It’s not good to “oops” in EVE, but I don’t always take the most planned or intelligent path through EVE. Last night I was practicing my exploration skills and found my first wormhole. So of course I just HAD to go through it to see what was on the other side. I ended up somewhere very far away out in 0.0 (“zero-zero”) space and did some more probing around. I found a couple “sleeper sites” and… another wormhole. So of course I went and trotted down the next wormhole, which … Continue reading
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Actually I dual-box with three accounts, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyways, the path I took to get where I am was a long and convoluted one, where I started with just one account. I was mildly satisfied with my combat pilot, Markosias, but I was always low on ISK. Then some buddies of mine let me in on their dirty little ISK secret, mining. Being an “alt-o-holic” doesn’t mix well with EVE, since you cannot train more than one character at a time…unless… you get another account. So, wanting … Continue reading
I’ve been learning how to use my Buzzard and exploration skills over the weekend, along with quite a bit of mining as well. At first I just didn’t “get it” when I was trying to probe and this video (without commentary, just captions) finally cleared things up for me! I was able to find ships quite easily, and drones and “hideouts.” But some other targets were extraordinarily difficult to get a fix on, and I would give up on them. I have pretty good skills: Level 5 Astrometrics, 4 pinpointing, and 4 … Continue reading
Yup, I’m back in the EVE universe again. What really hooked me back in was a little mining expedition. I was just going to go plow under a belt and see how things were going on my training etc. So after clearing the belt I headed back to the station to refine and sell the ore. BAM! I made over 30 million ISK! Which is about 3X what I used to get for the same ore just a few months ago . Anyways, I figured I’d better stay “in-game” for awhile, … Continue reading
Since the announcement that Electronic Arts is merging Mythic and BioWare, I can’t help but feel like a longtime friend (Mythic) has died a less than honorable death. With the ousting of DAoC’s General Manager (and lead designer of DAoC) Mark Jacobs – the end of an era has been irrevokably marked. Now BioWare has been put in charge of EA’s new RPG/MMO Group, even though BioWare has never produced an “E-Ticket” MMO. Is the writing on the wall? Clearly. I’ve been a Mythic fan ever since joining Dark Age of Camelot back … Continue reading