CCP Announces Summer 2009 Expansion - grand fantas

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CCP Announces Summer 2009 Expansion 2008-11-08
A big announcement has just been made at the EVE Fanfest: EVE Online’s biggest expansion to date is in the works and queued up for a release date of March 10, 2009!

The expansion will feature unstable wormholes, gateways to new, unconnected space and unique stellar phenomena. Players will be able to use their scanners to discover these wormholes that open and close up. The wormholes are said to lead to places with ancient technology.

With the expansion, CCP is also looking at improving the new player experience, making the first few missions simple and allowing them to learn as they gain more experience. The UI will become a productivity tool and the map is going to be a planning and analysis tool. Character creation will be progressive, and new multiple and personal NPC greeters will be put in.

Epic mission arcs will be created and there will be hierarchies of missions where you traverse through a single storyline. Wormholes will be introduced via the storyline,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and that can lead you down an exploration path.

Tech 3 plays a prominent role in all these changes. Players will have access to new resources in new locations, opening up opportunities to build totally new ships,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with customizability in fitting as never before. According to the developers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there are 3,125 potential variations.

CCP showed a concept for Caldari tech 3 ships and it looks like the ships are modular so you can create and design any ship you want from the given components. You can also disassemble and rebuild the ship if you want.

NPC AI is also being addressed in this expansion.