CCP Games has released a new update for the MMO EVE Online called Operation Frostline.
Operation Frostline sets the stage for the upcoming spring expansion EVE Online: Citadel, which will bring some fundamental changes aimed at completely transforming the sandbox game design.
Many new ships in EVE Online
The new update sees the mercenary faction Mordu’s Legion calling out to pilots across the universe to attack the Serpentis Corporation after the liberation of the Outer Ring Excavations (ORE) stations. The goal is to loot implants, blueprints, PLEX, SKINs, and more stored there. The new update also introduces 13 new ships. Among them are command destroyers that can drag all nearby ships of a certain size up to 100 km in their flight direction through micro-jump field generators.
The Endurance also finds its way into the game as a new ship. It is a nimble ice mining frigate that can venture deep into space to mine the mineral from destroyed wormholes. Four new Navy frigates for electronic warfare are particularly suited for quick attacks, while the Tech II logistics frigates are designed to help shields and armor of other fleet members recover quickly.
More is coming!
Additionally, the launch markers already mentioned in another news will be added to the hulls of the ships, as well as rust and dust that settles on the ship hulls, showing that the spaceships have been traveling in space for a while. New shield and armor damage effects, improved propulsion effects for all ships, some changes to nebulae and star fields, as well as new skins for ships, beta versions of new orbital and first-person camera controls, improved module effects for smart bombs, electronic warfare modules, cynosural fields, and more will also be introduced with the update.
New module updates, new energy neutralizer variants, modifications to remote repair modules, and new target disruption devices against missiles are also part of the update. A significant change in grid sizes has greater impacts on combat and therefore provides a first taste of the profound changes that will be introduced with the expansion EVE Online: Citadel.
