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Das Butterbrot posted:There are always guys in thrashers or instacanes popping pods in fleetfights. Always. Not that I'd ever do such a thing, stop looking at me like that! SensorBoostedInstaCane was some of the most fun I had in Fleet fights. Sure you were supposed to be working on AAA defence and shooting bombers, but pod popping was more fun and now you can see how many implants you're destroying, more satisfying. Are anti-bomber instacanes still used in fleets in small numbers as an anti-bomber force? Are they still useful vs Interceptors?
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That trailer got me interested in playing again. Damm you CCP. Damm you to hell. Why would player made star gates make much difference? Granted, VFK to anywhere in gate range would be nice, but jump bridges do that pretty much already, and you're still limited to region gates. Unless they said it's going to lead to new area's to live in? Does it go back to Earth?
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pugnax posted:I also just read Endie's idealistic dream of an EVE that doesn't suck, and I gotta say that it's a beautiful dream. Can I have a link to that dream?
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pseudanonymous posted:Won't decloaked less agile bombers, combined with point blank (10km) bubbles, mean that anti bomber squads can be a "thing" again, with instalocking BCs or Commandships taking out the bombers before they can finish their runs? If the galaxy breaks up, and this change occurs, I would come back. InstalockedantibomberHurricane/Claymore as a Wing Commander is what I liked doing, if there is a major war going on.
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pugnax posted:Reading the keynote transcript I was struck by how determined Seagull seems to question assumptions and really shake up the game. The roadmap ends with stargate control and new space, and their priorities are on structures and alliances. I wouldn't be surprised if we see destructible stations in 2016. Where can I find this transcript? What new space?
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What's in the Space Preppers thread? Or is it just "how to move from one side of the galaxy to the other". From the Mittani's post, it dosn't sound like war is coming, though the map is changing from 2 colours. Or that the CFC is breaking up.
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For those that don't - can it be revealed what they are, if it's not a secret? Sounds like the Foreign Legion without the local help?
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Oct 23, 2014 07:54
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ullerrm posted:Stealthed ships decloaking each other again is being cancelled Oh good, I found a reason not to bother coming back.
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Oct 29, 2014 03:06
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GaussianCopula posted:Oh and the alliance logo stuff? Well it's very obvious to me that the real reason that CCP is so keen on making sure that they OWN the alliance logos is that they are part of "fun licensing opportunities" which top level management at CCP just loves. If you dont own the iconic logos of the alliances that are an integral part of the interesting eve stories, you can produce a TV show, comics and so on. You don't make money from a TV show or movie. You make money from selling the merchandising from it. They need the complete rights so they can sell the next Game of SpaceThrones tshirts and big headed popup dolls of something that looks like The Mittani from the comic book (does it have a Goatee?).
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Posting from PAX australia, does CCP got anyone here? I don't see anything for them. 70k people coming and they went here.
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With the new changes to jump bridges, is it still possible to get from EC- to Deklien in 3 bridges/6 jumps or so? Or do you need to take gates with the fatigue mechanic? If I was at the far end of Deklien, would it be possible to use bridges to get to YA0 or would fatigue kick in before that?
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So now that the game has been nurfed to force people to live at home with their parents, is there any news on what you can do living at home to make money? Is there more people in Deklien now than before? Last I checked the amount of people who can live in a system and make enough money was still pathetically low - has that changed much? If not, any news on what will change?
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Nov 7, 2014 03:05
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Helicon One posted:But yeah, outing a hostile FC as gay by posting their dating profile on Kugu was some major bullshit. Wait, what? Did anything happen to him? It's a game, lets maybe ruin someone's future because they are out in game enemy is ok now? That's indefensible.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:01
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Voyager I posted:It was some dumb poo poo on Kugu. He got publicly chewed out by Mittens over it and it pretty much cemented his public image as a terrible person who is only tolerated because of his necessity. I'm so glad that he's still doing what he clearly enjoys doing and will do something like that again in future for which he will loudly and publicly told not to do that again.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:37
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Idea: Logistics can only be applied to ships in the same squadron. Wing Commanders and Fleet Commanders can get it from anyone. Squadron Commanders can get it from anyone in the same wing.
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So with the changes CCP did, is nullsec going to have any big wars? From what I've read it sounds like everyone withdrew away from each other and it's too far to gate anywhere, and there is no need or wish to invade anyone else's space. None of the collations have broken up, so everything is still stagnate? The only roaming fleets are interceptors, but Deklien is so far away from anyone that's it's now dead quiet. Or is it still too early to say, or we need to wait for another 2-3 expansions firsr?
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Edit- Deleted comment. This is getting way to deep, dark and dangerous for me. Winning an argument on the internet is not worth it.
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I currently think that Digi is trying to get a part made about him in the Eve TV show. If Alan Sorkin writes it, the other characters will be in a meeting having sniping comments at each other when someone will point at a monitor and "dramatic news report is on screen" scene occurs, completely derailing the plot of the episode. Reading Mittani.com so you don't have to write for it made me smile today. I hope he gives it a good go, I never did bother moving my stuff out of VFK last time I quit. quote:I really don’t like large coalitions. I don’t like CFC in particular. They resemble the old Northern Coalition. Our primary strategic goal is to make CFC disappear from the map. Is PsixoZZ the guy who left White Noise in the lurch when he ordered a red-pen-must-be-there op and then slept through it, causing his empire to collapse in a few days? Comstar fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 02:36
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Does the new notJitainawormhole have static non changing links to normal space? Or does its links to everything change all the time?
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Edit- Googleing told me somewhat what happened. Never mind.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:34
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Wouldn't the actual experience be warping into a bubble 100km off the station? Aren't those stations going to be pretty much permabubbled? I do think CCP should add trucking music that plays automatically if you warp between those stations.
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Nov 14, 2014 13:28
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Was it ever revealed who did scratch the name out on the monument?
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Nov 15, 2014 09:04
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VFK by May would get me back in the game. I'd like to know which actor is which character. Who's playing the part's of the head of Propaganda and the Luftwaffe? I thought Endie was the guy with the moustache in the middle? With the new jump rules, is Fountion two bridge's too far to get to now?
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Is losing Moons in Venal going to impact BL much? I thought they got their money from Wormholes? Where do their line members get their money from - alts in Empire? ullerrm posted:Part of it is that they changed the probing mechanics slightly in Odyssey, and a lot of the public information is no longer accurate. Why wouldn't that be the answer? For an alliance that wanted to give everyone a free carrier, a couple of high cost probe ships and pilots with implants seems insignificant. I do like the idea that entire fleets may need to stand down because that one high cost Fleet Scout just got pointed by a frigate when it was jumping in via a gate, but I suppose those days don't happen much any more with Blops bridging and FC's running multiple accounts at all times (feel free for anyone to give an entertaining story of this actually happening in the last year or so, but I haven't seen any). Comstar fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Libluini posted:To my own surprise, it turns out CCP can be merciful and nice, if they want to. Why the gently caress was CCP Falcon merciful? If this was a few years ago and the people who had done it were BoB, all of Eve would be screaming for their heads, along with CCP Falcon's. quote:Most surprisingly of all, once CCP received payment for damages, they reversed all the permanent bans. All of them. Instead, the people named in Theo’s mail got a mixture of three- to six-month temporary bans, and the prohibitions on attending future EVE events was lifted. For that again, CCP Falcon was in large part responsible. He figured that since they did indeed come forward and since damages were paid, that it showed a measure of good faith that CCP would honor with good faith in return, all while keeping the matter confidential. Considering 2 of them did it (and directly tried to frame an innocent 3rd party for a criminal act of Vandalism which could have gone to the Police), and the other 2 then agreed to cover up for their friends, I do not understand why any of them were unbanned. Because they admitted to doing it? When there were lots of witnesses and evidence to prove it was them in the first place? Not sending them to the Authorities was a merciful act by itself. I also can't explain why the random guy from SA who used the same name is still permabanned? Comstar fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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Unfunny Poster posted:The new EVE Trailer is out. I don't think I heard Boat's dogs barking, so only a 3/10 for me. I thought the bombers dropping on the fleet at the gate was cool, but unless you already had played the game, I think 90% of that was meaningless. I guess it's somewhat targeted at people who once played Eve previously. Edit- After watching the The uncensored version I like it a bit more to a 6/10, but not as good as the Sandbox era videos. Comstar fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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CCP is full of news this week. I'm glad they are banning it, much fun as hearing of 10 Battleships taking out entire BoB fleets was back in Delve war II was. Did he ever upgrade to 10 Carriers/Dreads/Supercarriers? Will this have any impact of Super's? What is the impact on nullsec? Less autobomber fleets, and slightly more reason to mine in 0.0?
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I miss the days when battles were slow enough that you could get people (ie me) posting minute by minute updates of them. Reddit is crowing that NCdot has committed their Supercapital's to Y-2AN0 and the CFC fleet was defeated. If they are sending their supercarriers to there, won't they lose their homeland? Or is no one going to attack them right now? I wouldn't think Fountain can be held if BL continues doing stuff up north. Comstar fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Zephyrine posted:https://goonfleet.com/index.php/topic/195180-extremely-important-op-friday-1800-y-2ano-final-timer-defense/ It's too early in the war to throw everything down on a single dice through. Too many times in history, Goonswarm pilots have show up and won decisive victories on the Thanksgiving weekend. The invaders have been through that enough before.
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Ben Smash posted:This one is pretty drat good: http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2njhjh/justiceforrayonar/ To me it sounds like either some out of game doginess occurred or a Mistake Was Made. The TMC article is titled he was a prospective, sympathizer. It's all fun and games until you say you'll go to a out of game event run by an enemy spymaster in the future, because that means you're marked. It will make a good episode in the eventual Eve Online TV series Law and Order: Eve. Was he guilty or was it a simple mistake? The episode ends with the audience not knowing but the prosecutors sure they got their man. Ends with a conversation between Elo Knight and The Mittani on the steps of the CONCORD court house, roll credits. Comstar fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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vodkat posted:Yes, I'm using a throwaway because I actually feel threatened, and for that reason I will continue on in my position in SMA. I don't want them to know who is posting this, because we were explicitly told they have our rl names and addresses, along with much, much more information. So does that mean they just need to check who just changed their passwords on goonfleet.com? Though it wouldn't surprise me if the guy told someone "I'm unhappy with Goonswarm/CFC/Space Monkeys" to someone, and someone else took that to mean BETRAYAL after the guy made a mistake. Considering he was in a very high position, I can't recall anyone who has voluntarily stepped down from such a precipice. He'd have to stop using his Titan and supercap characters if nothing else, and give up the power he had. Would he have wanted to? I guess we'll never know, as he never got the chance to be asked. Eve Online does have a permadeath after all. Comstar fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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CainFortea posted:(7:27:33 PM) directorbot: JUSTICE FOR RAYONAR: When we gently caress up, we make it good. Within this last hour a new defector has confirmed that Rayonar was, in fact, innocent. While the evidence we had two days ago made him appear unassailably guilty, this new information has completely exonerated him. Well well well. What a surprising turn of events. Quite the black mark for Goonswarm Counter Intelligence, though I'm sure it will all turn out to be someone else's fault - intelligence agencies are really really good at that sort of thing. Mistakes Were Indeed Made! I dunno if the guy would want to come back. What's to say this thing won't happen again? It dosn't sound like anyone's going to be taken responsible for this Fiasco and be fired over it. Maybe he'll end up writing a Cracked.com article about it. Eve Online: Serious Business. When it's not a comedy sketch episode. You could write a Seinfeld episode of this. Mistaken identity, a misunderstood comment, harsh measures, hi-jinks and hilariousness ensues. Kramer plays the part of reddit, Elaine the peanut gallery, Newman is Elo Knight and Comstar fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Wait, what? Why did Dominixes come back into style?
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SugarAddict posted:Probably because when CCP made Iskboxing illegal it made 50 bombers piloted by one person a bit more difficult to pull off? Doesn't change till January. And I would have thought Shield fleets were better, as travel time is via gates now rather than bridges.
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The new Star Wars trailer reminded me of something. I still say the Eve TV series should include these incidents. After this Fiasco, Black Legion know they have a command level spy in their ranks AND the CFC knows that BL has one in theirs. Queue an entire season of Hunting Down The Traitor In 24 Hours. [Ivory has been captured and brought to Digi] Ivory : [smirking] Digi. Only you could be so bold. The CFC will not sit still for this. When they hear you've attacked a diplomatic — Digi: Don't act so surprised, Rayonar. You weren't on any Cyno mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed from your ship by Black Legion spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. Ivory : I don't know what you're talking about. I am a member of the CFC Titan wing on a diplomatic mission to Space Monkeys Alliance. Digi: You are a part of the Black Legion Alliance and a traitor! [to Goontroopers] Take her away! Blarf: [to Digi after Goontroopers escort her away] Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for the Black Legion on the Reddit. Digi: I have traced the Black Legion spies to her. Now she is my only link to finding their secret agent. Blarf: She'll die before she'll tell you anything. Digi: Leave that to me. Send a distress signal, and inform The Mittani dot com that all on board were killed. GIA: Lord Digi, the Black Legion spies were not jumped through this Titan, and no transmissions were made. A post on Reddit.com/Eve was made during the fighting. No good posts were on made on that board. Digi: She must have hidden the plans in the forum post. Send a detachment down to retrieve them; see to it personally, Commander. There will be no one to stop us this time! Comstar fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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Bagu posted:I think shield battleships are fine; it's the BCs that used to protect thrm that need fixed. Give most of them the maneuverability and warp speed of cruisers. But make the Hurricane and Drake exactly as thry were in Summer of 2012. Bombers wouldn't be as ridiculous if a lot of fleets in thr game could avoid them (more maneuverable BCs), tank bomb runs (old Drakes), or clear them off the field before bombs land (Instacanes). Instacanes and Hurricane's aren't wanted any more?? But but...I don't want to come back to a game that dosn't allow me to fly an Instacane to kill bombers. Is there any replacement?
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Kalenn Istarion posted:That's because they're poo poo Next question that will stop me coming back: Do Wing Commanders still fly command ships, or is it all off grid unprobable bullshit tech 3's still?
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I'm sad I wouldn't be able to fly any Battlecruiser level ships  Hell, I'd like to fly an Eos for FYF but I guess that wouldn't be wanted either.
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autism chariot posted:Also holy hell gently caress spending 15 million SP worth of training time on ships that spend all of their time hiding so they don't get blapped and gently caress the rest of the fleet. I don't know if I'll ever have enough alts to justify parking one for that long on that (though I do have a probing alt and I don't know what I'm going to with it once I've got that sorted). When CCP brings in On Grid Linking, I will be there, waiting. 'Corse when I started it, Tech 3 ships didn't exist, so you either had max armour+shields or fitted 7 links and hid in a POS. I usually ran 4-5, because BoB/Kenny never shot at Command ships, because who the hell wouldn't run a full tank on a Command ship? That and I would have an entire fleet of Logi's pre-targeting me. My hero was some guy in Red Alliance who had a 7-link command ship back in the RedSwarm Federation days. I think I got FC5 from the learning skills redistribution. That guy did it the hard way. Seeing as I can't fly a command ship (unless I'm the FC), what's the most expensive or useful single ship to fly in the FYF?
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Academic Paper (published!) on Emitexts and Paratexts:Propaganda in EVE Online. quote:
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