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Power Smoothie

04-10-2009, 03:37 PM

Well, I took a break for a week or so, but I'm getting back on track now, despite completely fucking up the career funnel by alienating the business tutorial agent. Go figure :P

Incidentally, has anyone seen the Clear Skies series? It has some of the finest attention to detail I've ever seen in a fan movie.

OverCoat

04-11-2009, 03:31 AM

yeah I recently lost a rokh

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9080/loghfrustrated.png

I'm gonna get a rokh one... year. With fucking tech 2 blasters, YEAH

right now though I'm working on getting one of these motherfuckers (http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Jaguar)

Clear Skies is the video with HL2 characters right? That was an excellent movie.

Also: get ready for lulz:
http://marturionenterprises.com/

Schwaltzvald

04-11-2009, 03:55 PM

I'm gonna get a rokh one... year. With fucking tech 2 blasters, YEAH

Beware being webbed/scrammed/jammed as if that happenes ur screwed. Plus I'd recommend making sure u maxed out the Caldari BS skill as well as all shield related skills; not to mention navigation skills so you can maximize your flight speed via MWD as well as punish those that dare to stick around. :)!!

OverCoat

04-12-2009, 04:51 AM

Yeah trust me I've got it covered my Rokh plan is 145 days long :V

Schwaltzvald

04-12-2009, 05:01 AM

Yeah trust me I've got it covered my Rokh plan is 145 days long :V

lmao, I've yet to meet a successful blasterokh pilot so.. trying being the first eh?

OverCoat

04-12-2009, 10:31 AM

I just got my drake today too, fitted it out with shield rigs and man it is tanking nice. With me in the Drake, and my buddies in a Dominix, an Armageddon, and another Drake, it was like... meh, level 4 :P

Rednecks are movin' up in the world!

Schwaltzvald

04-12-2009, 05:45 PM

wait till you hit the lvl 5s then the sleepers in the worm holes :lol:

Admiral_C

04-12-2009, 05:54 PM

Don't wait to hit the Sleepers. Their loot is insane right now, and it'll only get less lucrative as more people delve into wormholes...

OverCoat

05-20-2009, 05:57 AM

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2301/696271586.jpg

The Author

05-20-2009, 03:38 PM

Lots of changes in my part of the world. My friends and I decided to leave TCF. Quite frankly, we did not know what was the point of controlling an extremely rich section of 0.0 if all we could do was lose ships in battles the goons did not feel like fighting. So the Caribou wing left for new horizons.

That was around 2 weeks ago, we decided to start a new corporation intended for the three of us, as fate would have it, a friend and his acquaintances left their own corporation and joined us, so our little corporation now has 10 members. If you see us, we're quite friendly, the corp name is Exotic Trade and Exploration Association [ETEA] we hang around Verge Vendor and Sinq Liaison and we keep a low profile.

As for me, I'm back flying a Sleipnir, which makes L1 and L2 missions a breeze... I managed to get in some action against thieves, and almost croaked to an Armageddon (I was warp jamed but close enough to a jumpbridge to manage to leave. My middle rack was almost all burned out from the overheating, but luckily, my AB died when I was on the bridge, and my Shield booster survived the ordeal.) I actually had a friendly chat with the armageddon pilot afterwards, and I learned that he burned out his guns trying to kill me as I was leaving.

Also, I am almost able to fly an hulk, which means that I am gonna suck the roids dry. Sadly I'll only be sucking on Omber, but life is life. With any luck, I'll make enough money off of rocks to purchase a nice stealth bomber.

So yeah, Zayinn Chan no longer has ambitions of being a billionaire, but frankly, the game just got that much more fun.

Schwaltzvald

05-20-2009, 05:05 PM

You weren't with the OWN Alliance guys that got booted out of Deklein were ya..?

Lately all I've been doing had been doing demolition ops :lol: along with the basic ratting moments.

The Author

05-20-2009, 06:07 PM

Nah, we were part of TCF itself, Defcon 1. I wonder why Own got booted out... can't remember if they were allies or enemies.

OverCoat

05-20-2009, 06:16 PM

I'm still with the rednecks :D

we joined the Machi Mischief Alliance lately and those guys are a lot of fun. We've been sabotaging wormholes, farmer missions, and there was a nice T1 frig/cruiser roam they all did on saturday but I had to work :(

and I swear one of the brits on Teamspeak is Alan Rickman.

Also me being a huge faggot am going Minmatar, so I've been trying out the stabber and should be able to fly a rupture in... a few hours. Whee! Still working towards the jag, still prefer rifter for PVP

last night I tackled a megathron and lived. I feel proud of myself :D

Native Jovian

05-20-2009, 06:33 PM

I understand almost nothing in this thread but for some reason it makes me want to play this game anyway.

Maybe I'll give the free trial a whirl once I'm off work for the summer and don't have anything better to do.

Schwaltzvald

05-20-2009, 06:48 PM

NJ if ya do actually become engrossed into it as OC and I have, just look us up.

Native Jovian

05-20-2009, 06:52 PM

We'll see what happens. I may really enjoy it and not pick it up anyway because I hate subscription fees. (Hell, I almost decided against signing up for Gamefly, and that's basically any two games I want for around $20/month. Most MMO subscriptions seem to run around $10-15/month, and that's just for one game that you're stuck with!)

I'll totally look you dudes up so you can provide me with phat lewtz, though.

Schwaltzvald

05-20-2009, 07:19 PM

Not sure about OC's financial status but I think I can at least pimp you out on a decent frigate with best named weapons & modules. I will give you this warning though....

STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE EC-P8R GATE. TRUST ME...

When you're in a system with the fond description of "GET THE POD GET THE POD!!!" you know you're fucked. :lol:

Unless of course you are in the same alliance as I am or Author was, in which case its a 50%/50% that you'll be greated by friendly corpmates and alliance members watching over u as you pass on through; or get obliterated back to the stone age. :lol: :lol:

What makes the EC-P8R Warp Gate so interesting is that it's one of the few gates (that I know of) that dramatically jumps from the "Space of Law and Concord Protection" to "Who ever is currently camping the gate is the law of the system. There's no gradual "High Security Space" to Low Sec then to 0.0 . Low Sec is technically the wastelands as no one truly controls low sec except for roaming bands of pirates and extortioners that squelch on any deals.

Null sec basically is what it is, empty space unless who ever have sovereignty over the space; be they TCF, Defy, Triumvirate, Kenzoku, The Red Alliance ect. At least in those spaces, if you're a member of their corps, you can fly to a POS (player owned station) and find safety in the shield it provides. This is something not available in low sec at all.

The Author

05-20-2009, 07:28 PM

This game don't quite work that way, phat lewts are worth nothing if you can't fit them on your ship.

Schwaltzvald

05-20-2009, 07:34 PM

This game don't quite work that way, phat lewts are worth nothing if you can't fit them on your ship.

not to mention even if you were, you're be hardpressed to ever really use them in 0.0 space without becoming a very juicy irresistable target. :lol:

Like this one guy who brought a Gallente Fleet issues Megathron into one of our ops. OH MAN WAS HE EVER PRIMARIED INSTANTLY :lol:

The Author

05-20-2009, 07:40 PM

Ouch... Well, I do still want to see a fleet of Macariels...

Anyway, stay away from low sec for the first 3 months of gameplay, and away from 0.0 until you are in a corp installed there, that's my advice.

Native Jovian

05-20-2009, 07:45 PM

This game don't quite work that way, phat lewts are worth nothing if you can't fit them on your ship.

not to mention even if you were, you're be hardpressed to ever really use them in 0.0 space without becoming a very juicy irresistable target. :lol:
Then instead I'll have to become a tactical genius, and pwnzor bitches MacGuyver style, with nothing but a toothbrush, a ball of twine, and a copy of "A Brief History of Time".

I can learn to do that in ten days or whatever the free trial period is, right?

The Author

05-20-2009, 07:51 PM

http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Learning_Curve_of_Popular_MMORPGS_Pic

Schwaltzvald

05-20-2009, 08:08 PM

http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Learning_Curve_of_Popular_MMORPGS_Pic

Aww cmon they recently revamped the tutorial so it's more friendlier for noobs, though I can't say much about seeing as I haven't had the need to create a new alt just yet. Still... the learning curve is still quite high up there admittingly as the tutorial (as I recall the original iteration) doesn't tell you about other aspects of EVE O...

Here watch this old vid of Pirating 101 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyjBwWcFGe0) as some of the info still applies today. One of many lessons that will be learned the easy way or the hard way.

OverCoat

05-21-2009, 03:44 AM

I am leaving the rednecks for Xeno Tech Corp

lol

kind of a sudden move and I feel semi-bad about it but my ceo was kinda being an ignorant baby :P plus I'm not even a redneck what's the point

Schwaltzvald

05-21-2009, 04:38 AM

Should have joined up with me man, could have joined us in some POS demolitions... :lol:

OverCoat

05-21-2009, 04:55 AM

Well we were in the machi mischief alliance and I was having a lot of fun with these guys, a lot more fun than with Quick. It's also quite a bit larger. This is a very different kind of corp so it's going to take a lot of getting used to. I basically have to practice being more adventurous and being more of an asshole :D

Azumi_chan

05-21-2009, 05:18 PM

Been playing it for 4-5 months now, recently started up an alt-toon on a new account to maximize my mining. Active in the Weyland-Vulcan Industries, indeed a happy miner.
Any miner oc-friends here feeling lonely, you're all welcome.

ellywu2

05-25-2009, 12:00 AM

Glad to see this thread is still going!

I have recently returned to EVE after a year+ hiatus. Lots has changed, I haven't tried out any of the new exploration stuff yet, and I'm sad to see my NOSdomi has been nerfed!

Feel free to add me to buddy lists. Character name is Ellywu.

OverCoat

05-25-2009, 02:02 AM

Hey ellywu, how does CCP handle long player hiatus? Can you stop subscribing and a year later come back to the same character, or do you have to start from scratch?

Schwaltzvald

05-26-2009, 03:09 AM

I've once took a 3 month hiatus from EVE, was still able to go back onto my account soon as I paid again...

The Author

05-26-2009, 03:48 AM

I think they keep them around, but with no guaranty that won't change.

By the way, the extra gate in Angel Extravaganza demands more than 700 of tanking. Thankfully, I got out.

ellywu2

05-26-2009, 12:33 PM

afaik your character remains even if you cancel subscription. It used to be the case that you could put a long skill (cruiser V or something) on training, then cancel for a month and come back and it would be done. I think this has now changed with the introduction of a skill queue.

Incidentally, it's about time they added a skill queue so I can train all the piddly little EWAR skills etc without having to log in every 8 hours or so!

OverCoat

07-10-2009, 06:33 AM

Thought I'd update this thread since it's been a while

finally got my first goddamn kill
http://antagonist.dk/xtc/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=568

dude melted like ice [lol stealth bomber], and I even got his pod. For some reason he was sitting 100k off of a gate uncloaked and seemed to not notice me until it was too late, and torpedos do shit damage to frigates. I even had a warp scrambler, not a disruptor. Unfortunately, that scrambler's lack of distance made me lose a couple runaway targets today ;_; at least I learned my lesson!

The Author

07-10-2009, 01:47 PM

In Rens?

War target or you chose to get concorded?

Nase

07-10-2009, 03:07 PM

Thought I'd update this thread since it's been a while

finally got my first goddamn kill
http://antagonist.dk/xtc/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=568
Without really knowing the game, it seems like you're on the cautious side of playing Eve.
Check out the killboard of the friend of mine I demoed Eve with 4 months ago...I quit on the first day, he stayed.

http://pigs.evekb.co.uk/?a=pilot_detail&plt_id=217725

Then again, he has this maniacal pro gamer attitude with MMOs, haha.

OverCoat

07-11-2009, 06:58 AM

In Rens?

War target or you chose to get concorded?

Chasing War Targets

One of these guys ran all the way to Syndicate space for some reason, then back again. I think they're just trying to lead us on a wild goose chase.

Also I don't think I'm that cautious - that may be my first kill but I still have 10 ship/pod losses to make up for, lol

Running into a Triumvirate fleet a while back in 0.0 didn't help me much. Bye bye pod :V

OverCoat

07-22-2009, 09:07 AM

Awesome screenshots tiem:
http://soundtempest.net/soc/imgswf/eve-cosmicanomaly.jpg
http://soundtempest.net/soc/imgswf/eve-oisioravens.jpg
http://soundtempest.net/soc/imgswf/eve-rifterblue.jpg
http://soundtempest.net/soc/imgswf/eve-niarjafun.jpg

gee I wonder why there are so many concord ships in niarja

HMMMMMMMMMM

Schwaltzvald

07-22-2009, 11:35 AM

HAHAHAHA

OH WOW

:lol: :lol: :lol:

OverCoat

07-23-2009, 04:38 AM

Pipeline systems are fun

you have to go through niarja to get from amarr to caldari space and vice versa, and it's a 0.5 system [with an ice belt!] so there's usually lots of nefarious things going on in there

Crazyonr1

07-23-2009, 05:55 AM

Ha ha, wow, I'm glad this thread is still going on. The raven pictures made me want to log in just to stare at my caldari navy Raven :-D such an awesome ship

And yeah, Stealth bombers are great when you actually use them smartly, as in Cloaking to 4/5 Covert ops to 4/5 and Torpedo SPECIALIZATION to 3/4 , that means Torpedoes to 5... I still haven't done it, but then again, I use my Raven for missions, and only touch my stealth bomber for killing structures, or just screwing around when I know I'm safe. They're great, but they ARE made out of paper. The only thing that saves them is the fact that they're frigate sized... and maybe a speed tank, but I've never tried it

All of this reminded me to check my Cruise missile skill, 20 minutes to level 5, then specialization :-D

By the way, does anyone still go into the OCR channel anymore? Or does anyone still know about it? I've been pretty bad about it myself

The wingless

07-23-2009, 06:31 AM

OverCoat

07-23-2009, 11:20 AM

Ha ha, wow, I'm glad this thread is still going on. The raven pictures made me want to log in just to stare at my caldari navy Raven :-D such an awesome ship

Ravens are hideous

but I got that picture at a good angle so you don't see how retarded it actually looks

Also, no the OCR channel is dead. I see Schwaltzvald on every now and then and I saw Ellywu ONCE... I saw Darangen but it was just some guy pretending to be Darangen [!]

Wingless: Just read the whole thing between Band of Brothers and Goonswarm. This is what got me into the game:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89219-More-EVE-Online-Shenanigans-GoonSwarm-Ganks-Band-Of-Brothers

Player interaction is the most important part of EVE. I'm using it as a training tool on how to be a complete asshole:
http://www1.eveinfo.com/img/icons/64_64/icon49_07.png
Yeah some of you know what this is >:D

Schwaltzvald

07-23-2009, 12:14 PM

Player interaction is the most important part of EVE. I'm using it as a training tool on how to be a complete asshole:
http://www1.eveinfo.com/img/icons/64_64/icon49_07.png
Yeah some of you know what this is >:D

Using a manticore? :lol:

Which variety of bombs you using..?

Dhsu

07-23-2009, 05:46 PM

A few people at work play this religiously. So I had one give me their 21-day free trial and have been at it for four days going on five.

I still berate them for playing such a fucking stupid, prosaic, and laughably entertainment-less game.
That's weird because all I could think of when reading Planetfall was how much it felt like an EvE fanfic.

OverCoat

07-23-2009, 09:52 PM

Using a manticore? :lol:

Which variety of bombs you using..?

What?

No I'm using a Stabber :V

Currently missing those Chinese targ.... I mean farmers

though I think they are coming back

Nase

07-24-2009, 12:40 AM

A few people at work play this religiously. So I had one give me their 21-day free trial and have been at it for four days going on five.

I still berate them for playing such a fucking stupid, prosaic, and laughably entertainment-less game.

Having said that, please, can I hear your best Eve stories. The things that can *only* happen in EVE?
I think you'd mostly get stories that don't sound too impressive for an outsider, full of EVE-specific terminology and gameplay logic.

I suppose it's something you really have to get into to understand its appeal.
I didn't btw, but my friend who plays it religously by now convinced me that it's pretty much the deepest MMO around.
That doesn't mean that I feel any need to get into it though :P

OverCoat

07-30-2009, 03:50 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08hmqyejCYU

this will get you into EVE, wingless :D

or it should!

RedFusion

07-30-2009, 11:24 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08hmqyejCYU

this will get you into EVE, wingless :D

or it should!

Wowowowow. I thought I had devoured every EVE media around, and when I saw this new HD EVE video on youtube, I thought, "Oh damn, how could I have missed this?", then I realised, it's an official one, from CCP. Pre-buffering it now on YouTube.

Can't. Wait.

Edit: That was pretty cool. Not utterly epic, but did its job well. Something that I could actually show to friends and not have them still baffled as to what I showed them (e.g. Day of Darkness videos). The production values gone into the video were top notch (like that close up on the rifter and the associated scenes, phwoar). Great job CCP.

OverCoat

07-31-2009, 06:40 AM

That's no Rifter, that's a Wolf!

Almost the same hull though lol

Day of Darkness is cool though because it contains Noisia :V

OverCoat

08-21-2009, 09:13 AM

Holy shit the ninja salvagers lately. Every mission I've run in the past week has had like 999999999999999 salvaging nanofag kestrels in it, and all they do is just steal shit and warp out. At least my corp mans up and if the mission runner shoots one of us, 10 logistics ships warp in and we kill the raven and whatever else happens to shoot :D Some of the Raven Navy Issues drop quite a bit of uhh... "special items" as well.

One of my corpmates convinced a guy to eject from his Golem a couple weeks back. Thanks for the free Golem, whoever that was!

Man, tonight though, I warped into a big group. There was a Rokh, Raven, and Ishtar running a sansha mission, so I stole their shit and they shot me. I got the ishtar no problem, but for some reason no matter what I did I couldn't break the fucking Rokh. I even switched into a raven and couldn't break his shield past like 90%. Ridiculous. I'm training for torps right now. At least I got away with no losses, unlike that time I warped into 2 CNRs, a Raven, and an Orca with my Hurricane.... yeah, oww.

Still, fuck yeah, high-sec piracy

So whatchall been doing? I've not seen Schwaltzvald or Ellywu on in a while. Shame on you guys :V

Schwaltzvald

08-21-2009, 11:33 AM

Actually works been swamping me as of late, not to mention real life priorities come first. :<

OverCoat

09-11-2009, 06:32 AM

http://machimischief.com/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=636

SO FUCKING EXHILARATING

there's me down at the bottom with my ham drake lol. I would've done more damage to the pos but I was camping a station. Motherfucker undocked in a scorp and jammed me and my buddy out [took him like 4 undocks to figure that one out!], so I chased them to the tower and joined in on the pos shootan. If you wanna see what a desperate 0.0 alliance does to defend their high-sec pos, look at the main page and check out all the caracal kills :O

http://www.myvideo.at/watch/6906758 huzzah, video!

I even had a high fever while fighting, thanks a lot PAX! but we pulled through and wrecked their shit. The time came for the Hoodlums to renew the war but I guess they didn't. What a shame. At least I can go back to making money now.

Also, is my sig awesome or is my sig awesome

OverCoat

11-05-2009, 08:30 AM

Another video featuring my songs [and a chinese version of a Gorillaz song!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgifVDHA2bw
Silent Killa is amazing. Look at all those chinese isk farmers :O and they WANTED to fight. haha!

OverCoat

12-13-2009, 06:39 AM

OK apparently while I was at work today, one of my corpmates griefed Russell Cox
http://machimischief.com/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=1109

I wonder if that's him or someone trying to use his name. I did meet a fake Darangen on EVE, remember.

OverCoat

01-14-2010, 12:50 AM

I made a little somethin-something today
http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27211
A remix of "Below the Asteroids" everyone's most stuck-in-head EVE song.

OverCoat

02-13-2010, 10:43 AM

[08:16:37] Nark Achura > go home pirate))
[08:18:21] Nark Achura > OverCoaf, go home
[08:18:29] OverCoat > I am just here to help :)
[08:18:37] Nark Achura > no-no
[08:20:32] Nark Achura > OverCoaf? go home
[08:23:42] Nark Achura > OverCoat, go home
*steals Ship's Crew*
[08:24:13] OverCoat > ok
[08:24:23] OverCoat > if you insist
[08:26:17] Nark Achura > no good boy
[08:26:45] Nark Achura > you afro-american

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4430/coolfacea.jpg

I wish more of you guys would play with me

I'd put in a good word for you if you joined my corp

OverCoat

05-16-2010, 08:58 AM

just a heads up guys, I'm still playing this.

Looking back on this thread, it's amazing how much has changed in my alliance. We are now low sec pirates, and I'm flying a fucking machariel doing level 4s to get my security status up every time I pod some guy, plus it funds my pew pew nicely. Training up for a Broadsword ATM, should be fackin like a master on gatecamps now.

I'm also posting because I noticed Hyperion's sig and I was like "hey wait a second that's a fucking Hyperion lol"

Hyperion5182 post in this thread, what the fuck is up bro?

Native Jovian

05-17-2010, 04:41 AM

If there was any MMO I was going to be interesting it, it would be this one, but a) I can't spare the money right now, and b) I hear the learning curve is murderously steep.

MaxFrost

05-17-2010, 05:12 AM

This game keeps tempting me, and I fear one day I will succumb to it's siren song.

good thing the learning curve/ui/bland beginning have kept me away so far.

Schwaltzvald

05-17-2010, 11:42 AM

I'm just biding my time, that's all I will say.

Native Jovian

08-01-2011, 06:20 PM

Necrobumpage to wonder aloud if anyone on OCR is still actually playing this. I'm thinking about signing up for the free trial just for the hell of it, but I'd really prefer to do it with someone who I can hang out with/pester with questions.

OverCoat

08-02-2011, 06:42 AM

I seem to be the only one still playing, except for a character named "Russell Cox" that never answers my EVEmails >:(

I've been fucking busy in EVE though - in the time since this thread has even been bumped [5-17-2010], I've become an FC and a carrier pilot, have led fleets around low sec as we prepared to invade Querious, invaded Querious, kicked the failcascading IT Alliance and its pets out, lived in relative peace for 2 or 3 months, made billions, got backstabbed by Atlas and Cascade Imminent, lost our hard-earned space fairly quickly [we did most sovereignty ops in sub-caps], fail-cascaded ourselves, and reformed under a new alliance name in Syndicate, where we are currently kicking out some Raven Federation idiots.

So yeah, I'm still playing EVE :)

DrewGourley

08-02-2011, 02:24 PM

I'll be getting back into this game once my new (delayed) computer finally comes in. Used to be quite the player, actually.

FireSlash

08-02-2011, 07:08 PM

I play as Skeith Oumis.

Been busy scamming pubbies out of everything they own, and flying rifters into expensive things.

DrewGourley

08-02-2011, 07:11 PM

Oh geez, probably should mention that my in-game name is Drew Falcon

prophetik

08-02-2011, 10:41 PM

i sold my account for close to 250$. i enjoyed it while i played, and i liked my character a lot, but i simply spent too much time on it so i figured that i'd get some cash for it and get out while i still could.

250$ ain't bad at all.

prophetik

10-07-2011, 05:41 AM

shouldn't have sold it. i want to play again.

someone sell me their account.

Admiral_C

10-07-2011, 06:35 AM

Never sell your account man... EVE is one of those games that one day you will come back to. And when you do, you don't want to have to start over.

I've been playing off and on for a long time now. Right now is an "off" period for me, but my account is still active and I log in everyone once in a while to run a mission or scan down some sites in low sec.

I'm really interested to see how they pull off DUST and the interaction between the two.

IGN: Falcione

FireSlash

10-07-2011, 02:46 PM

Go mine some ice in gallente space. I hear thats a safe thing to do right now :<

prophetik

10-07-2011, 10:12 PM

seriously, though, anyone have or know of an account for sale? i'll give you cash. avoiding the character bazaar would be awesome because there's nothing but scatterbrained crap, holding toons, or ultra-specialized hulk pilots available. nothing PvE focused, either, which would be my interest.

i'll offer a finder's fee if you find a decent one that goes through.

Admiral_C

10-08-2011, 01:35 AM

Any SP requirements? Need certain skills? Location preference?

prophetik

10-08-2011, 04:13 AM

don't care about location. ideally, it flies a hulk and a BS, with excellent cap and either shield or armor skills. t2 drones are a plus. BS V, BC V, cruiser V, and frigate V are all pluses. leadership skills are a definite plus.

here's (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=18456) my post. i realize that's a bit of a pipe dream, but my old character was skilled into marauders with t2 guns, t2 drones, t2 standard launchers, had a hulk, and was able to fly everything from a wolf to a vargur (except recon and covie BSes) on the minmatar side. in under 24m SP. he was perfect. i shouldn't have sold him.

i would be comfortable spending a decent amount on it - up to 200$ in real-world cash. in terms of ISK, that's flexible, since PLEXes are always changing in price.

OverCoat

10-08-2011, 06:56 AM

I burned out of eve hard.

It was getting kinda ridiculous and I needed to work on real, tangible things. Like my music!

I unsubscribed but maybe if I find myself with waaay more free time I can go back.

FireSlash

10-10-2011, 03:30 PM

Eve is a terrible game.

I don't see how anyone can enjoy high/low sec. And null is only fun because we basically just pick random people and fight them because there's nothing else to do.

Its OK though MM didn't want that sov anyway.

Admiral_C

10-10-2011, 04:16 PM

prophetik

10-10-2011, 07:31 PM

bought a 50m SP character for just under 100$. can't complain at that, that's the equivalent of 2.8b ISK =)

now i need to find a PvE/mining corp. preferably mostly PvE.

Schwaltzvald

10-10-2011, 10:23 PM

Have to admit it was getting rather ridiculous and as soon as the corp that I was in started mandatory assaults; and actually working in real life, just had to call it quits. It's been nearly two, three years since..?

Sort of interested in the Dust thing they have going for the ps3 in the future but I'm not holding my breath on it being anything really special...

FireSlash

10-14-2011, 03:20 PM

Nothing else to do? That's not really a statement you can apply to EVE. IF you're not doing something, its because you are being prevented from doing it by someone else (PVP), OR you don't have the time to get the resources to try it (external factors).

There is never a lack of things to do in EVE.

By "nothing else to do" I meant nobody else to fight. The current supercap situation makes it pretty much impossible to attack into anyone with more supers than you. Since the delve region's uncollected mass of clowns don't individually own enough supers to just blob them (nor do they trust eachother enough to deploy them together). It's one of the few places we can still get good fights.

Native Jovian

10-17-2011, 10:59 PM

So EVE is $5 on Steam today. I bought it because, why the hell not?

Time to noob it up until my 30 days run out and see if I like it enough to pay for it then.

Admiral_C

10-18-2011, 02:51 AM

If at all possible, try to fall in with some folks, and do some group activities. Strangely enough, Eve takes more practice to be successful at solo play than group play.

And, as I tell every new Pilot... Do The Tutorial. Fly safe!

prophetik

10-18-2011, 06:18 AM

So EVE is $5 on Steam today. I bought it because, why the hell not?

Time to noob it up until my 30 days run out and see if I like it enough to pay for it then.

there's tons to do, and it's hard to pick what you like the best. whatever you do, do it with others. it's a lot more fun that way.

OverCoat

10-18-2011, 09:43 AM

So EVE is $5 on Steam today. I bought it because, why the hell not?

You actually bought the game itself? The client itself is free dude, just has a monthly fee. I didn't even know they were charging money for it on Steam. Do you get any free shit at least?

prophetik

10-18-2011, 04:17 PM

you get a 30-day trial instead of two weeks, for five dollars. he likely didn't know that he can get a three-week trial for free through a buddy invite.

Schwaltzvald

10-18-2011, 04:58 PM

you get a 30-day trial instead of two weeks, for five dollars. he likely didn't know that he can get a three-week trial for free through a buddy invite.

They really need to work harder in advertising things like that.

Native Jovian

10-19-2011, 01:22 AM

Yeah, the $5 gets you a 30-day subscription. I did see that there was a two week free trial on their website, but I didn't realize that the client was free. Well, it was five bucks. I'm not going to complain.

I'm tooling around (still working on the tutorial missions, didn't play for very long after downloading it yesterday) as Jovianios Noa, if anyone wants to say hi in-game.

It was really hard resisting the urge to have my character wearing aviator shades IN SPAAAAAAACE, but I managed it.

Vesh

10-19-2011, 04:42 AM

My ship. It spins again.

I am happy.

FireSlash

10-19-2011, 03:18 PM

I should point out the steam version is NOT a 30 day trial, its a full 30 say subscription.

There are several minor differences, the biggest being you can't train a bunch of skills on a trial.

also, don't be this guy (http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10843652).

prophetik

10-19-2011, 03:44 PM

there goes 200$ or so.

Native Jovian

10-19-2011, 06:50 PM

also, don't be this guy (http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10843652).
I have no idea if I'm reading that right, but... did that guy drop eleven 30-day subscription extensions when he got blown up by someone?

FireSlash

10-19-2011, 08:01 PM

he was moving a bunch of plexes to somewhere else, probably his home system, or somewhere they're selling for more.

He probably thought he was save because he was in high sec. The problem with that is that you can still suicide into most haulers and have a friend/alt take the loot. Furthermore, the whole thing is retarded.

Plexes don't take any cargo space, so he could have used a much faster or more agile ship. He also didn't fit a tank at all. The slow speed of the bestower basically opens it up to be easily scanned down by high sec gankers, and the lack of tank makes it an easy target.

When you consider the payout, you could gank in a BS or T3 and still make a profit. Hell you could have ganked in a dread and you'd still double your investment.

Tip of the day: Don't move plexes.

Crazyonr1

10-19-2011, 10:08 PM

At least they dropped... still a massive fail, but at least someone got to use them.

Native Jovian

10-20-2011, 02:54 AM

So I've been playing in 1-2 hour chunks for the past few days. Still working on the tutorial missions (finished the basics and exploration, working on industry at the moment). I can already see where the attraction of the game comes from -- there's simply so much to do, and so many ways to do it, I know I'd enjoy tweaking my skills and my ride to accomplish whatever it is I decide to do at the time. But then, I've always been a sucker for unit customization...

The question is, other than advancement for its own sake, what exactly is there to do in the game? There doesn't seem to be any storyline or anything to that effect, and the game is obviously ridiculously open-ended. From what I recall of this thread, it's been said that you really need to join a corp to get the most out of the game, but what exactly does joining a corp let you do other than "help you advance even faster"?

Admiral_C

10-20-2011, 03:45 AM

The corp gives you the "purpose" in some instances. Joining an ambitious corp can be your own storyline.

Early on in my career, I joined a pirate corp that hung around low sec and PVP'd other corps (piracy!). Eventually, they decided it would be fun to move into null sec, and from there we got caught up in alliance politics and joined a war for the region. It was a blast. I logged in nearly every day to see what fleet ops were going on or to enjoy the rich bounties null sec provided.

There was no specific goal for me or the corp other than to PVP and have fun. Find something you want to do in EVE, (make money, produce things, explore wormhole space, blow stuff up) and a corp that supports that goal, and you will have loads of fun...typically.

I say that because EVE is not for everyone. Some people just refuse to have fun with the game. But there is a lot to offer, YOU have to find it though. YOU (and others around you) make the experience.

prophetik

10-20-2011, 05:16 AM

Native Jovian

10-20-2011, 11:56 PM

Early on in my career, I joined a pirate corp that hung around low sec and PVP'd other corps (piracy!). Eventually, they decided it would be fun to move into null sec, and from there we got caught up in alliance politics and joined a war for the region. It was a blast.
Well, this is the sort of thing I mean. Is there actually an in-game mechanic for, say, claiming territory? Can you build your own space stations and such, or take over ones that exist?

In other words: in what way can you interact with the world rather than the players?

Admiral_C

10-21-2011, 01:51 AM

Well, this is the sort of thing I mean. Is there actually an in-game mechanic for, say, claiming territory? Can you build your own space stations and such, or take over ones that exist?

Yes. Yes. And Yes.

Native Jovian

10-21-2011, 02:23 AM

Okay, see, that's pretty awesome.

The Author

10-21-2011, 03:31 AM

Here is the latest influence map.

0.0 wars are fun, but most alliance are too demanding for casuals.

http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Verite/influence.png

Free2shred00

10-24-2011, 02:40 PM

FireSlash

10-26-2011, 04:43 PM

Looks like winter's buffing the hell out of dreads, hybrids, and adding t3 BCs.

Maybe gallente will stop sucking. Who knows.

Admiral_C

10-26-2011, 05:12 PM

BCs with BS guns. That's definitely something exciting.

FireSlash

10-26-2011, 06:01 PM

I still have mixed feelings. The sig/res combo on most BCs doesn't really lend itself to BS sized guns. Maybe BS autos, but the tracking might not add up. But I suppose we'll see. If the price is right they'll probably outright replace welpfleet.

prophetik

10-26-2011, 11:07 PM

Heh. Eve was my old stomping grounds. Have 3 characters, one near 60 mil SP I think. Kinda don't think I will be going back, but I have said that at least 5 times. I am starting to wonder if I should just get it over with and sell my toons, but I would probably regret it and start a new one.

Some of the missions are fun and mining isn't but makes doing homework go by quicker. I was never good at playing the market. PvP on the other hand... I was in a power block up in the drone regions back when MC had just split from BoB. GS and RA decided to off us and we somehow let them take it. We had a great jump bridge network too... oh well, being a pirate was more fun. I have one toon who can't enter anything above a .4... Sadly, I forget that sometimes : P

you could totally throw some isk my way...you know, if you were bored or something.

i'm excited about the new tier-3 battlecruisers. they're looking really cool, and the flexibility will be really nice for mission-runners. you'll still need a proper tank-fitted ship in most missions, but it'll allow big slow guys like the raven, domi, and amarr BSes sit there and sentry-drone it up while other ships provide the mobile firepower. plus the added speed of a BC with big 800mm autos and eventually torps, blasters and pulse lasers can make for a devastating combo previously only found in way-overpriced ships like the macharial, nightmare, and bhaalgorn.