EVE Online Is Bringing New Pirate Changes, So We Asked New Eden's Resident Pirate Lord About Them
As someone who fancies themselves a pirate in EVE Online, I was pretty stoked when I first heard about the changes and gameplay features coming to Havoc, the next expansion for the space-faring MMO. Pirate factions such as the Angel Cartel and Guristas are prominent NPC groups in New Eden, with ships from Angel Cartel making up some of my favorites in the MMO — the Machariel especially.
With Havoc finally allowing players to interact more meaningfully with the pirate corporations by siding with them in the Deathless' schemes in the new region of Zarzakh, more players might start to fancy themselves a pirate too — especially with the new Angel Titan as a potential reward in the end.
However, being a pirate in EVE Online for many players is about more than just roleplaying as part of an NPC faction — it's oftentimes a dangerous, high-stakes way to play EVE, where tackling a simple mining vessel comes with great risk, but also great rewards in the end. It's also about being independent, not beholden to the Empires of EVE, either player-driven or an NPC one.
«From a corporation standpoint, we just want to fight,» Stay Frosty's leader Rixx Javix told me during EVE Fanfest 2023 last weekend. «I think about Lowsec as our home, and we don't want the Empires controlling us — we want to be our own people.»
It's probably here I should note that I am a pilot in Stay Frosty, though this piece is approached from my role as a games journalist, not simply to prop up my own in-game corp. So take that for what it's worth.
As someone who has bounced between multiple playstyles in EVE Online, from a humble explorer to a mining enthusiast, the one playstyle that I always wanted to try was that of a Lowsec pirate. A buddy of mine started a
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