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Is anyone still playing EVE Online?
Sort of...
My school and real lives have caught up to me for the time being, so I'm training my long-neglected missile skills to V and only logging on to change them. I will probably become far more active around Dominion's launch.
Remind me of your capsuleer alias?
You can do the tutorials over and over again too, which is a great way to build up a stock of (rather mediocre) frigates and a few industrial ships / haulers as well. There are two story arcs now - the first one is the easiest, while the new one is much more difficult.
As Lilith points out, a great deal has changed in EVE, especially if you've been gone 2 or more years.
I may reactive my account in a few months after I get my (finacial) crap together.
Question - Is it worth getting the game CD that Best Buy might sell?
Yes - free month, free Interbus Mk 2 shuttle, and a much easier installation process than downloading the *entire* game. There's a few other odd goodies I believe.
You missed out on the free wormhole-exploration shuttle (1 per account, instead of the previous snowball launcher and stack o' snow-balls per character). Seems some people were ganking the new solar-sail ships just because they were newfangled and squishy.
I may reactive my account in a few months after I get my (finacial) crap together.
Question - Is it worth getting the game CD that Best Buy might sell?
Yes - free month, free Interbus Mk 2 shuttle, and a much easier installation process than downloading the *entire* game. There's a few other odd goodies I believe.
You missed out on the free wormhole-exploration shuttle. Seems some people were ganking the new solar-sail ships just because they were newfangled and squishy.
Thanks for the info, Turin.
Thanks for the info, Turin.I may reactive my account in a few months after I get my (finacial) crap together.
Question - Is it worth getting the game CD that Best Buy might sell?
Yes - free month, free Interbus Mk 2 shuttle, and a much easier installation process than downloading the *entire* game. There's a few other odd goodies I believe.
You missed out on the free wormhole-exploration shuttle. Seems some people were ganking the new solar-sail ships just because they were newfangled and squishy.
No problemo - any luck on the HackMaster Player Coupons ? I haven't gone spelunking deep enough to find mine yet.
No problemo - any luck on the HackMaster Player Coupons ? I haven't gone spelunking deep enough to find mine yet.Thanks for the info, Turin.I may reactive my account in a few months after I get my (finacial) crap together.
Question - Is it worth getting the game CD that Best Buy might sell?
Yes - free month, free Interbus Mk 2 shuttle, and a much easier installation process than downloading the *entire* game. There's a few other odd goodies I believe.
You missed out on the free wormhole-exploration shuttle. Seems some people were ganking the new solar-sail ships just because they were newfangled and squishy.
Nope to the Players Coupons. I have the GM's, but not the poor players. ~grins~
A note on the retail pack - the goodies are for NEW accounts only. You don't get the goodies if you have an existing account.
O.o D'oh! I had forgotten that - at the time of purchase, a buddy was interested in the game, so I used the boxed set game time code for him (who gave me the free goodies in trade).
Although if you REALLY wanted them bad enough, you could transfer your old account's character over to the new account perhaps? I am unsure on this one...
I just got a Golem flying, finally. (Named it Paizo). I'll be skilling up for two months to see just how well it can do missions. No plans after that.
Golem can do very well, 'specially with the 4 launchers grouped (cutting down on lost firepower from enemy defenders). There are some scary Golem fittings out there ... saw one that used Caldari Navy as MOST of the fittings ... O.o
Golem can do very well, 'specially with the 4 launchers grouped (cutting down on lost firepower from enemy defenders). There are some scary Golem fittings out there ... saw one that used Caldari Navy as MOST of the fittings ... O.o
My Golem will be undergoing various upgrades as I grind more ISK from missions and skill up a bit. Caldari Navy Ballistic Controls are certainly on my list, along with faction target painters, tech II launchers and torps, and 1000-series implants.
I'm still finishing up the initial tutorials, so everything you guys are saying is 20 AU over my head. :)You will learn, grasshopper - er, capsuleer.
:) There is a class of "tech 2" battleships that are basically geared towards PvE (mission runners and belt-rat hunters) combat called 'Marauders'. There are four races - each has a Marauder-class battleship built upon that race's tier 2 hull. The Golem is the Caldari Marauder.
As you earn LP (Loyalty Points) by doing missions for a specific NPC corporation, you are able to purchase various items: cybernetic implants, hardwiring implants, ammunition issued by that faction's navy, ships issued by that faction's navy, various modules and blueprint copies to build modules for that faction's navy and some other odds and ends (such as starbase charters).
Be aware that as you kill certain NPCs of the various factions you acquire positive standing with those who do not like those you whack - and negative standing with those who like those you whack. This is especially noteworthy for those who are part of the Empire fleets: Minmatar, Caldari, Gallente, Amarr, Khanid, among others.
No, I switched to a different PC. I can't remember the BH public channel, or I'd drop in. It's some sort of "Pub," I know that. Remind me?Hey Ed Healy:
Did you let your subscription expire? Brau Haus is wondering - seems that they can tell your skill queue is empty...
Little Tim's Pub I think?
Don't forget Paizo as its own chat channel. From there I should be able to invite you into the BH public channel.
I would have been playing far more for awhile now, but the school's internet went down the crapper. Whenever that gets fixed I will be on more.
Currently I've been training all of the subsystems skills to V for a Tengu.
The Strategic Cruisers seem to be very popular, and of course their costs are steadily going down to a far more reasonable purchase point.
Glad you have some level V skills queued up - when you're offline for an extended period, that helps to keep your character busy.
Remember though, from what I hear, if you're in the hull when it pops, you lose one random subsystem skill level from V to IV...
I've just had a brilliant idea for a new take on nullsec corporation management...
I have a proposition. We create an entirely neutral corporation. I'm thinking of calling it the "Geneva Syndicate." Our objective will be to carve out a slice of nullsec, preferably one close to empire space, and then allow it to be roamed freely by others, even if they aren't in our corp.
Basically, we will act like our very own CONCORD. Anyone caught gate camping or griefing or what-have-you in our space will be hunted down and obliterated. People who just come in to do some mining or rat hunting are more than welcome to hang around. If they start causing trouble or look like they're trying to undermine us in some way, we tell them to shape up or ship out. Further acts against the spirit of peace will be met with overwhelming violence.
I think it would be cool to create "safe" nullsec for younger characters to come experience a part of the game they might otherwise be missing out on.
I've just had a brilliant idea for a new take on nullsec corporation management...
I have a proposition. We create an entirely neutral corporation. I'm thinking of calling it the "Geneva Syndicate." Our objective will be to carve out a slice of nullsec, preferably one close to empire space, and then allow it to be roamed freely by others, even if they aren't in our corp.
Basically, we will act like our very own CONCORD. Anyone caught gate camping or griefing or what-have-you in our space will be hunted down and obliterated. People who just come in to do some mining or rat hunting are more than welcome to hang around. If they start causing trouble or look like they're trying to undermine us in some way, we tell them to shape up or ship out. Further acts against the spirit of peace will be met with overwhelming violence.
I think it would be cool to create "safe" nullsec for younger characters to come experience a part of the game they might otherwise be missing out on.
I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
The biggest threat, of course, is neighboring corps who may not be so friendly and decide that they want to rub out our little "Switzerland in Space" early on. Once we get some momentum (and a reputation amongst the "little people"), I think that we could potentially have a lot of allies. We're gonna need quite a few warm bodies to pull this off, though, so any of you who have friends that might be interested in joining this venture... please let them know!
I've just had a brilliant idea for a new take on nullsec corporation management...
I have a proposition. We create an entirely neutral corporation. I'm thinking of calling it the "Geneva Syndicate." Our objective will be to carve out a slice of nullsec, preferably one close to empire space, and then allow it to be roamed freely by others, even if they aren't in our corp.
Basically, we will act like our very own CONCORD. Anyone caught gate camping or griefing or what-have-you in our space will be hunted down and obliterated. People who just come in to do some mining or rat hunting are more than welcome to hang around. If they start causing trouble or look like they're trying to undermine us in some way, we tell them to shape up or ship out. Further acts against the spirit of peace will be met with overwhelming violence.
I think it would be cool to create "safe" nullsec for younger characters to come experience a part of the game they might otherwise be missing out on.
I am fascinated by this idea; we in the collective must know more.
Tyrannis should be going live in about 45 minutes.
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, it got a little bit delayed, but it did roll out and all is well.
I did notice something amusing, though, running some L4s earlier... they revamped the model for the Caldari Scorpion battleship, but they didn't update the little thumbnail picture (the one that shows up across the top when you target stuff). It still shows the old model there. Tee-hee!
Tyrannis should be going live in about 45 minutes.
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, it got a little bit delayed, but it did roll out and all is well.
I did notice something amusing, though, running some L4s earlier... they revamped the model for the Caldari Scorpion battleship, but they didn't update the little thumbnail picture (the one that shows up across the top when you target stuff). It still shows the old model there. Tee-hee!
^_^ Haven't run into any of those yet, as the "level 3 = phat status increase" is my current "thing" while waiting to be able to play with planets.
Scorp is now a really spiffy looking ship. Good catch on the thumbnail shot being out-of-date! :)
I've just had a brilliant idea for a new take on nullsec corporation management...
I have a proposition. We create an entirely neutral corporation. I'm thinking of calling it the "Geneva Syndicate." Our objective will be to carve out a slice of nullsec, preferably one close to empire space, and then allow it to be roamed freely by others, even if they aren't in our corp.
Basically, we will act like our very own CONCORD. Anyone caught gate camping or griefing or what-have-you in our space will be hunted down and obliterated. People who just come in to do some mining or rat hunting are more than welcome to hang around. If they start causing trouble or look like they're trying to undermine us in some way, we tell them to shape up or ship out. Further acts against the spirit of peace will be met with overwhelming violence.
I think it would be cool to create "safe" nullsec for younger characters to come experience a part of the game they might otherwise be missing out on.
Hehe, that's what the Providence Holders tried to do up north, but it didn't work out too well. CVA bit off more than they could chew, and their tactical leadership was definitely "meh". The Problem with NRDS, is that you need to solidify your power as much as any other power bloc and you can't let those coming through your territory muscle you out.
By the way, is there still a Paizo channel in game?