Romulus Loches
I am a mathematics teacher, renaissance faire connoisseur, and sci-fi/fantasy enthusiast. Most of my time playing Eve consists of meta-gaming and making crazy predictions, but on the rare occasions I get to log in I work on perfecting the art of station spinning.
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- Discord Name: Romulus Loches#8955
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THE ‘FEAR OF FREEMIUM’ FALLACY
When Pearl Abyss purchased CCP just over a year ago, one of the concerns voiced by many Eve Online players was that it would become a Pay-To-Win game with tons of micro-transactions. In essence (no, not the region) this would…
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The Fall of Null and Rise of Low
For years there have been cries of how ‘Eve is dead’ and how one update or another will bring about the end of the game. Some of the recent reasons include how the blackout will destroy nullsec (security ratings of…
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The War on Rorquals
Since the Ascension patch that brought about the changes to Rorquals, the ships have become overwhelmingly popular. It is a great way to pull in large sums of ISK in the form of ore, even more so with the moon…
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Goon Insider: Minokawa Down
Setup and Sacrifice Another Friday brought another trip up to the north for the Imperium’s USTZ late night fun fleet. Thomas Lear called for hurricanes and was rewarded with a respectable fleet that was ready for a fight. After taking…
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Goon Insider: Friday Night Fights Goes North
While the Imperium is known for weaponizing boredom, they do provide content for their members. They do this by having squads, special interest groups, and other regular events. A recent addition is Friday Night Fights. This is a USTZ fleet…
Games
Game Review: Prowlers and Paragons
The world of tabletop gaming is largely overshadowed by the classic Dungeons and Dragons. With this comes the idea and stigma of enthusiastic nerds playing a game with overly complicated rules. Coincidentally, this same stereotype can be applied to Eve…
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Scanning Pre-DevBlog – Some Quality of Life Updates
From the looks of this pre-DevBlog post, there will be some changes coming in August that have been long awaited. Here is a copy of the post for the people who have clicked on too many links in local and…
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Citadels vs FozzieSov
At the moment there are two main factors in judging who owns sovereignty of a system. The first is the official method of Fozziesov which requires you to drop an iHub. This is what allows you to have your alliance…
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A Look at Project Discovery’s Exoplanets
So What Is Project Discovery? Project Discovery is moving forward and bringing a new ‘mini-game’ to New Eden. While the previous iteration of Project Discovery had players looking to the microscopic levels to analyze cells, the next phase will be…
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The Rush of Leading
I have played Eve Online on and off for the past few years. These days, I log in to join fleets for a chance at a large nullsec battle as a line member or logistics pilot. Since I’ve been on…
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Meta Mechanics: Stealth Bombers
Each of the main factions have two variations of Covert Ops Frigates; Stealth Bombers and Scanners. Both of these ships are designed to take advantage of a covert cloak which allows you to warp while remaining cloaked. Even though they…
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Meta Mechanics: The Interceptor
In EVE, every class of ships is designed to fulfill a specific role above all others. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible to do things with a ship that it wasn’t originally designed for, just that it requires a bit more…
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Victory is in the Eye of the Beholder
The Question In EVE, as with most games, people want to feel as though they are winning.  This is more difficult in sandbox games like EVE that don’t have a built-in ending or a clear indicator of ‘you win’.  People…
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YC119.1 Patch Notes
On January 6, CCP released the patch notes that will take effect on Tuesday January 10 at downtime. As with many of these patches, the majority of the changes are minor fixes to bugs that don’t effect the majority of…
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