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Y114.07.26

An uneventful roam the other night in which I failed to whore onto any of the 3 kills but did help knock almost 3% off an I-Hub’s shield [with faction ammo, no less :/ ]. It was highlighted however, that KM whoring is not the be all and end all. Eh? - rubbish. More Logi & Recon was needed to support the DPS, so departure was delayed until those who could, reshipped.

So, with T2 Heavy Missiles complete, maybe I should diversify into these shiptypes? 10 minutes of EVEMon and 20 minutes of flying & buying later, a 73 day plan is created and the skillbooks bought with PI to take me into Recon and onto Logi. Then some poor bastard has to rely on me during my first Cleric, sorry, Logi flight - apologies in advance. Might do 10 days of Interceptors and a further 5 days of T2 weapons for it first, though. And look at a remap. Or should I finish all those things that need buffing, such as Thermodynamics, Nanite use and EWAR? This is why I like being the DPS in fleets – very little thinking required until you are in a pod.

Missed last nights roam due to RL issues and was a bit gutted as I could have been #3 from the corp in fleet – normally only 2 of us make it. Great to see one of the corp vets back PVPing though [o/ Mocks] - maybe tonight we’ll do it. Corp KB is looking healthier by the day – top bombing, guys.

Machariel - tidy.

Currently training – see wall of text, above.

Fly safe

o7

Nothing is meant to be convenient. Nothing

Y114.07.23

Right place, right time, some more top drawer bloc FC’ing, not being primaried often & great logi support when I was, helped us sort the corp stats out a bit last week. Only lemminged once and I don’t think anyone noticed – didn’t get a bollocking for it either way :D

Click approach gate > fuck, that was jump > burn back to gate > jump back > surreptitiously burn back to outbound gate > get halfway through typing apology in fleet chat > ah fuck it, maybe no-one noticed > bump corpie to take the heat off

Just found a great fleet kill with a corpie [o/ raah] & I on as final blow & top damage respectively – great to see the corp logo proudly displayed twice. Would just like to say thanks to the corpies who don’t / can’t PVP for whatever reasons and keep the corp wallet ticking over – you know who you are. Also a big hello to those who I haven’t seen for a while - you know who you are, too – I hope New Eden is treating you well. I shall mostly be whoring this week, to fund the battles we undertake in the glorious name of our beloved corp.

o/ Faz, please see the title of this post [and thanks to the bloke I stole it off]. And here are some swords for you. A sword. Another sword. They are the only ones you will need from now on. Keep up the good work lad & come over and see us ASAP.

Just been playing with EFT / EveMon to see what skills a new pilot needs to get into the basic DPS ships for our fleets and realised just how important those support skills that reduce PG & cap of modules are. Protip, kids - support skills - train them as well as everything else. Hell, just train everything - no such thing as a wasted skill, just those you haven't used yet. Except for Tactical Shield Manipulation V, that is - the only thing that matters is the order. Ol' Louis has some great tips for the basics and some great tips for your overview, too. Thanks for all the work, Louis. Just found this great newbie thread too, enjoy.

Well, with T1 Torps in the bag, it’s time to fly the Stealth Bomber. Except the BLOPS fleets aren’t running anymore, so I took it out for a run and cloaked at a gate snipe for a while to watch the AT X final – mad props to Verge Of Collapse, by the way.

What a dull post, so here's some eye candy for you -

Currently training – 3½ days to Heavy Missiles V, then get HM Spec to IV and put T2’s on the Duck – that gives me 2 races of T2 BC weapons. Like the new missile & launcher graphics by the way, CCP. No idea where to go next though – Assault Frigs / T2 large projectiles / T2 hybrids / Calamari Strategic Cruiser / Amarr HAC? Probably need to stop diversifying & finish all the things I’ve stopped training to do the essential stuff. Let’s go with that.

Fly safe

o7

Thin times

Y114.07.15

Less smiley happy fun time recently, but such is the ebb & flow of EVE. Less time on means more things to do in a limited time frame – earning money is quite important, but is taking second place to spending at the moment and this can’t continue!

I have only managed to join a couple of fleets recently and not got, er, the most enjoyment from them, but at least I have now lost [at least] one of most things I’ve flown recently - Thrasher, Rupture, ‘Cane, Drake, pod. Ah, the ‘Cane – in my haste to replace it, I cheerfully [no, stupidly - I've been here before...], set out to the local trade hub in my hauler, thinking the old align / cloak / MWD trick would get me out of trouble of any war targets – it didn’t. Must convo the guy to see how he did it.

Saved the pod twice in one night [see above], and got the opportunity to see and use a Titan bridge for the first time earlier in the week, so it was not all bad news.

Was a costly week for the corp, too – some unlucky strikes from WT’s resulted in us undoing a bunch of the hard yakka we had put in to cancel out the CEO’s recent exhumer losses :P

I eventually managed to get the 0.0 PI up and running though – man, what a difference to hisec – so much product comes out of the planets with so little effort, so should start seeing the financial rewards from this soon. Need Command Centre Upgrades V ASAP.

Currently training – Torpedoes for BLOPs fun & games.

Fly safe,

o7

Back on the horse

Y114.07.01

Right, a last bit of PVP tomfoolery before a week in the sun and then a bunch of links I have [and you may] find useful for skills, ideas and the srs bzns of Eve. And I promise to stop banging on about blowing shit up. For a bit.

Fleeted up fully expecting to get popped again, but had a nice result with a 4 minute, 16:2 ratio, 1.4B ISK whupping of the neighbours, with some truly legendary FC’ing. Remember kids – a blob is only a blob if you lose.

Ok, some links to stuff you might find handy. All opinions are mine and based on my experiences – feel free to disagree, criticise or suggest better stuff. Props & credits to all those who have put in all the hard work so we don’t have to.

Fitting
Get an out of game fitting tool before you buy any ships or mods, as you can bet your last saucy postcard from Gallente Prime there will be some issues in optimising the fit. I use EFT, but other exist such as PYFA & I think EVE HQ has one too. YMMV.

Skills
They make the world go round, but skill planning can be the equivalent of a ride from Carlisle to Ulan Bator on a buggered Royal Enfield. I use EveMon to plan it all out, but some favour EVE HQ. YMMV again.

Certificates are a good way to go in getting an idea of what skills you may need, but are not the final solution - Core Competency to Elite would do you pretty well though. Implants will reduce your learning time, but the flip side is they make you reluctant to shoot other people and get shot at.

Jump clones can help with this problem – get a cheap or implant free beta clone to do the dangerous stuff with & have an alpha clone with all the Gucci implants for when you are doing less risky stuff in less risky areas or you are not going to be on for a few days. Remember undocking anywhere could mean a cap in the ass though.

Eve University have a bunch of really useful guides to help you on the way to your plan, as may your corp / alliance. I hope they don’t mind me linking to them. Anything you can’t find – google it with the words ‘eve online’ in front of it. That’s what I did, well still do.

Support skills are really handy to be able to fit stuff using your new fitting tool and as you may have heard, ‘cap is life’. Your choice of career path may also dictate which way you go.

Fly safe

[EDIT 114.07.15: Fly safer than me - see next post]

o7