Ecliptic Rift

Thanks to the magic of the timecode bazaar, I have reactivated Ghost Outrider’s account. She has just over 5m SP and focuses almost exclusively on combat with Minmatar ships and weaponry. More fiction featuring her and that slightly more fantastical writing style I have occasionally explored will appear here soon.

But I need help from you friendly (hah hah) EVE bloggers and players. I really want to indulge in some PVP for the next couple of months. And you may have noticed that I like to tell a story through gameplay, though this need not require roleplay in the strictest sense. “Ghost Outrider” has mixed Brutor/Thukker heritage and tends to support the traditions of her Thukker tribe over the Republic or even current tribal leadership when they conflict in any way. To date, I’ve explicitly avoided missions against Angels because I want to stay out of the pirate faction standing hole. Yes, this makes mission running and raising my Thukker standings difficult, but that’s life for a representational roleplayer.

For the moment, then, I need to choose between joining the Tribal Liberation Force (or an associated militia corp) and traditional low-sec piracy. I realize that the two don’t have to exclude each other and frequently don’t. For now and for me, however, I want to focus on one at a time.

I participated in factional warfare when CCP first released it, but with the impending FW changes in Apocrypha 1.5 and the continuing evolution of the NPC storylines, this imperfect game system still holds substantial interest for me. I can also continue to traverse Republic high-sec without any real concerns about security status. Then again, I don’t like the downtime plex shuffling mechanic, the focus on blob warfare, or the cesspool of Militia Chat.

But the yarr still calls to me. Terrorizing Amarrian or possibly even Caldari low-sec in a Rifter… mmmm. EVE’s support for piracy has undeniable romanticism, and you pirate bloggers feed that quite well. I’ve done essentially none of this and don’t even know whether I’d seek out a pirate corp (as it might prove difficult to find one where I’d fit), but anybody who knows anything about EVE has felt the call of the yarr.

Feedback! Comments! Suggestions! Whatever! I’d love to hear what you have to say.

Photo credit: Russ Morris via Flickr

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