Are You There. Yet?

By nature I am lazy. I log onto EVE everyday. Have even started a second account to do some logistic works, but I fail to load iPromethean and write. Non the less, a new year is coming and a new drive to join the EVE blog community is growing.

Things have been going well. I have enjoyed my new home in 0.0 space and have spent time roaming and been in on a few kills. I can see that between the activities in Great Wildlands, high-sec carebearing, low sec roaming, industry, research, pirating, ninja salvaging and Hulk ganking that EVE will keep me busy for year to come.

Happy holidays and fly safe.

Rayzth

Drain Bamage

I helped a friend who just joined our corp move a ship down into null sec space. We flew through about 19 systems of low/null sec and didn't run into anything. Alright I thought, this should be a good night.

We started off his move with some ratting. He in a stabber, me in a Drake. First encounter went well, after we got them aggro'ed on me instead of the stabber. I am amazed at how much damage the drake can take with passive shields. 30 minutes later a corp mates says he is being agressed by a neutral in our system at our station. We disengage the pirate and warp back to the station. Noticing my shields are at 50% I dock up for a quick fix. Undocking, I begin looking around. The Neutral is still there in his Vaga, so I watch him for a bit with the camera on him. Did I notice my crew screaming at me that the Drake was still moving away from the station...nope..

Soon enough I realize I am too far out. 3 more neutrals dropped in and targeted me. Warp scrambed, drones swarming around me, the drake is getting slammed with missiles and shells. The Promethean, my ships name, withstood for a bit but was overwhelmed and popped. Quickly hitting the warp button, I went hurtling toward the nearest stargate.

Yes yes...I'm a noob and admit it.

Word of advice; If your popping out to see whats going on, tell your crew to stop the ship.

To Be or Not to Be

As I have come to find out, EVE online is what most people are calling a sandbox style MMORPG. What this means is that you can choose to do anything you want (well within limits, there must be some order to chaos). Build a castle and if you don't like it, move on and build something different. A unique computer game amongst the rest of the world which wants to shove you into a particular class or profession.

As I am finding out though there are roles that people can play. The skill set is such that you can dabble in any number of hundreds of skills and be adequate at lots of things, but to be good or great at something you will have to bite down and focus on a particular set of skills.

My first month of play was spent doing missions and trying out different ships. Lost in the sea, I began by getting my basic level in all the certificates. Some would say nah-nah to this, but it has allowed me to fly many different styles of ships and have a lot of fun. In a short while I expect to be able to fly frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and battlecruiser from all 4 races.

So..on to the title...I spent about a month trying to figure out where to go in EVE. Pirate, Solo Pirate, Caldari Military Man, Pirate Hunter, Mercenary, Merchant, Inventor, Transporter??? The list was long...but here I am....

Rayzth
Race: Caldari - Civire
Profession: PVP Pilot
Focus: Stealth Bombers
Corporation: Woopatang

Welcome

Welcome to my blog regarding the MMO universe of EVE Online.

I have to start by thanking my RL friend Dbay for reminding me that there was a game out there called EVE online and that we should give it a try. I had read about it several years ago but at that time I was not interested in MMOs of any kind. I have been playing role-playing/war games for over 26 years and just could not get into the limited scope that computer role-playing games produced for its players. EVE was a breath of fresh air and I was hooked after a day of play.

My second thanks has to go out to PyjamaSam and Roc Wieler for creating the application called Capsuleer. A wonderful app that has inspired me to join the online blogging community of EVE and carry my EVE addiction with me no matter where I go.

Rayzth