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EVE Online's new expansion looks to make it simpler than ever to get into a huge space battle: 'Every 10 weeks or so, you're gonna know: I can roll up with whatever I have and go shoot some structures and have a big fight'

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EVE Online's new expansion looks to make it simpler than ever to get into a huge space battle: 'Every 10 weeks or so, you're gonna know: I can roll up with whatever I have and go shoot some structures and have a big fight'

EVE Online is about to have a big week, with the introduction of paid, 24/7 alpha access to companion FPS Vanguard, as well as a new expansion for the OG MMO, Fractured Skies. Both are launching tomorrow, November 10.

That expansion is bringing a bunch of new features⁠—updated HUD, new ships, and further tweaks to the new player experience added over the summer⁠—but when I spoke with EVE design director Greg Hennessey, he was most excited about coming changes to lowsec PvP, and what they'll offer both new and experienced players.

EVE is most famous for the big intrigues and betrayals of nullsec space, but Hennessey estimated that participants in the more structured, constant lowsec conflicts "are actually probably our strongest PVP players in general.

"Our nullsec players are the ones who want to plot for three years and go have a billion dollar war for a year. [Lowsec] players every day are like, let's go out and brawl. Let's just go lose some ships, boys. Let's get out there."

Hennessey characterized Fractured Skies as the "second in a trilogy of expansions" overhauling faction conflict in lowsec. The summer expansion, Cradle of War, added ongoing Military Campaigns players could pitch in with to affect an ongoing story. Fractured Skies will introduce a recurring climax to factional PvP, with the first such Conquest scheduled for February.

"You pick a faction, and for a season, you'll face off against another faction across that season," explained Hennessey. "You will fight to earn points, and all of that drives towards a scheduled final battle.


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