EVE Online wraps up Aether Wars 2, plans week of GM-led events

This past weekend, EVE Online’s second round of the Aether Wars tech demo took place as CCP and Hadean put the improved tech to a test, offering players some juicy prizes for participating. CCP Games was hoping to set a new world record and attract 10,000 players to the fight, especially when it got over 10,000 signups earlier this month, but initial reports suggest that the game didn’t quite make that number and that it was a bit of a lagfest for many players who did get in. Then again, it was a test, so that was sort of the point. CCP hasn’t released numbers yet, but it did tweet after it ended:

We would like to thank everyone who participated in phase two of #eveaetherwars 🚀

We're confident that this ambitious experiment with @hadeanic will push the boundaries of how MMO can be scaled💪#tweetfleet

— EVE Online (@EveOnline) August 18, 2019

The game’s already moving on to its next event: a whole week of GM-led hijinks. “Starting today, GMs will be making their way to several highsec systems with cargo holds full of glorious loot that’ll be of interest to many capsuleers, including the Combat Medic SKIN and a few others too,” the studio announced this morning. “These intrepid game masters will form the first day of the Scavenger hunt, in which pilots will have to scan them down to earn rewards.” The first such event, kicking off today as this post goes live, is called Whack-A-Bot. Sorry, folks stuck at work.