It is, of course, generally known that the Eve skill tree is probably the most complex, unforgiving, and cold instances of MMORPG history of job/skills progression. Those three adjectives could also be applied to Eve Online as a whole; some love the steep learning curve, while others (specially …

Back when Inferno and the new wardec system was released, I was happy to see the end of decshielding. I was happy to see that many alliances and corporations would, once again, be part of the game. The reward was always theirs, now to risk

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“This is a super bad idea.” I was not the only one to voice this when TeaEarlyGray HOT suggested we go into the plex where Fweddit waited with at least 15+ destroyers and frigs. We had 5 in …

riverini’s note: Get ready for one of those “DAFUQ I just read?” stories, I found this one pretty amusing.
Tackled in Belt is a Christian corp, with, “hardworking individuals, that spend their free time playing EVE. We typically mine, mission, and run wormhole sites.” …

On Friday 1st March a tower belonging to The Retirement Club (401k) was reinforced by Gentlemen’s Agreement and friends in the US TZ, but thankfully the owning corporation, Shiva, was able to set the tower to come out in roughly 17 hours when an operation had already been

Social Aspects are the gift that keeps on giving and the key to longevity. Literally. One look at the explosion of Social Media is an example of how vital the ability to encourage social interaction is. Especially in gaming. Games that lack social aspects might as well be single player. As they …

One of the staples of internet spaceships press these days are the perennial articles about how to fix null sec whilst maintaining the current status quo. Some ideas are more viable than others and yes, one will always bump with the ” something like this is aimed to harm [insert any power-bloc …

Here is a relatively old video, yet that doesn’t reduce its awesome factor. Some duder (CEOPyrex) went to the test server and pitted up two titans one against the other.
I think I recall a Telly Savalas raging in an old movie where he wanted a tank face-off with the Nazi Tank commander to …

A leak has revealed that the CFC’s SpaceMonkey’s Alliance (SMA) will be deploying to Delve by the end of the week in order to harass the HBC. The 2600 strong alliance based in Branch will be staging out of NPC Delve in 0N-3RO – within four jumps of the TEST staging system NOL-M9 and within 5 …

Deep in wormhole space, sleeper sites are not the only engagements that see escalation at the introduction of capitals. A quiet day can get loud very quickly, and so it did for Sleeper Social Club (SSC) on March 4th at around 20:00. Their “cozy” home system and connections nearby were …

On my way to lowsec, luck shined upon me in the form of a suspect Talos sitting on the highsec side of a lowsec gate. Despite I was only in a Cormorant – like every l33t peep – I engaged. While it seemed to be hopeless, only by l33t skillz I emerged victorious. The ebbil piwate was mad and …

When and if CCP does put an end to passive moon income, it will be interesting to see where PL gets the trillions of ISK they’ll need to maintain the lifestyle they’ve become accustomed

The recent war in the east between N3 (NCDOT + Nulli Secunda + Nexus + RED Alliance) versus the SOLAR FLEET bloc has been one of exciting and memorable battles. For the past few months, the N3 fleets have steadily taken territory from SOLAR FLEET and its allies. The Fatal Ascension + RAZOR …

If the subscriptions increase but the playerbase does not, this does not mean that the game is growing. It simply means that more people want active alt accounts. Yes, this means more cash flow for CCP and more money to invest into their games, but at the same time it means that the game is …

It occurred to me as I was chasing a Hookbill in my Atron. It also happened to pop into my mind as the thirty or so Logi-supported Afs and Cruisers ran from two of us in Stabbers. And again with the cloaking, stabbing, warping, chasing and generally avoiding conflict going on this

In January SOLAR pets were fractured by PL, taking away a significant meatshield for SOLAR CTAs and shifting the balance firmly into N3’s favor.  Additionally, SOLAR had poor showings on every high-profile fight and as a direct result lost three consecutive staging systems.  The backward slide …

Here it is just off the presses! I’ll add a summary in a sec.

Quick Summary:
- Montolio is back in powa!.
- Fras Siabi is out for some short but well deserved vacations.
- Montolio explains himself to his alliance regarding the whole mess that go him out.
- War with CFC was asked by his …

There is an ongoing Q/A with CCP Bro if you wish to participate regarding live

I’m not anti-carebear. I realize most people misinterpret my ranting, believing that I despise people who don’t engage in direct ship versus ship PvP. That’s not true. I’m cool with people who just want to mission. Or people who just want to mine. Or people who just want to attend to their …

On the 25th Feb Black Core Alliance had an alliance meeting shown below relating to the current invasion by Pandemic Legion, N3 and friends in their space:
But after this meeting took place things took a different turn where the original creator of the alliance, Numenor Balmenor, who still held …

Here is something you don’t see every day, a pilot from Vengeance Inc. sent us the following account of their feat; a carrier being bombed to kingdom come by stealth bombers.:
The day before this occured, our scout spotted a few dreadnaughts in lowsec bashing a POCO. Unfortunately, it was …

Here’s a test.
In game, go to the star map and tell me the number of jumps it is via shortest route from Stacmon to Vey in Placid region. Don’t use out of game tools like a printed map of Placid or Dotlan Maps. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Done yet? I bet you that unless you were in one …

It is of great distress to all space-ship capsuleers to find all manner of wrecks and debris littering our passages between star systems, at the undocking locales of our space stations, and in the industrial asteroid fields that help to prop up the wealth of our

Hey there, Captain Sunflower again – what you are about to read is a two part expose on some of the idiosyncrasy of Worm Hole space. This one is a bit more focused on the “carebear conundrum”.
The first thing you need to know is that care bears run rampant in wormholes. Contrary …

Yesterday, the U93O-A solar system in the Cache region had an IHub coming out of its final reinforcement timer. This one is indeed the same solar system of the ill-fated assault we covered on February 22th.
SOLAR FLEET had amassed a formidable force which they combined with that of their allies …