# EVE Gate Shutdown – Wednesday September 27th **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282 "2017-09-25T11:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lugh\_Crow-Slave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lugh_crow-slave/32/441552_2.png) [@Lugh\_Crow-Slave](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lugh_Crow-Slave)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/21 "2017-09-25T12:32:29Z")
RIP F ---
**Author:** ![Silas\_Grimm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/silas_grimm/32/22608_2.png) [@Silas\_Grimm](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Silas_Grimm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/22 "2017-09-25T12:33:04Z")
I am not encouraged by this news. - We’re shutting it down - We have no replacement - Use some mobile app (no thanks I have OLD eyes and prefer a PC) I have doubts we’ll see a viable replacement soon…if ever ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Halcyon\_Ember](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/halcyon_ember/32/131702_2.png) [@Halcyon\_Ember](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Halcyon_Ember)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/23 "2017-09-25T12:35:14Z")
Don’t worry, when your old eyes are completely broken we’ll start working on a replacement, until that time please use this handy app. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/1/9/19fb8e4e5fddc07af1b08615c36f3f3566cefd3a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Silas\_Grimm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/silas_grimm/32/22608_2.png) [@Silas\_Grimm](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Silas_Grimm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/24 "2017-09-25T12:37:15Z")
Can I use that to walk around my pilots quarters? ---
**Author:** ![Nunosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nunosh/32/378366_2.png) [@Nunosh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nunosh)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/25 "2017-09-25T12:59:47Z")
@CCP_Falcon so, no more community portal, ok I can live with that, just a question about all that information that we can see on the menus, is it going to be migrated to [eveonline.com](http://eveonline.com) ? (dev blogs, patch notes, news channels, csm, all the support sub-menu) EDIT: just realized that probably the only thing that is going to be removed is the email ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/26 "2017-09-25T13:08:54Z")
We’re actually in the process of a sizable website overhaul for the community portal, which will launch early next year (hopefully) to supplement the new forums. Lots of this information will be hosted there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/27 "2017-09-25T13:13:08Z")
FFS. I gave the forum overhaul a shot, and thought it was a small downgrade at first, but now the ‘god feature’ of the old forums, access to EVEmail out of game, is gone without a workaround. This is on top of the removal of any functioning navigation through long threads. I still can’t even find a way to (on mobile) view the first post in a threadnaught, and the interface to do so on PC is worse than it used to be. Are you seriously trying to push all player community engagement over to the subreddit? That place is _toxic_ and I really don’t think encouraging people to go there is in CCP’s interests at all. With all the witchhunting there, I am not willing to post on the subreddit in any fashion that could be linked to my in-game characters, which basically means not posting much at all. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Gorp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/linus_gorp/32/317333_2.png) [@Linus\_Gorp](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Linus_Gorp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/28 "2017-09-25T13:14:21Z")
> [@CCP\_Falcon](#): > > As part of the retirement of EVE Gate, significant efforts have been put into ensuring that EVE Portal, the mobile app for EVE Online, will be a reliable alternative for out of game EVEmail access going forward. What about all those of us that do not use mass surveillance devices? ---
**Author:** ![Julianni\_Avala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/julianni_avala/32/356243_2.png) [@Julianni\_Avala](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Julianni_Avala)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/29 "2017-09-25T13:15:58Z")
Does that include mail access? ---
**Author:** ![Erutor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/erutor/32/474289_2.png) [@Erutor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Erutor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/30 "2017-09-25T13:17:39Z")
> [@CCP\_Falcon](#): > > significant efforts have been put into ensuring that EVE Portal, the mobile app for EVE Online, will be a reliable alternative Are these efforts in the current version? (EDIT: reinstalled - seems to work today… hope that will last.) If so, since when? It’s not worked for many (most? nearly all?) of us for months. I reinstall it periodically just to check, but it’s been 2-3 weeks since I tried it last time. If not, great - I’ll look forward to finally having a functional app. ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/31 "2017-09-25T13:18:35Z")
Typing evemails on a phone is no substitute for typing them on a real computer. It can be done as a last resort but is unpleasant. Signed - one of thousands of players that can log into the EVE websites at work but wouldn’t consider installing the client there ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/32 "2017-09-25T13:19:43Z")
If you want to restrict yourself from living in the 21st century by not having a phone that’s capable of accessing the internet, then that’s your call. Log into the EVE client if you want to send mail in that case. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/33 "2017-09-25T13:21:27Z")
Integrate it with forums. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Gorp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/linus_gorp/32/317333_2.png) [@Linus\_Gorp](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Linus_Gorp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/34 "2017-09-25T13:24:51Z")
> [@CCP\_Falcon](#): > > If you want to restrict yourself from living in the 21st century by not having a phone that’s capable of accessing the internet, then that’s your call. I wouldn’t call giving up any and all privacy “living”. Have you read George Orwell’s 1984? It’s a good read. A glimpse into the very near future. Most of it is already happening, just in a more subtle way. ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/35 "2017-09-25T13:26:30Z")
Do you have an application for Symbian? I am using that with a very good, 21 century phone and I even have web access. ---
**Author:** ![Arcanith\_Lionheart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arcanith_lionheart/32/218531_2.png) [@Arcanith\_Lionheart](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arcanith_Lionheart)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/36 "2017-09-25T13:30:28Z")
To be fair not everyone grew up staring at the phone screen, so there will be people starting to hate having only access through the phone because they can type more comfortably and faster to all the people that they need on a computer where on the phone they find themselves make lots of typos, like instead of pressing space they press B (that’s me all the time) Being on the computer also helps at work give you a more professional look by typing on the computer rather than staring at the phone. Still, hope it comes sooner than later! ---
**Author:** ![CowRocket\_Void](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cowrocket_void/32/189525_2.png) [@CowRocket\_Void](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CowRocket_Void)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/37 "2017-09-25T13:35:17Z")
Wow that’s obtuse. ---
**Author:** ![Kael\_Decadence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kael_decadence/32/437873_2.png) [@Kael\_Decadence](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kael_Decadence)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/38 "2017-09-25T13:35:55Z")
That would be really great news… If it weren’t for the fact that the app you made is garbage and doesn’t actually work. ---
**Author:** ![REALITY\_X](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/reality_x/32/212922_2.png) [@REALITY\_X](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/REALITY_X)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/39 "2017-09-25T13:36:48Z")
You do realize you are appearing to advocate the degradation of your veteran players eyesight? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Soldarius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/soldarius/32/313493_2.png) [@Soldarius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Soldarius)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/40 "2017-09-25T13:37:15Z")
CQ has also been removed. Sorry. For those of us that don’t have access to the client for significant parts of the day, this is disappointing. But I am not surprised to see it going away, especially now that a “critical” vulnerability has been discovered. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282.md?page=3)