Tag Archives: Apocrypha

Posted on 2011-08-01 by Ecliptic Rift

EVE Vegas: CCP Dropbear

EVE Vegas has completed, but my notes still keep coming. CCP Dropbear, who may have the most epic name I’ve ever heard (“Nick Blood”), gave the last presentation on Saturday evening, and did so in appropriate CCP fashion: inebriated. In … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-02-15 by Ecliptic Rift

Design touchstones and the ‘rules’

I recently posted on my EVE tumblelog a response to a quote from Greg Zeschuk, one of the founders of Bioware, about SWTOR and World of Warcraft. The central quote: Every MMO that comes out, I play and look at … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-01-23 by Ecliptic Rift

Toward a new play style: PWP

I think I either need to find a new game or a different way to play EVE. This isn’t working well anymore for me. Perhaps I should better explain my statement on Twitter. EVE primarily centers on competitive gameplay, largely … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-01-17 by Ecliptic Rift

Should EVE use the word “expansion”?

This Tuesday, EVE Online will get its latest update: Incursion 1.1. We’ll get a new character creator, a redesign of the planetary management interface, and the new Sansha incursions. CCP has not yet made the patch notes available for our … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-09-13 by Ecliptic Rift

Question: What one feature could be really great?

Today’s Daily Grind column at Massively asks, “What cool feature was still a disappointment?” You can imagine that I answered factional warfare. So much promise left to die on the vine. But I want to turn this question around and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-02-20 by Ecliptic Rift

A political idealist, not a murderer

If you play EVE and don’t actually live in a W-space gravimetrically inactive asteroid, you must know by now about the announcement of the EVE expansion named Tyrannis. CCP has fully and publicly acknowledged the power of the Dark Side. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-14 by Ecliptic Rift

Intro to booster production

Overview Everything starts with biochemical gas clouds. Mykoserocin clouds get used for the weakest (and only legal) variety, synth boosters, while cytoserocin clouds get used for standard, strong, and improved boosters. These clouds reside in ladar sites, particularly in null … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-08-19 by Ecliptic Rift

Apocrypha 1.5

Apocrypha 1.5 will hit Tranquility tonight / tomorrow (depending on your time zone). Basically, it has some nice bits here and there, but nothing that will drastically alter the game. Fuel and ore bays Glad to see my lovely Orca … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-08-02 by Ecliptic Rift

OOC: My EVE weekend and return

This weekend, I really just tried to find the fun again. As nearly anyone who likes the EVE production and trading system will tell you, that didn’t take long at all. My activities I built and sold quite a few … Read the rest of this entry →

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