Major content patches

Since the initial release of Eve Online CCP has added fourteen expansions to the game. The fourteenth expansion, Incursion was released in stages, the second of which (Incursion 1.1.0 - 18 January 2011) introduced the Sansha Incursions and a complete overhaul of the character creation tool, paving the way for the future release of the Incarna or Walking in Stations expansion. The thirteenth expansion, "Tyrannis", was released on May 26, 2010. The twelfth expansion, Dominion, was released on December 1, 2009. The previous expansion, Apocrypha, was released on March 10, 2009 and introduced features such as further graphics updates as started in the Trinity expansion; the ability for players to group their vessels' weapons for easier interaction;[73] changes to autopilot routes and avoidance of player-defined star systems.[74] CCP provides expansions free of charge to its subscribers.[75] Over time expansions have added features such as conquerable stations, ship classes like Freighter and Dreadnought capital ships and advanced missions for players to master. Apocrypha, included an overhauled probing system, wormholes and customizable Tech 3 ships as its major features.[76] Dominion, which became available for download on December 1, 2009, included an overhaul of the sovereignty system, planet graphics, the Titan Doomsday weapon functionality being changed and the in-game web browser with Chromium's web kit. It also included a redesign of the UI and in-game mailing system. The recently released expansion Tyrannis has added more features which so far include exploitation of planetary resources, a way to contact your friends from any computer so long as it has internet access, as well as new technology for ships, and more graphics upgrades.