ErickAsmock
Director in Patriotic Tendencies. Bad Golfer, Bad at EVE since 2006, Purveyor of Strawberry Pancakes, Believer that real bacon goes with anything and Canadian bacon is just ham. I enjoy Single Malts and assorted other adult beverages.
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My Articles
Editorial
Why the Dissolution of CO2 is Good for EVE
Unless you have been under a rock the last week, you should know CO2 has fail cascaded. In the end, this is good for the players and Eve Online. The winners are perceived to be the Imperium. I’ll argue what…
Eve Online
EVE Online’s August Monthly Economic Report Analysis
The August Monthly Economic Report was released last weekend and it still says Goons made more ISK than that nice lady who won in the Powerball Jackpot a few weeks ago. The call to arms was announced and the Imperium went…
Eve Online
July MER is Out. Results are Mixed
CCP recently released the Monthly Economic Report for July 2017. It is interesting. Here, we don’t try to divine fleet movements or the like. We just look at what the report appears to show us economically. Initial Assessment Much of…
Editorial
War, huh, yeah What is it good for?
The war drums had begun. 1DQ was filled with members readying for the moves that were sure to come in the next few hours. Pilots were checking and double checking their fits, what they had packed and finding corp members…
News
The Future of Captain’s Quarters, Twitch Integration and Client Updates
CCP Falcon released a Dev Blog today on the future of Captain’s Quarters and Twitch Integration. Captain’s Quarters CCP has announced the removal of the Captain’s Quarters in the August release. You will no longer be able to walk around in your…
News
Devblog – Ghost Training Declared an Exploit
In an EVE Online News post today CCP announced that effective immediately, Ghost Training will be declared an exploit. “Ghost Training” has been defined as using an alpha account to train skills beyond the speed and amount of a normal alpha…
Eve Online
Monthly Economic Report – Goons Win Again!
The Monthly Economic Report (MER) was released by CPP yesterday and it resoundingly announces: GOONS WIN! GOONS WIN! That headline will be met with copious amounts of disdain from those Grrr Goons, Hat Goons types. I have to agree with Aryth’s…
Editorial
More Rorqual and Nullsec Mining Anomaly Nerfs on the Horizon
CCP Fozzie opens up the [June] Nullsec Asteroid Cluster and Excavator Drone Changes forums post with this quote: “We continue to keep a close eye on the impacts of the changes to mining ships that have been made over the…
Editorial
A Few Things in EVE I Would Change
Challenging CCP’s decisions are almost a sport for EVE players. Be it in you corp comms channels or openly on any one of the many EVE media outlets like INN. In their defense, CCP has one of the most daunting…
News
Structure Update: The Future of Two Faction Starbase Structures
Dateline: The Icelandic Inter-Webs CCP Fozzie recently made two posts on the EVE Forums about the future of the Thukker Component Assembly Array and the Hyasyoda Research Laboratory. The Replacements June will see the release of new rigs and a…
News
CCP Releases Patch Notes: Tuesday May 9th Release 119.5
CCP has released a number of interesting announcements in the patch notes yesterday, however, as usual, they may have underestimated the customer response to the changes they are making. The Patch Notes contain a mixed bag of good and bad…
Editorial
DEV Blog: THE NEXT STEPS IN STRUCTURE TRANSITION
Today CCP released a Dev Blog on the planned revamp of structures that we expect to see later this year after the Winter Release. You can read the blog here. Today’s blog was not as in depth as the FanFest…
Eve Online
Eve Fanfest Update: Structures
One of the most interesting and anticipated presentations of Fanfest 2017 was the Structure Update by CCP Fozzie and CCP Nagual. The presentation was packed with information but still left us hanging on a few key points. To be honest it…
News
CCP Plans Changes to PLEX
Today CCP released a video featuring CCP Seagull explaining that changes are coming to PLEX in EVE Online. The effort is to simplify the interaction between players, CCP and the game by moving away from using both Aurum and PLEX…
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