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Eve Comic Number 87

on November 18, 2019

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Insta Death

The other day I was out roaming solo in a Dramiel I had just fitted up. This is a relatively new fit that I've been trying out lately, the last one managed to get about 20 killmarks before it exploded. Not heavily blinged, but faction where it needed it. I've become used to skipping the Triglavian systems, jump in warp out, over the past few weeks. There is nothing for me in those systems. I hunt people, not NPCs. Everyone has their own way to play and that's fine. I'm just not interested. But what happened next was eye-opening.
I died. Immediately.
I literally exploded before I entered warp. At first I thought I must have done something wrong. Or perhaps the server response was slow and I needed to file a bug report. Ask to have my ship restored. Something seemed wrong.
But then it happened again last night in a Slicer.
Few ships in Eve can warp faster than a Dram and a Slicer. These are small, fast, agile frigs. Insta-popped by NPC guns on the gate. I've since learne…

The Best Advice for Eve Online

There is a lot of solid advice out there for Eve Players. "Don't fly what you can't afford to lose" is a classic. Tutorials. Blog posts. Videos. Streamers. Forums. Even Facebook groups. The list is endless and the advice is typically good, solid, and it usually means well. This post isn't intended to invalidate other advice, but I'd like to take a few minutes to point out something that most people tend to overlook. Something that lies at the heart of what it means to be successful at this crazy game.
Eve is a game played in sessions that is only won over time. Classic battles compared to wars mentality. What that time period means for each player is going to vary, but essentially and fundamentally, for you to be truly successful - you can't stop. No matter what. And before I get taken the wrong way here, let me be clear. I'm not saying that everyone who plays Eve needs to play forever. Forever is not a term I'm using. You might play for three mont…

Where Do We Go From Here?

I haven't been writing as much lately. Real life has been so freaking weird. The anxiety of living in a Pandemic. The riots. The anger. Noise. Insanity. Uncertainty. I don't need to tell you, you are living in it with me. Our trip to Iceland for Fanfest was cancelled. Our Summer cruise with Eve nerds in the Baltic was cancelled. Eve North. Same. And then school, so our two boys who still live with us are home 24/7. My Wife was home for three months, working next to me in the studio. And now she has returned to an empty downtown to work in the office, one week at the office, one week at home. And that makes zero sense.
All of which, on top of my Dad's cancer (He was recently declared cancer free!) and not being able to visit family and friends - has really put everything into a weird place. And most bizarre of all is that we are all expected to just roll with it and move on like nothing is happening.
I can tell you this, creative energy does not flourish in such an environme…

Wild Banshee Indians

Whenever my brother and I would run around like crazy people, our Mother would say, "You two are like a pack of wild banshee Indians."

The Internets say, "A banshee Indian is an Indian mythical female spirit whose wailing or appearance warns a family that one of them will soon die. Before a death occurs, the Indian banshee will go wailing and clapping hands: if the death is of a holy person, a whole chorus of banshees will wail."

Ok fine, I believe everything I read on the Internets. I don't think my Mom seriously thought my brother and I were harbingers of death, at least I hope not. I suspect what she was on about was the sounds we were probably making. When you are a kid these sounds are normal, but when you grow up and have children of your own - well then you know exactly what kind of Hell your own parents lived through.

What does any of this have to do with Eve?

The whole idea of "wild banshee indians", not the actual historical words, (but the…

A Case of Monday

In yesterday's post I mentioned that I didn't actually have any losses to discuss. Having only lost 2 ships in all of June, the entire first page of my killboard was green. (Unusual) To make matters worse, when I logged into Eve yesterday I ended up mentioning to Cervantes that I typically don't fly certain ships on Mondays because I end up getting blobbed a lot on Mondays. Which was mostly a joke, but it is a weird perception that I've had for years now. For all intents and purposes I cursed myself by bringing this up not once, but twice.
I lost 5 ships yesterday.
So how does a day like this get started? Bad decisions and a distracted Pirate Lord. I have a lot going on in real life right now and while I was playing Eve I was also involved in a email discussion and other distractions. Which is never a good formula. I try to play only when I can focus on what I'm doing, but let's be honest here - that is not always possible. Especially right now. We're all a t…

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