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Despite CCP's economic woes, the developers' blog is still filled with a lot of updates regarding EVE Online. Speaking of the economics, t cheap eve gold he newest blog entry outlines in detail some buy eve gold new alchemy mechanics that are being implemented to help ease the high demand on a limited supply of materials and minerals (dysprosium and promethium, for example). We've created six new reactions which allow you to create key intermediate materials without relying on the rarest moon minerals.

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EVE Fanfest 2008 will be held Nov. 6-8 in Reykjavik, Iceland. In anticipation, CCP is keeping track of who can lock down the most buddy invite conversions before the start of the festival. The winner will become the proud owner of a massive Special Edition Commodore EVE Rig signed by the dev team.