Tales from beyond the belt

A new place to rant ...

2006-05-18T00:02:00.000+02:00

The good 'ol Tales from Beyond the Belt is moving.

You can find my newest rants here at LiveJournal.

Thanks to all for reading, hope you join me on the new platform too ;)

Yours faithfully,
Eol Ruin

Back in Empire

2006-03-07T19:23:00.000+01:00

Lately we have been back in empire ... after a fast journey (thanks to the invention of jump clones ...) we entered the Placid region.

And what have I to see ?

cans
more cans
even more cans ...

Let me tell you ...

NOBODY in 0.0 would come to the idea of polluting space with cans ...

Space Invaders

2006-02-20T07:36:00.000+01:00

Well the time has come => new YARRRDWARE arriving

Anybody up for a game of Space Invaders ?

Hehe, looking forward - and remember (as usual set a long skill ...).

New feature or What Reboots are for ...

2006-02-16T00:25:00.000+01:00

Sometimes downtimes give you the chance to go on a little adventure aside from EVE (yes, ITS possible, and if only on the official EVE site - hehe).

Now theres a nice nifty little graph on EVE-Online:

You can find it on the right bottom corner of the page.

The graph in detail (23:25 EVE time or so):

... and then the server rebooted (had to be ...).

A nice warning - you see the dropping figures and know you have to dock ;)

What the ...

2006-02-14T00:21:00.000+01:00

Lately I decided to get me some hamsters and what did I see ?

Wow - what a gate ...

And also some nice pattern on the roids ...

Oh wow - time to go to sleep .....

Simple but effective

2006-01-30T07:35:00.000+01:00

Ever noticed it could take quite some time for the map after pressing [F10] to show up ?

Sometimes theres a very easy explanation:
The map remembers its last setting. So if you choose to search for your "Agents in space" the map will do this, repeatly - regardless of your need or not.
A simple trick is to set the tab "Display Settings, subtab "Stars" to "Actual Color" - this is the way fastest to show the map (because no filters have been applied).

Also have in mind for most short range travels you dont need the HyperDuper-Big O Map - the minibrowser you get by pressing [F11] is often enough ;)

Fear the mighty Stabber

2006-01-29T22:44:00.000+01:00

Guess today pirates will run from me - with the sight of my mighty STABBER....

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Home sweet (old) Home ...

2006-01-29T20:32:00.000+01:00

Lately we tend to hand around with some mates in our old home in Grispire ...

Some "new" inhabitants of our old home seem to try to lay some "n00b" traps:

Place some cans ...

Some innocent cans in a belt

and hope the best ☺

believe me - I would NEVER lie ...

Next shot is one of my favorites ...

We got a very - ehh pointy CEO ...

Tess can be picky ...

Stay tuned for the detailed "Grisp Files" following in the near future ...

Offtopic: A life next to EVE ?

2006-01-29T15:29:00.000+01:00

Having postcard-weather today I was intrigued to visit our greatest lake here in Carinthia.
The "Wörthersee". After several weeks with -15°C to -20°C (5°F to -4°F) this big lake (an area of 19,5km² respective 7,54 sqaure miles) froze ...

Finding the lake frozen (see some details down below) driving around the lake was a beautiful sensation with the perfect weather.

As you see I was not alone with this idea ...

Even some guys from the local Skaters Club tried to get some fees out of the folks for skating on the (public) lake ... Well, they sure had some work preparing the ice - but me and my GF already preferred skating on the unprepared surface - so why spent 2,5 Euro for driving ?

Fortunatly the lake is big and there where other places on the ice without challenging the "Ice Sheriffs". Near this little mansion we came on the ice and ...

... guess the fun skating all this nearly
alone away from the crowds ...

New feature ...

2006-01-29T11:46:00.000+01:00

Bah ... I KNOW when the galaxy shut down ;)

Annoying ... maybe too much complained when their universe shut off ?

Ever wondered ?

2006-01-29T11:40:00.000+01:00

How a thing like a Giant Secure Can fits in a haulers cargo (in fact 4 of them fit in my Prowler) after deplyoing it ?

There must be some air pump included to inflate them ...

And there are NO tricks with perspective or so involved - the prowler and the can are next to each other ...

Got a plex ?

2006-01-29T10:20:00.000+01:00

Recently me and some mates decided to go for complex to beat boredom in 0.0. After a short refit and bunkering lots of ammo we went for a nearby infestion of "pirates" to show them we dont allow them to live outside the law unharmed.

Being there at the first acceleration gate I unrealised my noobish mistake - taking a 100MN Microwarpdrive with me was no good idea ...
Well, after putting it offline I enjoyed my bigger cap, being able to tank more ;)

Fighting off the guards we quickly proceeded to the second stage.

gate to Stage II

Next Stage we found some (ok, not so perfect - but we got the hint) invitation ...

Main target was a stargate under construction ... Hell, I can tell you this things can take lots of damage before you see a really neat *BOOM* ...
Fortuntaly they dont fly and shoot back.

Our party proceeded (see here me and Giogiogiogia - Don is unfortunatly not depicted) easily and than ...

... the s*** boiled. On the way to the accelaration gate due to an malfunction of my pod communication electronic suddely all my systems went black. Nada, nothing. After rebooting my PODs software and logging in I was alone in the plex. The only thing I got was a:

This gate is locked! The Supply Ship Pass must be retrieved and stored in your cargo hold when you activate it for it to be unlocked. The question that remains is, who (or what) is the gatekeeper ...

Bah, would my POD have booted 30 secs before or after - all would be fine.
After digging around my PODs software pool I found some code ©righted by M$ corparation from .edm.nd (. where it was illegible) as source of the failure ...
Maybe a computer expert could help a poor minmatar out ?
What did I made wrong ?

New Toy - Part 2

2006-01-29T10:02:00.000+01:00

"Finally", to say so, I earned the honor to fly the minmatar Tempest. Not to say I dont't dislike my phoon now (my "Longtail" which I originally heritaged from a chap over a year before) is still in perfect condition and I still will try to make it the longest living battleship in EVE ;)

Intrigued by my filled wallet I decided to throw some ISKies in to get some at the market. Impatient to wait for VAF building me one I grabbed one of market at 112,000,000 ISK - well more than if bought from corp, but hey I wanted one. With one of our next freighter runs finally the Tempest arrived down in 0.0.

It was definitly fun and and REALLY GOOD FEELING to fly (finally) this big boat. (Let's not speak about my first encounter with belt rats where I got farely spanked ...).

After this (not mentioned here unhappy incident) and some "setup varities" I come to a setup which fits my minmatar proud:

BIG FAT GUNS (imagine a 850mm shell next to your head)
Some decent tanking
and some real nice warheads

Nowadays I scrap Angel Battleships with my decent well thought minmatar technique:

Fly to 3000m, activate the big 'Os - and three mintues later activate Toy I ...

Isn't it a nice one ?

Completly forgot ...

2006-01-12T08:27:00.000+01:00

After a complaint I changed the comment option to allow "Anonymous" comments too.
Hopefully I dont't get to much "bots" commenting ...

Well - let's see how it works out ;)

I LOVE IT !

2006-01-12T07:50:00.000+01:00

My new toy in action - a Small Tractor Beam I.

Grabbing ...

Pulling in ...

A wonderful tool getting the remnants of unfortunate pirates in my cargo hold. At the expense of one gun looting even during combat is no longer a problem ...

Must be a frustrating sight:
Circling around my royal dustbin, desperatly attacking.
AND watching during circling how the containers from less successful attackers is sucked in ;)

Patch resume

2006-01-12T07:37:00.000+01:00

Together with the new patch deployed we get also new funky message boxes ;)

But well - very innovative - especially the logo.

Short (personal) summery:

Generally surely improvements to the game
Login now takes longer
Agent runners will NOT love it as the u-hauled all agents again in high traffic systems
CTRL-TAB works as before
the new font IS slightly more readable

Find Patchnotes on EVE-Online.

New Patch on tuesday the 10th January

2006-01-09T20:52:00.000+01:00

Seems a lot of RMR issues have been fixed.
Next patch is planned to be deplyed tomorror, the 10th of January, after/in DT.

Find the patchnotes here.

Well the joke is old - but set a loooooooong skill ;)

Combat Haulers

2006-01-09T12:31:00.000+01:00

Combat Haulers

Lately we had a tournament like I did none before, next to fighting in noob ships, frigs, cruisers and even battleships now the tornament (well in fact no real tournament, but a ´friendly´ fight call inbetween corp mates) was restricted to solely Tech I - Haulers ...

Task was setting up a hauler for combat in 20 mins. Yes COMBAT - those ships normally thought to evade combat - so normally either fitted for speed and/or some (very little) tank. But it definitly was a challenge getting the things to be done. After some minor checks (no way a MWD to fit ... hmm sacriface ALL for a Medium Gun ? ... ultimate tank ? ... crap - to few powergrid ... damn no small smartbombs available ...) the `Angry Mammoth` has been fitted and left for the tournament place.

Tessa gave the go and all started from POS. First thing was a little picky as usual there is a problem to find the opponents ...

Warping around suddenly Tessa and I met each other and the battle started.

Lock .. Scramble .. Fight.

After ten minutes (or so) we decided its a stalemate - and warped away from each other.

Me and Tessa in the ´Stalemate´

We had quite the same ideas:
Double NOS'ed, Double Scrambled and Double Fired ;)

Later (it seems) Tessa run into xjudgedreadx and let him live due to her peaceful nature (after neglecting his armor - cite Tessa: "I cannot kill a hauler ..."). After that xjudge ran into me, who deemed not be that merciful (well, I am Minmatar ... but let the cliche go). After realizing he will be dust in a few minutes xjudge decided to try to evade me. Constantly webbing me he hoped to get out of my warp scramble range.
No way - firing his mighty afterburners the mammoth managed to follow the badger denying him to get out of scramble range.

xjudge in "good" shape

***BOOM***

Well I would at least tried to get the pod (just for fun not to kill), but with a locking time of 23 (!) seconds ...

A little strolling in the system made me met Tessa and Sashi fighting each other. Brave corpman as I am, I decided to help our beloved CEO.

Trying to break Sashis tank

Sashi got an impressive tank - Tessa and me together could hardly break it. After the break of Sashis tank was imminent, the tide of fight changed and both started shooting me (an emote of "justice" or what ?). Knowing I couldnt tank both of 'em I hit my trusty warp button.

Sashi and Tessa on me - argh ...

So we ended up with some draws,a relatively easy kill for me - thanks to Tessa - and a killmail surely to remember:

2006.01.08 23:20

Victim: xjudgedreadx
Alliance: Ascendant Frontier
Corp: Vanguard Frontiers
Destroyed: Badger
System: 4-MPSJ
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Eol Ruin (laid the final blow)
Security: 1.9
Alliance: Ascendant Frontier
Corp: Vanguard Frontiers
Ship: Mammoth
Weapon: 250mm Light Gallium I Cannon

Name: Tessa Yor
Security: 4.0
Alliance: Ascendant Frontier
Corp: Vanguard Frontiers
Ship: Iteron Mark V
Weapon: Small Nosferatu I

Destroyed items:

Heat Dissipation Field I
Invulnerability Field I
Internal Force Field Array I
Power Diagnostic System I
150mm Railgun I
Antimatter Charge S, Qty: 24

Password Change

2006-01-06T15:54:00.000+01:00

Tranquility down and ...

As Oveur of CCP states in his Dev Announcment the cause for the now again down Tranqility is an investigation of password hacks ...

I suggest all to take this seriously and immediatly change your password - you dont wanna loose hard earned ISK, ships, BPO's, dont you ?

Some hints on Passwords:

EVE supports quite long (up to 64! charcter) passwords. So you simply can use some sentences as a password. Use things like "ilikeeveitsgreat" also spicing up with some special non-alpha charcter greatly improves the password quality like "ilikeeveitsgreat&vaf4tw" and you have an easy to remember password ... and dont use the examples here - that are already my passwords ;)

In memoriam Artemis Rage

2006-01-06T15:23:00.000+01:00

After being Mr Damage and the Über-Miner one of the monuments of a rolepaying minmatar,

Artemis "The Sleeping Dragon" Rage

or Art as his friends called him, left EVE.

One of his remnants his N°1 damage- monsters, Arts brave Machariel BS is now in the hands of another VAF corpie. Pand3m0nium flew his new possession outside the Bar & Grill for some combat testing. Xjudgedreadx, Zoon, PyjamaSam, some others and me took the oppurtunity to check out an infight with the macha.

The Machariel under fire.

Some more ...

The Macha is in the center of the circles ...

Slowly and majestic the Machariel flies towords the Bar & Grill proven how impressive a machariel can be in the right hands.

Hopefully Pandy doesnt tell the angels his setup, otherwise ratting might be much more difficult in the future ;)

Well - farewell Art - We Miss You !

/me pinks a tear.

Finally ...

2006-01-06T15:19:00.000+01:00

After 1 1/2 years of experiencing the vast galaxies of EVE finally it is mine.

My first tier 2 BS - a shiny Tempest.

/me docks and starts to polish it ....

The Highway of Death

2006-01-06T15:04:00.000+01:00

Lately one of our regular support runs from the outer rim to the empire worlds has been hold by ASCN (including some brave VAF people helping protecting our valuable assets).

Six freighters travelled the "Highway of Death" from 0.0 to ´civilized´areas.

The fleet gathered and started their dangerous journey.

Protected from a fleet of Megathrons each frigate (including their private escort/support ships) slowly travelled their way through the high risk areas.

Me and my Stiletto, taking a support role the gang.

An Amarr Providence flying next the gate.

See here an minmatar Fenrir (note the deepspace version of the badger cargo tugger right to the Fenrir). Sometimes I will also own a Fenrir ....

Last but not least our brave "Darth Freighter" commanded by our "Queen of EVE junkies", our CEO Tessa YOr, who also took lead in command of the freighter fleet accelerating (hmm...well maybe `slowly getting faster´might be a better description ....) from a gate.

After 3 hours travelling finally the fleet reached "safe" empire space.

As it was 04:15am - well no travel back for me ;)

Time for ranting . . .

2006-01-06T13:56:00.000+01:00

6th January, 13:50 GMT+1 ...

And as usual immediatly the discussion starts at e-o:

Normally the first non-sticky thread in "General Discussion" is worth a read ;)

You find problems ...

Zar Dim: I need my fix!

impatience ...

britishfish: /me starts tapping his fingers on the desk

desperation ...

Fade Routha: Well looks like i stayed up till 4am for nuttin

anger ...

lles: DAMN HIPPIES!

irony ...

Kerushi: ccp can`t help it, the hamsters are on a wild strike and importing server qualified hamsters from icland takes time

memories ...

Olsen'Kra: Olsen'Kra begins to have convulsions and cold sweats, and has flashbacks of the infamous Easter'05 downtime. (comment Eol: click the link and have a look at the "Previous Posts or select "April 2005" from this BLOGs archives)

Nevertheless, a perfect moment to relax a little and prepare some BLOG entries, realizing theres a live without EVE . . .

Or ?

Finally on the holiday season ...

2005-12-27T13:23:00.000+01:00

Why always in my holidays ...

*Sigh*

Well - who thought ...

2005-12-23T07:25:00.000+01:00

using some butter from my breakfast ...

With the new drone changes all and nothing is new. Find some details here and here.

The Skeleton Comet

2005-12-17T16:45:00.000+01:00

Oh yeah - but to hell with it - it will work as good as before ....
Some hours after that:

Ahh relaxing a little.

/me opens a can of Quafe.

OOC: And really it's cool one hasnt to run all three months to a shop to pay 20$ for the new expansion like it was during EQ times ... thx CCP !

Also with the situation here in 0.0 calming a little down I decided to take a trip to empire.
Without the new "Infomorph Psychology" a capsule fast fast blown up and my perfect copy awakened in empire space.

Oh well - I can tell you its a hell of a feeling when you see "Your capsule is set to self-destruct in 120 seconds" and you are no longer sure if your clone is up to date ....

But well - my clone was perfect and so was I ;)

Its was a little annoying currently with "no market" online so I decided to take a little lookaround.

Guess what I found:

On the way ...

There it was - once surely majectic - now only the remnants of former glory - including an abandoned Gallente stargate & station.

Lookie ... Lookie ...

An real impressive sight.

If you ever come in the surroundings of "DELTOLE" be sure to stop by.

And ....

2005-12-16T20:50:00.000+01:00

hmm ... wasn't RMR supposed to DECREASE lag ?

For those who never heard of "Murphy" .
The creator (or at least some part) of "Murphy's Law".

But as usual - I am confident CCP gets it done - as usual ;)

GL, Guys.

Eagerly waiting ...

2005-12-15T19:33:00.000+01:00

Hah - Red Moon Rising still deploying (whoever would have thought they would be ready before THEIR mentioned deadline - hey I work in IT too ... deadlines are, well DEAD-lines ...)

So I thought "Well, Sisi is also nice..." - after the usual patching - we are now @ version 3795 I got FIRST time on Sisi the well-known:

see for info here => "full cluster explanation"

Oh yeah - could happen - I guess they dont have the hardware to have the test server supporting all ~70,000 EVE characters. And I guess I am not the first EVE junkie trying to get his daily dose at least on Sisi.

but then ... it stroke me like a flash of lightning:

Are we supposed to MINE for testing on the TEST Server ?
Will they charge a fee on future for TESTING ?
No longer free ships and skills for testing ?

I hope this works out ... I remember in the morning the "Fight Club Station" didn't respawn in PF-346 ... hope that is not permanently....

*sigh*

The good news ....

2005-12-15T07:38:00.000+01:00

Well Tranquility still gone (well CCP told - and I am eager awaiting WHAT happens on 20:00 EVE time today) I decided to try my luck at "Singularity" - the test server.

Thanks CCP thought after "us" eve junkies and let the test server online - hehe.

The Bad News ...

But it also changed a little ...

the seemed to entered an older backup of my char - I was no longer member of the fight club
the Fight Club station no longer exists in PF-346 - so bring your own ship ... hope the wallet is fat enough otherwise its's time for mining on the test server

The first glance of Red Moon Rising

2005-12-14T21:05:00.000+01:00

is gone - long live

Well - still some hours until we finally can undock again but surely worth the wait.

In the meantime study the patchnotes and have fun awaiting EVE renewed.

Or use this link if you want the features with some more "style".

During update it has been told it could be e-o goes down ...

I that case take this (copied) patchnote for a quick overview:

EVE Online: Red Moon Rising

The Blood Moon of War is waxing as the technological advances of Alliances rival those of the Empires. New implements of destruction force battle lines to be redrawn. Research, Manufacturing and Resource Gathering have advanced to keep up with the appetite of War. Alliances are bending the Empires to their will with the encroachment of Starbases into what was previously secure space and Pilots are taking protection of themselves and their assets into their own hands. This is not an easy fight, as Factions turn their weapons of war against the Alliances, Corporations and Pilots of EVE. The Red Moon is Rising; Death follows in its path.

Features

39 new ships, including:
- Titans
- Carriers & Motherships
- Fighters and
- 23 other Tech 2 Ships.
Players are able to control more of the EVE Universe, as Starbase Structures may be deployed in higher security space than before.
Technological advances have been made in Weapons & Modules, Drones, Cloning, Research & Manufacturing and Mining.
4 new bloodlines are available, one for each Empire race. Bloodlines will be deployed in their own content update slated for January, 2006.
New COSMOS Constellations have been added to the Amarr Empire and Gallente Federation.
Players are able to take matters into their own hands to protect themselves and their resources with the 'Eye for an Eye' and JetCan flagging changes.
NPCs are more able to protect themselves with the introduction of Elite NPC module use.
Combat revisions, Optimization changes, Tractor beams and much, much more await you!

Content, Fixes and Improvements

Ships

Tech level 1 ships have received an overhaul. Frigates, Destroyers, Cruisers and Battlecruisers now have more defined roles in combat. You can read more about the changes in this forum post.
With the changes made to tech level 1 ships, Faction ships have also received an overhaul. More on the changes to faction ships can be found in this forum post.
The hit points of all ships have been increased by 25%.
The capacity of the Battlecruiser capacitor has been increased by 25%.
The Battlecruiser info text displayed an incorrect bonus for Warfare Link modules.
The Rattlesnake had an incorrect description. It receives a 5% damage bonus on hybrids rather than a 10% range bonus per level of Gallente Battleship.
The mass of Covert Ops ships were incorrect, mass of Anathema has been decreased to 1.81 million kg and Helios to 1.79 million kg.
The instances where initiating warp from zero velocity would result in a drained cap, but starting initiating warp from a velocity greater than zero would not drain the cap, has been resolved.
Base range of Jump Drives has been doubled, with range skills maximized for jump drive operation jumps of up to 12.5 light years are possible.
Stealth Bombers no longer receive a targeting delay when decloaking and receive a 5 second reactivation delay on cloaking devices.
If you are in a gang and warping seperately from your gang, you will not participate in any gang warp initiated during your warp travel.
If you are warping lose connection, you will still enter an emergency warp. When you connect again, you should be warped to the original warp destination.
A certain icon of the holidays may appear in the EVE world.

Weapons and Drones

Drones have received a major overhaul; Drones are more robust and able to deal more damage, but players can control less numbers. For further information on the changes made to the Drone system, please read the Dev Blogs found here and here.
The volume of Torpedoes and Cruise missiles has been reduced by two-thirds, as have Siege and Cruise missile launchers. Heavy missile and Heavy missile launcher volume has been reduced by three-fifths.
Small, medium and heavy drones have received an increase to their damage.
Medium and Heavy Drones now have a higher signature resolution.
Heavy drones have received a tracking boost.
Drones are no longer able to lock on a control tower, move through a force field and continue actions, like repair, even if they were launched by a player with force field access.
Siege Mode damage has been increased by 25%.
Odd things will happen to the effects of certain weapon systems during the holiday season.

Modules

The calculation method used when stacking multiple modules of same type has changed. More information can be found in this Dev Blog.
Invulnerability Field (Multi-Shield Hardener) requires less capacitor for activation.
Damage Control has been improved, the module now requires activation and gives resistance bonuses to shields and armor.
Increased damage output of heavy missile launchers.
You are now able to create Cynosural fields in 0.4 security systems.
Siege Warfare Link - Active Shielding and Siege Warfare Link - Shield Efficiency now give also give bonuses to shield transporters.
Small drones no longer appear to be micro-warping at all times. They can be tracked and destroyed as intended.
Capital Armor Repairers and Shield Boosters have their proper bonuses applied.
Caldari Navy Control System renamed to Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System.
ScanResolution receives the proper stacking penalties.
Projected ECCM no longer needs the ship with the module fitted to have higher sensor strength than the ship that it is boosting.
Reinforced bulkheads have all been given a flat +5% more structure bonus. Some meta types now give less speed reduction.
Shield Extenders now require 1/2 as much grid but give a slight signature radius penalty.
Armor plating now adds a slight mass increase for the proper sized ship. This will be more noticeable when fitting oversized plates to smaller ships.
Freight Containers have been added. These Freighter-only containers allow in-ship sorting and organization. They cannot be jettisoned.
A module fitted in-space via a maintenance bay or maintenance array will be brought online without consumption of capacitor energy.
Capacitor Booster Charges and the modules that benefir from their use have been reduced in volume/capacity by 50%. They will now take less cargo hold space.

ECCM Modules no longer bonuses to ship scan strength that is a set number, they now add a percentage bonus.

Skills and Implants

In an effort to curb Trial account abuses, it is no longer be possible to train piloting skills from the Spaceship Command Group other than [Race] Frigates, [Race] Cruisers, Destroyers and Spaceship Command on Trial accounts, nor will it be possible to pilot ships from other than these classes on Trial accounts. Subscription accounts have no such limitation on training or piloting.

Fixed an issue so Dreadnoughts, Carriers, Motherships and Titans now require the skill 'Jump Drive Operation' to be trained only to level 1.

Some Missile Specialization skills were giving a bonus to launchers that did not require the skill. Now they only give a bonus to modules that require the skill.
Target Painter II requires Target Painting at lvl 4.
Changed description on Michi's mining implant so it's clear that it only applies to mining lasers.

Gang and Missile Implants have been added.

NPCs

The names for various NPC Pirates have changed. For a complete list, please read this forum post.
All NPC Pirate Factions have been upgraded with 34 new NPC types, these are: 6 new destroyers, 6 new elite frigates, 6 new battlecruisers, 8 new elite cruisers and 6 new battleships per faction. Commander versions have also been added for all these new NPCs. Read more about these new NPCs in this Dev Blog.
NPC Elite Frigates capable of Warp Scrambling have invaded 0.3 space.
NPC Pirate Mining teams will now attack players mining their ore. No claim jumping!
NPC spawns in asteroid belt have changed so higher number of larger NPCs and fewer small vessels appear. This means an average "battleship spawn" might have 2-3 battleships with 2-3 cruisers - instead of 1-2 battleships with 4-6 cruisers.
Loot Tables have been adjusted. Basic modules and "named basic modules" should no longer be found in loot cans. Also small and medium sized modules should not drop anymore from battleship NPCs.
NPC "boss" types are now immune to all effects but damage. These include named officers in asteroid belts, end bosses in deadspace complexes and various mission NPCs.
Nosferatus and Energy Neutralizers now affect the armor repair or shield boost rate of NPCs.

Deadspace Complexes and Missions

Blueprint copies for faction ships now only drops of NPCs in the end rooms of complexes.
At least one mission sequence, consisting of 3-5 missions, has been added to each Empire faction block for level 2, 3 and 4 agents. The Empire faction blocks are Amarr/Caldari and Gallente/Minmatar.
6 new Cold War theme generic missions have been created, as well as 20 new Cold War theme COSMOS missions, which are placed in the Audesder / Kenobanala systems.

Some COSMOS Cold War mission sequences have had loot drop changes. Now some of the pirate faction mission NPCs have a chance of dropping gang implants.

Added generic level 3 and 4 storyline missions which have a chance of dishing out the new missile implants.

Some agents now give offers with Empire Charters as a reward.

Zor occasionally carries a Custom Navigation Hyper-Link of his own manufacture as a loot drop.

The Acceleration Gates in the deadspace exercise complexes are closer to the locations where they are actually needed to exit.
Modified the agent dialogue/briefing for the final Angel/Guristas Strike missions to avoid a vague term causing a misconception. Also modified the hint text in the journal.
"Screaming" Dewak has upgraded the security measures in his establishment, the Pith's Penal Complex.
Loot for Station Ultima is now a little more "Ultima". After it has been destroyed, the Centus Sansha are not as quick to rebuild it as they have been.
The damage output of Station Ultima has been slightly reduced.
Station Ultima has a chance to be stocked a bit more frequently with valuables.
The Serpentis Fleet Shipyard (10/10 complex) has been made much harder and should be at least closer to the difficulty level it was intended to be. You have been warned! Among other changes made, its main overseer is also better equipped than before. However, taking him out could prove more lucrative.
When the deadspace overseer "Serpentis Fleet Stronghold" has been taken down, it will now stay down for a bit longer than it did - more in line with what was intended.
The Centus Sansha have had problems with the security in their Centus Assembly T.P. deadspace complex, rated 10/10 by DED. They have therefore recalibrated some of the acceleration gates and made the complex harder to get through. Amongst other things, reports indicate that the last gate calls for more than one key to be in a pilot's cargo for him to get through.
The overseer in the Sansha’s Command Relay Outpost has recalibrated some sentry guns, but also been forced to downgrade some of them to a weaker module.
The defenses in the Sansha War Supply Complex and the Angel Cartel Naval Shipyard have been slightly modified and made harder.
A new “contested” complex has seen the light of day, without the typical agent/mission setup. It is more akin to Angel’s Red Light district and the other “static” complexes except it is only found in one location.
The Rogue Drones have given up rebuilding their base in Sobaseki. Screeching noises coming from their hive conscioiusness have been deciphered as: "Too much trouble."
Ceaseless combats have forced the Pith Guristas to back out of Sobaseki and move move their embattled deadspace depot to the Uosusuokko system in Lonetrek.
Bonus rewards in the 'Revenge is Sweet" mission were being over written and default ISK or commodities were being given instead. This has been fixed.

Tools used for T2 manufacturing such as RAM and R.Db's have returned as Agent mission bonus rewards.

Changed the missions allocated on Taspar Zolankor and Nikmar Jyran so that they ask for 5 Sansha copper tags instead of Blood Raider copper tags.
Commanders no longer spawn at the wrong stage of the 'Gone Berserk' mission.
The COSMOS mission, 'Pilgrim - Festival' has had its cargo database entry corrected. Players accepting this mission will now transport the proper cargo.
The Damsel is no longer in distress. She was rescued enough times that she got the hint and installed better security systems at home. However, the Seven's Commanders are still a threat and need to be taken care of.
Certain COSMOS missions mistakenly required collateral. These missions have been fixed.
It is possible to cancel research with an agent if your standing drops below the agent's minimum requirement.

New Player Experience and Tutorial

The new player experience has been improved again. The ship computer's tutorials are shorter and more numerous, a number of text/audio clarifications have been added, unclear information either cut or improved, more pictures added and Aura has new voice controls in "her" interface. All known bugs with resetting/replaying and shutting the tutorials off are resolved. Generally, the tutorials run more smoothly and are more easily manageable.
A volume slider, 'Replay', and 'Pause' buttons have been added to Aura's Interface.
Aura's graphical representations during the tutorials are better integrated and more clear.
An advanced Communications tutorial has been added.
An advanced Fittings tutorial has been added.
New players will automatically join Help and Rookie Help Chat channels. Experienced players may elect to depart from these channels when they desire.
Veldspar asteroids in the deadspace training complexes Warp-In points contain less veldspar than before. The veldspar in the "Mining" pocket however, accessible to rookie ships only, is all in all more plentiful.
The Station and Flight tutorials have received some audio upgrades.
Skipping forward through the tutorial no longer causes an exception error.
Aura and other Tutorial Icons no longer flash at an annoyingly fast rate.
It is possible to close Aura's window during the 'Losing a ship' and other tutorials by using the close window [X] icon.
Slash commands have been made useable during the playback of tutorials.
Cruiser crosshairs no longer display when targeting the frigate-class Gisti Training Vessel in the tutorial and all NPC Pirates appear in the Overview as they should.
The New Player Experience Agent tutorial Agent no longer refers to the Address book, but to People and Places as intended.
Selecting Tutorials from the Help menu has been updated to show all tutorials available.
ISD volunteers in Polaris Frigates will be able to follow new players through acceleration gates to continue assisting the New Player Experience.

Player Owned Structures

Starbase structures may be anchored in higher security space, as long as certain prerequisites are met. These are as follows:
- Security level 0.4 space requires 4.0 corporation standing towards the system Sovereign.
- Security level 0.5 space requires 5.0 corporation standing towards the system Sovereign.
- Security level 0.6 space requires 6.0 corporation standing towards the system Sovereign.
- Security level 0.7 space requires 7.0 corporation standing towards the system Sovereign.
- Starbase structures may not be anchored in 0.8 space or higher. No changes have been made to anchoring starbase structures in 0.3 or lower space.
In addition, a 'Starbase Charter' must be purchased from the system Sovereign. Starbase Charters must be on hand for the following:
- To anchor a Control Tower in 0.4 to 0.7 space, and
- One Starbase Charter must be loaded into the Control Tower for every hour it is online. If no Charters are available during the Control Tower consumption cycle, the Control Tower will enter an offline state.
Using the 'Set Password' control tower context menu option no longer resets other options.
'Control tower anchored' notification eve-mails are sent as intended.
The range limitation to open the Control Tower management interface has been removed from the context menu.
The Control Tower management interface now displays shield and armor status.
The progress bar displayed in the control tower management screen no longer overlaps text when bringing a POS array online.
Starbase access roles have been increased. Now the owner of a starbase can choose to allow access to ship maintenance bays and other services.
Structures now have a higher signature radius so they will be easier to target and will take more damage.
It is now possible to partially load and unload sentry guns requiring ammunition.
Large Beam Laser Sentry requires Anchoring 1 like all other structures.
Broker fees from using markets in player owned stations and outposts should now be paid to the owner.
It will not be possible to use POS shields to protect oneself from a CONCORD response after committing an act that results in a criminal flag.

Market and Manufacturing

Lab and Factory Slots have been removed in favor of “Assembly Lines”. Slots no longer need to be rented as a manufacturer can simple queue up a job on an “Assembly Line” regardless if the line is free or still has time remaining on a previous job. All current jobs in rented slots are have been ejected.

The new “Science and Industry” window is accessible in space from the Neocom. This window lists current jobs, blueprints and available installations. The old buttons in station that opened up Lab and Factory Slots has been replaced with a button that opens the new “Science and Industry” window.

The “Jobs” tab of the Science and Industry window shows current and past jobs and allows for filtering and sorting of jobs. Jobs are now able to be remotely administrated from the jobs window. Remote administration range is based on two new skills; “Supply Chain Management” and “Scientific Networking”.

The “Blueprints” and “Corp Blueprints” tabs show all of the players’ currently available blueprints that their skills allow them to manipulate. Jobs can be started by right-clicking the blueprint and selecting the desired option.

The “Installations” lists all available installations and allows for filtering and sorting. Jobs can be started by selecting an assembly line in the lower half of the “Installations” tab and clicking the “Install Job” button.

Many new Starbase structures have been added to allow manufacturing and research to take place at bases around moons in systems with security up to 0.7.

Corporation members with the 'Trader' role who sell corporation items will no longer receive the proceeds of the sale in their personal wallets. The ISK from the sale will automatically deposit into the corporation wallet.
You should now see the name of traders associated with market transactions made in the name of the corporation in the corporation wallet.
Players with role 'Accountant' should be able to see all active market orders issued in the name of the corporation. However, they are not able to cancel or modify them.
You should now be able to sell items when you have the 'Trader' role.
Closing the confirmation window resulting from an attempt to sell an item no longer sells the item.
The Market browse tree no longer collapses after purchasing an item from it. For example, if a skill in the Gunnery category is purchased, the tree no longer collapses.
Ship blueprints installed into a factory display the proper icon, not just a blue square.
Command Processor I Blueprint added to the market.
Revelation BP copy times have been corrected.
Vespa II and Valkyrie II drones did not require Morphite to produce.
New ship classes: "Carrier", "Titan" and "Interplanetary Fighter Drones" can now be bought of the market in the form of blueprints. The fighter drones are only usable with the new "Carrier" ship class.
A new module has hit the market; the module is called "Interdiction Sphere Launcher" which allows usage of "Warp Disrupt Probes". The module can only be used by Tech II Destroyer class called "Interdictors".
New defensive skills are available on the market. These skills improve the resistances given by passive defensive modules, and give a small passive resistance bonus for activation modules while they are not activated.
Due to the changes made to the Research & Manufacturing system, the build costs of some tech level 2 blueprints have changed. The changes are small and mainly related to efficiency calculations.

UI, Graphics & Visual Additions, Changes and Fixes

Advanced Camera Options, 'Set as Parent' and 'Set as Interest' can now be enabled via the ESC menu option 'Enable Advanced Camera Options' checkbox. Please note that these options are not useful for general game play.
"Remove from Buddylist" makes a return to the UI after a long absence.
Using the delete key when entering user name or password at the log-in screen works properly.
Pressing Alt + Enter when docked, with the station environment disabled, no longer makes your active ship disappear.
Using Control+V to paste items into the IGB works as intended.
Chat text justifies to the top of character portraits in EVE chat, instead of at the bottom.
A slider has been added that will affect small size font width.
Using Control + Left Click to target will also halt target lock if used a second time on the same target.
All NPC Overview icons display according to ship class, i.e. Cruiser, Battleship, etc.
Booster effects display for all ships.
Criminal flagging displays have been added.
Sentry Guns now explode when destroyed.
Brackets will not display around Large Collidable Structures unless the LCS is moused over.
The Overview no longer jumps if a selected item disappears via warping, destruction, docking, etc.
Scrolling through the Moon Mining interface no longer generates an error.
Client-side lag caused by opening the Log no longer occurs.
Double clicking the empty area of the Repair Shop no longer generates an error.
Entering non-existent dates into the Wallet Journal tab will no longer hang the client.
Initiating a stargate jump outside of the maximum activation range will result in a pop-up window informing how close to the stargate you have to travel to initiate the jump.
Standings transactions display properly in the hover text and in the transactions log.
Recycle option has been removed from the right click menu belonging to the active docked ship.
Searching for corporation members in the 'All Hangars' list will display all names in order, regardless of the capitalization (or lack thereof) of the member's names.
After completing a mission and talking to the agent, the Journal and People & Places information will update faster.
The Augmentation Character Sheet tab displays implant slots.
'Show Info' on a landmark displays an icon in addition to text about the landmark.
'Show Info' on an item now features a new 'Variations' tab which shows all Meta-types of that module.
The attribute tab now features a ships’ structure hit points to cope with the changed behavior of “Damage Control Units”.
Right click context menus can be accessed when a pilot is not on board a ship.

Typographical Fixes

A number of text alignment issues (overlapping text, missing or occluded text, etc.) have been resolved.
A number of window scaling and resizing issues (text boxes incorrectly located or sized) have been resolved.
A number of menu handling optimizations have been made. Right click menus should appear and respond to player input faster.
All entity and description errors reported for dead space complexes have been resolved.
World Map Control Panel option "Try to avoid pod killing zones" has been changed to "Avoid systems where pod killing has recently occurred." and the selection box is no longer checked as a default. Instead, a pop-up window warning of longer travel times displays with a verification query.
A typographical error in the 'Azure Canyon' mission briefing has been fixed.
Typographical errors in the following ECM module descriptions have been fixed: FZ-3 Subversive Spatial Destabilizer, FZ-3a Disruptive Spatial Destabilizer, CZ-4 Concussive Spatial Destabilizer and BZ-5 Neutralizing Spatial Destabilizer.
Typographical error in the Information Warfare Mindlink description has been fixed.
'Reprocess' is replacing 'Recycle' in the Reprocess plant menus and tool tips.
Description changes and fixes have been made to the following skills: Controlled Bursts, Electronic Warfare, Long Distance Jamming, Propulsion Jamming, Sensor Linking, Target Painting, Weapon Disruption, Energy Emission Systems, Shield Emission Systems, Shield Management, Sharpshooter, Motion Prediction, Remote Armor Repair Systems, Repair Systems, Missile Bombardment, Navigation, Fuel Conservation, Evasive Maneuvering, Advanced Spaceship Command and Spaceship Command.

Server Changes and Optimizations

A number of server side optimizations have been made in an effort to decrease lag, reduce start-up time and improve cluster management.
Addition of code for a 'Server Shutdown Timer". This Timer will count down the time remaining before a shutdown of the server. This feature will be added after the deployment of Red Moon Rising.
Testing of Dual CPU Opteron and Xeon server blades has commenced, as well as testing of 32 and 64 bit Server Operating Systems. This is an attempt to determine the optimal hardware and OS combination for future deployment.

Miscellaneous

Characters being transferred through the Character transfer service cannot be transferred while a member of a player corporation.
In an effort to curb Trial account abuse, Trial accounts are no longer able to donate ISK to other accounts, nor create courier or escrow contracts. Trial accounts will be able to receive ISK from other accounts.
On freshly installed clients, EVE will start in Full Screen. Changing settings via the ESC menu will override this default setting.
The Introduction video will run only after a major game update is deployed, not smaller patches.
Agent generated bookmarks no longer duplicate themselves in People & Places.
Due to Unicode changes, a maximum character limit of 3,500 characters has been added to killmails. This is to prevent errors and lack of receipt of a killmail when a mails length exceeded the limit.
Account and character security have been improved.
Client side bookmark handling has been changed when right clicking in-space. The menu should appear much faster.
Jumping or docking while reloading charges should no longer consume the charges, nor should firing the weapon during loading.

Please note that the patch notes are still undergoing additions and changes as Quality Assurance on Red Moon Rising continues. Items recently added to the patch notes will be in gold.

Long time ...

2005-11-06T11:34:00.000+01:00

... ago there was the last Post ;)

Well, sometimes IRL issues keep one from doing some "virtual" life. But lately there was an issue which I suddenly felt the urge to post something about:

I am normally a great user of the EVE item database (see here). Its much faster than the ingame market browsing and also includes information on building. Today I realized an harmful error in it.
Have a look yourself:

Ingame DB:

Item DB (web):

Well, I would love to have some Nanofibers INCREASING my hull structure ...

But I fear that will not happen ...

So always have in mind:
So helpful some sites might be - even the official eve site is not protected from errors - the only place you can trust is the INGAME data.

New Patch - new luck II

2005-09-13T20:09:00.000+02:00

Well patch follows patch (I like this - shows people work find the patch notes here). Only thing to moan is that:

The small font in wallet, market and assets added with the last patch has been reverted to the pre-patch font size.

And that even before I had a chance to rant about ;)

New patch - new luck

2005-09-12T23:31:00.000+02:00

Well, my favorite (hitting ore thiefs) has not been implemented but far in the game menus there come a new useful command - at least for use drone users.

RETURN TO DRONE BAY

No longer a RETURN TO SHIP & SCOOP TO DRONE BAY combo - Thanks CCP - something real useful - Thumbs up !

Also the User Interface seems faster - hehe.

New Development Posts

2005-08-28T12:57:00.000+02:00

Hehe - the developers got more talkative ;)

some new sections on the DEV Blog

I especially like this one if it will be implemented ...

Criminal flag pilots that take from jettisoned cans which don't belong to them

This is needed to allow the owner of the can to shoot the one taking from his own jettisoned can and to allow the owner to shoot anyone taking from the loot cans which drop from the NPC's the owner destroyed. This does NOT include a CONCORD response, only enables the owner to shoot without getting CONCORDOKENED himself. Could be applied to agent missions too, registering jettisoned containers to the mission owner.

I will really laugh when next time a hauler comes to me mining, heading stright for my can. Guess he thinks twice if my trusty typhoon is in the near vicinity ...

Long time ago ...

2005-08-28T12:30:00.000+02:00

the latest post has been done.

Well, I guess due to working reasons I will be more productive in EVE after the next 2-3 weeks.

Strange things ...

2005-07-24T19:37:00.000+02:00

Due to the current problems tranquility seems to have ....

Double me ?

Chat request ...

My thrasher infected by space parasites ...

After removal of the parasites ...

I hope the best for the future - go on CCP squash all bugs in the network ;)

And again ...

2005-07-23T23:20:00.000+02:00

No Comment - I guess the server is not running cause I surf this moment ...

A blink of light on the horizon ...

Diversity - The Key in beating boredom

2005-07-18T00:21:00.000+02:00

Sometimes even I get bored. Not to say I dislike mining from one second to the other ...

But doing some different help definitely getting the mind clear. I decided having a look travelling through GENESIS.

Ok, some expensive cargo driven from the motto "Buy low, sell high" helps also during travels...

And making some extra millions during sightseeing - well, did I mention I like the wonderful sights in the EVE universe - and getting paid to look at it ;)

What a nice view ...

2005-07-16T09:23:00.000+02:00

What do you think ?

All those shiny minerals in there, to be freed by the next processing plant, manufactured into shiny things ...

Offline

2005-07-13T00:01:00.000+02:00

I will be offline during 13th and 14th of July.

Please refer to Ordo and/or Rhen Tang if you need something from the corp.

All customer requests (Service Requests) will be processed on 15th of July.

Thanks for your patience,
Eol

New Patch, new fun ...

2005-07-11T08:07:00.000+02:00

Your Bane Torpedo I hits Mercenary Commander, doing 60.2 damage.

Well, seems one has to get used to it ...
With the latest patch (Cold War) missiles are now, let say say not less powerful but more differentiated. Next to new attributes

explosion radius:
meaning all targets with signature radius under this size get hit with much less damage (meaning torps on frigates now are a bad idea...)

explosion velocity:
all targets flying faster than this speed, less damage again

missiles now fly faster, but decreased in range (compared to before).

See an overview of the stats here:

To compensate CCP added some new skills (see in yellow):

Have a look at those skills if you want to use missiles nearly as before AND remember the new "rule of thumb":

BIG missiles for BIG ships
SMALL missiles for SMALL ships

Happy Training ;)

RIMT & TGKS

2005-07-09T10:20:00.000+02:00

See some picture of joining forces with RIMT.

You see here Tessa Yor of RIMT, Aelrauko of TGKS and me during my usual morning can.

As usual it has been fun especially trying out my new COVETOR.

The Cold War begins ...

2005-07-08T07:30:00.000+02:00

And CCP do it again:

Supporting the fanbase with a new free-of charge (well, some nerves have to invested ...) expansion to EVE.

COLD WAR.

Find here the Patchnotes for Cold War.

Remarkable changes next to Outposts are changes to missile fighting, the new ship classes (Dreadnoughts & Freighters + Outposts).
Also for the new biggies you will have to have a look on Dreadnoughts and Jumpdrives.

Have fun reading the new features, also it is recommened if you have problems with the UI (bad graphics and so on) to empty your cache directory (while the client is offline). Be sure to save your folder "Settings" in that directory to keep your bookmark folders.

Also new to Cold War is a very atmospheric video I recommend to watch ;)

Next market patch

2005-07-02T09:25:00.000+02:00

Lots and lots of new shiny equipment coming ...

Have a look at EVE DevBlog.

EVE Fanfest

2005-06-26T22:08:00.000+02:00

Hmm ...

flying to the EVE fanfest - worth a thought....

new DEV BLOG entries - Outposts

2005-06-21T08:10:00.000+02:00

A new possibility next to POS seems to arrive - Outposts, smaller stations.

Have a read @ EVE-DevBlog

TGKS Frigate Championship

2005-06-20T07:39:00.000+02:00

On the 19th of June the first TGKS Frigate Compettion has been held.

The rules were simple. Only frigates, no kestrels. Planets and the star have been the only allowed warp points. And all 5 minutes one planet was banned from the "allowed" warp points list until only the Pashanai star was left, where the final fight occurred.

Competitors have been:

Ordo
Fremen Fedaykin
Rhen Tang
Eol Ruin

Short Report:

The battle started around 16:00 EVE time and the competitors rushed into space.
In the first glance we safely avoided each other...
After the list of Planets got shorter folks tend to run into each other. After some little skirmishes Fremen managed to shoot Ordo into pieces (= 1,000,000 ISK bounty for Fremen for shooting the CEO).

Some minutes later Rhen got into cross-fire by Fremen and Eol where Eol manged to lay the final blow (= 750,000 ISK bounty for Eol for destroying one of the management team).

So only Eol and Fremen went into the final battle for the corp champion title ...

The avoided each other with grace until only the sun of Pash was the last official warppoint where the final battle happened. After a short and heavy fight Eol managed to blow Fremen to pieces (= 5,000,000 ISK bounty for last man standing).

Although "named modules" originally have been banned I found some 'Malkuth Launchers" in Fremens remnants ... however it helped nothing.

Eol is now "TGKS Frigate Champion" until a successor arrives maybe in the next challenge.

Next to the adrenaline rush is was really great fun and we plan to repeat it in the next time. Also a "cruiser assault" (corpies in frigs against one cruiser) is planned for the future.

Gleaming rocks ...

2005-05-30T00:35:00.000+02:00

Doesn't this view compensate the troubles of low sec mining ?

Upcoming Missile Overhaul

2005-05-29T03:28:00.000+02:00

well, TomB leaked some info on the "new" missiles ...

missile overhaul

also a forum thread has been created for this topic.

Mainly it breaks down to (cite):

1. Size Factored Damage:
Bigger missiles are now doing less damage to smaller targets; the damage is scaled by the targets Signature Radius using a new attribute on the missile called Explosion Radius.

2. Velocity Factored Damage:
Velocity will stay a factor in missile combat in the sense that it can reduce the damage if the target can outrun the missile explosion, missiles have an individual threshold where the damage starts getting reduced by vessels velocity and how fast the damage gets reduced by per m/s.

3. Faster Missiles:
Missiles are now travelling much faster than known and will be able to cross long distances at greatly reduced time.

4. More Skills:
Loads of new skills have been added to the Missile Operation skill group that allow players to get more damage, faster missiles, more range and to add new parameters that missiles now relay on.

I personally feel missiles still to be much overpowered compared to turrets. With this patch they will get better again ... Where is justice for us projectile users ?

new DEV BLOG entries

2005-05-29T03:19:00.000+02:00

Well June will be hot (not only from temperatures, but also with the new upcoming patch:

The DEVBLOG's

Sneak Peaks - Part I - New World Order
Sneak Peaks - Part II - COSMOS and mini-professions
Sneak Peaks - Part III - dreadnoughts & space freighters

some need things on the horizon ...

Design Fraud detected ...

2005-05-29T02:53:00.000+02:00

Next to historical sources it has been clear that the design of the Caldari Caracal has been clearly stolen from some ancient TV-Series (yes, a strange habit in late 21th Century) called
"Star Trek - The Original Series", namely the Kingon "Bird of Prey" battleship.

See the prove:

Mining with RIMT

2005-05-29T02:43:00.000+02:00

Well lately all a mining OP together with RIMT was not that success ...

Despite we mined four cans in 45 minutes ...

guess who is on the other side of the beams ;)

our operation was disturbed by some T-R-C pirates :(
Well, they destroyed one companion and our cans - sigh.

But thats always the danger a low sec miner has to face - get rich and/or get killed ...

Peace for all ?

2005-05-29T02:41:00.000+02:00

Well, definitly NOT in yulai ...

as usual some hotheads fight them in Yulai lagging all others ...

See the infamous Yulai X - DED Assembly Plant ... wanna see a war ?
Be sure to visit Yulai ...

L.O.L.

2005-05-26T22:32:00.000+02:00

On the long run ...

2005-05-17T23:30:00.000+02:00

Missions seems to pay ;)

Last result of a Level III Rogue Drone mission in Pashanai:

and after the drop in the refinement hole:

including the agents reward 2.225.543,25 ISK - no so bad for 90 minutes - hehe.

This one is mine ....

2005-05-16T15:59:00.000+02:00

(no words)

Grr....

2005-05-15T15:28:00.000+02:00

A normal sunday cargo clean and a DAMN SLOW server ...

Best of is after moving several hundered items I tried to reconnect and all I got was a

.

*Sigh*

I hope CCP gets rid of all the server load issues in proper time ...

Otherwise they may claim the have on of the greatest online communities online, BUT cannot handle it ...

Visiting the RIMT POS

2005-05-14T11:36:00.000+02:00

Lately our mates from Royal Independant Mining and Trading Co succeded in anchoring their own station.

After a little travelling and peeking into a belt (wow, Hemorphite) I reached the POS.

An impressive sight, the POS inside a shining bubble of force fields.
See the impressions I made during this trip.

Please apologize that I cannot name the position, but I was asked by Tessa not the publish it.

Me travelling on my way to the Player Owned Station.

Nice rock, isnt't it ?

Finally - The POS surrounded by a forcefield

A Moon harvester

Core of all refined material - The Reactor

Majestic the Control tower floats in space.

Protected by a cruise missile array (don't get me wrong - there are other defenses out there - but due to security reasons I cannot show all I have seen - I was on a friendly visit NOT on a spy mission)

It was on impressive sight - I think we will have to have also a station in space ;)

Mining impressions in Pashanai

2005-05-14T10:35:00.000+02:00

Some little impressions of Pashanai Mining:

Jack CauldLadd (Apoc), Me in a Barge.

Frigate Skirmish or Day of the Imicus

2005-05-14T10:14:00.000+02:00

Lately we had our first "we blow each other up in frigates meeting".

Trillius, Forgo, Fremen and I tried to get rid of each other. Fremen succeeded well in his Merlin, Forgo tried out to repair/suck cap in his Celestis (yes, he ignored the frigate thing).

After several blowup's I decided to haul my can back to HQ, and Forgo really tried to empty the capacitor of my Typhoon. Well, not even the light in the toilet got darker ...

Also a little impression of my Vigil, its really hard to kill - one can damage BUT NOT destroy it ;)

Even after this battles it was decided Kestrel are banned from this - its just to easy to kick out any opponents using the kestrels superior DOT ratio. There are no frigates out there that can withstand a double Kestrel volley of 8 missiles ...

Day of the Imicus ?

Well I bought several Imici so Trillius didn't get to bored ;) Also sometimes I was here with my Dustbin to collect my crap suddenly Fremen attacked my Typhoon with his Ferox.

On first sight I was astonished and answered his 6 Heavy missile volley with four of my trusty torps... At this point I still had Trillius with my Imicus still in my target lock ...

Ok, another Imicus to buy - after that I bought me an Imicus BPO ... for the next battles ;)

Business as usual

2005-05-14T09:23:00.000+02:00

TGKS keeps to grow ;)

We got now nine new members in the last two weeks and our wallet hits new dimensions. Seems like selling Ravens pays ...

Also CCP brings in two new patches/additions:

COSMOS (part of the new world order)
the latest missile nerf

Another patch - another luck ?

2005-04-26T20:24:00.000+02:00

Well, CCP decided to drop a new patch - next to the performance problems lately - find detailed Notes on the official website.

Patch day over ...

2005-04-13T08:00:00.000+02:00

Well, all seems smooth again - mining the morning can with my new Osprey without problems ...

Only the new Osprey seems far slower than my good old Scythe. Are all Caldari ships that damn slow ?

Well I will be figuring out the next days until my Caldari Cruiser skill is equal efficient like my Minmatar Cruiser one. And trading a heavy missile laucher for a MWD and additional two mining drones is not THAT bad ;)

Also having a look at the Patch Notes and their impact on my career will have to be scheduled for the next days ...

Well - offline again ...

2005-04-12T23:53:00.000+02:00

Tranquilty crashed, and I am offline again ;)

However - Patch Days ... are .. well Patch days.

I don't want to be in CCP's role - but however I am sure they do their best, so we can play as soon as possible again. As software engineer I also know Murphy's law well - so the CCP guys (and girls) have my fully compassion.

Well - online again ...

2005-04-12T23:34:00.000+02:00

And Eol Ruin is O N L I N E again ;)

Also the feature I waited for months came to me:

Well - the world is round again ...

Patch applied - Good Luck ?

2005-04-12T22:50:00.000+02:00

Well - it seems it works, but it's tremendously slow ...

Nope ... another server crash.

I am in tension what CCP has to say on this, except their apologies and the "extra" day we got our subscription prolonged ...

Well at least the server restarts and the forums work again ;)

AND CCP created a discussion thread on the Patch Day.

And we learn some "new" error messages ...

followed by our beloved

I hope a have all a LOOOOOOOOONG skill in training, don't you ?

Patch Time - Now for real ;)

2005-04-12T20:36:00.000+02:00

Not that I would say I thought of it, after the welcome message:

the download of the patch

the only thing I got was a an error (well at least a new one, I never seen before ...)

so - what would be todo ? Go to the EVE-forum and rant about updates ?

Nope. No way.

Well, I guess after the Easter incident CCP no longer dares to face their users in the forum ...

To bad, I hoped they had bigger b*lls. :(

Patch Take II ...

2005-04-11T07:35:00.000+02:00

Well CCP announced the prolongued patch now for an extended downtime on 12th April.

Well, I hope I get my sorted station containers finally ...

Patchnotes as stated by CCP on 2005-04-11-0738am:

Weapons, Drones and Modules

Electronic Warfare

Read the Electronic Warfare Changes Discussion for more in-depth information.
New skills are now available to enhance performance of Electronic Warfare: EW Fall Off, EW Optimal, EW Strength, Dampener Strength, Disruption Strength, Painting Strength.
The following skills have had their bonuses changed to capacitor need reduction: Electronic Warfare, Sensor Linking, Weapon Disruption, Propulsion Jamming.
New module and new skill: Target Painting & Target Painter I are now available on the market, this module increases the Signature Radius of a target.
Missing “named drops” ECM modules from NPC’s have been added to loot tables
Standardization of EW code handling server-side, including checks to prevent module deactivation if the target was beyond maximum range.
NPC’s can now be target jammed (ECM) like other players

Other Weapons and Modules

Hybrid Turrets have gotten a slight decrease in Capacitor usage and some Hybrid Turrets now use slightly less Powergrid.
Cruise Missile flight time is now listed in show info.
It should now be possible to fit modules based on the module power requirement after skill bonuses are taken into account. Previously, it was not possible to fit a power-requiring module if the unmodified power requirement was over the limit, but the modified power requirement was under the limit.
Modules fitted from a stack would in rare cases disappear. This has been fixed.
Drones no longer respond to aggression by fellow gang members or fellow corporation members unless specifically commanded to do so by the owning player.
System Scanners now work properly and System Scanning speed has been increased. Astrometrics skill now gives a 10% faster scan speed with scan probes per skill level.
Armor Repairers and Hardener visual effects have been fully removed to reduce lag.
Pulse Lasers have been decreased in Optimal Range.
Radio Crystal has been reduced in damage.
Standard Crystal is now available on the market.
Hardwiring - Eifyr and Co. 'Rogue' CY-2 should have been giving a 5% speed boost but was only giving 4%.
HARDWIRING - EIFYR AND CO. 'ROGUE' AY-1 is supposed to give 3% higher agility, but in the attributes it was -2%
Large Shield Extender skill requirements were too low. They now require Shield Upgrades 4.
ECM II's, Tracking Disruptor II's, Remote Sensor Damp II's, Target Painter II's, Large Armor Repairer II and XL Shield Booster II are now avaiable from Research agents.

Ships

Stealth Bombers are now available from Research agents. Stealth Bomber bonuses are subject to change with the missile overhaul.
Better checking of "safe" and "unsafe" autopilot routing.
Crucifier has had its CPU skill bonus removed for a bonus for Tracking Disruptors, also base Targeting Range and CPU have been increased.
Griffin has had its CPU skill bonus removed for a bonus for ECM Target Jammers, also base Targeting Range and CPU have been increased.
Maulus has had its CPU skill bonus removed for a bonus for Remote Sensor Dampeners, also base Targeting Range and CPU have been increased.
Vigil has had its Targeting Range skill bonus removed for a bonus for Target Painters, also base Targeting Range and CPU have been increased.
Blackbird has had its Missile Damage skill bonus removed and instead given Optimal Range bonus for ECM Target Jammers, also base Targeting Range has been increased.
Celestis has had its Hybrid Turret Tracking skill bonus removed for a bonus for Remote Sensor Dampeners, also base Targeting Range increased and a low slot has been removed from it and given an extra med slot instead.
Blackbird has had its ECM Capacitor Need skill bonus removed and instead given Optimal Range bonus for ECM Target Jammers, also base Targeting Range has been increased.
Scorpion has had its Missile Velocity and Shield Hitpoints skill bonus removed and instead given Optimal Range and efficiency bonus for ECM Target Jammers, also base Targeting Range has been increased.
Dramiel faction frigate had no projectile RoF bonus.
Augoror Navy Issue and Stabber Fleet Issue had wrong skill requirements and skill bonuses.
Amarr Navy Slicer required caldari frigate. Tech 2 tag added to elite industrials.
Sigil Blueprint max runs was too high in relation to all other industrials
The Covert Ops frigates based around cloaked warping also get 10% faster scan speed with scan probes per Covert Ops skill level.

Stations and Starbases

Factory and Research slots in Empire stations have been increased.
Office slots in Empire have been increased
Conquerable Factory Stations in 0.0 space have been upgraded with cloning, laboratory, repair and insurance services.
Conquerable Cloning Stations in 0.0 space have been upgraded with factory, laboratory, repair and insurance services
Conquerable Refinery Stations in 0.0 space have been upgraded with cloning, repair and insurance services
Locked items no longer become stuck if the office is unrented and rented again.
Repair quotes no longer give an error using repair station service.
Racial Small and Medium Control Towers are now available, allowing more mobile and specialized usage.
Medium Reactors are now available that can only perform Simple Reactions, enabling lower overhead setups for Moon Harvesting and Processing on Large and Medium Towers.
Medium Intensive Refinery based for Medium Control Towers are now available on the market, enabling more mobile mining and refining operations.
Isotope ice in 0.0 has been improved to yield 350 isotopes, and should now be worthile to mine.
Starbase sentry guns now react properly to non-corporation members approaching the base.
Non-structure items anchored during starbase deployment will no longer remain anchored.
Silo CPU Need has been reduced, while Coupling Array & Reactor Array have had increased CPU Need, all Large Control Towers should now be able to run the most complex reactions.
Coupling Array CPU Need has been increased.

Agents, Missions and Deadspace

Agents

Agents now correctly take into consideration the security rating of the system they are in. There was a bug in the formula so that previously, the higher the level and better Effective Quality the agent, the less security rating had effect on the Reward/Bonus Reward/Loyalty Points.
Agents Tech Level 2 Componenent rewards will be exchanged with Intermediate and Final materials, the ingredients for the Tech Level 2 Components.
Cross faction standing gains from important agent missions work properly.
Talking to a new agent no longer wipes the agent memory and they will issue correct missions.
Agents now behave and no longer steal the player's ship if they are in the same ship type required to complete the mission.
Agents given by missions will now generate a bookmark if the agent is not in your buddy list.
Agent mission bookmarks may be dragged and dropped correctly.
Agent information windows display correct standing requirements.

Missions and Deadspace

Loyalty Point and item cost for various offers, including the Navy module offers, have been modified to better reflect market value.
More than 40 new missions added into the game.
Sergeant Elite and Raid Leader tags should now drop from a few select level 3 important missions from the pirate factions.
Defects in some storyline missions have been fixed.
Missions that could not be accomplished have been fixed and work properly.
Mission referrals go to the proper agents.
Tutorials have been updated with new information.
Deadspace journal entries generated by mission links display correctly and present proper "Warp to Location" options.
Tutorial missions no longer give a standing hit if declined, quit or timed out.
The allotted time to complete timed missions and still gain the bonus has been increased significantly.
The Centus Sansha has revealed 2 new kinds of complexes run by True Power and True Creations, called Sansha War Supply Complex and Centus Assembly T. P. Co., and the Pith Guristas have revealed a prison facility run by the madman Humfry Dewak, called Pith Penal Complex
Some of the hardest complexes operations on TQ, Serpentis Fleet Shipyard and particularly the Angel Military Operations Complex have received a serious blow to their power. Troop reductions in the innermost pockets should be clearly felt.
Rogue drone hive-complexes on the other hand have flourished and the rogue drone overseers now often carry valuable equipment. Their strongest hive in particular – the newly discovered Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive – has flourished.
Difficulty level 5 to 8 complexes have spread somewhat further out into the lower security level areas. In addition to the new complexes being spread outwards more, the old ones will now appear much further out also.

Containers

All Audit Log Secure Containers in space have been anchored. If an audit log secure container in space is not anchored, then it is publicly accessible. Audit Log Secure Containers in stations remain secure as per their configuration.
Required skill information for Secure Containers has been added to the description.
Secure Containers may be anchored in space with sufficient skill.
Station Containers will reprocess correctly.
Password protected cargo containers work properly.
Containers now have a maximum item count. It is not possible to overload containers or hangars.

War System

Mutual War Declarations have been added. These are wars that to are accepted by the party that is declared war upon and as a result have no cost.
War Cost Calculations have been simplified. Any war including corporations cost 2 million pr. week. any wars that include an Alliance as any party cost 50 million pr. week. The war cost is then multiplied by the number of non-mututal active wars the Corporation or Alliance has declared on them. Example: If a corporation you are declaring war on already has 3 wars declared on it, your war will cost 4 x 2 million pr. week.
Billing and cancellation for wars that have not been paid for are now handled correctly.
War System now performs closer checks on all conflicts that a corporation or alliance may be involved in. This will prevent cancellation of conflicts between 2 corporations or alliances with overlapping recipients (Corp1 is at war with Corp2 and Corp3, Corp2 is at war with Corp1 and Corp4. The system will no longer cancel wars between Corp1 and Corp3, nor Corp2 or Corp4.)

Market

It is now possible to sell from all corporation division hangars.
Using the rightclick "Sell this item" menu option on an item in a hangar no longer generates errors.
Region changes in pricing are no longer ignored by the market price history graph.
Corporation buy/sell orders will no longer cancel upon a role change.
Buy order expiration now returns escrowed ISK immediately.
Racial Small and Medium Control Towers are now available on the market.
Simple Reaction based for Medium Control Towers are now available on the market.
Medium Intensive Refinery based for Medium Control Towers are now available on the market.
Standard Crystal is now available on the market.

User Interface and Graphics

Default sorting in hangars is fixed
Scroll ability has been added to Role and Title management.
Escape Menu items work as intended.
Multiple buttons displayed when packing insured and uninsured items no longer occur.
Character information windows displays all information correctly, including bounty, bio and corporation membership time.
Market windows should display properly when using the same window for multiple sells.
Items panel retains sort order after undocking and redocking.
Map flattening preferences are now remembered by the client.
Character are rendered properly when using the in-game browser.
Items can be deleted from the Assets Window.
Overview bracket colors correctly reflect alliance relationships.
F10 map now has an option to color systems based in the illegality of cargo in your hold.

Chat Channels

Players will no longer get a confirmation dialogue box when receiving an invitation from a member of their buddy list.
Players will no longer be CSPA'd for communicating with other players who have you on their buddy list.
Players will no longer be CSPA'd for communicating with fellow corporation members.
When a buddy or blocked contact logs off, you get a logged off notification and the windows change their online status accordingly.
When a buddy or blocked contact of yours logs on, you get a logged on notification and user entry windows change their online status accordingly.
When a new buddy or blocked contact is added, you immediately get their online status.
Access control on channels and mailing lists works correctly.
Chat channels now display the correct number of players in the channel.
The ability to invite a third (or more) player to an existing chat has returned.
Chat channel "gag" and "ungag" commands now update the "Muted" list correctly.

Other

The Pilots in Space map option now shows a 30 minute average count instead of up-to-date information
Warping to a different location no longer occurs if a player lost connection or closed connection and immediately reconnects.
Major optimizations to handling handling of charges in weapons to decrease database usage
"Stargate jump in progress" message, aka the "Jump Bug", no longer prevents a ship from jumping.
Podkilled pilots no longer become stuck until downtime when the clone contract is in a station on a different server node.
Alliance Ranking page now works as intended.
Corporation can be created while in space without error.

Corp Mining OP

2005-04-09T09:29:00.000+02:00

Again TGKS hold a mining operation in Pashanai.

All corp mates can find detail in the Mining OP Report in our forum.

Do you know the difference between a noob and an experienced miner ?

Well, a noob miner mines in belts.
Experienced miners mine belts ...

New OS, new luck

2005-04-08T00:31:00.000+02:00

Well, the time came again - Hail the penguin !

I felt a strange need to install a Tux on my machine again ...

And so Debian Sarge (the CEBIT prerelease) found his way on my harddisk. The next challenge will be getting running EVE on it ;)

Mining Primer

2005-04-07T08:05:00.000+02:00

This post will be a summary of the already written Mining Primers in TFBTB.

Have fun. If you have any notices, remarks - please drop a line.

No Station containers ...

2005-04-06T23:00:00.000+02:00

... which hold their sorting ;)

CCP postponed the patch to .. hmm .. sometime later ...

My hangar will so again stay unsorted - damn.

Preview on the oncoming Patch

2005-04-04T21:37:00.000+02:00

CCP released some preliminary insights on the new oncoming patch:

Patch Deployment Wednesday the 6th of April in extended downtime 09:00-15:00 GMT.

see http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=237

Also some pics regarding the new freighters have been released:

see the actual dev blog

Tips & Tricks: Fast Targetting

2005-03-28T22:54:00.000+02:00

Ever noticed you can target with one click ?

Either on the scanner overview or by clicking an object in space:

Hold the CTRL (Strg for German keyboard users) key and click the object you wish to target.

No longer gobbling with some context menus and right mouse buttons ...

BTW: another fast way of targetting is clicking the module (miner, laser, autocannon, jammer, scrambler - whatever) and then click the target - the target is locked and the module is used on it.

Ahhhh ....

2005-03-28T22:42:00.000+02:00

Lately during some missions for Amarr Construction (yes also I as minmatar need a good standing with the owners of the refining plant in our HQ) the asked me to DRIVE TOURISTS to space...

TOURISTS !!!

Hope the get space-sick during the drive with my 3,500 m/s Vigil - that will be some extra curves...

*Grumble*

A View on PVP

2005-03-28T01:49:00.000+02:00

I am personally as miner and manufacturer not so fluent in the profession of putting others to dust. But as miner one has much time to search for things - so I invite you to read this excellent PVP Guide in the official EVE forums (If one hasn't already).

See this: PVP Guide to EVE

Woot ....

2005-03-27T18:05:00.000+02:00

hehe - first time I login as the third player on the server.

I guess CCP hardware now has a problem as thousands of folks storm the server ... a real hard test case ;)

A glance of hope

2005-03-27T17:56:00.000+02:00

Hmm, maybe it will work again ?

With a working Market ? Questions over Questions ...

Server down

2005-03-27T17:48:00.000+02:00

*Sigh*.

Tranquility is still offline, my easter weekend is going down ...

What started with a "quick unscheduled" reboot now lasts ~ one hour ...

If you have any rants or flames - this would be official thread for it:
EVE-Online Forum - Current Server Outage

A view on Mining - Part III - Basics

2005-03-27T16:08:00.000+02:00

In our little Basic Training we will now get to a point NO other profession can make inside of EVE - getting money without working for it ;)

Yes - you read right - NO (or very less) work and get money for it ...

The so-called AFK Mining

This one is called from the good 'ol acronym AFK (away from keyboard). The idea is the following:

get in a secure system (>= 0.9 security) with an industrial
jump to a asteroid belt
lock the asteroid of you choice
tune in the miner
wait until the industrials cargo is full
sell the ore (or the refined minerals)

With this tactic you can earn money without having real to work for it. Also you are safe from ore thiefs - there is no way to plunder and industrial in hisec space except shooting it and THAT IS A BAD IDEA in hisec space...

Nevertheless there are some drawbacks to this method. You have to choose either more valuable ore (Scordite, Plagioclase, Pyroxerces etc.) or the common Veldspar to mine. The advantage of getting Veldspar is, that if you have locked a BIG roid (diameter 5km and above) you can quite a time mine it AFK. More valuable roids tend to be smaller - so it could be you have to switch targets all 20 minutes or so (I call this semi AFK mining). Also a "Survey Scanner" (scans the ore makeup of a roid) comes handy.

With this method one can make easily large sums of money (compared with the work you have to afford).

Why I share this insight with you ?

It easy - the more money you have, the more you can spend on my goods ;)

Just have a look @ Eol's Request Form

A view on Mining - Part II - Basics

2005-03-26T11:23:00.000+01:00

Continuing or little series about "The Art of Mining" our next serious question will be:

What to mine ?

As said before - there are two type of miners - the "planners" and the "I just mine" miners.
To help the "planners" a little if have created a little overview what to expect from which type of ore you mine. Please take in account the chart is based on figures from my current skills - which are quite good for mining. The main figures are based on mining with a cruiser (I took no BS since not every one has one - but a cruiser is affordable) with a mining yields (ore you get) of 486m³ per minute.

Profits from mining - based on average ore/mineral prices in the GENESIS region:

You see on the chart above you are able to get for one hours work the equivalent value of an average from around 1,500,000 - 3,000,000 ISK per hour from low value ore (Veldspar, Scrodite, Plagioclase etc.) up to astonishing 22,500,000 (!) ISK per hour from high value ores like Crokite, Bistot etc.

So is it so easy like the chart suggests ?

Mine five hours and earn 112,500,000 ISK ?

Unfortunatly not - the high value ores are in security 0.0-0.3 (this means every guy who don't likes you there could easily shot you - mining lasers are no good weapons ... and nearly all 0.0 systems are greedily guarded by PvP'ers) and by mining low value ores in high security systems you suffer losses due to ore thieves.

Also the figures are based on ONE HOUR of mining - not taken into account the time you need to:

haul the ore to a station
fight off some hamsters attacking you

Taken this times in consideration you come down to an effective mining time of 60-75% of an hour. Also a careful consideration of the place you mine should be taken into the planning. Choose the spot you mine carefully. All the ore you need should be in range of your mining lasers (12km for Miner II's). Creating dozens of cans can be a pain in the a** if you have to haul them all.

But I hope the chart gives you a quick peek into the possible profits you can get from mining. Also if you (or some corp lads are building ships & equipment) you can save great sums of money by mining the minerals you need by yourself instead of buying them from some greedy miners ;)

A view on Mining - Part I - Basics

2005-03-26T10:09:00.000+01:00

Preface

This wil be the first part of a series with "Mining" as the general topic. This guide should help corp mates and beginners ( the so called "noobs") to get a glance at the art of mining.

Your Pal,
Eol Ruin

Basics

There are two types of miners - miners who "just"mine and miners who tend to plan their mining. Sure its easy to fly to a belt and start up your mining lasers ... wait ... move ore from cargo to can and haul it sometimes to a reprocessingplant of their needs.

But with a skillfull planning one can easily optimize his/her mining profits.

Some points to consider for the beginning miner:

Use a proper ship

For mining you will always need two types of ships:

a miner (frigate, cruiser, battlecruiser or even a battleship) - the ship you fit mining lasers on to get vast amounts of ore mined as short time as possible
a hauler (an industrial - the more cargo and the more speed the better)

The considerations for choosing the miner will be the following:

as many turret hardpoint as possible - the more turrets - the more ore per minutes
much CPU power - each Miner II takes 90 CPU power - so you have to have a ship that is capable of support that much. It has no use if you have seven hi-slots and 150 CPU ... also learn "Electronics" (5% more CPU per level) and "Electronic Upgrades" so you can fit a Co-Processor in your ship
mining alone or in groups: depending on the place you want to mine (hi-sec or low-sec) and especially if mining alone you will have to take in account you will have to protect yourself - so get some decent weaponery on you miner. Also a possiblity would be having two ships in a system - One Miner and one fighting menace to defeat the hamsters (slang for NPC pirates) which are attacking you
take ship boni into account: There are ships out there like the scythe (minmatar cruiser) for example which have a mining bonus. For each Minmatar Cruiser Skill level you have - the Scythe gets 20%(!) mining bonus. For example if you have the skill to level four you get 80% bonus - so the three Miner II's on the Scythe count as 5.4 (3 * 1.8) Miner II's. Thats more than I can achieve for example with the minmatar battlecruiser, the Cyclone.

Considerations for the hauler are easy:

as much cargo room as possible
as much speed as possible

Also consider creating some bookmarks for easy hauling if mining at larger scale operations - if you can save, say 3 minutes per haul, by using you proper bookmark you save yourself 1/2 an hour after 10 hauls. And you will constantly haul in a corp mining OP ...

Nifty little creatures

2005-03-25T18:49:00.000+01:00

Last Night, during one of my mining OP's I got a little bored and tried to get a shot of a miners best friends. The nifty little mining drones. Ever noticed that it is nearly impossible to see one of this mechanical thingies ?

They are just to small to be seen - even if you zoom in as much as possible.

So most people know them only by their icon representation:

Fortunatly I was able to get a closer look after readjusting my cams on my trusty Typhoon.

See here a closer shot:

and a very close shot:

Ever seen such a close look to those valuable miners helpers - on the shot above they are chewing some jaspet.

Well ...

2005-03-25T17:50:00.000+01:00

The trip to italy has been shorter than expected ...

Due to rainy weather (hell, I was in italy - not in GB) I cancelled my stay much faster than I originally planned too.

However - kind of relaxing it was - good food (brought many italian specialities back home) and do nothing except reading some good books and sleeping ;)

A short vacation

2005-03-24T09:50:00.000+01:00

Relaxing also sometimes is necessary. So I decided to take some days off to italy.

Have fun folks.

To Corp Mates:

If any help is needed, Pvt Weiner is responsible as last director available, during Ordo and I are on vacation.

TGKS recruiting.

2005-03-23T08:04:00.000+01:00

Never been in a corp ?

Unhappy with your current corp ?

Give it a try - join the Galactic Knights !

Read our recruiting Post or join our forum.

You can also convo either Ordo (the CEO) or Eol Ruin (financial director) ingame.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Welcome to "Tales from beyond the Belt"

2005-03-23T07:46:00.000+01:00

To shortly introduce my self - my name is Eol Ruin and I work for The Galactic Knights (TGKS) , a mining & manufacturing corporation in Pashanai (near Yulai).

I am responsible for the financial assets of the corp and I am mainly a miner and manufacturer.
Striving through the galaxy you can find me normally near Pashanai, our Corporation HQ.

If you are in need just convo me - we surely can arrange something. I definitly qualify for the title "carebear" ;)

For further reference have a look to the following sites:

My Biography (ingame browser compatible)
Our Corporation Site (not ingame browser compatible)