Demigoddess with a Conscience

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Sure, I’ve been caught by customs on occasion for smuggling the Blue Pills I use to boost shield management while in combat. They’re not legal, they’re rather dangerous but still…it’s our life right? Nerve sticks on the other hand…Oh well, this guy will probably never try again, that’s for sure…

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I am quite frankly at a loss of words here. How stupid can one get and still be able to breathe? This was the single most epic stupid thing I have ever seen in the history of EVE. What. An. Idiot.

Okay so the title is a bit misleading. I’m not leaving EVE…permanently. At least I don’t hope so. However, I will be out of it for at least this summer and perhaps a bit into fall. I have too much other things going on in real life, several other fun games I play both for myself and with friends (not MMOs) and quite frankly I’ve hit one of these famous dips. 

I’m simply not having fun in EVE at the moment, so instead of wasting time logging in, getting frustrated and log out, I’m simply going to let my sub expire. I might be back, I might not. We’ll see.

For those of you following my YouTube page, I’m happy to announce that both of the current Let’s Play series will continue. Hopefully a bit more regurlarly too.

See you out there and fly safe!

/Ancy

I joined Faction Warfare because I thought it would have some interesting PvP in it. Boy, was I wrong. It’s either completely 100% docked up at all times, or they go completely overboard. I’ve been up against 20 man gangs, alone. Been up against a CARRIER alone, been up against more blobs. I’ve been trying and trying to get these guys to fight an interesting fight (say 5-10 to 1) but they insist on bringing ECM to a 20 vs 1, undocking a carrier to take out a single BC, or just simply swarm you with 3000 frigates.

I’m not complaining about the fact that they do, it’s well within game mechanics and if they have the gangs, why not? But, something that has been nagging me more and more lately is this: Where in EVE have the solo PvP gone? I’ve tried for the last six months to get decent solo fights but I inevitably end up getting massively blobbed. I’m quite close to just throwing my hands in the air and saying “fuck this, I’m outta here”, because I’m quite frankly not having fun in EVE anymore. Giev back my solo PvP plox?

I’m in a reflective mood today, so I thought I’d talk about how I view CEOship and how I’ve been CEO not once, twice or hell, even three times, but four distinct times in my Eve Online career.

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Maybe I’m getting old. Or just a carebear. Or maybe it’s just lack of practice. It’s clearly something wrong, because I haven’t made this many mistakes in a row in a long time. First off, I was roaming around 50 jumps in the so called “Faction Warfare” areas of Black Rise and Essence. In an effort to “hang with the tough guys”, I’d chosen the Javelin, a Hurricane class battlecruiser. I saw several smaller gangs and a few “blobs”, but nothing really up for a battlecruiser to chew on. Especially not since I obviously had no idea on how this thing maneuvered.

I was clearly not feeling at all at home in this Minmatar vessel, and much less had any idea on what tactic to use in the inevitable battle to come. It came sooner than expected, as a Cyclone decloaked on a gate right beside me. I locked him up, sent my drones and opened up. And was swiftly reminded about why you don’t engage on gates in low sec. Read the rest of this entry →

Eve Online seems to be full of a bunch of old bitter women.

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Yeah, so this probably has absolutely nothing with EVE to do, but I simply have to share. This song is guaranteed a spot in my next PvP video. Without  a shadow of a doubt. Now the question is how in the hell I managed to MISS this epic piece of music for over TWO EFFING YEARS!?

Nightwish – Bye Bye Beautiful

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwX6NacNR0

As Sansha’s Nation continues its renewed offensive against the citizens of New Eden, many have called for the four empires to band together, as in centuries past, and destroy the threat as one. These calls, however, appear to have so far fallen on deaf ears.

“Sansha’s Nation was a threat over a century ago,” said Professor Fontine Mereux of the University of Caille, a leading expert on the history of CONCORD. “But in the cluster’s darkest hour, all of the empires banded together to smash them. Sansha’s Nation is now resurgent. For too long they’ve been allowed to fester in Stain. It’s time that the four empires band together once more to wipe it out.”

Thousands of others have raised similar calls to arms, believing that the only way to counter the Nation’s threat is through cooperation between the four empires, but years of mistrust and fighting between the empires has made that path appear unlikely.

“If it wasn’t Sansha’s Nation doing it, it’d be the Amarr,” stated Jorel Yat, a high-ranking Vherokior tribesman. “I say the Republic should focus on stopping the Nation from attacking us and let the others worry about their own citizens. Make us a less appealing target and we’ll be left alone.”

Gugiere Ladux, a Gallente politician, said, “I heard the Caldari Navy managed to hack an invading force and turn the Nation’s agents against each other. If they really wanted to help, why haven’t they turned this technique over to the rest of the cluster? If we sent our Navy into Stain, what’s to stop the Caldari from hacking the Sansha to kill us first?”

The effort has not been aided by CONCORD, who continue to insist publicly that the Nation is not a threat. “At the present time, CONCORD does not require additional empire-provided manpower to deal with pirate incursions,” a short statement from the CONCORD Assembly read.

- The Scope

While the Caldari strive to combat this new threat, politicians are squabbling and tossing blame here and there. This is a common view apparently, shared by the love-couple of Minmatar-Gallente. In their strive for “freedom” and “community” they end up being paranoid and scared shitless.

The empires banded together and defeated the Sansha’s Nation (wether that was right or wrong, I’ll leave for another time) not long ago, and now that the Nation rears its ugly head again, what happens? Caldari develops new technology to combat the threat, as always. The Amarr…I dunno, they probably pray or something. The Minmatar? They blame the Amarr, or simply state “Fuck them, we care only for ourselves”. Gallenteans get paranoid. It wouldn’t surprise me if that bloody “freedom” speech gets spouted soon as some poor excuse to close their borders. Why in all that is holy would the Caldari hack a Sansha fleet to kill gallenteans? That’s probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

Thought I’d write a post on what I thought of the war against Bug Eyed Monsters as it has come and gone.  Why am I publishing this now?  Because I feel like it, and your reading it.  So really, it’s your fault.  I guess?…

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