Tag Archives: Trading

Posted on 2011-07-26 by Ecliptic Rift

CSM Crowdsourcing Votes

The CSM needs our help for the July 2011 prioritization crowdsourcing. This means, essentially, you go through the list and vote for items you want CCP to prioritize. You can also vote against certain items, though I chose not to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-04-02 by Ecliptic Rift

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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Posted on 2011-02-28 by Ecliptic Rift

Toward a spectrum of nonviolent playstyles

What do nonviolent EVE players do? Like most interesting questions, this one doesn’t have one single, straightforward answer. I’d say that the nonviolent playstyle actually covers an entire spectrum. I tend to think that, as we move down from the … 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 2011-01-13 by Ecliptic Rift

The hypocrisy of me.

NB: Yes, this is an EVE post. It just takes some time to get there. Tonight, I played a bit of World of Warcraft. I’ve mentioned this before, since I play with family and meatspace friends (primarily work buddies). And … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-11-16 by Ecliptic Rift

Reviewing the market: QEN Q3 2010

NB: This analysis generally distinguishes between summarizing CCP’s results and my own conclusions. Where the text contains mistakes, generally I accept the blame for them except in the cases where I specifically note faults in the QEN itself. Review CCP … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-09-29 by Ecliptic Rift

Blueprint and reaction sale

Due to a hangar cleanout, I listed a bunch of equipment and other odds and ends on the market in Rens (trade skills FTW). I know that some things won’t move as quickly as I’d often like. So I’ll note … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-09-28 by Ecliptic Rift

Rethinking the EVE corporate model

NB: I based this post on a comment on Backstage regarding corp hangar organization. It doesn’t reflect anything Naraka is planning at this time. In fact, except for the Backstage comment, nobody else in the alliance has even seen it … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-24 by Ecliptic Rift

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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Posted on 2010-07-08 by Ecliptic Rift

Branching out into evil

Lately, I’ve had more fun in EVE Online than I’ve had in this game for a long time. This hasn’t come from just one thing, but I’ve changed up my normal activity, and that’s helped a lot. On a sekrit … Read the rest of this entry →

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