duo Bundle Pack (30 days/90 days/180 days/360 days).

Optimizations
1. Updated estimated prices based on successful transactions in the Market.
2. An option to quickly launch Planet Yields has been added in Settings, which can be turned off when not needed.
3. Optimized the timing of when some Cosmic Anomalies are destroyed. Now they will only be destroyed when Loot Crates are opened.
4. Optimized the enemy tracking logic of NPC Capital Ships, so that the Capital Ships of each race are equally weighted.
5. Optimized the grouping of Materials on the Construction page.
6. Now if your Wallet balance becomes negative due to violations, you will not be able to use functions such as Corporation Hangar and Corporation Wallet to trade.

Bug Fixes
1. Fixed the issue where Thermal Circulation Implants sometimes don't lose their damage bonuses when their Heat is low.
2. Fixed the issue where some Ship Icons were being wrongly displayed in the Ship Tree.
3. Fixed the issue where the number of Lightweight Ships carried in a Versatile Assault Ship wasn't displayed on the ship's details page.
4. Fixed the issue with replacing Drones in space where Drones can be incorrectly retrieved regardless of the range.