EVE!

[Fallen Kell]

Well, it depends on what you are planning on doing. Personally, I rarely fly real expensive ships because, where I live, getting a ship blown up simply happens. The faction stuff that I use is few and far between, or only in certain circumstances. But mission runners on the other hand will gladly put that latest faction mod which cost 100x the price of the T2 version while only giving another 2-5% bonus, because they do not risk their ships as much (typically).

But yes, certain corporations that you mission for will have different bonuses at their LP store. I think if you want missile boats, you really want to fly missions for Caldari Navy, as they have both LP purchases for the CNR (or whatever its current name is for the Raven with the extra missile launcher slot), and Caldari Navy launchers and shield boosters. There are sites out there which will tell you what the LP stores offer from the different corporations.

 

[ichy]

Ahh yes, if I recall correctly there is no way to get there from genesis without crossing highsec. Otherwise I wouldn't mind parking a few ships to hunt some mission runners.

Couldn't you hop in a pod and cross high-sec that way?

I'd be happy to contract some stuff over to you once I get back to Lonetrek. Right now I'm on another 0.0 exploration jaunt to make some isk. Just bought another Tengu and a couple of PLEX so the wallet needs refilling.

 

[Martimus]

I probably could. I just would need a supply of ships, but I don't see why I couldn't get there with a shuttle.

Is it in jump range from Antem? One of my carriers is there, so I could actually jump over some ships if need be. (my other carrier is at the halfway point between Antem and my old 0.0 system. All the ships are still in 0.0 other than the carrier, so that one wouldn't be able to bring anything.)

 

[ichy]

Re: jump range, I don't think so. I've never used cap ships so I'm not the best person to ask though.

Apparently ninja-exploration with a stealth bomber is still sort of viable, but the cost is a little ridiculous:

http://eve-fail.blogspot.com/2012/12/yoloswag-billion-isk-bomber.html

So far I have to say I'm please with my covert ops/tengu combo. It has no real ability to blow through gate camps but as long as I'm ok with staying in null-sec long term and sneaking back through wormholes on occasion it should be viable.

 

[Triglet]

Started this up a week ago or so -- I like the premise, plenty of things to do. Like the fact that I don't have to play every day for 4-5 hours to feel like something is getting accomplished.

No clue where I want to head now though, after the tutorials you're pretty much thrown in the deep end. Finding a corp that's new player friendly and worth a hell is daunting, probably better off picking one out of a hat.

I'll see how it goes, one of those games I wish I'd of tried years ago.

 

[ichy]

Train scanning skills, do some ninja salvaging. Great way to earn isk early on.

 

[TheVrolok]

I'll see how it goes, one of those games I wish I'd of tried years ago.

That's the nice thing about EVE, if you farm enough money (in game) you can legally purchase characters. There is always a variety of characters for sale, from inexpensive new characters to very expensive characters from the first days of EVE. Unfortunately you can't change the name, so you lose out on that personal aspect, but it's a nice opportunity.

 

[Triglet]

Yeah, I'll have to look into that once I have a better idea of what to look for -- nice they allow that.

Thanks for the tips guys.

 

[Red Storm]

If you really wanted to you could buy PLEX with cash and sell in-game for money, though we're talking about a lot of cash if you're looking to buy a character.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Wow, it has been a while since people have posted in this thread. That said, I am still pissed at the changes to the Hurricane, as that ship is now useless for everything but gas cloud harvesting (which it does a pretty good job with 5 harvesters, a probe launcher, and 2 missile launchers combined with drones to keep the rats away, (or a prototype cloak)). Otherwise it is useless with its fail powergrid from the changes, as you need to use either 2 modules for more grid, or 1 module plus a 5% implant just to fit 6 T2 autocannons (let alone a tank), which is complete fail.

So my 40 or so hurricanes that I have sitting around the game are all useless. They went from my go-to ship for WH PVP (due to being versatile enough to fit some neuts, or probe launcher+cloak which is real handy at times when someone collapses a hole on you) to a pointless waste of space.

Oh, and we are in the process of changing our home wormhole and are currently sweeping through WH space looking for our new home. And if it is already occupied, more fun for us, since we are gonna boot them out and take over

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, I had to post this (I know my corp mate will be a little pissed that I am, but I still had to post it, since this is WH life 101). So, as I said earlier we have been rolling wormholes trying to find the one we want to move to next. And one of the directors of the alliance jumps in using a faction BS (faction fit as well), with... you guessed it, no probe launcher, and poof the WH collapses on him. So he is now stuck in some random C5 in a 1.8billion ship/fittings along with 1.1billion in implants on that clone, and no way out.

So that C5 is now on our list to find again as well...

 

[KaOTiK]

wow, broke the number 1 rule above all else for wormholes, never ever go into one without a probes/launcher or others with it. Total noob mistake.

 

[Fallen Kell]

wow, broke the number 1 rule above all else for wormholes, never ever go into one without a probes/launcher or others with it. Total noob mistake.

I know. This is why I just had to post it

 

[Fallen Kell]

We found our new home. Now we just need to kick the people who are in it out Gonna be fun (been a couple months since I took out a POS or 3). Only took us scanning through 200-300 wormholes....

On a side note, my corpmate was able to pay his way out of the WH he was stuck in.

Now I need to start going over all my ship fittings though since so much stuff has changed in the last few months.

 

[Fallen Kell]

It has begun. The first shots have been fired. The strategic battle for control has begun (the cat and mouse game of collapsing entrances/exits while enemy scan ships are stuck on the wrong side trying to scan routes for reinforcements is underway).

 

[power_hour]

Wow, it has been a while since people have posted in this thread. That said, I am still pissed at the changes to the Hurricane, as that ship is now useless for everything but gas cloud harvesting ...
So my 40 or so hurricanes that I have sitting around the game are all useless.
...
And if it is already occupied, more fun for us, since we are gonna boot them out and take over

Sucks about the Cane. That ship was the pwn sauce.
Good luck with that system. Gank them all! ;-)

 

[Fallen Kell]

Thought I would update. We are now in control of the wormhole with our POSes up (well a few of them. Have another dozen to do still). We managed to trap or kill all their scan ships/alts, just leaving them with the capital ship pilots and industry guys. They started to self destruct ships, but we negotiated with them, and bought most of their capitals at 40% market rate and allowed them to keep a few other capitals in turn for them transferring the planetary orbital customs offices (POCOs) to us, and us scanning them an exit (we also got to keep everything in their POS, which was about 5 billion of loots).

Oh, and their POS was complete fail fit (someone forgot to put ammo in the guns, lol! So it was all just for show, well the ecm was just a pain, but that is why I use a domi for POS bashing anyway). The great news about the POCOs is that we were initially going to have corp/alliance taxes on them until we made the costs back on placing them, but now that we got them for free (well, just scanning them an exit), there will be no or extremely low tax. I just brought 3 more PI alts into the corp


Oh, so who all got in on that battle in Asakai?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLqb-m1ZZUA

 

[Triglet]

Sounds like fun! I've got a second account now via the power of 2, training that one up to be a trader/hauler. Currently grinding standings which is a pain. My main is just training away on support skills for a pvp based pilot -- haven't even touched him in a while. Might try some RvB or something once his skills are a little better.

Anyhoo, good luck in your wormhole -- that's one area of the game I haven't even begun to research yet.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Yeah, I have been living in wormholes for at least 1.5 years, maybe more now. Its a lot of fun if you understand the mechanics. I need to train up for a dread, but I also need to make some money to own one too. I gave up on my market trading (at least using multiple toons), and am only keeping 1 toon to do that now (hence the additional PI toons).

Just make sure your trader/hauler trains for an orca. Really, its the only safe way to carry expensive stuff anymore...

I need to spend a little more time with my 3 characters that I am adding to get them some basic needs for wormhole life (scanning and cloaking). I also am thinking of getting gas harvesting on a second toon (on a different account) so I can have 2 harvesting at once.

 

[videogames101]

dat battle

 

[Triglet]

Yeah, I had it all planned out to train for an Orca until I read about the fleet hangar nerf -- now I don't think I'm going to mess with it, at least in the short term.

Still a great ship for hauling, but from what I understand not nearly as good as it was.

 

[Kadarin]

Oh, so who all got in on that battle in Asakai?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLqb-m1ZZUA

Holy shit.

 

[Dankk]

Oh, so who all got in on that battle in Asakai?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLqb-m1ZZUA

So many pretty lights.

 

[KaOTiK]

Beautiful battle. The amount of money (real and in game) present there is insane. I miss the big battles even if they are less "fun". I remember one I was flying my Damnation and it was like something out of the movies as I was flying through the battle and fleets. No one could bother committing any real resources to take me down because of the bigger targets/threats

 

[ichy]

I joined a wormhole corp, got all excited to be able to finally use my cap ship skills and wham, next thing I know the alliance falls apart. Now I need to get all of the ships that I brought into the wormhole out in the next few days. Ugh. Time to go back to null sec exploration for a while and build up a nice isk stockpile.