EVE: Havoc Patch Notes: Enlisting With Pirates And The New LP Stores

EVE Online's Havoc expansion, set to launch on 14 November 2023, is the game's third full expansion since the return of the content format in November 2022. The patch notes are fairly extensive. I find reading lengthy patch notes rather boring, so I also like to go to other sources for information. The format worked so well for the Viridian expansion I thought I'd try for Havoc as well. This post, the fifth in the series, will cover how to enlist with the Angel Cartel and Guristas as well as the new loyalty point stores.

A long standing desire of many players is the ability to play with NPCs. Or, as CCP put it back in October:

Living out the space pirate fantasy in New Eden has always been a big part of EVE Online’s varied universe of capsuleers. While some align with empire militia in Factional Warfare, nullsec-based player alliances, or choose to fly solo, others have been drawn to lawless activities in lowsec and beyond, identifying more with the raiding and chaos caused by New Eden’s many pirate factions. EVE Online: Havoc will offer capsuleers with the necessary standings the opportunity to pledge their allegiance to the notorious Angel Cartel and Guristas pirate factions. 

Players can now choose to enlist with either the Angel Cartel or the Guristas Pirates.

• Players can enlist with the Angel Cartel or the Guristas Pirates in any station which is owned by them. Angel Cartel stations can be found in Curse and Fountain regions, while Guristas stations can be found in the Venal region.
  
  
• A minimum standings requirement of -2 or better without standings modifications is required to join.
  
  
• The Angel Cartel are at war with the Amarr Empire and the Minmatar Republic, while the Guristas Pirates are at war with the Caldari State and the Gallente Federation.
  
  
• Capsuleers enlisted in the Pirate Militias can freely engage capsuleers enlisted with their rival empire militias, and vice versa.
• Capsuleers enlisted with the Angel Cartel will be attacked by Factional Warfare (FW) empire police in Amarr and Minmatar empire space, if there is not an active insurgency present.
• Capsuleers enlisted with the Guristas Pirates will be attacked by FW empire police in Caldari and Gallente empire space, if there is not an active insurgency present.
  
  
• Enlisting with the pirates will give perks in Zarzakh, including free entry, access to jump clones, offices and the Deathless shipcaster.
  
  
• Enlisting with the pirates will also enable you to take part in the Insurgency Gameplay, sow chaos and spread corruption, all while enriching yourself!

The below map shows the regions in which players can join either the Angel Cartel or Guristas.

Base Map from Dotlan Maps

The Guristas received more love than the Angel Cartel over the years so some existing Guristas game play changed.

• Guristas Shipyards/Sotiyo will stop spawning as it used to, and the rewards will be rolled into the new LP store. Blood Raider Shipyards will continue to spawn in the wild.

Players enlisted with either the Angel Cartel or the Guristas Pirates will have access to a brand new LP store. This LP store can be accessed from the Pirate FOB in the insurgency, or in Zarzakh. Players will earn LP for these stores through insurgency gameplay.

• The Pirate LP stores include exclusive access to the following ship blueprints: Mekubal, Khizriel, Azariel, Mamba, Alligator, Loggerhead, Caiman and the Komodo.
  
  
• Mekubal, Mamba: 12,000 LP & 3.5 Million ISK per blueprint copy.
• Khizriel, Alligator: 40,000 LP & 10 Million ISK per blueprint copy.
• Loggerhead, Caiman: 25,000,000 LP & 25 Billion ISK per blueprint copy.
• Azariel, Komodo: 150,000,000 LP & 150 Billion ISK per blueprint copy.
  
  
• The Pirate LP stores have heavily discounted ship blueprints for the Dramiel, Cynabal, Machariel, Worm, Gila and Rattlesnake.
  
  
• Dramiel, Worm: 4,000 LP & 2 Million ISK per blueprint copy.
• Cynabal, Gila: 18,000 LP & 5 Million ISK per blueprint copy.
• Machariel, Rattlesnake: 100,000 LP & 20 Million ISK per blueprint copy.
  
  
• The Pirate LP stores also have new unique offers for various pirate modules, such as domination gyrostabilizers and dread guristas ballistic control systems!
  
  
• They also include datacores, ammo and all the hardwirings you would expect.
  
  
• Disabled Loyalty Point and EverMarks donations as discussed in Stronger Organizations.