# The new face of EvE **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352 "2026-07-25T05:26:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Distaine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/distaine/32/502653_2.png) [@Distaine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Distaine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/1 "2026-07-25T05:26:54Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/d/4/7/d473f2ed095bc88e9cc5055d8abcae3859d72e5c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Drx\_Drx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drx_drx/32/383107_2.png) [@Drx\_Drx](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drx_Drx)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/2 "2026-07-25T07:24:08Z")
I thought it was the runaway minmatar slave on the login screen ---
**Author:** ![James\_Fuchs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/james_fuchs/32/504955_2.png) [@James\_Fuchs](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/James_Fuchs)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/3 "2026-07-25T08:08:25Z")
He definitely gets a thumbs up from me. With approving regards -James Fuchs ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/4 "2026-07-25T08:10:32Z")
You all should be glad I don’t get EVE Lead Gameplay Designer. I’d drown like 50% of the current players in their own tears. Empires based on renting, massmultiboxgrinding, botting and area- and content-denial via opressive force-projection would crumble. Sometimes you just can’t “fix” it, you have to nuke it from orbit. EVE is at this point. Thanks CCP Okami for trying. Bring the big guns! ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/5 "2026-07-25T08:41:02Z")
At the very least, FC (CCP) Okami has brought a lot more open dialog to many of these changes. So even if we don’t necessarily agree with everything - at least we have a better understanding of the rationale behind them. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Trump](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dark_lord_trump/32/411482_2.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Trump](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dark_Lord_Trump)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/6 "2026-07-25T13:43:13Z")
I’m not against a nerf but the nerf as given now is more like a “we’re going to delete them entirely but we cba to actually code a removal/buyback so we’re just gonna make them useless.” ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/7 "2026-07-25T14:00:35Z")
Nah, to conveniently being present in the immediate surrounding of the main staging system with a moderate-sized fast-response fleet to drive out filament gangs or wormholers that stick their nose out, they are still viable. ---
**Author:** ![Honzas\_Krutas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/honzas_krutas/32/497382_2.png) [@Honzas\_Krutas](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Honzas_Krutas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/8 "2026-07-25T16:09:14Z")
> [@Dark\_Lord\_Trump](#): > > I’m not against a nerf but the nerf as given now is more like a “we’re going to delete them entirely but we cba to actually code a removal/buyback so we’re just gonna make them useless.” I have no idea what nerfs are you talking about. But generally speaking, players always say this. On my own multiplayer server whenever I make a nerf, no matter how big, players instantly start crying on discord, boycotting the game or even ragequitting. Oh and asking for compensations. Even 1 point is too much, because sometimes that 1 point is a difference between best and second best. And they absolutely must play the best build, anything else is unplayable trash. I have fun story about one custom class I have on my multiplayer server. When it was released it was played massively because it had really overpowered mechanuics like free teleport on any point in screen every 3 seconds (instant travel) and other goodies. I nerfed it hard, removed this mechanic and few others like double damage from one trait on its main damage dealing spell. The reaction was brutal. All players stopped playing this class immediatelly. Few ragequiitted for good and never came back. Massive crying on discord how the class is no longer playable. I ignored it. I did not buff this class back. Next year and next season nobody was playing this class. But the 2nd year after nerf some new player who didn’t know the class is overnerfed started playing it, beaten all time records and shown others how strong and universal the class is. And soon half the server played it again 🤣 . ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Azariah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mike_azariah/32/512626_2.png) [@Mike\_Azariah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mike_Azariah)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/9 "2026-07-25T20:30:01Z")
Being ‘the face of eve’ is a mixed blessing. The one to thank but also the one to curse. Previously tried often CCP (at the time) decided that it was easier to say ‘the team’ rather than have one dev take the credit/blame for large changes. m ---
**Author:** ![Eternus8lux8lucis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eternus8lux8lucis/32/385152_2.png) [@Eternus8lux8lucis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eternus8lux8lucis)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/10 "2026-07-25T21:07:42Z")
> [@Mike\_Azariah](#): > > Being ‘the face of eve’ is a mixed blessing. You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/11 "2026-07-25T21:21:45Z")
FozzieSov anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Malcoy\_Tweedhouse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malcoy_tweedhouse/32/488840_2.png) [@Malcoy\_Tweedhouse](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malcoy_Tweedhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/12 "2026-07-25T23:34:27Z")
So who is he? I don’t think his face looks very “new” the beard probably makes him look a lot older. I am just guessing he is in his mid 30’s to early 40’s? New to me would be 12 to 17 in my opinion. If you said, _Brand New Face of Eve_ I would expect to see… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/0/4/b/04b7a262bcdacfb8d64e8590769b14f21aec9157.jpeg) I would then agree they are new. ---
**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/13 "2026-07-26T00:54:13Z")
‘New’? This guy has been on the launcher for months, if not years. ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/14 "2026-07-26T10:58:10Z")
I mean if you wanted to kill the game entirely sure, you wouldn’t have anything left ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/15 "2026-07-26T11:20:31Z")
Nah, all this ‘you’d kill the game’ is just a myth, spread by those who like to keep the staus quo. Sometimes you simply have to cut a diseased tree pretty hard in order to allow it to grow a lot stronger afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/16 "2026-07-26T12:07:54Z")
Except its not Boxxers make up the majority of CCP’s income, if you limit everyone to a single account you kill off a number of industries and you massively increase the cost of everything, people will have less incentive to login and you have a massive drop in players, which translates to a massive drop in income So no its not a myth its just cause and effect ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/17 "2026-07-26T12:47:09Z")
> [@Cypherous](#): > > Boxxers make up the majority of CCP’s income Nobody talks about limiting everyone to just 1 account, but nice try. ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/18 "2026-07-26T16:11:45Z")
> Empires based on renting, massmultiboxgrinding, botting and area- and content-denial via opressive force-projection would crumble. I mean you specifically mention multiboxing there would crumble, which means you had some sort of plans to make it either not worth running multiple accounts or to limit it, because there really isn’t anything you can change in that regard, if it makes ISK running it solo then people will box it to make money faster So unless you plan to make null literally worthless by removing all content, you literally can’t make multiboxing crumble like you describe, renting will always exist and there is no way to prevent that either, and you’re never going to retain players this way even if you could So the changes you’re describing would destroy the game for a large portion of its playerbase and result in everything getting more expensive, like i get you seem to think that you have some magic solution to the problem that won’t drive players away, but i can almost guarantee that is not the case ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/19 "2026-07-26T16:28:14Z")
> [@Cypherous](#): > > I mean you specifically mention multiboxing there would crumble I think you need to read again. I never wrote anything about “multiboxing”, but mentioned “massmultiboxing” specifically. Which means, people running content with 5, 10, 15, 20 accounts. The guy running sites in 2 Ishtars or using a Porpose and 2 Exhumers is absolutely no problem for the game. People using their own scouts, or cynos or doing PvP while having some char in Jita to haul or buy stuff are also not a problem. MASSmultiboxing, aka single players running whole fleets alone to grind ISK and resources that are meant for group gameplay _are_ a massive problem. And it gets extreme once those guys begin to use these chars for PvP as well, using Drone-Assits setups, Stormbringers or masses of bricktanked DPS spammers. My personal intentions wouldn’t be to limit multiple accounts for multiple purposes, but limiting how many accounts can be effectively played _at the same time for the same content._ > [@Cypherous](#): > > So unless you plan to make null literally worthless by removing all content, you literally can’t make multiboxing crumble like you describe, renting will always exist and there is no way to prevent that either, and you’re never going to retain players this way even if you could Oh I could, rest assured. And I honestly wouldn’t care if a part of the players would quit over the nerf of their personal 10-account-armies. Let them. The goal is to make the game more attractive for the casual player and smaller groups, to enalbe _grassroot growh_ again. You simply need to cut off the most foul branches so the tree can grow again. Massmultiboxing - not multiboxing! - is one of those branches And rest assured, especially stuff like “renting empires” can be very easily prevented by limiting force projection. Nobody pays you rent if you can’t come over to defend him. And you won’t come over if it takes you an hour to send a fleet to his system just because some 10 man roaming gang shows up and steals this guys ESS bounties or prevent him from running sites or mining. He would be stupid to pay you and you would be stupid to bind yourself to so much effort, which usually results in absolutely no fun and just 2x30 minutes travel time without a single kill. In the worst case you get ambushed by traveling and lose a whole fleet for nothing. Renting is _dead_ once geograpy matters again, because people would simply _need_ to defend locally instead of relying on some big empire that promises protection. ---
**Author:** ![AzothPrime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/azothprime/32/387961_2.png) [@AzothPrime](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/AzothPrime)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352/20 "2026-07-26T16:37:47Z")
[Should change it to Switc](https://tenor.com/view/geico-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-gif-10507706)h [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-new-face-of-eve/515352.md?page=2)