Wonder if there is anything in the EULA about killing the Goons, since most of the EvE Goons (biggest alliance in the games in term of numbers) are US based and the patch was ready for download around 1-2am last night GMT. Some die hard Europe players would have been online (including me, hope Vista 64bit is ok or my PC is toast too), but most US players would have hurried home to install the CCP acclaimed BIGGEST patch of all times!!!

More of a SMACK than a PATCH by the sound of it. As eve players we are used to buggy code and we have a big heart for the developers, but rebuilding our PC's as part of a clean install might be taking the Need for Speed program (trying to make the game faster when you have lots of players in the same system) a bit too far.....

EVE is a hardcore game where dead does mean taking steps back rather than a re-spawn after 15 seconds. I'm sure the players and even the goons will manage to return normal operation after a while. On the bright side Jita (a very busy system in the game) will be less flooded the next few days.

Oh and just for the record, the graphics (all 500MB+ of it) is great!!!

Kind regards

Mr BoB