Adventures in Mission Running

Welcome to the eighteenth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by none other than me, CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to crazykinux@gmail.com. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

On May 6th 2010, EVE Online celebrated its 7th Anniversary. Quite a milestone in MMO history, especially considering that it is one of the few virtual worlds out there to see its population continually grow year after year. For some of you who’ve been here since the very beginning, EVE has evolved quite a lot since its creation. With the expansion rolling out roughly twice a year, New Eden gets renewed and improved regularly. But, how about you the player? How has you gaming style evolved through the years or months since you’ve started playing? Have you always been a carebear, or roleplayer? Have you only focused on PvP or have you given other aspects of the game a chance – say manufacturing. Let’s hear your story!

When I started playing EVE back in 2006, I had but a simple dream: to be able to fly all the ships in EVE. While I worked on this path, I also learned that there is a difference between being to fly a ship, and being able to fly a ship. So I branched out, working on skills such as engineering, electronics and the like. As I described it back then when asked, “I want to be able to max out the attributes of whatever ship I was flying without fitting any modules.” This became my new path.

As the months and years went by, I continued to hone and learn new skills. Spaceship Command, Gunnery, Drones. All the while in the back of my mind there was the dream, “Fly every ship and fly it well.”

So where does that leave me now? Since I’ve moved out to wormhole space with my current corporation, making ISK hand over fist and getting my claws bloody with some PvP. I also have some skills I have left to work on so I can definitely see myself playing EVE for a few more years yet.

Obligatory pie chart of skills:

The third Blog Banter of 2010 comes to us from ChainTrap of the Into the unknown with gun and camera EVE Blog. He asks us: “Eve University turns six years old on March 15th; six years spent helping the new pilots of New Eden gain experience and understanding in a supportive environment. Eve is clearly a complicated game, with a ton to learn, so much that you never stop learning. So, the question is; What do you wish that someone had taken the time to tell you when you were first starting out? Or what have you learned in the interim that you’d like to share with the wider Eve community?”

During the four years I’ve been playing EVE, I’ve come to recognize a few key ideas that make playing EVE a more rewarding experience.
Let me share them with you.

1. Always keep your clone up to date
2. Only fly what you can afford to lose
3. There are no stupid questions. Stupid answers? Definitely.
4. It’s only a game. When the Internet Spaceships starts to be too serious a business, it’s time to go outside.
5. If you’re just starting out, DO THE TUTORIALS!
6. Learning skills are good!

I’d go on and on, but I’m working on my brevity.

Fly safe.

Quickly retyping this since I seemed to have deleted it…

Others have done this recently, and I like to share.

Pie chart

I used EVEHQ instead of EVEMon because: A) Nicer looking, easier to read chart, and B) I’ve already linked my ineve character sheet in a different post on this site.

The others?

• Casiella
• Godlesswanderer
• EVE’s Weekend Warrior
• Manasi
• Biomassed/Hitch

Did I miss anyone? Please post your pie in the comments

Not much to tell lately, ran missions, blew up stuff, ran some more missions. Traded in some loyalty points and cruise missiles for some faction cruise missiles. Hopefully they sell quickly.

Finished learning Thermodynamics and nanite skills. Looking forward to trying them out with Clear Skies soon. Went back to working on Leadership skills for the next time I can get over and help my corpmates shoot at people I can help boost things like armour and shield hitpoints and targetting range.

Here are some screenshots. Enjoy!

Clear Skies broadside

Checking a wreck

Knock Knock

Hauling stuff

Worlds Collide