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Some of you might know the whole blogging scene from Eve and might have stumbled upon them and read posts about Excel in space. I have decided to pick that up for Pathfinder Online and even tho the game isn't out I will do my best to keep the posts interesting and entertaining. I will go over the weekly blog posts from GW and pick out the tidbits I find interesting, I will poke at some of the threads here and throw my thoughts about it (some might like 'em, others might disagree...)
Overall, I invite you to follow me as I start here with Survival in Golarion
Feel free to provide me with feedback, or let me know when you pick up the same or have a feel to share some thoughts with me (I might poke some of the more prolific posters here for their thoughts!)
Disclaimer:
Domain and the blog name might change over time, depending on how attached I get to it.
You might see me compare pathfinder with eve, and those will be my views and will not reflect what GW is planning/doing.
Very sharp layout indeed.
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That would be good to see a sample. I bet they're good? Thanks.Avena, let me know if you want any of the eve blogs and I can pm them to you!
thanks for checking it out!
Check out KL62space it is a good blog about manufacturing and WH space. I found it thanks to a corp member in eve. Check out the links on the right side for more.
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Thanks for the eve blog link. Truly blown-away by that.
For your PFO blog post #2 I liked how you described The Kingmaker AP, as I'd heard about it but did not know any of the details. So comparing to both a near equivalent in pathfinder and a near equivalent mmo in eve online I think was very well structured approach.
I wonder if castles might be a useful analogy to settlement hexes in PFO to contrast security layers of eve with hex islands in PFO for a mechanical examination of how the maps works perhaps in a future related blog that continues from this excellent "introduction"?
Not sure, but castles seem like terrestrial islands, looking at wiki entry:
A European innovation, castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries, after the fall of the Carolingian Empire resulted in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes.
These nobles built castles to control the area immediately surrounding them, and were both offensive and defensive structures; they provided a base from which raids could be launched as well as protection from enemies.
Although their military origins are often emphasised in castle studies, the structures also served as centres of administration and symbols of power.
Urban castles were used to control the local populace and important travel routes, and rural castles were often situated near features that were integral to life in the community, such as mills and fertile land.
That might be a good way to describe security or compare/contrast to eve online? Seems to fit from what we know.
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Thanks for the feedback.
I will do more comparing between Eve and PFO because there will be possible similarities (and I will put the disclaimer on top as per usual till we get real info). Even though Eve has it downsides and people dislike certain aspects of the game there are also things in it that are good and I will try to highlight them.
As for the structures etc and the castle. It is an idea I have for another blog about structures, how it can/might work and what I as a player would like to see.
Castle's are nice but it means you will want long sieges to take over said castle. I will see if I can find a good approach in how to incorporate them.
Thanks for the idea though!
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Very good. I really like the comparative method. You can learn a lot very quickly about the rationale behind the system and how it was chosen by the devs, GWs.
The key with eve is the queue, transport that add dimensions to crafting, but also avoiding the horrible aspects of the other systems, it comes across very well in this particular blog.
You briefly mention the different scales of grafting from a solo for a basic item to potentially combining stuff for much more complex applications of crafting. Think that's good: Easy to dip your toes into, but a mountain of opportunity to climb however!
I'd have to think up a pet subject or hobby horse to jump on for a guest blog...
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Psyblade, I could do a PvE guest blog of sorts if you like? I'd try to keep it conversational atst as comparative and attempt to brush some of GW's philosophy behind PvE + PvP into it? My style is usually a little dry (from my uni days) but I'd try to keep it succinct and conversation as possible.
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with pain in my heart and anger raging at my soul I learned last night that my domain has been the target of an Algerian hacker who went over my site and defaced my sites. Due to this I am forced to rebuild pfo blogging and start it up again. I will do this in the process of the next following weeks.
Sorry for this :(
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with pain in my heart and anger raging at my soul I learned last night that my domain has been the target of an Algerian hacker who went over my site and defaced my sites. Due to this I am forced to rebuild pfo blogging and start it up again. I will do this in the process of the next following weeks.
Sorry for this :(
Ouch, sorry to hear! One reason to almost always try to keep an offline backup of a site you administer on your local computer. The tactic has saved more than a few headaches in the past.
Take your time, and no need to apologize.