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After launch, we can enjoy Eve much more!Have you play Eve online and with eve isk? CCP has revealed ambitious plans for its EVE Online web portal and social network, which will open in the first quarter of 2010, at the EVE Funfest. Previously codenamed Cosmos, the portal will now be known as New Eden - the same name as Eve’s universe, because "we do not want to differentiate between the web app and the EVE universe", according to CCP's social producer. Inspired by social networking sites such as Face book as Linked In, New Eden is similar to the MyLOTRO site launched by Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine in the US, or a more evolved version of the WOW Armory. In the future, it will integrate with console spin-off Dust 514 as well as eve online isk.
At launch next year, New Eden will feature character profiles, your character's skills and training queue. There will be a new mail system, much-improved over the current EVE mail, with labels, spam prevention and Corp and Alliance mailing lists. This will be made available in the EVE game client ahead of the launch of New Eden, with the Dominion expansion later this year. This merges friends’ list is populated automatically from all your interactions - whether combat, commerce or communication - and will provide information on how you are linked to or have interacted with any other player, either in-game or on New Eden.
After launch, New Eden will expand to include new forums, including secure CCP-hosted forums for every Corp and Alliance. There will be out-of-game text and voice chat support, which should even be able to link into mobile devices. There will be file hosting for images at least, and enhanced kill boards for combat records. In-game information tracking of your market orders, contracts, wallet, science and industry, ship fittings and combat log will be supplied. Initially this will be read-only, but CCP will eventually make it possible to interact with the game database directly through New Eden - how much, it has yet to decide, and will do so in consultation with players, since the effects on the game's market (you can look for cheap eve isk and buy isk over there) in particular could be huge if access is extended beyond the game client.
We will have more on eve online isk and Dust 514 from Fan fest in the next few days.