EVE Diary

[jspaceman]

so while i am waiting to buy my xbox 360
i continue to play the last online game
i will ever play. EVE.

so for the first time i am going to present
some of my own personal pics of the game
and me in action.

so lets begin...

after some time in various corporations i
decided to fly alone. for my own flag.
later...i flew out to Kisogo region to see
if there was any space jerks out that
needed to be blown out of the cosmos.

so i stopped by a space station and
began browsing the local corps...i found
this one.



hmmmm not a bad description but i was
curious if this was just some punks who dont
know squat about the universe or not so....

i found the leader



after reading that i knew...time to get to work.
the galaxy is a big place, but that doesnt mean
some punks are gonna try and run their mouth.
so i declared war on them!



war does take time to initiate...lots of governmental
red tape...but while i waited for the ok, i got an
eve mail back from that punk.



i realize his corp is 30+ strong in pilots and i
fly alone...but this isnt about the numbers...
chances are i may take some loses...so be it.
at 8 pm est this war officially begins. over
the next few days i will be documenting all
combat that will take place.

in the end, we will see if they have the will
to continue flying under that flag...or just
dissolve the corp completely and surrender.

over and out

jj

[H2SO4]

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Is Eve any good? Good luck with your war, they sounds like idiots =P Go jspaceman!

[jspaceman]

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latest space war update!

so the war started, and 0.0 decided
to hide? perhaps...but i also noticed
that their corp has increased in numbers...
they are now approaching the 50 pilot
range...50 pilots vs me???? bring it on.
on top of that not a single one of them
could be found in the region as well as
2 jumps out. i flew around for a good hour
before i returned to kisogo and what do
do we have here?????




i found one of them online but docked at
the station...so i camped it hoping they
would undock. no luck for now.

taking a break but more to come.

[hitogoroshi]

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Quick question:
Being fairly good at these sort of games, what are the chances of me getting enough ISK for an ETC in 14 days if I manage to acquire a buddy key?

[jspaceman]

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how much ISK would be enough for that?
give me a number and i can tell you what
is possible in 14 days.

also, eve is very unique. it is unlike any
mmo in that it really does require combat
ability and tactics. those things require
training skills as well as buying modules
for your ship that enable it to be more
efficient.

here is an example...




these are the modules i fitted on my cruiser.
row 1 are my weapons...
because i have trained my gunnery skills
really high i am able to fit these medium
tier blasters. it is the max a cruiser can fit.
but it takes a while to get them on, let
alone pilot a cruiser. thats a whole other
skill set.

row 2 are my defensive modules...
shield booster - webber - and 2 shield extenders
the booster is active so i have to turn it on.
so is the webber, it shuts down a ships
engine making it unable to fly out of range.
the extenders are passive, they increase
my shields by tons. these modules also
took time to fit.

row 3 is special
gunnery bonus mod - warp core stabilizer - cap energy bonus x 2
these items increase all kinds of things as well
as maintain my engine.

all in all, it took me a few months to fit
into a cruiser, and these modules and also
learn how to use them tactically. in pvp
combat i have to fly into position that enables
me to to use my mods efficiently. but the
other pilot is also flying against my moves.
its a dogfight for sure...and whoever can
fly into position first really does have an edge.

thats how EVE works. it isnt for everyone...
the world is what you make of it. my eve
is a world of war or peace. sometimes i hit
the asteroid belts to mine and make cash.
other times i hit deadspace camps and hunt
pirates. or, i declare war and test the strength
of other pilots.

nuff said

[Denmo]

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I heard that most players just mine mine mine mine mine mine mine and mine s'more.

If you think FFXI is slow, you haven't played EVE.

It actually sounds a lot like a mix between oGame and Freelancer.

[jspaceman]

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the night wasnt a total waste
after all...after flying around
a few systems i managed to
figure out that they all had headed
near the jita systems. a hub of sorts
but everything goes thru jita so i
just had to do some extra work to
find them and boy did i ever.

round 1!!!!!!

i found a new one! not on my
recon list...name was Vicefox...
he is flying a Merlin. a very fast
frigate usually good for tackling
and damage...not a real threat
but if played right could have been.
the damage he is taking as you can
see is self explanatory.




he went boom and here comes my
eve mail to confirm the kill.




round 2!!!

the next guy i ran into was flying
a destroyer! wow! this could have
really hurt bad but....



he blew up too, and i almost managed
to pod him...when you explode you get
ejected into space in a pod...losing your
pod means you lose all the implants you
had installed into your body. bad bad bad.
but he just got away....



eve mail confirmation...




so now its bed time...its a good start
but i feel this is gonna get ugly. we shall
see what comes tomorrow...this corp has
been recruiting like crazy and i dont know
what kind of pilots actually joined. so far
they seem really unorganized...but never
underestimate anyone.

roger that

[Denmo]

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Haha, that's awesome.

[Caciss]

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This is one of the few things worth reading here, Jspace.

Keep it up!

[Ryner]

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Nice report, keep up the good war.

[H2SO4]

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Yeah this is good reading. I hope you show them who's boss!

[Chad]

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1 v 50. You're crazy. It's awesome.

[jspaceman]

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ok quick update! then i gotta get back
to the war. i decided to break out the
BIG DADDY!! i was a little worried about
a counterattack...mainly a 3 v 1 or more.
so i thought the element of surprise would
be good.

ladies and germs, i bring you my battlecruiser!



this thing is built for all out damage.
7 HEAVY missile turrets
tons of shield boosters/resists/extenders

its built to tank like gustav in PLD gear. hehehe

i figured if its going to be 3 or 4 v 1 i need
the muscle...and this thing has it.

so i did a scan and found something curious.



ant1emo2??? ok fine...lets find him....but
wait, isnt that Canderous??? who i just killed?
ok no biggie but then i noticed he didnt have
a red star on his avatar anymore....the red
star means i am at war with this pilot.

ok, so what happened? i did a scan of him and
the answer was revealed...




he quit 0.0 enterprises!!!!


more to come....

[jspaceman]

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0.0 enterprises is going DOWN.

today has been nothing but destruction.
and still, 0.0e's leader has yet to log on.
i managed to find a few new members
out in kisogo today so lets get to work.

i would like to introduce to you a volley
of heavy missiles....



got pod?




ooooh its ant1!!!!
flying a kestrel!!! this should be fun....



but alas....she redocked and i didnt get the kill.
but she had the guts to fight....maybe i will go
easy on her.

this is my eve kill mail so far....




and a very short and sweet communication with
one of their pilots...talk is cheap, so i made this
brief.





over and out

jj

[Chad]

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See you, space cowboy.