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Jin’terviews – Merkelchen on the CSM 14 Summer Summit
Earlier this week, before the release of the CSM minutes, I had the chance to sit down with Merkelchen in order to discuss his thoughts on the summit. Whilst the news cycle will undoubtedly be focusing on those minutes, it’s......
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Two Months of “Chaos”
Two months ago, I wrote a short little piece entitled “Why the Nullsec Blackout Won’t Fix EVE.” In it, I made some observations about what CCP said they were up to, how some groups of players were seeing it as......
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Jin’talks – Stop Reworking the NPE
During the past 3 years we’ve seen 3 consecutive different New Player Experience models. We entered 2016 with the traditional basis of the tutorial agents, which had been the core of EVE’s NPE for over 5 years at that point,......
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September Release: Cynos, Triglavian Implants, Animations, and Fitting Updates
Game developer CCP’s upcoming patch will introduce some changes that are widely anticipated, and others that have been announced only recently. One particular change affects the way capital, supercapital, and industrial ships travel. These changes ...
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Imperium Safe Cyno Fleet Disbands
A little over a month ago, EVE developer CCP Games announced major changes to the cynosural field systems that allow capital and supercapital ships to travel huge distances in an instant. Where previously any ship could fit a Cynosural Field…
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The Siege of O3-4MN – Legacy Assaults Fraternity Staging System
Early on Wednesday September 18, Legacy forces began to lay siege to the O3-4MN system held by Fraternity (FRT), knocking out cynosural system jammers, as well as striking the Ansiblex jump gate and reinforcing it in preparation for a full-scale…
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Advocatus Diaboli: Supercapitals
Your eminences, I stand here before you today to argue strongly against the canonization of subcapitals. Many an EVE player has used the #DeathToAllSupers hashtag. Even The Mittani has spoken out against supercapitals. However, with all reverence to His Grace,…
Editorial
It’s the Economy, stupid: How imperfect data can tell a perfect tale
This was going to be an article about the MER looking at the impact of the blackout. Then, CCP also announced the blackout was ending, so I was not sure whether to write this piece. During the Great Blackout of…
Eve Online
Breaking News: Freighter with Faction Fortizar Inside killed in J164430
On September 14, an Obelisk with a faction fortizar and fittings was killed in the system of J164430, which is the home system of Scary Wormhole People. The total loss was estimated to be 54.5 billion isk by Zkillboard. According…
News
PSA: Nullsec Blackout Ending on Monday
Fresh from the ground at G-Fleet comes some breaking news: the Nullsec Blackout is ending on Monday. That’s right folks, all your issues with local chat and the intel it provides will be no more by downtime on Monday, September…
Eve Online
Human Behavior in the Era of Chaos
“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.” – advertisement in a London paper for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, according to legend. Antarctica is…
Eve Online
Two Months of “Chaos”
Two months ago, I wrote a short little piece entitled “Why the Nullsec Blackout Won’t Fix EVE.” In it, I made some observations about what CCP said they were up to, how some groups of players were seeing it as…
Op-Ed
How The Minerals We Mine Became Free
One of the oldest memes in EVE (after the currently popular #EVEisDying) was ‘the minerals I mine are free’. With this opening, I have triggered about 10% or more of the EVE player base, and 100% of the economically literate….
Eve Online
Sid Meier’s EVE Online—Learning Lessons from Civilization
Civilization is a series that has been in existence for nearly 30 years. There’s a very good chance that everyone reading this article will have at least heard of it, and an equal chance that almost everyone will have played…
Eve Online
Jin’talks – Stop Reworking the NPE
During the past 3 years we’ve seen 3 consecutive different New Player Experience models. We entered 2016 with the traditional basis of the tutorial agents, which had been the core of EVE’s NPE for over 5 years at that point,…
Eve Online
September Release: Cynos, Triglavian Implants, Animations, and Fitting Updates
Game developer CCP’s upcoming patch will introduce some changes that are widely anticipated, and others that have been announced only recently. One particular change affects the way capital, supercapital, and industrial ships travel. These changes release at downtime on September…
Eve Online
EVE Online is not a PVP game
EVE Online is not a PVP game. It never has been. It’s been a simulation with PVP in it, but it has never been a PVP game. The other day I played a few matches in World of Warships. That…
Eve Online
Iron Armada joins Goonswarm Federation
Iron Armada [FLEEP], is consolidating into a single corporation and joining Goonswarm Federation. This move has come with a number of questions from people within and outside both groups. In order to provide some answers, the announcement comes with a…
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