tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42795463247824006142024-03-13T18:47:31.828+13:00Mad RantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-73726543898276370842011-06-27T08:54:00.004+12:002011-06-27T09:48:49.659+12:00Stay of execution....So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CCP</span> Zulu has released another <a href="http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=934"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">devblog</span></a>, in which some answers, and an apology, are given.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My thoughts of Vanity Items</span><br /><br />I think the problem with the price of vanity items, is one of sticker shock; that we were expecting much lower prices, that have eventuated. I know my own initial reactions were such. However on taking the time to think it though, and applying some economic theory; I can possibly see why they have done what they have done.<br /><br />This however is going to take a bit to write up, so I will come back to that in a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">separate</span> blog post.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My thoughts on Non-Vanity Items</span><br />'<span style="font-style: italic;">...there are no and never have been plans to sell "gold ammo" for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Aurum</span>...</span>'.<br /><br />Finally the words we have all been waiting to see... I am admittedly however one in the corner of thinking that "Gold ammo" is being used here as a catch-all for all non-vanity MT items.<br /><br />Some are concerned that this is just means no Gold ammo, and it still allows for anything else, but I think that is slightly churlish.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trust</span><br />For me, the biggest pain I have felt over the last few days, is the destruction of trust. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CCP</span> needs to sincerely make a massive effort to regain the trust of the community, and this urgent summit is a good start.<br /><br />On one condition..... Don't <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">NDA</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CSM</span>.<br /><br />The general Eve populace need to have the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">CSM</span> come back and be able to give us enough information to allay all of our concerns.<br /><br />For now, my finger is no longer hovering above the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">desub</span>" button, but I'm still not comfortable with the present situation.<br /><br />Help us <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">CCP</span>, we want to be able to trust you again.<br /><br />PS. World of Tanks is fun, and worthwhile bit of fun to try.<br /><br /><br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-79270603012512729332011-06-25T12:01:00.003+12:002011-06-25T12:19:45.646+12:00Really...??<a href="http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=932">This</a> is your response <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CCP</span>?<div><br /></div><div>200+ page <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">threadnaughts</span>, people protesting in game by capping out the trade systems, and you think this vomit suffices as a response?</div><div><br /></div><div>My last post I said I thought you had reached the point of jumping the shark, but now I realise that does not even come close to describe what a monumental fuck up in motion we are witnessing here.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Protip</span> - When you find yourself in a hole, a good first step is to stop digging!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Nowhere in your response is the elephant in the room (namely pay to win) addressed, more you dismiss it as all being about </div><div><ol><li>The price of the current vanity items,</li><li>The way in which the player base have reacted.</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, to address the points, I think I speak for most people, when I say I don't give a rat's arse about vanity items, though maybe if it was more price sensitive maybe I would have got some stuff to "spiffy" up my characters, but to be honest this is all shiny pony stuff. But as long as it remains shiny pony stuff, I don't care... in fact it's a good way to visibly identify the "tools" in the game.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course we have reacted violently, we as players have a lot invested in this game, in fact for many of us it is a hobby (rather than just a game), so of course we are upset when you threaten that investment, or the way our hobby works.</div><div><br /></div><div>Between my wife and I we have a total of 7 accounts, which we pay for directly, so that makes Eve one of our biggest expenses. At US$105 a month, this is more than we pay for our cellphones, our home phone, and our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">internet</span> - COMBINED. Indeed aside from food, petrol and rent, it is our biggest sole expense.</div><div><br /></div><div>We love this game, we want to play it as long as it is possible, but we're not comfortable spending that sort of money each month if we can't trust the developers.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CCP</span> - you have lost the players trust, and with every response you are making it is getting worse.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-20335954590215378952011-06-24T15:49:00.007+12:002011-06-24T16:25:28.030+12:00Jumping the Shark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://files.sharenator.com/181148_triple_facepalm_super_The_most_awesome_thing_u_will_ever_see-s600x480-89034.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 308px;" src="http://files.sharenator.com/181148_triple_facepalm_super_The_most_awesome_thing_u_will_ever_see-s600x480-89034.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><ul><li>US$65 for a Monocle?</li><li>More for an in-game shirt, than it would cost to buy a shirt in the real world?</li></ul><br />It would appear CCP has reached their "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark">Jump the shark</a>" moment<br /><br />I initially looked at walking in stations positively, as a way to increase the appeal of Eve to a greater number of people, and also give us more options for how to intereact in the game. Many regarded it as a waste of time, but I held faith that it would be used by people in ways we didn't expect to create new gameplay to enrich the game for us all.<br /><br />However it appears some people's greatest fears have proven true, and walking in stations has become nothing more than the thin end of the wedge...<br /><br />With the release of the "Greed is good" PDF, it is become apparent that CCP will not be happy, until we get nothing from our subscription but the walls of the sandbox, and a thin layer of sand at the bottom. If we want enough sand to do anything meaningful, or indeed the ability to use "tools" then they will all need to paid for seperately.<br /><br />We all subscribed to Eve, on the basis of it being a subscription model, of it being a fixed monthly cost to enjoy what was the premium sandbox game, one that allowed us all to do whatever we wanted. Now CCP want to change this, and they assume we will all smile and take it....<br /><br />Another sci-fi game did this... it was called Star Wars Galaxies, CCP should remember this, after all it gave them a nice big influx of players who left that game in disgust, when it happened.<br /><br />Please CCP, step away from the kool aid, step away from the edge of the cliff, step away from your NGE, DON'T JUMP THAT SHARK<br /><br />We love this game, but you are making it too appealing to look over the neighbouring fences, to see what is available.<br /><br />EDIT.<br />There have been some great blogs, articulating better than I, just how retarded this all is, so in the interest of spreading their thoughts here are links to some of them<br /><ul><li>Warp Drive Active's "<a href="http://www.warpdriveactive.com/2011/06/22/macromistake/">Macromistake</a>" blog and comic</li><li>The Hydrostatic capsule's "<a href="http://cailais.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/at-the-monocular-level/">At the monocular level</a>"</li><li>A merry life and a short one's "<a href="http://amerrylifeandashortone.blogspot.com/2011/06/noble-exchangered-light-district.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AMerryLifeAndAShortOne+%28a+merry+life+and+a+short+one%29">The Noble Exchange/Red Light district</a>"</li><li>Ecliptic Rift's "<a href="http://rift.chromebits.net/2011/06/the-beginning-of-the-end/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EclipticRift+%28Ecliptic+Rift%29">Beginning of the end</a>"<br /></li><li>Chocolate Heaven's "<a href="http://www.minmatart.com/2011/is-eve-dying/">Is Eve dying?</a>"<br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-53000543277998184682011-06-08T15:17:00.006+12:002011-06-08T16:23:31.165+12:00Deja Vu.......Once again I find myself bailing out of a null sec home, towards empire as fast as my little warp drives (or jump drives) can carry me.<br /><br />As is now common knowledge, the northern power that was the Northern Coalition has been quite effectively smashed.<br /><br />The forces of the DRF and their allies have changed the face of Sov warfare, and unfortunately we (the alliances that make up the NC) did not adapt, or recognise the the severity of the threat until it was too late.<br /><br />So here I find myself, for the fourth time in my eve career*, packing all my stuff into ships, and getting out of dodge. So far 95% of my assets are now safe, while the remaining 5% I burn by assisting with others moving, or doing some quick pvp in what is a target rich environment.<br /><br />I must admit I am having some of the most fun pvping that I have had in quite some time, the pressure has gone, and so I can relax into the fights, and enjoy them for what they are, rather than worry about "winning".<br /><br />As for the future, we'll see, but at this point I see no need, or desire, for my wife and I to leave our current corporation. It is a community of friends, and no matter what happens I know we will succeed.<br /><br />Finally, a piece of truly genius satire (regardless of it's accuracy or inaccuracy), it is just too damn funny and even Vuk posted it himself (proof he has a sense of humour).<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nt4nSAoA8Lg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" width="406"></iframe><br /><br />* Interesting fact - All four times I have had to evacuate, it is has been with Russian pilots hot at my heels.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-70967342799076494092010-05-10T13:29:00.001+12:002010-05-10T13:56:26.819+12:00MEDIC...............<div><br /></div><div>It has been a bit since I've last blogged regularly, actually that's quite a while in fact, but I am going to be working on making it a more regularly thing here on.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My wife is now well and truly addicted, and together our little t2 business is humming along nicely, but that is to be the subject of my next post (I promise it won't be far away).</div><div><br /></div><div>Rather, this post is more related to the other evidence of her addiction. Namely, that she has 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span> account on which she is training a logistics pilot to go to 0.0</div><div><br /></div><div>As a result of her decision, I've actually increased the amount of time I spend in a logistics myself. In fact it would be more accurate to say I am somewhat dedicated to the ship type currently.</div><div><br /></div><div>.... and I am having a ball!!!</div><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">play style</span> is uniquely different to the normal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pvp</span> roles you experience.<br /><br />Instead of having an overview of reds, you typically have your "purples" showing, so you can maintain a good position in relation to the rest of the fleet (i.e. keep them within your rep range, but also not slip to the edge of the fleet too much).<br /><br />Your main focus becomes the both the broadcast window, for your fellow gang makes screaming "MEDIC" as they are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">primaried</span>... Once you see that broadcast, it becomes a race to lock them up, and start <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">repping</span> them in hope of saving them.<br /><br />The sight of a fellow pilots armour/shields going back up, even under full fire from the enemy, is truly a sense of satisfaction.<br /><br />Of course at the same time you are doing this, you are also watching your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">watch list</span>, that typically is populated with the other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">logistics</span> in your fleet, so that can be prioritised if they come under fire. Though it does feel bad to abandon a pilot in a BS to save a logistics, it is the right call, as every dead <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">logi</span>stic makes the enemies job that much easier.<br /><br />To top this off, you also have the issue that you have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">de</span>-target ships, once they have been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">repped</span>, or you find yourself all out of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">targeting</span> slots for the new ships being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">targeted</span>, assuming you saved the ships.<br /><br />While throughout this, you also have to listen to an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">FC</span> bark orders to primary X, while listening for the important orders that still apply to you; <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">align</span>, warp, jump, hold, etc....<br /><br />Logistics is not an easy job.<br /><br />However at the end of a fight, when the fleet realises that although the enemy was wiped out, our fleet lost barely anyone, and that was due to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">logi</span>stic pilots; the sense of satisfaction in a job well done is immense.<br /><br />It is a role that I now love, and I find myself sitting on 4 logistics ships currently on my hanger, and with the capability of building two of the four races of ships. Indeed I have now the ability to fly all four races, and have logistics to V, purely because of the joy I get from this role.<br /><br />Logistics, give it a go!!!!<br /><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-13774934794209562172010-05-07T14:58:00.003+12:002010-05-07T15:21:31.422+12:007 years old...... DAMN...Well Eve has done it, made it to the 7 year mark, and I think we can all safely say that is a damn impressive feat.<br /><br />Think of all those other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MMOs</span> that came, tried to succeed, but eventually failed... either closed down, or fading away.....<br /><br />Myself, I started playing Eve nearly nearly 3 years after it started, in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">February</span> 06 to be exact, so that makes me a 4+ year veteran, something I still find hard to comprehend.<br /><br />When I came to eve, I had been playing WOW for nearly a year, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">although</span> I was enjoying it a lot, I always felt "restricted", unable to do what I wanted to do. Forced to follow a certain path to get anywhere.<br /><br />Reading about the great heists, and wars that were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">occurring</span> in Eve, I was inspired to give it a try. Though admittedly a childhood of playing Elite, probably also had an lot to do with it.<br /><br />I spent the first 6 months of my time in Eve alone, I was too worried I didn't know enough to join one of these might "player corporations" (in hindsight one of my greatest mistakes). Until the stories of piracy peaked my interest, and my 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nd</span> account was begun.<br /><br />My 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nd</span> account was as a direct result of quitting WOW, as my wife said she was happy to have a 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">nd</span> eve account, if it meant no extra costs.... <br /><br />(The irony now being that she also plays, and between us we have 5 accounts).<br /><br />I didn't end up getting into piracy, but instead joined my first corp, a little high sec corp with big dreams, that unfortunately never went very far. However it increased my confidence, and within several months I had decided that I really wanted to get in on this 0.0 action.<br /><br />Late 06 or early 07, I joined my first 0.0 corp, and made some great friends, that even to this day are some of my most trusted friends in game (and dare I say it, out of game as well).<br /><br />I found myself in the Drone Regions, in the space that was eventually renamed "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Perrigen</span> Falls", in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">FREGE</span> alliance. A lot of bad things were said of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">FREGE</span> over the years, but I have personally have fond memories, as it was there that I learnt the basics of 0.0 combat, and moved into the first T2 ships I ever owned.<br /><br />With the fall of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">FREGE</span>, I found myself back in high sec, and I quickly realised that in my heart that my home will always be in the depths of 0.0, and so I returned, this time with Ethereal Dawn.<br /><br />My history beyond that, has been previously covered in this blog.... but really the point of this, is that looking back, the depth of the life in Eve is immense.<br /><br />We all have a stories, and pasts, within Eve, but what makes Eve so great is that they are all so different, yet also all matter and are interconnected. Compare this to any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">sharded</span> game, where everyone has done the same instances, over and over again...<br /><br />This is why Eve keeps going, why it has lasted 7 years, because we create our own world, our own goals... <br /><br />To <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">CCP</span> and all my fellow eve players (be the red, neutral, or blue) - tonight I drink to you all!!!!<br /><br />CHEERS and see you on the field....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-91197277452815025072010-01-06T10:56:00.003+13:002010-01-06T11:20:48.732+13:00Blah blah blah....0.0 warfare is well and truly broken at the moment.<div><br /></div><div>Gone are the good fights, and instead they are replaced by races to get into the system in question first.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even when the "2nd" to arrive has greater numbers, the risk of jumping in, and being lagged out, is so high, that they usually turn and leave.</div><div><br /></div><div>In short very very very very very very boring!!! </div><div><br /></div><div>However, having been in the jumping in side once, I can not criticise any FC from turning from that situation, the loss in ships and morale is just too great...</div><div><br /></div><div>C'mon CCP lets get this sorted ASAP!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Despite this, I have been participating in as many operations staged by my alliance as RL has allowed (given that here it is summer, and so outside activities have been taking priority).</div><div><br /></div><div>I did find myself yesterday in a situation for the first time, with me helping to reinforce a POS belonging to the BPINC corporation I used to belong to.</div><div><br /></div><div>Seeing someone I respected and flew with less than a year ago, inside the shields of the POS I was bashing, was somewhat disconcerting, but I've always known it was going to happen at some point. </div><div><br /></div><div>Although I would never go out of my way to shoot a friend that was red to me, when it comes to outright warfare, it's just par for the course, and I'd expect nothing less from them.</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, my wife is now well and truly addicted to Eve it seems, and indeed on the day we were going away, she logged in before 7am to "check skills" - the words of an addict. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm so proud....</div><div><br /></div><div>This is admittedly one of my least thought out posts, but conscious that I have not posted in a bit, I thought I should at least put up something, to show that I am in fact still playing, and haven't forgotten about my blog.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-56547353065598432802009-12-06T10:49:00.002+13:002009-12-06T11:06:49.503+13:00Don't cry for me........ the truth is we always hated you.<div><br /></div><div>With the patch to dominion, has come many many many great new improvements</div><div><ul><li>Mail - that is usable and easy to manage</li><li>Browser - that actually works</li><li>Fleet finder - wee <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hee</span> can find a fleet without spamming the channels</li></ul><div>But for me, the one that made me the most happy is the "report as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">isk</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">spammer</span>" under the context menu for characters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since playing with my wife in empire, I have again been reminded just what a scourge on the game <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">isk</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">spammers</span> are, so any step to make reporting them a one-click experience is plus in my opinion.</div><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say there will be abuse, but I think it will be easy to tell who is, or isn't, an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">isk</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">spammer</span> (transactions to lots of different characters, 3,000 mails offering 1b <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">isk</span> for only $49.99, etc).</div><div><br /></div><div>Go <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">CCP</span>.....</div><div><br /></div><div>Aside from that the impact of the changes, and just what it really means to me as a cap pilot was brought home by a couple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">killmail</span> </div><div><ol><li><a href="http://kb.morsus-mihi.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=278213">One Shot one kill</a></li><li><a href="http://kb.morsus-mihi.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=278207">Damn sentry guns</a></li><li><a href="http://kb.morsus-mihi.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=278642">Titan + Force Recon = Dead carrier</a></li></ol></div><div>As a cap pilot, that DID use my carrier to run stuff to low sec from 0.0, all I can say is yikes...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-2557572089924522222009-10-11T18:44:00.003+13:002009-10-11T19:25:11.428+13:00cats and dogs living together........ flying pigs orbiting the house, ice skating in hell, etc...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">My wife now has an Eve account.</span><br /><br />Well this is not exactly the blog I was expecting to be finding myself writing.. I had planned at some point to write a blog on the fact I was again playing wow, and that it was with my wife.<br /><br />I was planning to talk about some of the interesting comparisons between the two games, and in particular how that wow was much more new player <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">friendly</span><br />...... and then she goes and decides to give eve a go after all.<br /><br />Now, it's still early days (i.e. we're talking less than 24 hours), but it is interesting to see how the tutorial is compared to when I last went through it.<br /><br />There is no question it is 100% more user friendly than when I did it, but it is still needing a bit more polish. I found myself several times leaning over to suggest smarter ways of doing certain tasks, ways that to me should have been being pointed out in the tutorial.<br /><br />However despite this, the focus on introducing professions (the point she has reached due to only a short stint so far) is good to see. Eve has so many paths that it is vital the newer players are given a bit more of a heads up for what is possible.<br /><br />The inclination of myself and the other individual that has strongly suggested she give it a go, is that she will go down the industrial path. However just as likely she could choose a mission running path, or trading, or..... <br /><br />That is what truly special about eve, the fact that any person can choose any path, at any point in their game career. Be it a year or a single day after starting the game.<br /><br />I'm trying to not over suggest any path, instead just (together with a mutual friend) contributing some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">isk</span> to her starting fund, so no matter what she picks she hit the road running.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-78148256451946890992009-09-23T13:38:00.006+12:002009-09-25T13:51:25.157+12:00Long time no post....The move out to Immensea and into Aggression, was (as no doubt most would know) a bit of a mistake....<br /><br />The ability to get regular <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PvP</span> lead to me have a lot of fun while we were there... Indeed I could safely say I went of some of my most enjoyable roams ever, while we were there.<br /><br />However it soon became obvious that not everything was right... i.e. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cyno</span> jamming of station systems, but not communicating the location of jump bridges so caps could be moved in and out of the systems.<br /><br />The public "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">emo</span>" nature of the implosion, left those of us out in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Immensea</span> with a narrow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">time frame</span> to get out before the eventual piling in of hostiles. Luckily my carrier gave me the facility to get my T2 ships, and those of my friends, out. However, I had to self destruct all my Battleships, as the risks in trying to get them out at that point was just getting a bit too high - Insurance Fraud ftw.<br /><br />Luckily, my time in empire (again) was short, with a friend from our time in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">BPINC</span> sponsoring a number of us from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ZZK</span> into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Morsus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Mihi</span>, via what is turning out to be one fantastic corporation.<br />Unfortunately my bad luck did continue a bit longer, and over a short time frame I managed to lose two ravens, and two hulks in less than a couple of days.<br /><br />At one point I got to the point of having less than 40m between all of my characters, but luckily this has climbed a bit recently, with me choosing to liquidise some assets (i.e. selling my dread to the corp).<br /><br />Indeed much of that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">isk</span> has now been invested into long term <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">isk</span> making ventures, as I am utterly sick of not having any regular income... i.e. I'm getting into inventing and t2 production.<br /><br />Also another development is that my wife showed some interest in playing a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">MMO</span>, and as much as I love Eve I could not recommend it as a first <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">MMO</span>, and so (together with her) I am once again playing WOW (stop the hissing), albeit extremely casually.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Anyhow</span>, this is just a quick blog to say I am still alive, and still playing eve (albeit on a short sabbatical right at the moment).<br /><br />Indeed with some of the above developments I have some material to blog on, so I will be getting some more out over the next week or so...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-40085195871796764332009-06-14T23:59:00.000+12:002009-06-15T00:00:04.630+12:00Oh well.....Much has happened since my last post.... both within Eve, and outside. The key events being...<div><br /></div><div><ul><li>The ongoing war between ED/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IRC</span> and RA/friends which has now continued unabated for longer than most would have expected. </li><li>Real life jumping up and biting my wife and I in real life, i.e. my wife was made redundant from her job.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>Even though my lovely wife rejected my offer of closing some accounts, I decided to at least try and cover some cost via the purchase of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">plex</span> passes, through the generation of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">isk</span>. At the time the only way <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">available</span> was a return to empire...</div><div><br /></div><div>With my selection of characters, I decided to try my hand and empire mining, utilising two characters (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">specced</span> for mining '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gormn</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mollernak</span>') in hulks, with a third in an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">orca</span> proving bonuses and hauling capacity. However after time in 0.0 mining, the returns from this exercise were demoralising to say the least. </div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile the burnout being felt by some within <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cassus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Beli</span>, both in terms of morale, ships, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">isk</span> was starting to show. Following several discussions a decision to look for a new home was made, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cassus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Beli</span> left Ethereal Dawn</div><div><br /></div><div>The small size of a corp resulted in it being rapidly made clear we simply did not have the size to gain access to a new 0.0 alliance. However at the same time we were looking to leave a fellow corporation within ED had made the same decision - Zip Zoom Kaboom (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ZZK</span>). </div><div><br /></div><div>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ceo</span> of said corp was a close friend of our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ceo</span>; and we all seemed to get along, so the decision was made by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Cassus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Beli</span> to merge into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">ZZK</span>, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">ZZK</span> welcomed us all in to the corp.</div><div><br /></div><div>With that decision also came a decision to return to 0.0, albeit this time as a member of Aggression alliance in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Immensea</span>. As a result I have spent most the weekend moving ships, and gear out into a new home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Indeed this is a big change a new home, a new region; as my 0.0 life up to now has always been within Drone Regions. The change in region means no more drone rats, but proper bounty rats. Hopefully this help with my plan to fund at least my third account via plex passes. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also old enemies are now friends (i.e. Atlas alliance), which will be fun as many of their pilots I have respected fromt he other side. Though luckily some enemies remain the same, i.e. RA alliance. </div><div><br /></div><div>Interesting days and weeks ahead....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-7019898720725976342009-04-22T10:41:00.003+12:002009-04-22T12:05:32.884+12:00Frigates down......Well not in the sense you'd expect....<br /><br />As of early yesterday my character <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mollernak</span> gained the ability to fly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Amarr</span> T2 frigates destroyers (having earlier gained the ability to use T2 lasers).<br /><br />In itself this is no major achievement, however this is the fourth race I have now reached this achievement for. As such I have the ability to fly every T2 frigate and regular <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Interdictor</span> in the game.<br /><br />The funny thing is that I have never hopped into any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Amarr</span> ship, and so only know them as targets. To the point I didn't even know which laser type was long range, and which was short range; all I know is that they are armour tankers, use lasers, and need lots of cap.<br /><br />So now begins the slow process of determining; which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Amarr</span> frigates deserve a place in my ship hangers, and what is the best way to fit them. <br /><br />As always I plan to start with the interceptors, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Malediction</span> and Crusader; so if anyone has advice please feel free to share it with me.<br /><br />Once I have finished small beam/pulse specialisation skills to level IV, I will begin the train to be able to use the T2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Amarr</span> cruisers, with T2 lasers, so pilgrim/curse/zealot/etc here I come.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-39329753454900468152009-04-20T12:39:00.000+12:002009-04-21T10:40:07.066+12:00Love the smell of vodka burning in the morning.....The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Insmother</span> war continues apace....<br /><br /><br />Constant battles rang between us and our allies, against the various forces that we face.<br /><br /><br />The fights have been good, and so far I'm finding myself on the positive side of the balance sheet; with more killed, than destroyed. So far losses include; a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Taranis</span>, a Rapier, a Hound, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Megathron</span>, and only a single pod so far.<br /><br /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Megathron</span> was unfortunately to a friendly DD, but that is par for the course when operating with Titans, and I should have considered the possibility of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">desync</span>, before hugging the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">pos</span> shield edge so closely.<br /><br /><br />It has been a lot of fun, and there have been some fights truly worth the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">GF</span>' in local that comes where earned from both sides.<br /><br /><br />Indeed, that during fights it's not uncommon to see people losing more than one <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ot</span> two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ships in</span> under 5 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">minutes</span>; because they come straight back in another ship when popped, is a sign of some great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">pvp</span>, and determination of both parties.<br /><br /><br />For me however, this weekend is now over, my timezone returns me as one of the first to the day we all dread on weekends like we have been having - Monday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-91897256401355966642009-04-02T22:18:00.004+13:002009-04-02T22:28:59.015+13:00^bump^Dire <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lauthris's</span> <a href="http://www.eveonline.com/download/videos/Default.asp?a=download&vid=229">Day of Darkness II</a> short is just pure fantastic genius....<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1037737">Enough can't be said about this video</a> (Eve online thread), and it is fully deserving of the praise, so I'm bumping it in case someone hasn't seen it yet, and no matter what make sure you download the full resolution version.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">WTM's</span> characters all walk over to the hanger and group hug <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gormn's</span> Chimera.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-15729826033619876222009-03-24T20:29:00.001+13:002009-03-24T23:18:23.604+13:00We don't need no water...........As x1376 has already <a href="http://x1376.blogspot.com/2009/03/red-alliance-is-red-for-real.html">highlighted</a>, and blogged from the <a href="http://x1376.blogspot.com/2009/03/blackbird-down.html">front lines</a> on... Intrepid Crossing (his alliance) and Ethereal Dawn (mine) have gone to war with Red Alliance.<div><br /></div><div>... and the Goons have reset us to neutral (which to Empire dwellers means they can and will shoot us now) for their own reasons.</div><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say this has sparked the usual <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lol</span> thread on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CAOD</span>... but I have absolutely no intention on commenting on any of that rubbish, after all it is nothing more than the glossy tabloid of life in 0.0</div><div><br /></div><div>Personally I am just happy to get some regular fleet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pvp</span>!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Let loose the dogs of war....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-5113358168038234242009-02-27T10:48:00.009+13:002009-03-05T20:51:24.046+13:00Blog Banter - It's my party, and I'll alt if I want to....Link <a href="http://www.ninveah.com/2009/02/i-missed-this-months-blog-banter.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kirith</span></span></span></span></a> I was forgotten this month, but like him I am still inclined to post about this months blog banter.<div><br /></div><div>Edit. Turns out CK sent the email the day of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">gmail</span></span></span> outage, so many of us didn't get the mail. No doubt this will spread the posting over several days, but that may be well be a plus.</div><div><br /></div><div>- oh and I retitled the post.<br /><br /><em>Welcome to the fifth installment of the </em><a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/search/label/eve%20blog%20banter" target="_blank"><em>EVE Blog Banter</em></a><em>, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by </em><a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/" target="_blank"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">CrazyKinux</span></span></span></span></em></a><em>. The </em><a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/search/label/eve%20blog%20banter" target="_blank"><em>EVE Blog Banter</em></a><em> involves an enthusiastic group of gaming <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bloggers</span></span></span></span>, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed </em><a href="mailto:crazykinux@gmail.com?subject=blog%20banter" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>. Check out other </em><a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/search/label/eve%20blog%20banter" target="_blank"><em>EVE Blog Banter</em></a><br /><br /><em>This month’s topic comes to us from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mynxee</span></span></span></span> of </em><a href="http://lifeinlowsec.blogspot.com/"><em>Life in Low Sec</em></a><em>. She asks "Alts and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Metagaming</span></span></span></span>: Is playing two accounts who are logged in at the same time and work together (hauler/miner, explorer/combat associate, trade alts in trade hubs) a form of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">metagaming</span></span></span></span> that is 'ruining the game'?"</em><br /><br />Firstly, as is no doubt to anyone who even just read my last post, I am a dual boxer (well to be exact I am now a triple boxer).</div><div><br /></div><div>There is no doubt, in my mind that it is a form of metagaming. However it isan accepted form, and is indeed encouraged some what by the publisher (power-of-two anyone?).</div><div><br /></div><div>However you would still expect a clear 100% "No, it doesn't ruin the game", but to be honest I don't think it is as clear as that.<br /><br />I myself started dual-boxing 6 months into my Eve career, though it was never my intention in creating the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">nd</span></span></span></span> account to do so. Indeed my intention with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Mollernak</span></span></span></span> originally was to be able to try out piracy, while <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Gormn</span></span></span></span> remained safe (with a positive sec status) in high sec.<br /><br />However quickly the idea of using Moll to haul ore back to station, while <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Gormn</span></span></span></span> would continue to mine, became appealing. In less than a month the original plan to keep them <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">separate</span> disappeared, and instead I was dual boxing.<br /><br />How I came to triple box was covered in my last post, so won't cover that again.....<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">So why multi box?</span></div><div><br /></div><div>For me the multi-account playing, from a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">PvE</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">isk</span> making perspective, has allowed me to:<br /><ol><li>Rat or Mission run - with one account shooting rats, while another salvages and collects loot</li><li>Mine - with one or two mining while another guards against rats, or does hauling</li></ol><p>In both cases the result being a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">vasty</span> increased efficiency and effectiveness.</p><p>For <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">PvP</span></span></span></span> though I generally do not multi-box, the only exception is that when I do field <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Gormn</span></span></span></span> in a carrier I have sometimes also fielded <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Mollernak</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Kahamahl</span></span></span></span> (either as a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">cyno</span> pilot or fighter bombing in a fast mover).<br /></p><p>However the risks of losing one ship, while playing the other overwhelm any potential benefit of trying to fly two ships in combat at once. It can be simply to difficult to keep track of two during <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">PvP</span>, or even too risky in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">laggy</span> environments.</p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">But back to the original question, is multi-account playing ruining the game?</span><br /><br />The short version is still no, it's not ruining the game.<br /><br />With the increased revenue of two or more characters, comes also the expenses incurred by that number of players (i.e. you have two sets of skills, ships, modules, etc to buy).<br /><br />In addition this is also ignoring the additional cost of the account (be it in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">isk</span></span></span></span> or $s) to the person in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">RL</span></span></span></span>...<br /><br />The only real tangible issue with multi-accounting is when people use it to gain an advantage that is not available to some one with a single account (and hence main), i.e. spying, corp thefts, scamming, etc... Now that's not to say I against these types of actions (well okay I usually am), but it's the fact that by using a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">separate</span> account to do this allows someone to do it with no risk to their real "main".. </div><div><br /></div><div>By using an alt account to spy, the enemy has simply no real in game way to detect, or track, you down subsequently for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">vengeance</span> or payback. In short it creates the means for the "perfect crime".</div><div><br />Myself, have always been up front that I have multiple accounts, well at least if challenged. <br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Separate</span> accounts, and hence multiple mains has allowed me to experience so much more of the game, than would have otherwise been possible. </div><div><br />I can field a carrier or dread, but then on the other hand I can also put some one in one of six possible recons, or in one of 6 interceptors, and so on.... This is BECAUSE I was able to specialise my two mains down two distinct skill paths. </div><div><br /></div><div>With a single character I would probably have ended up struggling to ever achieve what I have done in the game. </div><div><br /></div><div>For that reason alone, I am in no way inclined to ever give up my additional accounts.<br /><br />However often people make <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">snaky</span> comments about multi-account players, that we "cheat" that we have an unfair advantage, etc... and it is the creation of this attitude itself that is why, potentially, multi-accounts could ruin the game (however unlikely that may be).</div><div><br />If I had my way, I would like to see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">CCP</span></span></span></span> institute some method to link a person's various accounts, so that others are made quickly aware they are dealing with a single (rather than two) people.</div><div><br /></div><div>Obviously it would need to be something that would not be so obvious to give other people advantage either (sorry pirates), but in engaging with someone for recruitment, contracts, etc you can see they are a dual-boxer...<br /><br />That would IMHO resolve the worst negative of dual-boxing... </div><div><br />Final answer - no it is not ruining the game, the impact is over <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">exaggerated</span>, and in reality it is peoples money and time to spend how the like.<br /><br />Adapt or die, and you you just have to accept some of us just choose to adapt by having multiple accounts.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Trebuchet; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Participants</span>:<br /></span><div><ul><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Epic Misadventures, <a title="http://tanalei.com/2009/02/24/this-is-my-alt-there-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://tanalei.com/2009/02/24/this-is-my-alt-there-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">This is my Alt - There are many like it but this one is mine</a>.</div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah, <a title="http://www.ninveah.com/2009/02/i-missed-this-months-blog-banter.html CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.ninveah.com/2009/02/i-missed-this-months-blog-banter.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">I Missed This Month's Blog Banter!</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">A Mule in EvE, <a href="http://www.ceptacemia.com/AMIE/?p=312" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Meta what? Is it hurting EvE?</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Morphisat's EVE Online Blog, <a href="http://www.sobaseki.com/wordpress/2009/02/26/bb-5-me-myself-and-i/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Me, Myself and I</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">One Man And His Spaceship, <a href="http://1man1ship.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-banter-5-me-and-my-shadow.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Me and My Shadow</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Ombeve, <a href="http://ombeve.co.uk/blog/?p=539" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Blog Banter edition 5</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Diving into PsycheDiver's Psyche, <a title="http://psychediver.blogspot.com/2009/02/cks-blog-banter-5-everybody-needs.html CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://psychediver.blogspot.com/2009/02/cks-blog-banter-5-everybody-needs.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">CK's Blog Banter #5: Everybody Needs Somebody</a></div></li><li>Dense Veldspar, <a href="http://denseveldspar.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-months-topic-comes-to-us-from.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Blog Banter</a></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Ecliptic Rift, <a href="http://eclipticrift.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/ooc-blog-banter-5-metagaming/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">OOC: Blog Banter #5 Metagaming</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">The Ralpha Dogs, <a href="http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/me-myself-and-i/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Me, Myself and I</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Mad Rant, <a title="http://mad-rant.blogspot.com/2009/02/bb-5-i-feel-so-unloved.html CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://mad-rant.blogspot.com/2009/02/bb-5-i-feel-so-unloved.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">"Blog Banter - It's my party, and I'll alt if I want to...."</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">EVE Chick, <a href="http://www.evechick.com/blog/2009/02/26/the-handicapper-general/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">The Handicapper General</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">The Wandering Druid of Tranquility, <a title="http://www.eve-druid.com/2009/02/25/see-mate-its-a-matter-of-leverage-savvy CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.eve-druid.com/2009/02/25/see-mate-its-a-matter-of-leverage-savvy" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">"...you see mate, it's a matter of leverage, savvy?..."</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">New Eden Diaries, <a href="http://newedendiaries.com/archives/Its-only-a-game.html" rel="bookmark" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">It's only a game</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Oz’s House of the Evil Dead, <a title="http://omberzombie.com/?p=127 CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://omberzombie.com/?p=127" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">If You Can’t Ride Two Horses At Once, You Shouldn’t Be In The Circus</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">Diving into PsycheDiver's Psyche, <a title="http://psychediver.blogspot.com/2009/02/cks-blog-banter-5-everybody-needs.html CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://psychediver.blogspot.com/2009/02/cks-blog-banter-5-everybody-needs.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Everybody Needs Somebody</a></div></li><li><div class="Ih2E3d">CrazyKinux's Musing, <a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/2009/02/eve-blog-banter-5-leave-what-you-know.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Leave what you know at the door please!</a></div></li><li>Diary of a Pod Pilot, <a href="http://myrhial.blogspot.com/2009/02/ooc-eve-blog-banter-5.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">[OOC] EVE Blog Banter #5 Metagaming</a></li><li>EvE - Wotlankor, <a href="http://wotlankor.com/?p=302" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">[OOC] Alts and Metagaming</a></li><li>Roc's Ramblings, <a href="http://everamblings.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/february-blog-banter-meta-me/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">February Blog Banter - Meta Me</a></li><li>Drunk in Space, <a href="http://drunkinspace.blogspot.com/2009/02/metagamingso-thats-name.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Metagaming....so that's the name.</a></li><li>X1376's Space Odyssey, <a href="http://x1376.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-banter-5-army-of-one.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Blog Banter #5: Army of One</a></li><li>A merry life and a short one, <a href="http://amerrylifeandashortone.blogspot.com/2009/02/no.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">EVE Blog Banter #5: Uh...</a><br /></li><li>Zero Kelvin, <a href="http://origami.nu/eve/2009/03/are-alts-ruining-the-game/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Are alts ruining the game?</a></li><li>DeafPlasma's EVE Musings, <a href="http://deafplasma.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-banter-5-alts-me.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Blog Banter #5: Alts & me!</a></li><li>I am Keith Nielson, <a href="http://keithneilson.co.uk/eve-blog-banter-5/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">EVE is All About the Metagame</a></li><li>Everyday EvE, <a href="http://everydayeverything.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/cks-eve-blog-banter-5-two-accounts-edition/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Two Accounts Edition</a></li><li>Blogging from inside the pod, <a title="http://podblogger.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/ebb5/ CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://podblogger.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/ebb5/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">EVE Blog Banter #5: Arletta and I</a></li><li>Speed Fairy, <a href="http://speedfairy.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-banter-5-meet-paul.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 181, 255); text-decoration: none; ">Meet Paul</a></li><li><i>More coming as the articles post!!</i></li></ul></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-69868802957303661322009-02-24T22:08:00.003+13:002009-02-25T16:43:15.496+13:00Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go.....As mentioned previously I have been part of a reformation of an old corp a group of were all members two years ago. <div><br /></div><div>As part of that I decided to leave faction warfare, and bring <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kahamahl</span> out to 0.0</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kahamahl</span> had reached a stage in his training where he gained the ability to use not only interceptors and assault frigates, but also the covert ops frigate, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cov</span> ops cloak, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cyno</span> generator. Making him a perfect <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cyno</span> character to get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gormn</span> into hostile systems, or even to just move <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Gormn</span> around quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>The thought of using all three accounts at once never once <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">occurred</span> to me. The last time I had attempted it, it had failed miserably with unbearable lag resulting. </div><div><br /></div><div>As such I never looked further into the idea of running three at once, and anyway with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kahamahl</span> in faction warfare there was little point. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was the sudden realisation that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Mollernak</span> was only a couple of hours from flying a hulk, and a mere month from T2 strip miners and crystals, that suddenly the idea of three at once reappeared.</div><div><br /></div><div>To test the possibility of doing this required nothing more than turning down the client settings, and attempting to log in three characters.....</div><div><br /></div><div>...... and it worked.</div><div><br /></div><div>Within a few days <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Mollernak</span> was in a hulk (although with T1 strips) and together with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Gormn</span> stripping belts of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Arkanor</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Bistot</span>, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Crokite</span> asteroids; while <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Kahamahl</span> provided drone tanking duties in his new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">dominix</span> ratter....</div><div><br /></div><div>To say this new set up increased productivity, would be understate just what a difference it made. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ratting in the drone regions has long been the best means to make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">isk</span>, with a single ratting character more than able to outclass a hulk in terms of making <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">isk</span>. </div><div><br /></div><div>With two hulks, the ability to suck ore near doubled, and the marginal gain vastly exceeded the opportunity cost of ratting.</div><div><br /></div><div>Recent events, i.e. a trip to Delve to assist our Goon friends with the removal of Kenny, have meant the use of this setup was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">short lived</span>, but I look forward to returning to mine in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">coming</span> weeks.</div><div> </div><div>In the meantime, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Gormn</span> has finished all the prerequisites to fly a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Rorqual</span>, and use the industrial Core - i.e. can compress and move large amounts or ore easily. Just a case of buying the two <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">skills</span> needed, and either borrow (and eventually buy) a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Rorqual</span> to speed up the mining <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">process</span>..</div><div> </div><div>So... Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to mine I go.........</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-31575471783697068632009-02-17T22:36:00.005+13:002009-02-17T23:09:05.872+13:00BlackoutYou'll have to excuse this one little bit of non-eve <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bloggage</span>...<div><br /></div><div>On 28 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">February</span> 2009 comes into effect, in New Zealand, a deeply flawed piece of copyright law that essentially allows copyright holders the ability to have any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">IP</span> address disconnected on the basis of their accusation alone.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is no "standard of evidence" defined, no level of proof, that the copyright holder must provide the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ISP</span>, merely the accusation is enough.</div><div><br /></div><div>Efforts have been made to drum out a workable solution, but the media companies have rejected the proposed "code of conduct" and have instead made demands that effectively leave the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ISPs</span> in a no win situation - breech of contract with the customer, or legal action in the face of the copyright law (as per the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">iinet</span> case in Australia).</div><div><br /></div><div>As a result a Blackout has been organised.. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"The controversial law reverses New Zealander's fundamental right to being presumed innocent until proven guilty, punishing internet users with disconnection based accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without evidence held up to court scrutiny.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />The </span><a href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">blackout</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> has already drawn international support: world renowned actor, comedian and author Stephen Fry has blacked out his twitter profile stating that “Stephen Fry is blacked out: Stand up against Guilt Upon Accusation for New Zealand”<br />The movement is rapidly growing, with thousands of people in New Zealand modifying their websites, blogs, FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter and Bebo accounts to show their opposition to the law. Instructions on how to take part in the blackout can be found on </span><a href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">www.CreativeFreedom.org.nz</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />The blackout is part of a week of action against S92. A S92 song remix challenge will be announced tomorrow, and various other initiatives including video commercials and radio broadcasts will follow.<br /><br />The week will culminate in a major web blackout on Monday the 23rd seeing blogs and websites “dimming the lights” as a means of drawing attention to the issue that could leave New Zealander's in the dark when they face having their internet cut off. Hundreds of confirmed participants include Kiwiblog, Zoomin and Public Address with more to be announced over the coming week." - <a href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=105">Creative Freedom press releas</a></span><a href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=105">e</a><div><br /></div><div>Several others, vastly more knowledgeable (and articulate) have documented the issues with this law in the following blogs, and I would suggest anyone interested follow up on these...</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/s92.html">Creative Freedom Foundation's explanation of the issue with the law.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.nzcpr.com/guest133.htm">David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Farrar's</span> guest column on another blog to his own (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kiwiblog</span>)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.publicaddress.net/default,5693.sm#post5693">Russell Brown's further analysis </a></li><li><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/02/why_is_national_taking_the_heat_for_a_problem_they_did_not_cause.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kiwiblog</span> questioning why the new government is enacting this bad law?</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-70327357776251919072009-02-15T12:07:00.002+13:002009-02-15T12:21:09.661+13:00They/we/it/I pulled us/them/it/me back in..........With the new year finally over and done with, I have to report that I have over the new year left my last corp, "Best Path Incorporated", and participated in the reforming of an old corp that I had previously been a member of....<div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cassus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Belli</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This was in fact the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nd</span> player corporation that I joined playing Eve, and was the corporation that had introduced me to 0.0. </div><div><br /></div><div>At the time however it turned out at the time time that, as a corporation, we were not ready for 0.0. As a result, for various reasons and individual desires, the corp decided to disband.</div><div><br /></div><div>We headed in various directions, and career paths, with some remaining behind and joining another corporation within the alliance. However we all remained in touch, and spoke weekly, if not daily, with each other.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the past year a number of us (including our old CEO) found ourselves in the all in the same fantastic corp (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">BPINC</span>). As always some our conversations revolved how we would run CB now (knowing and being capable of that much more now).</div><div><br /></div><div>At Christmas 4 of decided to actually give it a go, and to try a particular approach that we had discussed, and CB was resurrected from a holding corp.</div><div><br /></div><div>The four of us bring to the corp a significant capital capability (more characters that can <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">capitals</span> than actual members), as well as significant industry capability (mining, production, T2 invention, etc).<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>At this stage we seem more than capable of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">providing</span> for ourselves, but if that was all we wanted to do, we should have stayed in Best Path... </div><div><br /></div><div>What we really want though, is people! We want to create a nice big family of people working together to achieve everything they want to achieve....</div><div><br /></div><div>Recruitment is open, but we admit to not being really active at it.... </div><div><br /></div><div>We know what we are looking for in a person, but articulating that is the hard bit.... </div><div><br /></div><div>However what we do know is what we are looking for in terms of a character, i.e. can fly a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">BS</span> or barge (to rat of mine), and isn't an "alt". Oh, and not a trial account, but otherwise we are open to anyone (we remember what it is like to have low skill points, and are happy to help you out).</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Any how</span>, these should be a few interesting months....</div><div><br /></div><div>That all said, I think I speak for us all when I say we were very say to leave Best Path, they are truly a fantastic corp, and would recommend them to anyone. However, some times you have to endure short term pain, to achieve long term gain.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-64561956368604400342009-02-06T00:36:00.002+13:002009-02-06T00:49:54.190+13:00Queue the ewoks.......Band of Brothers as we all knew it has been dealt a truly massive blow today (the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">news wires</span> are on fire.....).<div><br /></div><div>With the actions of a single (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">now</span> ex-) director in two of the key corps within the BOB alliance, their entire alliance was disbanded, and all of their sovereignty lost.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is drama of the highest order, with the impact of this barely fathomable. BOB has lost <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ALL </span>of the following:</div><div><ul><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Cyno</span> beacons<br /></li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cyno</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">jammers</span><br /></li><li>Jump bridges<br /></li><li>Capital systems<br /></li><li>Titan production <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">facilities</span></li></ul><div>To re-establish this requires a significant <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">investment</span> of time, but ignores that through the loss of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sovereignty</span> they lost all their advantages of home territory.</div><div><br /></div><div>These coming days will be interesting....</div><div><br /></div><div>No doubt over the weekend we will see a sudden flood of hostile capitals moving into the BOB areas, with the intention of denying them any ability to reclaim <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sovereignty</span>..</div><div><br /></div><div>Now if you excuse me, I'm off to join the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ewoks</span> dancing round the bonfire....</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Details</span></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.scrapheap-challenge.com/viewtopic.php?t=23418&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">SHC</span> discussion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://dl.eve-files.com/media/0902/mittani.mp3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Goonfleet</span> briefing</a></span><br /></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=990381"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Caod</span> post</a></span></li></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-79123231042594002732009-01-21T13:44:00.003+13:002009-01-21T13:49:01.033+13:00Carrier go BOOM!!!Well, <a href="http://kb.etherealdawn.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=24714">it</a> finally happened...<br /><br />As <a href="http://x1376.blogspot.com/2009/01/irc-supports-goonswarm-against-aaa.html">X1376</a> has already mentioned, IRC and ED are down south helping our allies, Goonfleet.<br /><br />The reasons for why we have gone are many, but personally the fact they came to help us, and lost a titan, in our home system when we were seiged by RK/SMASH/Atlas has something to do with it.<br /><br />Also the idea of AAA and BOB as neighbours doesn't appeal....<br /><br />Moving our fleets down to join the battle took literally hours of travel (at least for sub-caps) and even for the caps required multiple jumps even to just reach the staging system. As an idea of the scope, the caps brought with them a jump freighter of fuel.<br /><br />Once we had all arrived, refuelled, and had the required bio breaks; the time came to move out, and towards the final destination (0-w). Which involved jumping to a Goon jump bridge, via which we were to enter the system.<br /><br />The sheer number of caps involved, necessitated that the bridge would have to be constantly refilled, but after a period we all arrived in system. With local standing at over 900 people in system the lag monster was present, and no doubt was expected to be a factor. The order to align came.... and we all dutifully aligned, the fleet of caps beautifully pointed in the same direction at full speed awaiting the order to warp.<br /><br />Suddenly an IRC carrier reported that they had been emergency warped off due to the lag, and had found himself scanned down and tackled before they could warp back. The FC ordered the carriers to warp to him, in an attempt to keep him alive, while the Dreads would continue on to complete their mission to engage an enemy POS.<br /><br />Upon arriving in my carrier to help save the tackled carrier, the situation appeared relatively benign, and I quickly locked the friendly carrier and applied my capital shield transfer.<br /><br />Some time after the beginning of the rescue the lag began to pass, and I found myself subjected to a significant jamming attempt, and the size of the enemy fleet suddenly became apparent - 170+ ships...<br /><br />Versus a significant BS fleet with a significant amount of ewar and dictors, with no hope of rescue; we simply had no chance.<br /><br />One by one the carriers began to fall.<br /><br />The FC apologised to us; that unfortunately we had to die, and that there was nothing the rest of the cap fleet could do, or indeed any of the support fleets either. There simply wasn't the assets available to stage a rescue (against that firepower).<br /><br />When my turn came (2nd to last carrier) and I was primaried, the sheer amount of DPS was horrifying. My capital shield booster had no chance of standing up to it, and my tank collapsed like a butter sculpture in the middle of the desert.<br /><br /><ul><li>From my killmail alone there were 152 ships involved including:-<br />105 Battleships (the only T1 ships involved)<br />18 HACs<br />12 T2 Tackle (including 4 Interdictors)<br />8 e-war (including 7 Falcons alone)<br />3 Command ships </li></ul><br />With the explosion, and subsequent popping of my pod, I found myself suddenly back in station.<br />The commiserations were quick to come, but the reality was that I simply didn't mind. The carrier had lasted a year, when in fact I had always expected to lose it within a couple of months.<br /><br />I have always viewed every undocked ship as lost, so this was no exception.<br /><br />Although I wasn't able to attend the following days fight, I was able to attend the one two days later, in a carrier loaned from my corp, and was back in the fight. Indeed a replacement carrier has already been obtained, and is only awaiting fitting before being ready to rejoin the fight next weekend.<br /><br />War is funUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-69455264931417492462008-12-27T12:25:00.001+13:002008-12-27T12:28:18.980+13:00Iron Maiden....... have a mascot, which they call Eddie, or "Ed" for short sometimes. <div><br /></div><div>This is important for two reasons...</div><div><ol><li>I am finally going to see them live, after listening to their music for 20+ years, next year </li><li>The alliance I'm member of uses ED as it's Tag..... </li></ol>In other words, to cut a long story short; my two mains are '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gormn</span>' and '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mollernak</span>', who both are members of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Etherium</span> Dawn alliance, and therefore reside in the Drone Region.</div><div><br /></div><div>After originally choosing to keep my mains out of my blog, and instead trying to focus on blogging about my Faction War experiment, I have found it harder and harder to find topics to write about...</div><div><br /></div><div>Also finding myself in system on an op with <a href="http://x1376.blogspot.com/">X1376</a>, having just mentioned with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kahamahl</span> in the blogger channel, yet then not being able to say anything to him, let alone blog about it later - just started to get a bit frustrating.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've had enough of not being to say much about most of my time in-game (or even out of game), so as they say, 'I am coming in from the cold....'.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">PS - the fact I am going to Iron Maiden, was simply a way of leading into this blog, but it's still true and boy am I looking forward to it (as this is their first time to NZ in 16 years)</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-19806517854072972272008-12-25T09:29:00.000+13:002008-12-25T09:40:16.047+13:00Merry Christmas to all of EveWell Christmas day is finally here (to be exact it's 9.29am Christmas morning), and as normal despite it being summer here, it's raining.<div><div><br /></div><div>Here's wishing you (as well as your families and friends) all have a great Christmas, or which ever holiday you do choose to celebrate.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we all start to see the impact of the economic downturn (seriously the shops were like ghost towns two days before Xmas here), it's important to remember that stuff is exactly that; stuff; and that is people that are what's important.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fly safe and enjoy the holiday season....</div><div><br /></div><div>....oh for a real life snow ball launcher (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">heh</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">heh</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">heh</span>).</div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-73811133025820074622008-12-22T16:24:00.009+13:002008-12-28T11:47:51.331+13:00My hero............ [insert puking noise here]<div><br /></div><div>(just kidding)<br /><div><br /></div><div>In all serious, it's time for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CK's</span> Blog Banter #3.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">This month's EVE Blog Banter idea comes to us by </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Roc</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Wieler</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> of </span></span><a href="http://everamblings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Roc's</span> Ramblings</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Roc's</span> asks us to "</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">write a story about a fellow EVE Blogger, or an EVE player whom has inspired you or affected you in some tangible way. After your story, describe why you chose them, and any Holiday wish you have specifically for them</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">".</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">This is a hard one to be honest..... To pick "any" player from my time in Eve would be disrespectful of all those other people that I have flown with and that are also fully deserving of my respect.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">Instead I am going to pick someone who I can not name, or identify, simply due to the time passed since that event.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">The person that has most inspired me in Eve, was the first person to shoot me down, and then as instantly chose to pod me in short order.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">That person inspired me to review my goals in the game, and indeed what I valued within the game. Until that time I had flown perpetually in fear of losing my "ship", and as such had fearfully lived in high sec, for fear of the danger that would await me in low sec, let alone 0.0.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">By destroying my Badger Mark II, at a low sec gate camp (in the time before warp to zero), i was suddenly reset back to nothing, by the sudden and complete destruction of nearly everything I owned in game at that time.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">For many, this would be the moment that leads to them pushing away the keyboard in disgust and walking away. The sudden loss of everything, was instead the kick up the "proverbial" that I needed!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">From this point, I had an objective, get out and experience everything that Eve offers, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">PvP</span>, fleet warfare, territory control in 0.0, etc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">My 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">nd</span> main, originally intended to become a pirate, was soon rolled, but instead the life of an 0.0 pilot called... and so within 3 months I found myself in 0.0 where I learnt to P<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">vP</span>, and to enjoy the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">camaraderie</span> of my fellow pilots.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">..... so what do I wish for my "saviour" that showed me the true way of Eve???</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I hope he gets podded again real soon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Other Participants in the Blog Banter</span>:<br /><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">CrazyKinux's Musing: <a href="http://www.crazykinux.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-2-standing-on-shoulders.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Standing on the Shoulders of Giants</a><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Roc's Ramblings: <a href="http://everamblings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Blog Banter #3 - PyjamaSam </a><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">The Wandering Druid of Tranquility: <a href="http://www.eve-druid.com/2008/12/22/what-will-your-verse-be/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">What will your verse be?…</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">A Merry Life and A Short One: <a href="http://amerrylifeandashortone.blogspot.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-3-what-not-to-do.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE Blog Banter #3: What Not To Do</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Mad Rant: <a href="http://mad-rant.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-hero.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">My Hero</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">The Ralpha Dogs: <a href="http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/a-greeting-card/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">A Greeting Card</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: <a href="http://www.ninveah.com/2008/12/station.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">The Station</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Diving into Psyche Diver's Psyche: <a href="http://psychediver.blogspot.com/2008/12/cks-blog-banter-3-praise-and-kudos.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">CK's Blog Banter #3: Praise and kudos</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Protosolus: <a href="http://protosolus.co.uk/node/52" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE: Blog Banter 3 - A Piratical Legend</a></span><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Blogging from inside the Pod: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://podblogger.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/ebb3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The 'Jita Incident'" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">The 'Jita Incident'</a></span><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Achernar: <a href="http://www.alphaeridani.com/2008/12/citizen-zhang.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Citizen Zhang</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cosmik R5's EVE Blog: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://cozmikr5.blogspot.com/2008/12/banter-time-and-last-one-for-2008.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Blog Banter: Tribute to an EVE player - Letrange</a></span></span><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Letrange's EVE Blog: <a href="http://letrangeeve.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-it-december-banter-time-already.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Is it December Banter time already?</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Life in Low Sec: <a href="http://lifeinlowsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-3-reverend-book.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE Blog Banter #3: Reverend Book</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Sweet Little Bad Girl: <a href="http://sweetlilbadgirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-banter-3.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Blog Banter #3</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Votrian's EVE Blog: <a href="http://votrian.blogspot.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-3-my-influences.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE Blog Banter #3 - my influences</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Zen and the Art of Internet Spaceship Maintenance: <a href="http://eve-zen.info/blog/?p=71" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Blog Banter #3 Ships that pass in the night</a></span><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A Mule in EVE: <a href="http://amuleineve.net/?p=221" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">The reawakening</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Jinarre's New Eden: <a href="http://jin-neweden.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-banter-inspiration.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">Blog Banter: Inspiration </a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The House Theodoulos: <a href="http://housetheodoulos.blogspot.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-3.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE Blog Banter #3</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Flashfresh - The Pirate: <a href="http://i-pirate.blogspot.com/2008/12/eve-blog-banter-3.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">EVE Blog Banter #3</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">More to come...</span></li></ul></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279546324782400614.post-18634139456454436122008-12-20T11:59:00.002+13:002008-12-20T12:04:06.408+13:00Snow.....Well this is the closest I am ever going to get to seeing snow at Christmas where I live.... (south hemisphere ftw).<div><br /></div><div>I'm guessing that across my various accounts and characters I should have a fair pile of these things...</div><div><br /></div><div>As I commented on <a href="http://www.ninveah.com/2008/12/christmas-came-early.html">Kirith's blog</a> It should be interesting to see if these can indeed be used as a means to bait some newer and less experienced players, but given that was what happened last time, I'm guessing it won't be necessarily possible this time.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for myself, well I am going to get all the balls into one big pile, and go Alliance leader hunting....</div><div><br /></div><div>heh heh heh</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2