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Hilmar’s Hubris: Self-Congratulation and Contradiction in the ‘Age of Chaos’
EVE developer CCP is embroiled in a comedy of internal contradiction in the second month of its scorched-earth campaign to break all the toys in New Eden. It all began with an ‘invasion’ of Drifter NPCs in late June, compelling......
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A Newbro’s Life In EVE
As a newbro to Eve Most of my information comes from a lot of reading forums, listening to The Mittani’s fireside chats, watching The Meta Show, and taking advice from my corp mates. Ninety-six days into EVE and it’s been......
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NRDS, Blackout, and the Vibrancy of NullSec
CCP recently began efforts to take EVE into an ‘Era of Chaos’. Part of this is aimed at breaking up the stagnation in nullsec with measures like the Blackout. But nullsec is not a uniform, featureless plain, and the Blackout......
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Ship Balance | The Vexor Navy Issue is still the King
It’s not often I get to/take the time to write up a piece about a ship twice. Still, I’m coming back to the Vexor Navy Issue after the changes because I think it really does deserve the attention. There’s been......
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Ship Balance | The Vexor Navy Issue is still the King
It’s not often I get to/take the time to write up a piece about a ship twice. Still, I’m coming back to the Vexor Navy Issue after the changes because I think it really does deserve the attention. There’s been…
News
BREAKING: Market Tax Changes Announced
As predicted in a previous article by Rhivre, through another lore announcement, changes to EVE’s tax system have been revealed to the public – both transaction tax and brokerage fees are being hiked to 5%, from 2% and 3% respectively. …
Editorial
CCP’s Lore Team Takes Lead on Teasing Mechanics Changes
A lore post was released July 26 titled DED AND AEGIS LEADERSHIP PROPOSE NEW EDEN DEFENSE FUND AT INNER CIRCLE WAR COUNCIL. You may be wondering why an in-character lore post is particularly of interest. Some background Since the Invasion expansion,…
Review
Star Control: Origins Review
In Star Control: Origins, you become Earth’s only hope to avoid impending doom from an alien race. Your goal: to take the only interstellar ship humanity possesses, and search out extraterrestrial allies in a fight to save the world and…
Eve Online
Jin’talks—The Obsolescence of Subcapitals
So, as you may have noticed, I’m no longer a member of the CSM. And, after handover took place near the start of this month, leaving CSM 14 all on their own, I was able to mention a few final…
Science
Space News Update July 2019—Titan, Tess, and 50 Years
Happy Anniversary, spacefans! This time, we have a new mission to Titan, Tess finds tiny exoplanet and NASA celebrates 50 years since we first went to the Moon, DRAGONFLY MISSION TO TITAN ANNOUCED BY NASA TO SEARCH FOR LIFE Called…
Devblog
Devblog | The Vexor Navy Issue Comes out of the Stable
[Author’s Note: This is a news piece but also is heavily flavoured with my personal opinion as someone who has a stable full of VNIs.] In a Dev Blog released yesterday, CCP finally announced expected changes due to come to…
Eve Online
G-Fleet 2019 Announces HAYS German Open Tournament
On Tuesday, July 16, organisers for the Berlin G-Fleet event posted a blog update about the next major stage of the Invasion World Tour. For those of you who may be unaware, G-Fleet is one of the largest European meets…
Eve Online
Season of Skills
The threat is real. Drifters and the Triglavians are assaulting New Eden, coupled with the blackout causing ‘chaos’ in null security space. Pilots are advised to skill up and prepare for the oncoming assault, the defence of New Eden, and…
Eve Online
Why the Nullsec Blackout Won’t Fix EVE
After Downtime on Friday, Jul 12, nullsec went dark. The Nullsec Blackout is a period of ‘undetermined’ duration, during which Local chat will function in ‘delayed mode’. This means that until a character enters text into Local, they will not…
Games
Albion Online: An Idiot’s Journey
With EVE Online seemingly becoming less sandbox-like of late I thought I would have a poke around for a different sandbox. My search did not take too long as some EVE players had already been making good noises about a…
Eve Online
PSA: Local Chat Blackout To Begin At Downtime
In a DevBlog released on July 10, CCP announced that their planned changes to Local chat channels across the entirety of NullSec would go live on Tranquility at downtime today (Friday, July 12). CCP are still looking for feedback in…
Eve Online
The Scale and Power of EVE Online’s Ships
When you hear about EVE Online’s ships, especially their power and size, you typically hear them discussed in terms of Damage Per Second (DPS), Effective Hit Points (EHP), or their mass and their length. While these make it easier to…
Eve Online
Local Blackout Scheduled, CCP Already Inconsistent
Nullsec is going dark. At downtime on Friday, July 12, CCP will be enacting the ‘Nullsec Blackout’, an attempt to shake things up in null and see what happens. The outage is a test, first announced in a Scope video…
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