Arrendis
At seven years, EVE is the third-longest bad habit of my life. When not playing EVE, I'm usually spouting off about something in a way that's going to make someone irritated, or spending time with the incomparable Fluffy von Bloodletter, whose actual name is Hank. But let's face it, Fluffy von Bloodletter's a much better name, even for a cat.
Contact Information
- Name: Bill McDonough
- Public Email: bmcdonough@themittani.com
- Discord Name: Arrendis
My Articles
Eve Online
Cry ‘Havoc!’: A Proposal For Empire/Faction War
Faction Warfare. Introduced in 2008, Faction Warfare, or ‘FW’, has been a part of the EVE landscape for almost 9 years now. (It’ll be 9 years old as of Oct 7.) In that time, EVE has seen the warzones grow…
Eve Online
CSM Metagame: Aryth Flips The Judge
Members of the Imperium were greeted with a series of exultant pings tonight: (11:07:38 PM) directorbot: I want to smug. You are going to love this. I am the best CSM in history ~~~ This was a broadcast from aryth…
Eve Online
Snuffed Out Joins Imperium
Long-time lowsec power Snuffed Out <B B C> is joining the Imperium. After a lengthy period of military cooperation and diplomacy, Snuff leadership has decided to formally become a member of the Imperium. Project.Mayhem, Snuff’s perennial partner-in-crime, and the second part…
Eve Online
TiDi: The Case Against Crimewatch
Most of the time, when I write these editorial pieces about some part of the game, or analyzing how CCP can improve things, they tend to run a little wordy. Sophia and I had a running bet about who could…
Eve Online
Summer Update Roll-Out Goes Smoothly; Project Discovery Being Tweaked
The 2017 Summer Update has been deployed, and so far, so good. The days of CCP’s updates and expansions invariably containing bugs, errors, and secret commands to accidentally erase your boot.ini file are long past. The update’s main features are…
Eve Online
Singularity: The Strategic Cruiser Update
The strategic cruiser. These ships have dominated the EVE meta for years. In today’s New Eden, they occupy the apex position for subcapital ships in engagements of any size. The only real competitor they have in terms of popularity and…
Eve Online
CCP Unveils New EVE Online Forums
In a new devblog posted on Jun 20, CCP Falcon has unveiled the future of EVE Online’s forum software. Based on the widespread Discourse platform, the new EVE Online forums will replace the current iteration that has been in use…
News
New Dark Theme on Goonfleet Forums
After years of laboring under the oppressive yoke of default PHP forum skins, Goonfleet.com has unveiled new theme customization options. In addition to the original blue and white theme, IP.Board, users now have the option of the Infinite Dark theme,…
Eve Online
The Scope: Blood Raider Shipyards Attacked
With Imperium forces successful reinforcement of the first Blood Raider Sotiyo, the Scope has released a news video commemorating the event, and recording the angry response of Omir Sarikusa, the NPC leader of the Blood Raider Covenant: “Empty is…
News
BATTLETECH ON PC: Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Announce Partnership
On May 12, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive announced that they will be teaming up to bring Battletech to the PC. The initial word came in an email sent out to backers of HBS’ previously-reported Battletech Kickstarter, and was confirmed by Paradox…
Eve Online
EVE Fanfest 2017 Reveals: CCP Signals the end of Aegis Sov?
At this year’s FanFest, CCP discussed three upcoming changes to EVE’s gameplay; PvE improvement, changes to moon mining to facilitate Starbase removal, and the replacement of Stations and Outposts with destructible Citadels. Individually, these changes are all steps further down…
Eve Online
TEST Leviathan Dies in Stain
A TEST Alliance Please Ignore (TEST) Leviathan worth approximately 118b ISK has been killed tonight by Stainwagon forces in the Stain system of 4GQ-XQ. According to commenters on the /r/eve subreddit, the pilot is planning to quit EVE. He may have tried…
News
BREAKING: 14 KF Rorquals Killed in PL Dreadbomb
As many as fourteen (14) Rorquals are reported to have been destroyed in a single Pandemic Legion dreadbomb in western Querious. Zkill currently shows nine (9) of the killmails, along with the losses of a Minokawa, Nidhoggur, and Thanatos that may…
Eve Online
Kyonoke Inquest and the Future
Another year’s FanFest has come and gone. With it came new features, new gameplay, new ship balancing, and the slow, inorexable promise of ‘we’re getting rid of Starbases, Soon™’. We see this every year, and every year, CCP continues to…
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