EVE Online: Revenant Patch Notes - SKINR Paragon Updates

EVE Online's Revenant expansion, set to launch on 12 November 2024, is the game's fifth full expansion since the return of the content format in November 2022. The patch notes are fairly extensive and dense. I find reading lengthy patch notes rather boring, so I also like to go to other sources for information. The format of the official patch notes for Revenant is a little unusual as I don't see as many bullet points as in previous expansions. Still, I'll try to add something to the patch notes.

The tenth and final post in the Revenant patch notes series looks at the upcoming updates to the SKINR Paragon system. I'm not a big fan of SKINs, still having hundreds of unique, unapplied SKINs floating around my inventory. But with the continued focus on the feature, one would think the feature is possibly the most important in the game.

In a financial sense, player-created SKINs are the most important feature in the game. Not only does the process require PLEX, but presents the developers with additional opportunities to put items in the cash shop. Before the advent of the SKINR Paragon system, players, including those elected to the Council of Stellar Management, said they would gladly pay for corporation and alliance SKINs. The SKINR Paragon system was the result.

Since I don't know about the actual mechanics of the system, I'll list the updates coming in Revenant without further comment.

Corporation Skins & Targeted Listings

Paragon is proud to announce that capsuleers can now target skin listings to specific characters, corporations, or alliances when creating a public or private listings.

• New filter options allow you to search for SKIN listings targeted at:
  
  
• Your Character: Listings that are directly aimed at you.
  
  
• Your Corporation and Alliance:
• Listings from any player.
• Listings from members of your corporation or alliance.
• Listings from any Brand Manager within your corporation or alliance.

User Interface Updates

• Create SKIN Listing Window: A new availability dropdown has been added, allowing you to specify which character, corporation, or alliance your listing is aimed at.
  
  
• My Own Listings Section: Now displays your public and targeted listings in a more organized fashion.
  
  
• SKIN Listing Cards: Updated with relevant targeting information to clarify who can view and purchase the SKIN.
  
  
• New Categories in the Paragon Hub
• SKINS for Current ship
• All SKINs
• Corporation SKINs
• Alliance SKINs
• SKINs listed at you
• My Own Listings

Branded Listings for Brand Managers

• Creation of Branded Listings:
  
• If the listing is targeted at your own corporation or your own alliance and the seller has the Brand Manager role, no SKINR Service Fee or HUB Listing Fee will be applied.
• The listing will be marked as a Branded Listing.
  
  
• Purchasing Branded Listings:
• Buyers will not have to pay any SKINR Service Fees on a Branded Listing. However, an EverMark fee will be charged per SKIN, based on the SKIN tier.
  
  
• Loss of Brand Manager Role:
• If a seller loses their Brand Manager role for any reason, all of their branded listings targeted to their corporation or alliance will be automatically cancelled and licenses returned to the seller’s Collection.

Secondary and Nested Patterns

Enjoying your personal SKIN creations, but wishing it could just have a little more? Bring that inspiration and enhance your designs or create new ones with the new SKINR additions.

The new SKINR additions introduce the use of a second pattern as well as new pattern controls and modifications. Each SKIN design will now include 2 new customizations slots: secondary pattern and Nanocoatings for it.

Design Element Controls and Modifications

• Second pattern modifications:
• Blend modes: modify the layering effect between patterns
• Switch: modify the patterns hierarchy
  
  
• Design element controls:
• Reset pattern: Reset pattern modifications to its default value
• Done through a Right Mouse click menu
  
  
• Reset all slots: Remove selected design elements from all slots
• Done through a Right Mouse click menu

Randomize

Don't know where to start? Feeling lost in the vast space of SKIN designs? Fret no more and make use of the Randomizer. Paint your empty ship into a masterpiece within seconds or find inspiration with the many combinations and make it into your own.

New patterns for SKINR

• To celebrate the expansion, over 40 new patterns have been added. These can be found through gameplay in various locations around New Eden.

Revenant Daily Login Rewards

• Until November 26th a special set of Revenant Expansion login rewards will be available for players who log on. Rewards include Expert Systems for Deathless ships, Patterns and Nanocoatings for SKINR Ship Personalization, up to 450K skill points, 10K of EverMarks, and Boosters.

Reduced sequencing time for new SKINs by 50%

• To celebrate the new additions to the SKINR tool, Paragon has reduced the Sequencing time for new SKINs by 50%. (Until Tuesday November 26th)

Skills

• Added new skill Executive Paragon Partnership for reducing Paragon HUB Vendor Fees when selling SKINs by 1% per level.