EVE: Online’s Uprising expansion changes up factional warfare in November

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Space-based alternate reality EVE: Online is getting another expansion focusing on factional warfare this November, devs CCP Games have announced. Uprising promises to move the ongoing story of EVE forwards, along with improvements such as new ships, balance changes to old ships, logos on your ships, and a whole bunch of other stuff to do with ships.

Uprising’s big feature is a rework of factional warfare, tipped for the game earlier this year. Unveiling the roadmap up until November, CCP said the changes aim to “evolve Factional Warfare into a more intense and exciting combat playstyle”. Expect more incentives to fight for your chosen empire, more ways to contribute to war efforts, and new events that bring more campaign objectives to players enlisting with an empire. You can read more about some of the upcoming changes here in more detail here.

CCP also said there’s an update coming in Q1 2023 that should improve factional warfare even more, involving factional allegiance. It’ll allow players to chip in with a faction’s efforts whatever corporation or alliance they belong to. If you’re not enrolled in factional warfare by the time that Uprising rolls around in November then CCP promise that there’s still stuff to do in the warzone, with “roles to perform, stories to partake in, and amazing rewards”.

Uprising also introduces heraldry on ships. You’ll get opportunities to unlock corporation and alliance logos for your vessel. CCP insist that there’ll be more ways to use heraldry in the future, such as citadel skins and holograms on ships. EVE players don’t have to wait until Uprising kicks off in November for more stuff though, as there’ll be new ships from the story arc events in September, and audiovisual and UI