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T1 Industrials and the value of skills
T1 Industrials are in the process of being rebalanced, and this is leading to significant discussion on the forums. The root cause of this trouble, other than the Mammoth/Hoarder issue, is that some races have more Industrials than others. So either some skills open up fewer ship roles, or some ships are, still, pretty much […] Read more
Probing - Now and the Future
This is mostly prompted by a comment on twitter, about the player skill levels involved in probing. 140 characters isn't enough, much of the time. To be clear, I'm talking primarily about site probing, rather than combat probing, which requires a slightly different method. Now I generally like the changes which have been made to […] Read more
Mining Rights - A Proposal
Thoughts about mining have been rolling around in my head for a while now, so I thought I'd get it out there. The asteroid belts in EVE have always seemed a little out-of-place. Rocks respawning in exactly the same place, every single day. Sure, as a mechanic it makes sense, but from a lore perspective […] Read more
Not Quite So New Player Experience: NQS-NPE
Catchy, no? I can't comment too much on the NPE, as I've been playing for a couple of years, and while not Community born, I have this very good friend called Google, who I talk to on a very regular basis. As such, I'd pretty much picked up the basics, by the time I'd worked […] Read more
Manufacturing 201 - Tech 2
Tech 2 manufacturing is a clickfest. If you don't like having to do a great deal of clicking, just wanting to installing jobs once a week, move on. You will be clicking a lot. That said, the profits with Tech 2 manufacturing can be pretty good. They're more sensitive to market conditions than many T1 […] Read more
The Problem with the new Launcher - Multiboxing
Well, not strictly multiboxing. Running multiple accounts on the one computer. To explain: I have a single system with 3 screens. I run one account on each screen, so I can see all of them at once. (I also have a setting for one account across all the screens) I run these clients in fixed […] Read more
Manufacturing 102 - Research
Research is an important aspect of industry in EVE online, though it's one that, initially, all you have to pay attention to is the output, rather than how to do it yourself. This is because there are plenty of people out there who are more than willing to sell you the fruits of their labours, […] Read more
Ice Interdiction, Mark 2
What if you could, if you can't get at the enemy miners, cowering in their POS waiting for you to go away, work to eliminate what they're wanting to mine? So, there you are, arriving in the Enemy held system. And the only people there are a few miners who immediately hole up in their […] Read more
Renting Player slots - Reworking Industry
Renting slots from players is something that came up in a forum thread I was keeping an eye on. And it's an interesting one. The CSM has heard about it, but I thought I'd bring it to a wider audience, as it was a trifle off topic for the thread it was in . The […] Read more
New Decryptors - Odyssey
Looks like we're getting new and changed decryptors in Odyssey, along with a rationalized naming scheme. The first is going to be interesting for how they shake out price wise, and what they do to the marketplace. The second only makes sense. Having to look up 'which one does what' is a pain in the […] Read more
