What is Eve Online?
{{Unreferenced|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox VG | title = EVE Online | image = | developer = [[CCP Games]] | publisher = [[Simon & Schuster Interactive|SSI]] (expired)<br />[[CCP Games]] | released = [[United States|US]] 6 May 2003<br /> [[United Kingdom|UK]] 6 May 2003<br /> [[Europe|EU]] 23 May 2003<br /> [[China]] 12 June 2006 | genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] [[Space simulation]] | modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] | platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Linux]] }} '''EVE Online''' is a 2003 [[Outer space|space]] [[science fiction]] [[MMORPG]] [[Video game|computer game]]. It was made by [[CCP Games]], which is based in [[Iceland]]. The game is very similar to the 1980s game [[ELITE]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomson|first=Iain|title=40 years since the launch of the legendary game Elite|url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/elite_game_retro/|access-date=2024-05-24|website=www.theregister.com|language=en}}</ref> Players in EVE earn [[money]] called ''InterStella Kredits'' (ISK) to buy new [[spacecraft]], skills or [[wikt:equipment|equipment]]. Several ways to earn ISK include [[mining]], [[explore|exploration]], doing missions, [[Trade|trading]], [[Pirate|piracy]], and [[Bounty hunter|bounty hunting]] (hunting [[criminal]]s for money). EVE is hosted on 1 [[server|server cluster]]. Unlike most MMORPG games, it is not split up based upon [[geography|geographical]] location or how busy the servers are. == Races in Eve == There are four races in the Eve universe that are playable by subscribers, there is a fifth race, but only Eve Online employees can get them. ===Amarr=== The Amarr is a race centered around religion. They were the first of the four races to develop ships capable of travelling [[Outer space|space]]. Their main weapon type is a [[laser]], which fire high-energy beams to the enemy to deal damage. They do not use ammunition like the other races, but instead use a type of ammunition called a crystal in order to focus t