Patch Notes For March 2018 Release

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.23

Released on Tuesday, May 8th 2018

Defect Fixes

API:

• Retired CREST API
• Retired XML API
• Full switchover to ESI API

Gameplay:

• Added HP to event NPC wrecks to allow them to be destroyed.
• Assigned the correct market groups to Guristas Caps (hats).

Localization:

• Fixed the item linking the in Show Info window for the Agency Genolution crate.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.22

Released on Thursday, May 3rd 2018

Defect Fixes

Localization:

• Integrated missing localizations for the Event name.

PvE:

• Fixed the site timer in Operation: Conscious Interruption to prevent infinite NPC spawns.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.21

Released on Wednesday, May 2nd 2018

Features & Changes

Events:

• Launched Operation: Conscious Interruption.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.20

Released on Thursday, April 26th 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Fixed a bug which caused wormholes to collapse too early after a downtime, if it was leading to a faction warfare system.

Chat:

• It is now possible again to edit the MOTD of alliance channels. This is restricted to characters in the executor corp with the Communications Officer role (same restriction as in the old system).
• Fixed a problem with failing to join further channels at login, if one channel failed because of missing roles.
• Fixed a problem which prevented the client from rejoining a chat channel without restarting the client, after the character has been blocked from the channel for a short time.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.19

Released on Tuesday, April 24th 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Selecting a default structure profile for a corporation now correctly requires the Station Manager role rather than the Director role.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue where the Agency could fail to load if the faction you belong to owned all the factional warfare systems available to them.
• Fixed an issue where escalations could get stuck in the Agency.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.18

Released on Tuesday, April 17th 2018

Defect Fixes

User Interface:

• Chat: It is now possible again to remove characters from the "Allowed", "Blocked", and "Muted" lists through the channel setting window.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.17

Released on Tuesday, April 17th 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Fixed a bug, which caused modules on some ships (like Ishtar or various T3 cruisers) to go offline when leaving the ship in a station.

User Interface:

• Fixed a problem, where it was not possible to drag the alliance logo from the alliance show info window.

Chat System:

• Improved the performance of opening the right-click menu of characters in the member list of a chat channel.
• It is now possible again to create fleet with several characters selected in a chat member list.
• Removed an unnecessary popup window when trying to create a chat channel, which you have already joined.
• Improved the message, which is displayed, when the MOTD of a channel is channel is cleared.
• For delayed channels like the alliance channel we are now fetching the member count from the chat server every few minutes (note: This feature might get disabled, if it causes performance problems). This is currently not working for channels, which switch automatically to delayed mode due to having more than 1000 online members.
• Several changes to make the connection from the client to the chat server more reliable. This addresses problems with inconsistent member lists (especially for local channels), missing or delayed messages, disconnects from the chat server.
• Fixed a problem with joining channels with Unicode characters in the channel name.
• Idle character are now removed again from delayed member lists after 15 min.
• Removed non-functional options from channel operators (like adding or removing operators).
• Made chat more resilient against invalid Unicode characters (in various places).
• A generic "Channel configuration has been changed" message is now displayed, when the password for a channel has been changed.
• Improved the feedback, when the client is unable to connect to the chat server.
• Chat logs for local channels contain notifications about system changes again.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.16

Released on Wednesday, April 11th 2018

Defect Fixes

Localization:

• S.P.A.C.E. Live Event now has the correct name in the Agency window.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.15

Released on Tuesday, April 10th 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Structure modules can not longer be offlined while they are active.
• Removed the incorrectly shown "Propose Lockdown Vote" option shown in the asset window on blueprints in remote locations.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.14

Released on Friday, April 6th 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• C3-A 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System and C3-X 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System now show as variations of the Ballistic Control System I.
• Apotheosis and Sunesis 'Ironblood' SKINs are now classed as valid SKIN Licenses.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.13

Released on Thursday, April 5th 2018

Defect Fixes

Chat:

• Fixed a bug, which caused the local channel to fail updating after jumping back to a system, which you visited earlier.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.12

Released on Thursday, April 5th 2018

Defect Fixes

Chat:

• Further performance improvements for loading chat member lists
• Improved the performance of loading lists in the settings window for a channel significantly (like for this channel with more than 1000 blocked entities).
• Characters are now sorted properly in various lists in the settings window for a chat channel.
• The Fleet MOTD is now shown properly to new fleet members.
• It is now possible again to open a right-click menu on website links in chat messages.
• Improved the loading of portraits in chat channels.
• Removed a duplicated "Pilot" context menu, when right-clicking the sender of a chat message.
• Fixed an inconsistency in the naming of chat log files.
• Re-added the mute/kick sub-menu to the context menu, right-clicking the sender of a chat message.
• Several improvements to the consistency of chat channel member lists and the corp affiliation of chat channel members. This includes kicking users properly from chat, when the client loses connection to the EVE server.
• Enabling the throttling of chat messages (but it is still set to a quite generous level).

Gameplay:

• Fixed an issue where expelling a corp member using a vote didn't work.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to expel a corp member that is currently online and in space would no longer correctly add them to the Auto Removal queue for removal at the next downtime.

Graphics:

• Fixed the Vulnerability text displayed on some planes on the Athanor.

User Interface:

• Improved the performance of the compare window.
• Fixed the persistence of the order of tabbed windows.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.11

Released on Wednesday, April 4th 2018

Defect Fixes

Miscellaneous:

• Various performance improvements.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.10

Released on Tuesday, March 27th 2018

Defect Fixes

PvE:

• Resolved The Hunt Bosses not warping away after a time.
• Inert Capsules in the Event Sites will now despawn appropriately when looted.
• Resolved instances of The Hunt bosses spawning more than once.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue that would cause structure profile to fail to display when their name or description was edited.
• Chat: Fixed an issue, which caused the mouse cursor to stick to the divider after resizing the member list width.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.9

Released on Monday, March 26th 2018

Defect Fixes

Technical:

• Reduced the amount of chat-related calls from the client to the EVE server at joining a chat channel, which helps the performance of both.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue with standings sometimes not showing correctly in chat member lists.
• Chat: The "show member list" setting is now used correctly after client restart.
• Chat: Closed chat windows are now saved correctly to settings and will not reopen on client restart.
• Chat: Chat windows are now remembering the settings of the user list width and the height of the input area at client restart.
• Chat: The member list of delayed chat channels, like the alliance channel, is now only showing characters, who wrote anything, and no longer everybody, who joined the channel after the observer joined.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.8

Released on Friday, March 23rd 2018

Defect Fixes

User Interface:

• Fixing a problem with chat channel member lists, which did not update correctly after the latest client patch.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.7

Released on Friday, March 23rd 2018

Defect Fixes

Graphics:

• Fixed the icon colour for the Capsuleer Day XV SKINs.

User Interface:

• Client performance improvements for loading chat channels with many participants (like Jita local) - part 2.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.6

Released on Friday, March 23rd 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Fixed an issue where corporate safety wraps containing locked blueprints could be trashed.
• Fixed an issue where timers (such as Criminal and Suspect timers) would fail to display correctly after being podded.
• The Marshal Blueprint can now be autolinked and searched for in contracts.

PvE:

• Resolved NPC waves in The Hunt sites not consistently spawning
• Kazue's Caiman in The Hunt sites can now be targeted by doomsday weapons.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue where a tab listing structures in a system would appear in the showinfo window of celestials other than Solar Systems (Wrecks, Planets, Moons etc)
• Tooltips for outputs for Invention and Copying jobs now display correctly.
• Fixed multiple display issues with replacing/renewing ship insurance policies.
• Client performance improvements for loading chat channels with many participants (like Jita local) - part 1.
• Fixed a crash in XML parsing of chat channel MOTDs with control characters.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.5

Released on Thursday, March 22nd 2018

Defect Fixes

Chat System:

• Pilots are now correctly automatically rejoining help channels on logon.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.4

Released on Thursday, March 22nd 2018

Defect Fixes

Gameplay:

• Fixed various AOE damage effects in missions and anomalies that were not always working correctly since the February release. Among others, Sleeper Cache clouds and Advanced Military (6 of 10) career mission clouds now correctly apply damage.
• Wormholes can no longer be prevented from spawning, resolving this exploit notice.

Technical:

• Various chat cluster performance fixes.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.3

Released on Wednesday, March 21st 2018

Defect Fixes

Technical:

• Performance improvements to the chat system.
• Improved error handling and logging for failed requests to the chat server.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.2

Released on Tuesday, March 20th 2018

Defect Fixes

Technical:

• NPCs now correctly pay out bounties when killed.
• Performance improvements to the chat system.
• Removed the member count of chat channels in the chat channels window.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.1

Released on Tuesday, March 20th 2018

Defect Fixes

Technical:

• Defect and performance fixes to several back end systems.
• Made the universe function correctly again.

Patch Notes For March 2018 Release 1.0

Released on Tuesday, March 20th 2018

Features & Changes

Balance:

For explanation and discussion on ship balance changes in this patch, please see this dev blog.

Tech I Battleships updated (includes pirate faction and navy faction battleships, does not include special edition battleships)

• +25% cargo capacity
• +20% maximum lock range

Attack Battlecruisers (Oracle, Naga, Talos, and Tornado)

• May now fit Medium Microjump Drives

Orthrus

• -100 power grid
• -15 maximum velocity
• +15 signature radius

Ferox

• -100 power grid
• -15 CPU

Machariel

• Gallente Battleship bonus per level: 7.5% to large projectile turret falloff (was 10%)
• +1 mid slot
• -1 low slot

Drake Navy Issue

• Caldari Battlecruiser bonus per level: 10% to Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile damage (was 4% to shield resistances)
• -1 launcher slot

Cyclone

• Minmatar Battlecruiser bonus per level: 7.5% to Heavy Missile Launcher and Heavy Assault Missile Launcher rate of fire (was 5%)

Eagle

• +12 maximum velocity
• +25 drone bandwidth
• +25 drone bay

Muninn

• Minmatar Cruiser bonus per level: 7.5% to Medium Projectile Turret damage (was 5%)
• +150 armor HP
• +20 maximum velocity
• -750,000kg mass
• -10 signature radius
• -1 high slot
• +1 mid slot

Balance changes to the Entosis Link Modules:

• Allow remote assistance to subcapital ships with entosis links running (including remote reps)
• Significantly reduced max ranges: 20km for T1 and 50km for T2
• Significantly reduced fitting requirements for the T2 module: 20 power grid and 5 CPU
• +100% sensor strength to any ship with an active cycling entosis link

Balance changes to Sovereignty capture events:

• Increase the score gained per node capture from 5% to 7%
• Reduce the number of starting nodes from 5 to 4
• Increase the random node spawn chance by ~14%

The maximum accumulation of Jump Fatigue (blue timer) has been reduced from 4 days to 5 hours.

Chat System:

• New Chat Backend. See more information in this dev blog.
• Constellation and region channels have been removed.
• Player created chat channels are now always in immediate mode (all members are shown in the member list), without any member limit.
• Operators of chat channels can no longer add further operators, change the password, or change the mode of the chat channel. Only the channel owner is now allowed to do those things.
• Removed the option to specify a recruitment channel for corp recruitment adverts. Please use a link in the description, if you want to add a recruitment channel.
• When a player initiates a private conversation with another player, the recipient will now only see the private conversation chat tab after a message has been sent. This should drastically reduce the number of accidental conversations.

Gameplay:

• Nanite Repair Paste may now be placed into ammo holds.

Graphics:

• Various under the hood graphics engine optimizations and refactoring to optimize for upcoming improvements and changes to the visuals of the game.
• We have renovated the next set of graphical assets found in deadspace areas and missions, giving them the latest V5 shader treatment.

Modules:

• Expired the Guardian's Gala Cerebral Accelerators.

Miscellaneous:

• Added the Marshal to Project Discovery rewards.
• Granted the Marshal to those players who have passed the required level in Project Discovery.
• Accounts that are under restrictions preventing trading characters due to prior rulebreaking are now also prevented from extracting skillpoints.

Missions & NPCs:

• Added The Hunt Live Event, running from 20/03 until 03/04.

Ships:

Introducing the Monitor-class Flag Cruiser, from the CDIA division of CONCORD. Select T2 materials are required as build inputs and the BPCs can be sourced from the CONCORD LP stores.

Monitor:

Amarr Cruiser bonuses per skill level:

• 5% bonus to ship armor hitpoints

Caldari Cruiser bonuses per skill level:

• 5% bonus to ship shield hitpoints

Gallente Cruiser bonuses per skill level:

• 5% bonus to ship agility

Minmatar Cruiser bonuses per skill level:

• 5% reduction in ship signature radius

Flag Cruisers bonuses per skill level:

• 4% bonus to all armor, shield, and hull resistances

Role Bonus:

• Can use Medium Micro Jump Drive modules
• 99% reduction in powergrid and cpu requirements for Afterburner, Microwarpdrive and Micro Jump Drive modules
• 99.9% reduction in powergrid and cpu requirements for Scan Probe Launcher and Target Painter modules
• 300% bonus to Target Painter optimal range
• 99% reduction in Target Painter effectiveness
• 100% resistance to ECM effects
• 70% resistance to sensor dampener, target painter, energy neutralizer, and energy nosferatu effects

Slots & Fitting

• 1H, 3M, 0L; 0 turrets, 0 launchers
• 0 Rig Slots, 0 Calibration
• Fittings: 3 PWG, 1 CPU
• Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 9000 / 9000 / 2000
• Base shield resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 90 / 90 / 90 / 90
• Base armor resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 90 / 90 / 90 / 90
• Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second) : 5000 / 500s / 10
• Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 220 / 0.6 / 16,000,000 / 13.31s
• Warp Speed: 3.3 au/s
• Drones (bandwidth / bay): 0 / 0
• Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 250km / 400 / 12
• Sensor strength: 20 Gravimetric
• Signature radius: 40
• Cargo capacity: 0
• Ammo bay capacity: 10 m3

Shuttles and Capsules now have a 90% reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue accrual.

Structures & Deployables:

• Following a cynosural jump, ships are delayed from tethering by 30 seconds. The tethering delay does NOT impact docking. This tethering delay applies to all cynosural jumps, including normal capital jumping, black ops jumping, and to ships being bridged (it does not affect the ship that opens up the bridge and stays at the origin point). The 30 second countdown begins once the ship loses its post-jump invulnerability (either by manually moving or after 60s). The ship's tether-block timer will be shown in the buff bar UI.
• The standard 30 second station undocking invulnerability now also applies to Upwell Structures. As with stations, this invulnerability is broken if a target is locked, a module is activated or any action is taken to move your ship.
• It is now possible to lock blueprints in corporation hangars within Upwell structures

Added a few characters that may be used in structure names. Structures may now include the following characters in their name:

• A to Z

• a to z

• 0 to 9

• $#%&'()*+,-.

• Added visual FX that are played on a structure when is it succesfully completes a repair cycle, or when it is successfully reinforced.

• Structures in Low Power mode will now display reduced docking traffic, exteriors lights, and holograms.

• Corporations may now set their default reinforcement hour/weekday. This will be used when anchoring a new structure (but does not affect structures already in space). Editing this setting requires a character to have the Station Manager corporation role. In the Structure Browser UI, go to "My Structures" tab. Select "Any Profile" from the profile list. Go to the "Corporation Settings" tab

Technical:

• EVE Voice has been removed

User Interface:

• Added a '?' icon next to the standing value in the Standings section of the Character Sheet. Hovering this will now show the tooltip for Standings.
• Added the Standings tooltip when hovering all entries in the Faction/Corporation/Agent section of the Standings tab in the Character Sheet.
• The Fleet watchlist window now has colour coding
• The Targeting bracket on Fleet mates is purple (the fleet color) rather than yellow
• Text for broadcasts for reps now include what ship type the broadcast came from
• Fleet tags are now displayed on the targets in the target bar
• It is now possible to remove a Fleet tags (from whatever was tagged before)
• The results from ship scans are now organized by slots
• The Show Info window for a solarsystem now has a special tab for structures in the system. Please note that like before, it only lists those structures you have docking access at.
• The HQ listed in Show Info windows for corporation will now be a link
• A tooltip has been added to the standing icon in the show info window to show what that icon is based on (player to player, player to corp, alliance to corp etc).
• If your security status is -2 or lower, the tooltip on your security status in the Character sheet will tell you in which systems the faction police will attack
• There’s now an option to have the Compare tool only list those attributes that differ for the items currently being compared
• The height of the “Duration” drop down in market orders have been increased, so all entries fit without scrolling
• The Salvage option for salvage drones has been moved to the top of the right click menu
• Volume information has been added to the “material input” and “output” tooltips in the Industry window
• The right click options that have been categorized as potentially especially destructive will now have a red ! in front of them. Among other things, we hope this helps to make it easier to differentiate between “Reprocess” and “Repackage”
• Added a "Open Jump Navigation" option when right clicking on the Ship HUD of a jump capable ship.
• The selected item window and jump shortcut now work for Jump Bridges.
• Added a visual display of the 30 second invulnerability timer recieved when changing location (undocking or jumping to a cynosural field)

Defects & Fixes

Drones & Fighters:

• Fighters can now be repackaged.

Gameplay:

• When switching ammo types, charges will now always be placed into an existing stack of the same ammo type where possible.
• Fixed an issue where applying a corporate insurance contract to a ship with an existing insurance policy would lead to the cost being paid, refunded and paid again.
• Fixed an issue where the "Federation Navy Sensor Booster" had a 10 second reload time instead of 0.

Graphics:

• Adjusted the distance at which the Osprey hull model switches level of detail.
• Fixed an issue that could lead to rendering issues in character customization screen.
• Corrected an issue with floating damage locations on the Mobile Cynosural Inhibitor.
• Fixed an issue where the Medium Jump Drive visual effect could clip through some ships.

PvE:

• NPE: Changed some of the text in the first industry career mission so that it is clearer for new players.
• NPE: Fixed the mission text for Gallente Advanced Military 7 of 10 so that it no longer references the Drones skillbook as a reward.
• NPE: Fixed mission texts for Career Military 5 of 10 so that it is the same for all 4 empires.
• NPE: A passkey issue with the acceleration gate in the 5th exploration career mission has been fixed. The passkey itself has also been renamed so that it is clearer what it is when viewed in the default inventory view (where its name is often truncated).
• Fixed an issue with the level 5 mission "Lights Out" so that it cannot be broken with high one-shot DPS.
• Fixed a mission completion issue in the Unauthorized Military Presence mission.
• Fixed mission text in Advanced Military 4 of 10 so that it no longer mentions "remote ECCM".
• Fixed grammar issues in various mission texts.
• Fixed a completion issue in the 'Gate to Nowhere' and 'Minmatar Plot (1 of 3)' missions, and re-enabled the missions.

Science & Industry:

• The jobs tab of the industry window will now display a loading icon when necessary.
• Ice Harvesting Drone II Blueprints and Moon Ore Mining Crystals II Blueprints now will correctly appear under Tech II.

Structures & Deployables:

• Contracts located in unanchored or destroyed Upwell structures are now cancelled correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Decommissioning an Upwell Structure while docked in an NPC station would fail.

User Interface:

• Fixed the contextual menu when choosing what cargohold to track so that the list of trackable bays is properly alphabetized.
• Fixed alignment of icons in Tutorial Videos panel.
• Fixed an issue causing duplicate confirmation windows to appear when changing UI scaling.
• Fixed incorrect sizing of hovered empire seals in Empire Selection view after transitioning from windowed to full screen client.
• Removed the SKINs filter category under accessories for item filters.
• Fixed an issue where the inventory window would open if a corp office is rented or unrented.
• When a kill right against you has its availability changed, its display in your character sheet now updates & you receive a notification about this straight away instead of after relogging.
• Improved clarity of attributes (Capacitor Need Bonus) for High Speed Maneuvering and implants using this skill.
• The "Broadcast Radial Menu" shortcut now works when assigned to a mouse button
• When failing to assign a new shortcut due to the button being already in use, the set shortcut window reopens automatically so a new shortcut can be chosen
• Fixed an issue where there was no difference between the "Set Name" options for an Upwell Structure or a jump clone when right clicking on an existing jump clone in the Character tab of the Character Sheet.
• Mining Upgrade skill and implants now display the CPU Penalty Reduction bonus in the Attributes tab.
• Fixed an issue where tags on brackets in space could become fixed at a single point on the UI.
• The "Too many Blueprints to display" message is now correctly shown at 25k blueprints not 10k.
• Added Arkonor ore in the description of Mexallon.
• The state column in the Structure Browser now shows an icon and tooltip for anchoring structures.
• Stacks of drones in a ships drone bay are now correctly counted when calculating the estimated value of a ship.
• Selecting "Simulate Ship" from a show info window of your own ship now correctly simulates its current fit instead of only the hull.
• The tooltips for fitted rigs no longer incorrectly refers to them as modules.
• Fixed an issue where the 'Subsystem Hold Capacity' tooltip for T3 Cruisers was referring to 'corpses', instead of 'subsystems'.
• Fixed a text issue in "Proteus Module: Covert Reconfiguration", where the Structure Hit Points were refered to as Armor Hit Points
• Switching the incorrect "Sensor Dampening" characteristic to the correct "Small" characteristic on the Chremoas
• Corrected the spelling of Exequror in its description.