Moving up in agent level

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

My agent may have got wind of my whining about getting a succession of mining missions, as the next mission I am offered is a simple courier job. If that weren't enough to keep me happy, once I complete the mission I get a mail from a storyline agent ...

Level two mining missions

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

There doesn't seem to be much variation in the level two mining missions agents are sending me on, although I suppose there are only so many ways you can ask someone to shoot a stationary rock. Hmm, there's a thought: the rock doesn't have to be stationary. How ...

Mining is boring

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I have moved my operations from the station with the low quality level two Core Complexion, Inc. manufacturing agent one system across to take advantage of the high quality level two Core Complexion, Inc. manufacturing agent. Moving can be stressful and change can be difficult to deal with but ...

Capacitor stability in Apocrypha 1.1

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

My new level two manufacturing agent for Core Complexion, Inc. decides to put me through a trial-by-fire, sending me on a three-part encounter mission. I suppose she hasn't noticed my Drake battlecruiser parked outside and thinks instead that I am a fresh recruit. But that's okay, I can ...

Learning to trade

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

In producing modules and ammunition to sell to capsuleers in New Eden I have to pay some attention to my costs and the market. As I buy minerals from the market and the manufacturing plant costs ISK to run there is an overall cost per unit to be considered ...

Moving up in quality

Monday, April 20th, 2009

My aim to gain standings with Core Complexion, Inc. for access to their level four R&D agents is coming along slowly but surely. It is serendipitous that I based my industrial operations in a system, and station, for Core Complexion to give me ready access to some early agents. ...

More than a spreadsheet in space

Friday, April 17th, 2009

EVE Online is often described as a spreadsheet in space, which is quite fitting given that it rarely hides numbers from players, often presenting them to ten decimal places or more, and features a calculator built-in to the user interface, but it is disappointing to read people dismissing the game ...

My first datacores

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

I have some datacores! I only have a handful, and only of one type, so I am not about to start inventing, but it is progress. I started the research process not too long ago, racking up twenty five research points a day from a low quality level ...

Working on my refinement

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Back when I was making the move from mission runner to industrialist in EVE Online I looked at the certificate system and the skills available to determine what I should train to be effective. As there is no Mac version of EVEMon I had to create my own low-tech ...

Starting research

Monday, April 6th, 2009

In-between running mining missions and being a courier to raise my standing with Core Complexion, Inc. I found a local R&D agent I could access with the corporation. He is only a level two agent, so I believe any research point gains will be relatively slow, but being able ...