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That's why you get on Jabber and Mumble. There's violence going on near VFK these days.
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-Troika- posted:The best thing about 2008 goonswarm was sending the most annoying person in the alliance to RISE's home system with orders for him to babble on and on and on in local until people were begging him to stop. 
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Feb 27, 2014 10:12
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Imapanda posted:6th time in a row where a friend lends me a plex, then I log in and just kind of sit in VFK overwhelmed not knowing what the gently caress to do and then log off 300 spins later. There should be plenty of hand-holding available within GSF if you're joining the right squads/SIGs - if you're sitting in VFK all the time, at least join Theta and hook up with whatever standing defense gang is active. If you don't have enough fleet/pvp experience to have any idea what kinds of ships you find fun, then just jump into some fleets and fly T1 stuff while you max out the important support skills. -Troika- posted:The best thing about 2008 goonswarm was sending the most annoying person in the alliance to RISE's home system with orders for him to babble on and on and on in local until people were begging him to stop. I think he did that of his own volition, actually. RIP RoyOfCa. RIP RISE, the most fun alliance to kill in Eve. mikey fucked around with this message at 10:55 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Even after binging the gf-wiki for like 2 hours, I have no idea what to do. I have a job so don't really need to invest too much time getting spacebux. I just want to be a good little cfc pubbie and have somebody tell me what to train for.
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My suggestion is to sample a little of everything, but to get in as many fleets and blowing stuff up as you can. Then when you've tried a little of everything, find something you like and set yourself a goal in that direction. Once you've reached that goal, find another one. Rinse, repeat.
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Feb 27, 2014 10:56
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Huh.... so THAT'S how big an Aeon is compared to a borg cube and a death star. http://www.galacticbattles.net/blog/galactic-battles-ship-comparisons/ Edit: fixed link Cerebral Wolf fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 11:17
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Why did you hotlink the title banner of some guy's blog?
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Feb 27, 2014 11:25
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Cease to Hope posted:Why did you hotlink the title banner of some guy's blog? Because I'm on my phone and awful at posting.
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Feb 27, 2014 11:31
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ullerrm posted:Don't -- all the frigates there are dual damp LML condors/crows and simply run from anything that threatens them. Or overtanked Merlins, or single-damp nano Tristans, or instalocking rail Comets. Although this is mostly true, you will also find real ~gudfites~ in FW space. Plenty of guys from Shadow Cartel, Rifterlings and other pirate alliances roam around solo in T1 frigates. I used to have a FW alt living around Gebuladi and I could find all the frig fights I wanted. And those pirate guys are also usually cool and have no problem sharing their fits and giving advice about the fights, whatever who did win and lose.
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Feb 27, 2014 12:45
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Amberskin posted:Although this is mostly true, you will also find real ~gudfites~ in FW space. Plenty of guys from Shadow Cartel, Rifterlings and other pirate alliances roam around solo in T1 frigates. I used to have a FW alt living around Gebuladi and I could find all the frig fights I wanted. And those pirate guys are also usually cool and have no problem sharing their fits and giving advice about the fights, whatever who did win and lose. This sounds really fun to me. What's a good ship to fly to do this kind of thing with these skills?
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Feb 27, 2014 12:50
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Jack the Lad posted:This sounds really fun to me. What's a good ship to fly to do this kind of thing with these skills? With those skills I'd go definitely for missile boats. Condors if you want to kite, Kestrels if you want to brawl. On the other hand, you could also try a drone/neut tristan, although your gallente frig level is just 3.
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Feb 27, 2014 13:01
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Amberskin posted:With those skills I'd go definitely for missile boats. Condors if you want to kite, Kestrels if you want to brawl. On the other hand, you could also try a drone/neut tristan, although your gallente frig level is just 3. Awesome. Where can I find some fits for them? The ones on the wiki seem like they're mostly intended for tackling as part of a larger group.
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Feb 27, 2014 13:02
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uwaeve posted:Well I never got back to my computer today with my EZ equation typesetting stuff, but the formula is  Thank you! This helps me understand a bit better why Celestis are a good choice, how range works and how some of the values relate to eachother! I also have to admire the dedication to post graphs from your phone!  I'll play around a bit with fittings and formulas to see if that helps me get a better understanding of all the factors involved in actually hitting/damaging/avoiding something. It's also something I can do as
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Jack the Lad posted:Awesome. Where can I find some fits for them? The ones on the wiki seem like they're mostly intended for tackling as part of a larger group. Make something up and adjust it every time you die. Note the most succesful fits and lean in that direction with future variations.
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Feb 27, 2014 14:46
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Hollow Talk posted:
That was some pretty nasty graph porn, best I'd seen all week. Definitely got the bloodflow pumping.
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So Erotica1 is probably the creepiest dude I've ever seen in EVE-O, I read the thread about him on goonfleet and that was really something. My question is why did WIdot ever recruit him? He's a highsec forumwarrior who has psychotic tendancies, nevermind the eBay scams.
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Feb 27, 2014 14:53
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Hollow Talk posted:
Note that EFT is much better for damage application/avoidance. Open two ships and open a new DPS graph. Play around. It also does projected effects. Open up a couple ship fits, expand the projected effects pane on each, and drag modules like ECM, dampeners, remote reps, neuts, scrams, webs, etc from one ship's fitting to the other ship's projected effects pane. The affected ship should update its stats accordingly, and any DPS graphs should reflect this (scrambled or webbed ship velocity will be lower, and it takes more damage, for example). Past-optimal effects of EWAR is one of the few things I don't think it shows, which is why it's nice to know the formulas sometimes. e: double-checked. uwaeve fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 14:54
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Leo Showers posted:So Erotica1 is probably the creepiest dude I've ever seen in EVE-O, I read the thread about him on goonfleet and that was really something. Becaaaaause it's WIDOT?
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I just re-activated an account from 2006, when I didn't really get into it. I have a Space French guy who's an 8 year veteran of the newbie navy corporation with cruisers, but not enough 'destroyers' to actually get cruisers because I guess they were added in as a pre-requisite later. And 1.2 million unassigned skill points. Are target painter drones pretty good? I vaguely suspect that getting a bunch of targeting drones and shooting railguns is a good idea, but I have no idea how to math that out. Also is there some kind of jargon/acronym glossary? edit: yay StringOfLetters fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 15:18
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uwaeve posted:Note that EFT is much better for damage application/avoidance. Open two ships and open a new DPS graph. Play around. It also does projected effects. Open up a couple ship fits, expand the projected effects pane on each, and drag modules like ECM, dampeners, remote reps, neuts, scrams, webs, etc from one ship's fitting to the other ship's projected effects pane. The affected ship should update its stats accordingly, and any DPS graphs should reflect this (scrambled or webbed ship velocity will be lower, and it takes more damage, for example). Past-optimal effects of EWAR is one of the few things I don't think it shows, which is why it's nice to know the formulas sometimes.  I hadn't looked at the graphs properly yet, so I didn't realise all the nifty things EFT can do. Now I know what I'll be playing around with for a bit! But yes, I sometimes like to have the formulas either way, because it sometimes helps me a bit more to understand relations than a simple calculated end result that comes without further explanation.
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StringOfLetters posted:I just re-activated an account from 2006, when I didn't really get into it. I have a Space French guy who's an 8 year veteran of the newbie navy corporation with cruisers, but not enough 'destroyers' to actually get cruisers because I guess they were added in as a pre-requisite later. And 1.2 million unassigned skill points. http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Category:Eve_Lexicon
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Hollow Talk posted:
EFT is a good technical tool, but the downside is that it isn't always user friendly. Every so often when my computer restarts it'll take a week's worth of EFT work with it, when and how it saves what you do isn't very clear. That said, if you're EFT warrioring it has a lot of options for you, the DPS charts are especially handy for computing realistic damage and performance.
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StringOfLetters posted:I just re-activated an account from 2006, when I didn't really get into it. I have a Space French guy who's an 8 year veteran of the newbie navy corporation with cruisers, but not enough 'destroyers' to actually get cruisers because I guess they were added in as a pre-requisite later. And 1.2 million unassigned skill points. In general ewar drones that are not ECM drones aren't very good because of stacking penalties.
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Feb 27, 2014 15:52
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Feb 27, 2014 16:17
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Diazepam HCl posted:Got back from a very long break, and jesus this game has changed. You might want to know that after nerfing the Hurricane, the Hurricane Fleet Issue became more or less the 'old' Hurricane in terms of performance. Only more expensive because reasons.  I cringed a little bit when I flew a non-faction Hurricane the other day in an armor fleet. It's just not the same.
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Kuvo posted:
Any attempts to remove required napkin-math from the game is always a plus. I'm personally of the opinion that the entire dscan mechanic needs to be reworked and implemented as something else. A proper graphical dscan implementation that automatically scans for you and displays popups in space of ISIS-like ship models would be amazing (and would go a long ways towards removing the need for local as an intel source.) I realize that this would remove the "skill aspect" of dscanning to find people at celestials, but I have just never liked the current implementation of dscan and would like to see something more intuitive in its place.
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My ability to calculate km to AU in my head is being nerfed!
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The only thing dscan really needs is a reticule to show exactly where the center of your screen is, and a projected cone indicating the arc of your scan. The F11 sidebar doesn't cut it.
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Operation Spartan failed... Me and a friend was prepping it in -7- space and they had a fleet of 48 ceptors and a saber on top of our geddons before we could anchor our bubble and prep our sentries at a distance. Of course we stayed and fight but our smart bombs did poo poo to ceptors... And we killed no one. I expected to die but Jesus at least 1 km was expected from me. They just to fast in those drat cepters.
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FoF posted:The thread for those who want a trip down memory lane: http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=518418 That was a pro read. Look at all the guys defending a mechanic where they kill whole fleets with a single button press at literally zero risk to the presser. The "I have more isk/SP so I should win forever" crowd will defend any broken mechanic to stay on top.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:The only thing dscan really needs is a reticule to show exactly where the center of your screen is, and a projected cone indicating the arc of your scan. The F11 sidebar doesn't cut it. Yeah even this would be a drastic improvement. I really just wish they would make it always dynamically scan without needing to push the button though. If something drops of scan, rather than removing it from the list just make it grayed out or something. Having to click "Scan" over and over and over just because you are in a wormhole really is the dumbest thing.
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Why am I thinking about un-Vacationing. I hated this loving game. I don't even play any more and I still hate this loving game.
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The Leper Colon V posted:Why am I thinking about un-Vacationing. It's because you're dumb.
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Feb 27, 2014 17:33
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padijun posted:I was with a terrible troll corp with firstname lastname and furnok dorn called Jita Highway Patrol. RIP JHiPs (Fighting Crime in a Future Time). I think if we had those ships we would have survived. Why weren't you in Caldari Highway Patrol? Couldn't pass the state exam?
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Kuvo posted:
 I was just lamenting the fact that this wasn't a thing the other day while probing down some russians in Etherium Reach. CCP is like the bad crazy ex you just can't help randomly hooking up with, because while she may be batshit insane she keeps on dragging you back with that new trick in bed that you really don't want to know where or how she learned.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:projected cone indicating the arc of your scan. On your screen this is a circle. Or somewhat circular 2-d shape depending on what lens the camera mimics; to me it almost looks distorted at the edges/corners as I swing my camera around. Just measure and mark on your screen where stuff falls off scan at different angle settings, then use a compass with a needle on both sides and lightly scribe your screen at the different increments. Or determine the closed-form expression and get your home CNC machine to scribe it out if it's not a circle. Or just draw on your screen with a Sharpie. On a serious note, this is an amazing change that should make it possible to actually select whatever the second-smallest angle setting is, which is currently close to impossible for me to do with any speed or precision. e: Actually, it still looks like the first hashmark on the angle slider is crammed down at the bottom, at first I thought they went to a log-like scale with the current increments.
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FoF posted:
Christ, even back then there were posts trying to redirect the argument to be something about how boring sov warfare was and how "guys this just makes the boring mechanic less awful please let us keep it"
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The Leper Colon V posted:Why am I thinking about un-Vacationing. Because you're bad at Eve. uwaeve posted:e: Actually, it still looks like the first hashmark on the angle slider is crammed down at the bottom, at first I thought they went to a log-like scale with the current increments. That would make sense. I wonder if using a linear scale was due to CCP's incompetence, or CCP's perception of the playerbase's incompetence. DisgracelandUSA fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Vendictus Prime posted:Hmmm, new Tristan model? Wait, does anyone even fly Tristans? Tristans are sick 1v1 frigates, dude. They're like mini-Vexors.
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Red Crown posted:EFT is a good technical tool, but the downside is Another downside is that it's like 1% as effective as going out and losing ships, in my opinion. The upside is it's something I can do at work, and it doesn't cost as much. Use EFT to get some rules of thumb/guidelines/feelings, then go suck in space until you stop sucking in space. Also note I don't follow my own advice.
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Do we still fly missile Drakes in subcap? Because that's all I ever skilled up.
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