Take Me Out to the Black, Part Three
Tuesday saw the release of the latest EVE expansion, The Empyrean Age, which focuses on lowering the barrier of entry for PvP by adding a middle ground between mission running in Empire and roaming the lawless reaches of 0.0 space. This was accompanied by a days worth of downtime during which all out war was declared by the four principle factions in New Eden. Full details of the day’s events can be read here. I could go into detail about how great it is that the Caldari State have retaken Caldari Prime, but that would be incredibly geeky…
Take Me Out to the Black, Part Two
Logged on this afternoon to find that Jim has finally returned. Before I describe what followed, first a little back-story; Jim (Rossignol) is an ex-PCG staffer and currently writes for Rock, Paper, Shotgun as well as other assorted freelance stuff (he’s written a book, too; This Gaming Life). After seeing me comment on some of his EVE related articles in November when I started playing, he sent me an email asking if, assuming I was still playing after a few months, I’d like to join his Corp (the aforementioned StateCorp). I replied, saying sure, if I was still around.
Of course, time, money and repeated deaths conspired against me, and I stopped playing in January. However, a couple of weeks ago he sent me another email, so I took him up on the offer and reactivated my account, eager to try out the other side of EVE Online. Ironically, just after I joined StateCorp, he moved house and was without internet for a while, leaving me kind of drifting (as he’d suggested he’d teach me the ropes). Except now he’s back, and seemingly has great plans for the State. And with that out of the way, details of today’s op are after the cut.
Take Me Out to the Black, Part One
And so endeth my first ‘op’ on EVE. As mentioned way back when, I reactivated my account and joined a small scale Corporation, StateCorp. Tonight was the first night I took part in a bit of PvP hunting (the aforementioned op). After spending 15 days training for Interceptors, I took my shiny new Malediction, Kalendra-ICm Mk1, out for a test ride. Follow the cut for details of how it went.
