In the MMORPG EVE Online there has been the same routine for years: intrigues, betrayal, scams, and huge space battles. Players fight against each other in endless wars and small skirmishes. But now everything is different. The NPC faction “Drifter” suddenly attacks. Many players are excited.
What is going on? Without warning, yesterday, large, powerful fleets of NPCs formed and attacked and killed players in EVE Online. Their structures were destroyed.
The attacks took place all over the world of EVE Online.
A player says on reddit: “No one outside the development team knows what’s going on. Players are currently bustling around.”
This is why it is special: This has never happened before. Normally, the world of EVE Online is quite orderly. Such significant events are announced and discussed well in advance, so that everyone can prepare for them.
This event, this invasion, catches the players unprepared, as it is said on reddit. The attack by the NPCs catches many pilots at an inconvenient time because they were involved in a large PvP war and had left their home bases unprotected.
Nevertheless, the mood seems to be upbeat among many.
The Drifter invasion came without warning
Here’s how players are reacting: On reddit, people are excited that something like this is happening. They are talking about the “Drifter Invasion.”
A pilot says: “No idea where this Drifter invasion is coming from, but I’m currently more excited about EVE Online than I have been in a long time.”
Players are impressed that CCP could keep such a big event a secret for so long.
The largest reddit thread on the topic is titled, “Dear CCP, I admire your balls, please don’t lose them.”
The pilot says: This is healthy for the game and it brings movement when the Drifters attack those alliances that have entrenched themselves in their systems. At the moment they seem to be randomly attacking systems.
Because the invasion is unannounced, it is more effective this time. Otherwise, content is often dead because players prepare to keep their influence low.
But EVE Online needs to be dangerous again.
Curious to see where the Drifter invasion leads in the coming days. The pilots are ready.
Update 28.6.: There are new details about the Drifter invasion.
