Tag Archives: Salvaging

Musing on highsec piracy corporations

Lately, I’ve started to grow a little bored with my market efforts. Iurnan Mileghere still makes quite a bit of ISK on the market, enough to fund PLEXes for several accounts and still turn profit. But after the events of … Read the rest of this entry

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Four levels of EVE players

Like most games, EVE has a number of levels of play. I’d like to delve into this line of thinking over several posts, as much to figure things out as to discuss it with others. Feel free to agree, disagree, … Read the rest of this entry

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Two and a half years ago…

Today, I dug out my old iPod Touch. My seven-year-old daughter wanted to use it more often, so I figured I’d clean off some old stuff and let her play Angry Birds or something. When I went through my old … Read the rest of this entry

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A New Direction in EVE: 0 in a series

I want to enjoy EVE again, of course. The community and issues surrounding the game keep me occupied and unable to walk away without completely severing my connections. Unless major life events come up to get in the way of … Read the rest of this entry

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Rejecting grief play

EVE presents an interesting conundrum in terms of its approach to griefing. I’d like to talk a little about the different approaches available, including CCP’s own, as part of coming to a resolution in my own mind. Official policy Everyone … Read the rest of this entry

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Sifting through the Incursion 1.0 patch notes

We got another present today from CCP Games in the form of Incursion 1.0 patch notes. This mostly consists of player-requested fixes and such, but in the spirit of “fix the little things first,” it’s a good-faith first offering and … Read the rest of this entry

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Rustpunk

Now that I’ve started to get active again, I figured I might as well note the identity of my combat character: Rustpunk. The sekrit trading alt will remain as such, not that it would matter to anyone. I’ll have more … Read the rest of this entry

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Win some, lose some

Not only did I lose a salvaging ship earlier (“heh, look, the MR’s wreck… silly NPCs targeting me… um, hello pod”), I also managed to lose my other alt’s ratting AF. On undock, I saw a pirate faction cruiser and … Read the rest of this entry

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Darker turn

I haven’t posted a lot lately, for reasons unrelated to recent EVE drama (about which I do not intend to say more, because I’ve grown tired of the back and forth). Between illness in the family—nothing serious—and some business travel, … Read the rest of this entry

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Highsec piracy

I will admit that the idea of highsec piracy occasionally appeals to me. Hitting miners and traders to see what they’ve got? Salvaging and looting in deadspace? Shooting down overly confident agency contractors? Delicious. Sure, you have to go out … Read the rest of this entry

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