329: Exclusivity

“I can hear them screaming ‘Bring out the Deimos!!!'”

-The Alliance Tournament main event is set. Who made it, who’s missing out, and our final predictions for the finals

-Will the upcoming ship balances to HACs, AFs, and more affect the tournament meta?

-OnlyFleets disbands, using the money they made to finally move out to Hollywood like they always dreamed

-The Ansiblex redesign patch drops. It is a massive but welcome change everyone ultimately supports, unless it goes bad in which case we all agree it’s youngpuke’s fault

-Noir. completes a string of successful but uneventful defense contracts in WH space. Who will be the first to pull the trigger on a big nullsec conflict in the post-coalition-highway era?

Will a top 4 team win the entire AT?

321: TRI Everything feat. VisionCloud and TheCloudyOne

Someone do a wellness check on Alek

-Massive FanFest episode with two guests from Noir.’s new alliance, Triumvirite.

-The Dronelands fall to Real Money Coalition as BOSS and Shadow Cartel concede remaining territory

-The storied history of Triumvirite. and how Noir. is going to fit in

-FANFEST MEGADIVE

-NPC campaign objectives for FW

-Titles and achievements (sleeper hit of the patch?)

-New interactions announced between EVE and the still-to-be-finished Vanguard

-New faction dessies

-Psh who cared about those: EXTENDED T2 CARRIER GLAZING (nerfed already)

-Live reaction of Podcast of the Year results, Alek’s ego in critical condition

-Imperium+ vs WinterCo ends anticlimactically as INIT declares victory and goes home. What were the lasting impacts of this war?

-THREE contract updates including a demanding ~2 month lowsec campaign

-Aster wraps up and reflects on Anger Games 7

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Which has you more hyped?
  • Command Carriers 62%, 8 votes
    8 votes 62%
    8 votes - 62% of all votes
  • New Faction Destroyers 38%, 5 votes
    5 votes 38%
    5 votes - 38% of all votes
Total Votes: 13
May 21, 2026 - June 7, 2026
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299: Northern Expansion feat. CCP Okami, CCP Kestrel, and Stranathor

-This is it! DoW’s in depth break down of the lead up to and consequences of the 2025 Equinox Update

-Special Guests: EVE Game Design Director CCP Okami, EVE QA Analyst CCP Kestrel, and author of I Wanna be a Trillionaire So Frickin Bad: Stranathor

-What were the biggest challenges planning for Equinox and where did (and didn’t) it the mark?

-The role of the CSM and player feedback in CCP’s current approach to development

-The interaction between Mining, MER, and Metenox

-Sov gets new upgrades and new dangers with some exciting small gang PVP added along the way

-Big changes to ships include warp speed adjustments, cynos return to HICs, burst jammers and more

-What’s the deal with Drone Assist and why in the world is it still a thing?

-QoL changes to FW with potentially far reaching impacts

-Skyhook raiding: Why does CCP hate fun?

-How is CCP measuring the success of their changes?

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