Random Posts from Auga

Six years ago I was looking for a new game.  I was mainly into strategic games, like the original WoW, Age of Empires, and then Homeworld.  Homeworld had me really hooked—amazing graphics, haunting story and music, real 3D action.  But it was missing something.  I had been big into Wing Commander, X-wing, and Mechwarrior as well.  I’m not a big FPS person, but I liked piloting stuff.

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While I think there’s still clearly scorn for Faction War PvP (see 1st slide image from the Keynote), in listening to the Eve Keynote from FanFest, I heard only three main changes, two I agree with and one that remains to be seen for me:

Can’t dock in enemy militia stations

While this will be annoying, it really makes perfect sense.  Can’t really argue against it.

LP points for killing enemy militia pilots

This is awesome and way overdue.

Bunker becomes some sort of upgradeable hub

Seems like too much null sec mechanics to me, but it will be upgradeable via LPs.  Remains to be seen what the benefits will be though.

Go to 41:27 to see the Faction War slides.

I hope they do get around to creating a new destroyer class.  New mods looks cool too… changeable resist mods, more web drones (they might actually be useful now?) and micro jump drives.

OK, I admit it.  When I’m at the office, I often keep an EVE window open and try and get some ice mining done in my alt.  I contract it all to HUANG at a steep discount to help keep our POS’s running , and it helps pay for PvP.

Lately though it’s gotten more hazardous.  Usually I can tank the gankers, but recently they’ve been coming in larger numbers with more DPS.

After my alt was ganked and podded today, the gankers gloated in local… and sadly, I was so irritated I took the bait.

Now, I never condone trolling—we have a corp policy against it.  It’s generally uncool, childish gloating and quite frankly, we’re above that. However, in consensual PvP, which is Faction War, I tolerate it from other people, as it’s just warriors chest thumping.

I also think that getting ganked in high sec is just one of those things you need to expect, I don’t have any issues with it.  EVE is a dangerous place.

But I think something about EVE makes getting enjoyment out of other people’s carebear losses—is that a good thing?  I’m the guy who as a kid made a career out of getting the other little kids together and kicking the crap out of bullies.  I mean, I really despise bullies.  It’s why I’m an anti-pirate.

Here’s part of the local transcript:

(My statement in local that I’m not a bot is clipped.  My main alt does have the inherited unfortunate name of bot7394.)

[19:25:30] Ash Stewart > yea… right
[19:25:31] Maplefox > I do thank you ice maidens for making my profits go up in ice though :)
[19:25:36] Ehnea Mehk > 100 Print “I am also not a bot”
[19:25:40] Ehnea Mehk > I am also not a bot
[19:25:44] Ice Maiden Pippa > not you’re a gobshite, but it comes down to the same thing
[19:25:54] Marie Curie-Laplac > <—-no bot here
[19:26:09] AkitusRa > Gods good day to be lazy
[19:26:41] bot7394 > Guess I need my main orbiting in a scimi nowadays, meh
[19:26:55] Marie Curie-Laplac > actually my ship is not even worth the loss of your destroyers
[19:27:12] Ash Stewart > but.. the cargo…. XD XD
[19:27:19] Ice Maiden Pippa > that’sa better survla strategy marie
[19:27:28] AkitusRa > sory with bot in your name i am going to blow it the hell up every chance i get
[19:27:40] Ice Maiden Pippa > bot says “you can’ty hurt me” - evidently he’s wrong
[19:27:49] AkitusRa > lol
[19:28:03] bot7394 > I was distracted, didn’t overlaod my hardeners
[19:28:04] Ash Stewart > ccp is getting tougher on botters anyway
[19:28:06] bot7394 > afk
[19:28:11] Ash Stewart > lool
[19:28:17] AkitusRa > hahaha
[19:28:42] Marie Curie-Laplac > priceless#+
[19:28:44] bot7394 > I’ll just get my main in a scimi next
[19:28:52] Ice Maiden Pippa > you do that
[19:28:53] Ash Stewart > wont save you
[19:29:02] Ash Stewart > botters are a scourge
[19:29:05] AkitusRa > Don’t Panic
[19:29:22] Ice Maiden Pippa > http://media.fukung.net/images/25344/09310462c1a871862e75677698ab16ef..jpg
[19:30:03] AkitusRa > LOLs
[19:30:45] bot7394 > Yeah yeah, fuck you guys too.   :)
[19:30:51] Ice Maiden Pippa > http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=15374965#mail everyine loves a podmail like this :)
[19:31:09] baron murderface > ha nice
[19:31:20] AkitusRa > oops
[19:31:31] Ash Stewart > lol
[19:31:44] Marie Curie-Laplac > yeah this one is full of win
[19:31:47] Ice Maiden Pippa > c’mon bot, better get botting or no new implants for you
[19:32:06] Retsumoto > wow nice implant count there
[19:32:12] bot7394 > Like I said, I’m no botter, just mining to support my PvP habit while at the office
[19:32:17] Ash Stewart > loool
[19:32:35] Ash Stewart > shold have thought of a more original name…..
[19:32:38] Ice Maiden Pippa > didn’t want those +5s anyway
[19:32:38] AkitusRa > Hay your AFK go bot or somthing
[19:33:01] bot7394 > A co-worker gave me thos account and I can’t be bothered to change the name
[19:33:10] Ash Stewart > lol
[19:33:24] AkitusRa > ccp would do it for ferr
[19:33:26] Ice Maiden Pippa > petition for account sharing coming right up
[19:33:27] AkitusRa > free
[19:33:33] Ash Stewart > yep
[19:34:08] Ice Maiden Pippa > Oh BOT, your day gets worser and worser
[19:34:23] Ice Maiden Pippa > and I can hardly type for laughing
[19:34:35] baron murderface > ha
[19:34:48] Ice Maiden Pippa > it’s too much - afk
[19:34:48] AkitusRa > Am going for the bong this is too funny
[19:35:04] bot7394 > Well, goo alts need something to do I suppose
[19:35:09] bot7394 > *goon
[19:35:26] Ash Stewart > ah.. dont play the goon card XD
[19:35:29] AkitusRa > goons do not exisist

I think this sort of thing is related to the Mittani’s latest post (see illyvelo’s post here), about how there are really two sorts in Eve, ones who are Eve born, and those who aren’t. 

It also makes me wonder if a lot of these guys are just social losers who are/were picked on, and therefor morph into bullies online just to be able to take a turn at being one themselves?  What is it about EVE that causes the worst to come out in people?  Let me know what you think.