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Demiurge4 posted:I really wish he'd finish the Pariah books. But at least Warmaster is coming out next month. Amazon says Feb 2016 for Warmaster.
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goodness posted:Amazon says Feb 2016 for Warmaster. You're a monster. It's June 25th.
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May 10, 2015 21:26
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I have a shameful confession to make. I have often eyed these books at the library but have never committed to reading one. I'd like to read at least one to see if I like the genre, which one would you guys recommend?
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May 10, 2015 21:53
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Dalael posted:I have a shameful confession to make. I have often eyed these books at the library but have never committed to reading one. I'd like to read at least one to see if I like the genre, which one would you guys recommend? Read Eisenhorn, then come back.
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May 10, 2015 21:57
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Demiurge4 posted:Read Eisenhorn, either way don't come back. FTFY
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May 10, 2015 21:58
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Numismancer posted:Eisenhorn's slow descent into self-justifying radicalism in books two and three is the best of Abnett's work. It's precisely because Eisenhorn is so intelligent that he's able to do such a good job of fooling himself, while being partially aware of that process as it takes him into overt sorcery. One of the best parts for me was book 3 when all of his people get hit on the same day. The Distaff, operatives, all that. Then the reveal on who it is that set it all up is pretty nuts. gently caress You And Diebold posted:Don't listen to that guy, Eisenhorn fuckin owns. The Ravenor series is his weakest imo Its good as gently caress! I just reserve the right to call out Eisenhorn for doing the dumbest poo poo whilst telling himself "the end justifies the means, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING GOD-EMPEROR DAMNIT!"
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May 10, 2015 22:36
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Demiurge4 posted:Read Eisenhorn, then come back. No Kindle editions? Too bad.
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May 10, 2015 22:52
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I read part of the first Eisenhorn book at the insistence of a friend, and it wasn't bad but it definitely was not nearly compelling enough to justify its length and i never got close to finishing it. Warhammer 40k stuff is neat to read about in the abstract but even Dan Abnett, who is the best writer of 40k fiction, can't keep me engrossed in the fundamental silliness of what amounts to lore for expensive manchild toys. That said, I'm sad we may not get a sequel to the Space Marine third person shooter. That game was pretty fun and the story was alright too.
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May 10, 2015 23:04
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I read the first Eisenhorn book and it was alright but not compelling enough to fish out the other books. Now, the Enforcer series is really good for just how horrible humans can be to each other in the 40K universe without involving Chaos or aliens.
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May 10, 2015 23:37
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Anyone know if hyperdunking is still a thing? I started training to Bowhead on my alt account and two guys from my corp willing to help me with suicide gunking.
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May 11, 2015 00:02
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Almost done with Korea, soon I'll be back in USTZ and able to lead more fleets. Hole Squad best squad.
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May 11, 2015 00:05
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Hyperdunking is still a thing and hasn't changed from the ways it was previously described. Just be aware that there are players out there looking to counter that gank strategy in more frequented systems like Niarja or Uedama, so pick a quieter system.
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May 11, 2015 00:15
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JviRLe4SQDc My machariel. Mistakes were made, lessons were (hopefully) learnt. The audio is kinda messed up because OBS was recording my mic way, way louder than it was recording mumble.
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May 11, 2015 00:27
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Viva Miriya posted:Its good as gently caress! I just reserve the right to call out Eisenhorn for doing the dumbest poo poo whilst telling himself "the end justifies the means, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING GOD-EMPEROR DAMNIT!" That's a feature, not a bug~ Anyhoo in Eve News (tm) not only are we having to reschedule Burn Amarr to be June-ish, we're skunkworksing on a new homeland defense organization to help defend ratters and miners, something we've never bothered to do before in the history of Goonswarm because it was literally pointless until Fozziesov hits in July. This isn't even an 'avoid entosis hacking' thing, that's mainfleet work, but a 'how do we keep our otherwise kind of silly afk ratters from dying horribly to lone interceptors' group. Index Defense SIG, not sure what to call it, thinking of literally naming it "The Index" because I'm hopped up on tons of cold meds. Good excuse to use lots of fast anti-frig poo poo like Jackdaws and Mordus ships, zoom around Dek blowing up would-be gankers, etc. Since I'm hopped up on cold meds I'm announcing this draft idea here, it's actually a tough nut to crack because inties are essentially uncatchable unless we literally standardize doctrines for ratting ships to ensure they have enough EHP to survive until help arrives.
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Numismancer posted:Since I'm hopped up on cold meds I'm announcing this draft idea here, it's actually a tough nut to crack because inties are essentially uncatchable unless we literally standardize doctrines for ratting ships to ensure they have enough EHP to survive until help arrives. Didn't Theta kind of do that already?
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May 11, 2015 00:49
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People dying to lone interceptors isn't a problem. Its Darwinism in action! Seriously, stop poo poo fitting VNI's people.
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May 11, 2015 00:52
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Ego Trip posted:Didn't Theta kind of do that already? Yes, but not everyone does it. Nor do some people care enough. They go long enough between losses to just eat them and keep replacing them.
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May 11, 2015 00:54
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Ego Trip posted:Didn't Theta kind of do that already? We don't ever direct social squads or give them responsibilities. Defeats the purpose of a pure-chill (or un-chill of you choose one like that) social unit.
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May 11, 2015 00:59
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What are social squads? Found it on wiki. I definitely have to  shame on me.
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May 11, 2015 01:08
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Theta , Sigma, Homeland Defense, Queerswarm, etc.
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Whatever happened to the queen of Sirenswarm who had a meltdown at a custom title?
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Numismancer posted:That's a feature, not a bug~ Divide dek into zones with a seperate ju- style ratting fleet in each one, recommend fits that can survive until help arrives/have cynos and persuade people to always be in a ratting fleet which is also filled with homeland defense sig guys (who should be patrolling space lanes reminding non-compliant citizens that they should be in the ratting fleet). A completely AFK ratter is still going to die, but at least with carriers ratting in every part of dek, they can respond to someone who realizes he's dying and says something by jumping to a cyno and repping them while the other members of the fleet haul rear end to them to kill the nuets.
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May 11, 2015 01:24
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Elmnt80 posted:Divide dek into zones with a seperate ju- style ratting fleet in each one, recommend fits that can survive until help arrives/have cynos and persuade people to always be in a ratting fleet which is also filled with homeland defense sig guys (who should be patrolling space lanes reminding non-compliant citizens that they should be in the ratting fleet). A completely AFK ratter is still going to die, but at least with carriers ratting in every part of dek, they can respond to someone who realizes he's dying and says something by jumping to a cyno and repping them while the other members of the fleet haul rear end to them to kill the nuets. This is what a few of us in Western Dek are doing already informally.
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May 11, 2015 01:29
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goodness posted:This thread is crap so far. We could always discuss sauce some more.
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Kirs posted:Anyone know if hyperdunking is still a thing? I started training to Bowhead on my alt account and two guys from my corp willing to help me with suicide gunking. Be careful doing it, a couple people have been kicked (from karmafleet) for hyperdunking because someone thought they were associated with me, or were me or something.
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May 11, 2015 01:42
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Numismancer posted:
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avatarinwin posted:Be careful doing it, a couple people have been kicked (from karmafleet) for hyperdunking because someone thought they were associated with me, or were me or something. I think I can prove that I'm not you with my perfect Russian accent in mumble. If this were the reason.
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I was trying to think of what could even possibly reliably kill un-catchable interceptors, and all I could come up with is pipe-bombing style masses of smartbombing battleships parked on the gates so when they try to exit they get torn to shreds. I'd love to Rohk out with my cock out.
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Hey, I was wondering about this lately - what are the odds that the casual antisemitism gets the  ? At least within Imperium space/culture. In recent years the whole "sexual violence is funny" humour has certainly been discouraged.More just asking than attempting to start any kind of goonvolution.
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Huge_Midget posted:I was trying to think of what could even possibly reliably kill un-catchable interceptors, and all I could come up with is pipe-bombing style masses of smartbombing battleships parked on the gates so when they try to exit they get torn to shreds. I'd love to Rohk out with my cock out. this only really works if they come from where you expect them to though, all they have to do is bounce a celestial or perch thats far enough out of the way and you wont hit poo poo. all you can reliably do with this is force them to have to bounce to said perches, making them have less fun. sa matra only gets caught like this when he gets complacent, for example.
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scandoslav posted:To be fair to Are Valued Allies, we haven't had the auth/API tools in place to 100% guarantee security. Soon, though. Soon. Maybe we can revisit blueing once they're in place. as a FCON I do recognize holesquid and will not shooting them first. seems other alliance member didn't receive that memo thru
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CommonShore posted:Hey, I was wondering about this lately - what are the odds that the casual antisemitism gets the it wont gain traction
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May 11, 2015 03:02
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CommonShore posted:Hey, I was wondering about this lately - what are the odds that the casual antisemitism gets the Where is the casual anti-semitism
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hemophilia posted:Where is the casual anti-semitism Well, on the off chance that you're not being ironic, consider the verb that's most commonly used as a euphemism for making isk.
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I'm in Theta, and it is a pretty loving embarrassing thing to have to try to explain to an outsider and not sound like a neo-nazi. "So we chose JU-OWQ as our home system because, uh, well, our group is all about making money, and the name kinda sounds like Jew... and, well... I mean, you know... Jews, and, uh... money..." 
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May 11, 2015 03:12
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Come on Don don't be so jewish about it 
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HappyKitty posted:I'm in Theta, and it is a pretty loving embarrassing thing to have to try to explain to an outsider and not sound like a neo-nazi. Except that isn't true. People hung out in JU- because GSOL put a bunch of poo poo there for geographical reasons. The big money makers in Theta don't rat, and aren't anywhere near JU-.
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Viva Miriya posted:Whatever happened to the queen of Sirenswarm who had a meltdown at a custom title? She's still around and kicking.
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HappyKitty posted:I'm in Theta, and it is a pretty loving embarrassing thing to have to try to explain to an outsider and not sound like a neo-nazi.
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CommonShore posted:Well, on the off chance that you're not being ironic, consider the verb that's most commonly used as a euphemism for making isk. "Most commonly used" is a big stretch. Maybe in 2012. I haven't heard anybody call it 'jewing' since I've come back. Maybe I've been lucky, but that term seems to be pretty naturally falling out of favor. I was worried there was a new problem and not the same thing that's been agitating people since I joined.
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