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The War on Gate Rats
For some time now many nullsec activities have been under extreme pressure. One single menace has driven spikes into camping, shooting structures, and even just traveling around. The relentless crushing force has driven not just adaptation, but in many cases…

Eve Online, The Doctor, and Telling a Story
Later today (January 13, 2022), CCP Games’ first ever IP crossover event will launch. This is set to be a largely filament-based event, set with new(er) players in mind, and presumably with the hope that many within the ‘Whovian’ fanbase…

Make PvE Great Again
The one thing almost the entire player base of EVE online can agree on is that PVE is generally a boring stale grind. I started playing EVE in 2010 and have tried many things for various lengths of time; missions,…

Engaging PvE in EVE Online?
There’s a lot going on in EVE right now, including a war with some small, insignificant fights. But it’s a new year, and that got me thinking. Every year, we hear from CCP about… well, stuff. All kinds of stuff….

EVE’s Addictive Risks and Rewards
After a particularly bad day, with a grand total of 4.6b ISK lost, I briefly wondered why the hell I play this stupid game. But that wonder was short lived. I know exactly why I play EVE. I doubt that the…

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…

Nullsec Burns as Drifters Attack
Who are these Drifters? Drifters, a mysterious invading faction, first entered New Eden in early YC117 (2015). Capsuleers began to engage them after their assassination of the Amarr Empress, Jamyl I. They continued to attack different regions of empire space,…

The Guardian’s Gala
On Tuesday February 12, the Guardian’s Gala event returned to New Eden, scheduled to run until downtime on February 25. This server-wide event brings back the Spirit SKIN line, as well as new “Amaranthine Mantle” SKINs and new Facial Augmentations….

The Story Of Luna
In recent times, INN has hosted a semi-regular column titled “Awful Loss of the Day“. Today’s installment of ALOD is actually misnamed. It is not, in fact, one day’s loss. It is the story of poor, unfortunate Luna Kawackuci, who,…

Ship Fitting: Flying into the Abyss
Header art by Empanada The launch of Into the Abyss and the emergence of Abyssal Deadspace is upon us, and before the deluge of losses hit in earnest those of us here at the writing INN team thought we’d share…

EVE Fanfest: The Triglavian Domain
Header art by Smultar Ever since the Triglavian Collective’s ships first appeared on hoboleaks, I’ve been fascinated with them. I started researching on the Singularity test server, looking deeper each day. I’ve been trying to piece them together and…

Faction Sotiyos: Overpowered or Overcompensating?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have heard about the pirate faction Sotiyos introduced to New Eden on May 9. Currently, two pirate factions have their own Sotiyo engineering complexes. These promise a number of riches, including faction…

Eve Vegas Report: Ships and PVE
Team Phenomenon For those of you who don’t know (I didn’t) Team Phenomenon is the team that has been working behind the scenes to bring us all of the improved NPC AI’s we have been dealing with for the last…

Lord of the Space Flies
Recently, on The Mind Clash Podcast I had a slight rant regarding content generation in EVE Online where I threw shade on the idea that CCP requires its customers to be responsible for the fidelity of its product. Essentially I…
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