CCP announces plans to release
Kronos for
EVE Online on June 3rd as the summer
update for their outer space MMORPG. Though they call it the summer update, they
also note that this marks a change from their tradition of releasing two
expansions per year to a new mode where they expect to offer about 10 content
updates annually. The add-on is free for all subscribers, and here's a bit on
the "huge overhaul to industry" Kronos will provide:
Vast industrial
operations are behind the famous player wars that rage across EVE’s sprawling
universe, while smaller individual efforts generate wealth, meaning and power at
a personal level. Kronos will create dynamic shifts in the industrial landscape
by adding cost-scale differences, specialized workers and teams, changes to
reprocessing, and more.
Players’ activity will begin to affect the industrial palette of solar systems,
allowing for more meaningful decisions and giving them more reasons to interact
with each other in cooperative or adversarial ways. New players will be able to
get into Industry more quickly as manufacturing opens up and the user interface
is reworked.
Kronos will also offer other features in CCP’s ongoing commitment to improve EVE
Online year after year. New Mordu’s Legion ships (frigate, cruiser, and
battleship) are coming alongside a new mining frigate, the Prospect. Rebalancing
efforts will change heat, transport ships, freighters, pirate faction ships, and
drones. A new in-game store will prepare for even more customization options in
the future, and other changes from sound customization to solar flares and warp
effects will complete the release.