Quantum Rise 1.0.5 was deployed today and it brings with it the new redeeming system.

The redeeming system allows players to take advantage of special offers made available by CCP and affiliated companies. In this release, the redeeming system will allow for game time credit to be purchased via the Secure EVE Online website in the form of 30 Day Pilot License Extensions (PLEX). More information about the use of PLEX can be found here.

You can read the full patch notes, which also contain some minor fixes, here or below.

Patch notes for Quantum Rise 1.0.5, released 27 January 2009

FEATURES

Redeeming System

• The redeeming system allows players to take advantage of special offers made available by CCP and affiliated companies. In this release, the redeeming system will allow for game time credit to be purchased via the Secure EVE Online website in the form of 30 Day Pilot License Extensions (PLEX). More information about the use of PLEX can be found here.

FIXES

 

• Fixed an error in the model preload system. This was causing some slight performance degradation on premium clients being run in classic mode.
• Removed an outdated DirectX check from the client.
• Updated the clients patching mechanism to handle very large files and patches correctly.