Yulai – CCP Peligro has taken to the Internet and in-game airwaves, hunting for an elusive pilot of an Aeon-class supercarrier that ganked a freighter in the High security system of Kahah in the Khanid region. CCP Peligro has released the name of the pilot as “Arraz Nomarya,” which, according to the in-game biography is a pilot character that predates the launch of EVE Online.
In the words of CCP Peligro, “At over 54 years old, Arraz Nomarya is an extremely dangerous player who could destabilize the game.”
CCP Peligro added that before EVE Online was ever coded into the game we know today, there were several iterations that stretched back to the late 1960s. Legacy players from that time period were able to retain their characters as EVE Online’s data moved from project to project, gaining new abilities and privileges as original and early backers. Although CCP continues to allow the existence of some capital ships for notable members of the EVE community such as Chribba’s “Veldnaut” Revelation and Max Singularity’s Apostle, the use of those ships in a way that would provide combat advantages would immediately see those vessels transported to Lowsec. Importantly, however, the owners of these ships are not “legacy pilots.”
Arraz Nomarya, as a legacy pilot, can evade the current detection systems as they were developed to police accounts created after 2003. Not only was he able to conduct the gank in high security space without CONCORD intervention, according to eyewitness reports, he was then able to teleport the Aeon away completely with no jump animation. These game-breaking abilities provide Arraz Nomarya with almost unprecedented dominance in Highsec.
CCP Peligro attempted to provide assurances that such instances of legacy pilots popping up in EVE Online were rare, though that did little to assuage the concerns of gathered pilots. Red Frog Freight and PushX issued a joint statement demanding that CCP immediately locate and eliminate Arraz Nomarya or else they would cease providing their crucial freighter logistics services to New Eden. In a different vein, CODE. demanded that all players be able to access supercarriers for combat purposes in Highsec. TEST and the Imperium were equally displeased that a pilot could operate with near immunity and without reliance on Keepstar networks.
When asked why Arraz Nomarya could not simply be banned, CCP Peligro stated, “There are some characters that are so old in the game, that they are literally tied to the game’s infrastructure. In addition to improving structure gameplay, the Upwell line of structures was intended to reduce the influence of legacy pilots by creating a new code base governing structures in EVE Online.”
CCP Peligro speculated that the announcement of navigation structures prompted Arraz Nomarya to act. “Whenever a privileged group begins to lose their advantage, sometimes they decide to exercise that advantage to the detriment of others.”
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