EVE Online 'Dominion' Update Gets Details, Trailer

As it continues to tweak and modify the persistent virtual universe of EVE Online, developer CCP has detailed the PC MMO's upcoming "Dominion" update. Due December 1, the free expansion to the space-faring MMO brings with it sovereignty changes,

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As it continues to tweak and modify the persistent virtual universe of EVE Online, developer CCP has detailed the PC MMO's upcoming "Dominion" update.

Due December 1, the free expansion to the space-faring MMO brings with it sovereignty changes, doomsday device adjustments, improved fleet tools, exploration and PVP tutorials, more faction ships, new planets and starfields, "pirate faction epic arc missions," improved in-game mail, and a "full featured in-game" web browser.

More details on all of the changes, said to provide "more tactical, capture-based gameplay" and more system seizure opportunities for "alliances both large and small," can be gleaned from the official website, with a trailer for the update below:

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 25, 2009 9:55 AM

    What's a doomsday device in Eve?

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      November 25, 2009 10:01 AM

      Currently it's a Titan weapon that kills pretty much everything in it's wake. Like a super AOE attack. They change will make it so it will pretty much kill one thing instantly instead of everything.

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        November 25, 2009 10:06 AM

        Yeah, updated DD... think death star mk 2 superlaser. Instapopping capital ships.... 10 minute RoF

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      November 25, 2009 10:49 PM

      I remember that one of the first loud dd kills was something about 204 or 214 people pwnd through a cyno field set up in the gathering fleet safe spot
      the titan wasn't even in the same system, buehehe
      214:1 kill ratio :D
      they were cool when there was like 3 in the whole game
      nowadays ppl pull them out to pwn 15 ppl raoms

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        November 26, 2009 8:02 AM

        A few months back Morsis Mihi pulled out a Titan to doomsday me in a frigate. Titans are basically handed out when subscribe at this point.

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