Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
The ship's autopilot in EVE Online is like HAL 9000, as it will happily follow instructions to get the ship to its destination whilst killing the crew in the process. Manually warping to a stargate will get your ship close enough to be able to activate the gate generally ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
It is time to deal with a pirate invasion. This is the kind of straightforward mission I like to get from my agent, and my agent seems keen to offer me this kind of work. Go out and blow up some rats, she says. It takes all ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
My level three agent in EVE Online has another mission for me, tantalisingly named 'Guristas Extravaganza'. It sounds more like a codename for a lavish party held for some guests of honour, instead of brutally destroying the ships of an opposing faction. Thankfully, it turned out to be ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
I mentioned in a previous entry my desire to resign from the default corporation in EVE Online and find a new place of employment. I got some good leads and followed them up, as well as performing some of my own research, albeit quite limited in scope, but getting ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Having bought Flycatcher, my Cormorant destroyer, and fitted it out with tractor beams and salvaging modules I have been able to zoom around clearing up the trail of the dead left by Coiled Snake, my Drake battlecruiser. Since the first couple of flights taken on behalf of Penny Ibramovic's ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
In working to clear The Blockade I wore myself out a little in EVE Online. From picking it up as my first level three mission and finding I had to beat a hasty retreat, to striving to afford a Drake and fittings in order to stand any chance of ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
EVE Online may be a skill-based system for character improvement, but it doesn't preclude gaining experience. The experience gained is of the more traditional type, learning from the mistakes and wisdom of others, as well as your own.
When I became a space cadet it was difficult to get an ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
In a concentrated effort, I managed to run and complete my first level three mission, The Blockade, before it expired. It took buying and fitting a Drake battlecruiser, several retreats to recharge my shields and repair some scorch marks to my armour, and around 3,000 heavy missiles in total ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
It was quite exciting to find that my standings with the Caldari Navy had increased to the point where I could move on from my high quality level two agent to accept my first level three mission. The level three agent only enjoyed a quality level of -18, but ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Having gained enough of a standing with the Caldari Navy to contact agents offering level three missions I accepted my first level three mission recently. I just as quickly warped out of my first level three mission, limping back to a station to repair extensive armour and hull damage, ...
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