Archive for March, 2009

The battle for Lake Wintergrasp

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The battle for control of the open PvP zone Wintergrasp is an attackers' game. Despite the defenders having a fortress in which to be protected and medium-range turrets to repel intruders the attackers can assault the fortress from many sides. The defence generally either tries to stop each ...

The return of warp transition turbulence

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The recent patch to EVE Online brought back the warp transition turbulence that the introduction to Apocrypha temporarily removed. The turbulence is the violent shaking your ship experiences when transitioning between warp and sub-warp speeds and is a visual cue I find to be quite important. Normally I am not ...

Getting to know Core Complexion, Inc.

Monday, March 30th, 2009

In order to build up research points more quickly to accrue the datacores required for invention I need to increase my standing with a corporation. I have chosen Core Complexion, Inc. because it has level four agents dealing in both mechanical and electronic engineering, which suits me. To ...

The trouble with DPS

Friday, March 27th, 2009

You could call the guild I play with in World of Warcraft on the US server small, if only because we need everyone to be on-line at once to try a five-man instance at full strength. They are all fabulous people and instance runs are a lot of fun ...

Stumbling vaguely towards invention

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Well, that was easy. A few of my orders start being bought up and my level three agent asks me to clear a blockade, adding a nice chunk of ISK to my wallet that is begging to be spent on skill books for invention. The prices for Caldari ...

A tale of two kitties, or how I stole my neighbour's cat

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Late last year I come home to find a small kitty mewing at my neighbour's door. I have seen the neighbour just walk inside and, as it is cold and damp, knock on the door to let her know her kitten is outside wanting to come in. There ...

Flying in to Icecrown

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Nearly all of my visits with my death knight to Wintergrasp so far have been highly enjoyable PvP romps, but it is only recently I've realised that being below the level cap has meant missing out on collecting Stone Keeper's Shards from the Wintergrasp daily quests available. On the ...

Moving towards invention

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

My industrial career in New Eden is coming along nicely. I have trained in many skills so that I am now productive. The handful of BPOs I speculated in have gone through long periods of material research, mostly waiting for the research laboratory to be free until I ...

The vigilant warrior

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

There is a neat talented ability called Vigilance that is available to protection warriors. When applied like a buff to another character that character takes 3% less damage, 10% of their generated threat is transferred to the warrior and whenever they take damage the taunt cool-down is refreshed. ...

The quest for XP

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Despite getting my death knight up to 76th level after a run through the Old Kingdom, and my warrior reaching the same level by completing the Netherwing Drake grind and Dalaran cooking daily quests, the harsh level restrictions in Wrath of the Lich King raise their ugly head again. ...