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Tuesday, 14th November 2006, 07:17
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Revelations is the next huge, major update for EVE Online.
Currently on track for a Nov 28th deployment it promises a huge re-vamp for most of the game and its features.
Here are some of the major new features...
Factional Warfare
Updated Corp and Gang management
Fleet's now introduced
New Enviroments
Tier 2 Battlecruisers
Tier 3 Battleships
Hugely re-vamped Char creation
Lets go into a little more depth shall we?
Tier 2 Battlecruisers
The next stage of the Battlecruiser line is to be introduced with Revelations. Each race will receive a single new ship designed to compliment the existing flotilla. Here are more specifics.
http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%287%29.jpg
Caldari Drake Class
The Drake is a large Missile and ECM boat. It is equipped with 3 Turret and 7 Missile Launcer slots to give it tremendous Missile Alpha Strike capability, in the right hands this could obliterate any opponent with a full salvo of Cruise Missiles or Anti-Ship Torpedos. Even having the lowest powergrid of all the T2 Battlecruisers it is ideal for use in a ECM role, with plenty of slots for Webifiers and Warp Scramblers. The Drake is primarily designed to Sheild Tank with a total of 6563 HP of Sheilding as standard, this baby can take a fair amount of punishment before a tactical withdrawl is required.
With its high Missile Alpha and its amazing ECM potential this baby could be PvP'ers dream, most ships will not be able to stand up to the bombardment this vessel can deliver.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%288%29.jpg
Gallante Myrmidon Class
Designed to be able to bulldoze its way through its enemies, the Myrmidon is a Tank of amazing proportions, it has the ability to soak up anything you can throw at it. Only having 5 Turret slots and no Missile slots gives this vessel the lowest damage potential of any of the new ships it is offset by the rather large Drone Bay for its size, capable of storing twice the drones of the T1 Battlecruiser sister ship the "Brutix" it can release a swarm of small unmanned vessels to buzz the enemy and slowly peck away at their ship until it is nothing but a hulk in space.
The Myrmidon is quite likely going to be useless in PvP unless you fit Blasters and a MWD to get really close for the sucker punch. Its low damage potential means that outside of Solo play this vessel will be largely overlooked by the Alliance players.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%285%29.jpg
Amarrian Harbinger Class
Following Amarr military doctrine the Harbinger is a dedicated Laser strike boat capable of cutting swathes through any opponents hull and shields. Whilst the Harbinger has very low shield strength it more than makes up for it with the usual strong armour that is now standard on Amarr ships, making this vessel able to resist huge amounts of damage as soon as its shields have failed.
Unfortunatley with a distinct lack of both a high number of Medium Slots and a total lack of Missile slots the Harbinger looks to be more use in PvE than in PvP, when you take into account that your Webbys and Scrams are going to be using up the same space as your Armour Repairers and Cap rechargers you can see that this vessel is either going to be very specified in PvP or totally overlooked in favour of the more flexible Amarr ships of the line.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%2810%29.jpg
Mittar Hurricane Class
The force with which this ship hits is more than sufficient to leave a trail of shattered enemies, floating around like so much lifeless debris. An adaptable vessel, it has enough turret hardpoints for a full-scale assault while remaining versatile enough to allow for plenty of missile fire, and has both suffucuent speed to outrun its enemies and sufficient capacitor charge to outlast them.
This ship is the best of the T2 Battlecruisers. It has tremendous damage potential even with its smaller amount of medium slots. If this baby gets into trouble it has the option of breaking off and doing a runner, which tbh most of the other BS's will have trouble with. This is a beautiful all round ship. Work of art.
Tier 3 Battleships
The latest in the powerful Battleship class, most players ultimate goal is to fly a ship of this class, powerful, large, strong and devastating they are a force unto themselves in the universe of EVE.
http://www.vittoriovolpi.net/wow/eve47.jpg
Gallante Hyperion Class
Recognizing the necessity for a blaster platform to round out their high-end arsenal, the Federation Navy bought in top-level talent to work on the Hyperion. Using the existing Megathron hull the result was on the most lethal and versatile gunboats ever to take to the void.
With almost twice the shield and armour strength of the current Megathron this vessel is a monster with 8 Turret Hardpoints and 1 Missle point this beast has the ability to deal out tremendous damage and stay in the fight longer than most. A real "Blasterboat" this baby may just turn around the PvP fortunes of the higher end Gallante vessels.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%286%29.jpg
Caldari Rokh Class
Having long suffered the lack of an adequate Hybrid Turret platform, the Caldari State's pilots found themselves rejoicing as the Rokh's design specs were released. A fleet vessel if ever there was one, this far reaching and durable beast is expected to see a great deal of service on battlefields near and far.
Going totally against the usual Caldari starship design standards, the Rokh offers the Caldari a dedicated platform for long range turret fire. Capable of fitting 8 turrets or replacing 4 with Missile Launchers it is a powerful ship which could be devastating in PvP, the only worry is that some Caldari pilots will not have the experience and skills to use the Hybrid turrets with this vessel, meaning possible lenghty delays on deployment of these beasts.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%284%29.jpg
Amarrian Abaddon Class
The Abaddon class is a celestial tool of destruction. It is designed to enter combat from long range, targeting enemies from the outset and firing salvo upon salvo at them, and to remain intact on the field until every heretic in sight has been torn to shreds.
Following the design and religious doctrine of the Amarr this vessel emphasises their ego, large, powerful and unyielding it can almost tear a hole in the fabric of space with its devastating long range tactical fire. This is going to be a great ship for the Sniping PvP'er.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%289%29.jpg
Mittar Maelstrom Class
With the Maelstrom, versatility is the name of the game. Its defensive capabilities make it ideally suited for small raid groups or solo work, while its 8 turret hardpoints present opportunities for untold carnage on the fleet battlefield.
Resembling some kind of sail ship with the opaque dorsal and ventral fins this vessel makes itself look more intimidating on the field. Capable of mounting 8 Turrets and 3 Launchers this baby can pack a punch, whilst not an out and out offensive ship, this vessel would be highly suited to defense of a Station or System from aggressive raiding forces.
Here is a ship size comparison: http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/size_comparison.jpg
New Character Creation
With Revelations comes the improved creation process to lower the steep learning curve EVE is renowned for.
When you create your char the options will be better described and you can see exactly whats skills you will be getting for your choices. Instead of the current maximum of 50,000 skillpoints you gain after you have created your avatar, in Revelations you can creat chars with up to 800,000 skill points (That includes several skills at level 5).
See these screenshots for a more graphic example.
Fighter: http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7785/soldierbk7.jpg
Miner: http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7705/prospectorgj3.jpg
Trader: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2872/entrepreneurzl7.jpg
"Rig's" aka Ship Upgrades
Rigs are a kind of implant for your ship, able to increase resistance to various damage types and increasing ship speed or ship agility.
See this screenshot for a selection of them.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/rigs1.jpg
High Res Screenies and Video's
http://www.mashie.org/eve/drake01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/drake02.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/nanodrake.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/harbinger01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/harbinger02.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/myrimidon01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/maelstorm01.png
Here is a video of someone on the Test Server buying a Abaddon class Battleship and giving a very brief spin around to show of its wonderful modelling and textures.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Muffin/Abaddon.wmv
This is a video showing off the new map system and the new wrecks that are left behind by destroyed ships and are part of the new Rig's system. If you have never played EVE before, ignore the map parts and just watch the beutiful combat and its effects. also please note, if it seems laggy its down to fraps, absolute pain to get working with EVE.
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Darksaber/Drake_-_Map_-_Wrecks.avi
Whats next for EVE Online?
Well whilst i havnt shown you everything to come in Revelations (there isnt enough space to list it all) there is still more planned.
On the release of Windows Vista, EVE will be undergoing a DirectX 10 make-over to make it even prettier than it already is, when thats done im sure there will be screenies pretty quickly showing off its beauty.
Thanks for taking the time to read this amazingly long update and advert for EVE. If you wish to try it, give me or Endangerment a nudge and we should be able to get you a buddy key for a 14 day trial.
Revelations is the next huge, major update for EVE Online.
Currently on track for a Nov 28th deployment it promises a huge re-vamp for most of the game and its features.
Here are some of the major new features...
Factional Warfare
Updated Corp and Gang management
Fleet's now introduced
New Enviroments
Tier 2 Battlecruisers
Tier 3 Battleships
Hugely re-vamped Char creation
Lets go into a little more depth shall we?
Tier 2 Battlecruisers
The next stage of the Battlecruiser line is to be introduced with Revelations. Each race will receive a single new ship designed to compliment the existing flotilla. Here are more specifics.
http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%287%29.jpg
Caldari Drake Class
The Drake is a large Missile and ECM boat. It is equipped with 3 Turret and 7 Missile Launcer slots to give it tremendous Missile Alpha Strike capability, in the right hands this could obliterate any opponent with a full salvo of Cruise Missiles or Anti-Ship Torpedos. Even having the lowest powergrid of all the T2 Battlecruisers it is ideal for use in a ECM role, with plenty of slots for Webifiers and Warp Scramblers. The Drake is primarily designed to Sheild Tank with a total of 6563 HP of Sheilding as standard, this baby can take a fair amount of punishment before a tactical withdrawl is required.
With its high Missile Alpha and its amazing ECM potential this baby could be PvP'ers dream, most ships will not be able to stand up to the bombardment this vessel can deliver.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%288%29.jpg
Gallante Myrmidon Class
Designed to be able to bulldoze its way through its enemies, the Myrmidon is a Tank of amazing proportions, it has the ability to soak up anything you can throw at it. Only having 5 Turret slots and no Missile slots gives this vessel the lowest damage potential of any of the new ships it is offset by the rather large Drone Bay for its size, capable of storing twice the drones of the T1 Battlecruiser sister ship the "Brutix" it can release a swarm of small unmanned vessels to buzz the enemy and slowly peck away at their ship until it is nothing but a hulk in space.
The Myrmidon is quite likely going to be useless in PvP unless you fit Blasters and a MWD to get really close for the sucker punch. Its low damage potential means that outside of Solo play this vessel will be largely overlooked by the Alliance players.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%285%29.jpg
Amarrian Harbinger Class
Following Amarr military doctrine the Harbinger is a dedicated Laser strike boat capable of cutting swathes through any opponents hull and shields. Whilst the Harbinger has very low shield strength it more than makes up for it with the usual strong armour that is now standard on Amarr ships, making this vessel able to resist huge amounts of damage as soon as its shields have failed.
Unfortunatley with a distinct lack of both a high number of Medium Slots and a total lack of Missile slots the Harbinger looks to be more use in PvE than in PvP, when you take into account that your Webbys and Scrams are going to be using up the same space as your Armour Repairers and Cap rechargers you can see that this vessel is either going to be very specified in PvP or totally overlooked in favour of the more flexible Amarr ships of the line.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%2810%29.jpg
Mittar Hurricane Class
The force with which this ship hits is more than sufficient to leave a trail of shattered enemies, floating around like so much lifeless debris. An adaptable vessel, it has enough turret hardpoints for a full-scale assault while remaining versatile enough to allow for plenty of missile fire, and has both suffucuent speed to outrun its enemies and sufficient capacitor charge to outlast them.
This ship is the best of the T2 Battlecruisers. It has tremendous damage potential even with its smaller amount of medium slots. If this baby gets into trouble it has the option of breaking off and doing a runner, which tbh most of the other BS's will have trouble with. This is a beautiful all round ship. Work of art.
Tier 3 Battleships
The latest in the powerful Battleship class, most players ultimate goal is to fly a ship of this class, powerful, large, strong and devastating they are a force unto themselves in the universe of EVE.
http://www.vittoriovolpi.net/wow/eve47.jpg
Gallante Hyperion Class
Recognizing the necessity for a blaster platform to round out their high-end arsenal, the Federation Navy bought in top-level talent to work on the Hyperion. Using the existing Megathron hull the result was on the most lethal and versatile gunboats ever to take to the void.
With almost twice the shield and armour strength of the current Megathron this vessel is a monster with 8 Turret Hardpoints and 1 Missle point this beast has the ability to deal out tremendous damage and stay in the fight longer than most. A real "Blasterboat" this baby may just turn around the PvP fortunes of the higher end Gallante vessels.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%286%29.jpg
Caldari Rokh Class
Having long suffered the lack of an adequate Hybrid Turret platform, the Caldari State's pilots found themselves rejoicing as the Rokh's design specs were released. A fleet vessel if ever there was one, this far reaching and durable beast is expected to see a great deal of service on battlefields near and far.
Going totally against the usual Caldari starship design standards, the Rokh offers the Caldari a dedicated platform for long range turret fire. Capable of fitting 8 turrets or replacing 4 with Missile Launchers it is a powerful ship which could be devastating in PvP, the only worry is that some Caldari pilots will not have the experience and skills to use the Hybrid turrets with this vessel, meaning possible lenghty delays on deployment of these beasts.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%284%29.jpg
Amarrian Abaddon Class
The Abaddon class is a celestial tool of destruction. It is designed to enter combat from long range, targeting enemies from the outset and firing salvo upon salvo at them, and to remain intact on the field until every heretic in sight has been torn to shreds.
Following the design and religious doctrine of the Amarr this vessel emphasises their ego, large, powerful and unyielding it can almost tear a hole in the fabric of space with its devastating long range tactical fire. This is going to be a great ship for the Sniping PvP'er.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/1%289%29.jpg
Mittar Maelstrom Class
With the Maelstrom, versatility is the name of the game. Its defensive capabilities make it ideally suited for small raid groups or solo work, while its 8 turret hardpoints present opportunities for untold carnage on the fleet battlefield.
Resembling some kind of sail ship with the opaque dorsal and ventral fins this vessel makes itself look more intimidating on the field. Capable of mounting 8 Turrets and 3 Launchers this baby can pack a punch, whilst not an out and out offensive ship, this vessel would be highly suited to defense of a Station or System from aggressive raiding forces.
Here is a ship size comparison: http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/size_comparison.jpg
New Character Creation
With Revelations comes the improved creation process to lower the steep learning curve EVE is renowned for.
When you create your char the options will be better described and you can see exactly whats skills you will be getting for your choices. Instead of the current maximum of 50,000 skillpoints you gain after you have created your avatar, in Revelations you can creat chars with up to 800,000 skill points (That includes several skills at level 5).
See these screenshots for a more graphic example.
Fighter: http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7785/soldierbk7.jpg
Miner: http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7705/prospectorgj3.jpg
Trader: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2872/entrepreneurzl7.jpg
"Rig's" aka Ship Upgrades
Rigs are a kind of implant for your ship, able to increase resistance to various damage types and increasing ship speed or ship agility.
See this screenshot for a selection of them.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/0610/rigs1.jpg
High Res Screenies and Video's
http://www.mashie.org/eve/drake01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/drake02.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/nanodrake.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/harbinger01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/harbinger02.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/myrimidon01.png
http://www.mashie.org/eve/maelstorm01.png
Here is a video of someone on the Test Server buying a Abaddon class Battleship and giving a very brief spin around to show of its wonderful modelling and textures.
http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Muffin/Abaddon.wmv
This is a video showing off the new map system and the new wrecks that are left behind by destroyed ships and are part of the new Rig's system. If you have never played EVE before, ignore the map parts and just watch the beutiful combat and its effects. also please note, if it seems laggy its down to fraps, absolute pain to get working with EVE.
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Darksaber/Drake_-_Map_-_Wrecks.avi
Whats next for EVE Online?
Well whilst i havnt shown you everything to come in Revelations (there isnt enough space to list it all) there is still more planned.
On the release of Windows Vista, EVE will be undergoing a DirectX 10 make-over to make it even prettier than it already is, when thats done im sure there will be screenies pretty quickly showing off its beauty.
Thanks for taking the time to read this amazingly long update and advert for EVE. If you wish to try it, give me or Endangerment a nudge and we should be able to get you a buddy key for a 14 day trial.