tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00The Nosy GamerNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger4669125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-73324263033185964162015-07-24T23:43:08.950-05:002015-07-24T23:43:08.950-05:007o eve-uni7o eve-uniJFKennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-16885544907782214802015-07-24T13:58:52.324-05:002015-07-24T13:58:52.324-05:00The move was primarily intended to centralize HQ b...The move was primarily intended to centralize HQ between some of our campuses. We have thriving groups of students in Placid, Verge Vendor, and Syndicate. This gives us a convenient location to those groups, as well as proximity to market hubs.Azmodeus Valarhttp://www.eveuniversity.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-30448257507276302102015-07-24T07:38:54.581-05:002015-07-24T07:38:54.581-05:00That's a really nice write-up about the benefi...That's a really nice write-up about the benefits of the relocation. Very nice!Talvorian Dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-17503775563024262972015-07-24T07:08:14.341-05:002015-07-24T07:08:14.341-05:00Everybody wants to move to the greater Gal/Cal war...Everybody wants to move to the greater Gal/Cal warzone apparently. (RvB, Brave, EveUni). Apparently there is at least one part of the game that is being very successful...Jakob Anedallehttp://evechecklist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-38968424960239616272015-07-24T07:02:18.173-05:002015-07-24T07:02:18.173-05:00I hope Malum Exuro is driven absolutely batty with...I hope Malum Exuro is driven absolutely batty with all the Eve Uni guys flying around in "the loop." Maybe their claims of ownership will be blown out of the water?chrisl1977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-87784304652161404152015-07-24T06:29:32.410-05:002015-07-24T06:29:32.410-05:00There is one other major cause I've noticed th...There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.<br /><br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-48488119091578563862015-07-24T05:47:32.221-05:002015-07-24T05:47:32.221-05:00EVE online is going downhill because of a number o...EVE online is going downhill because of a number of reasons. Among them, they started to ban customers who buy from the secondary market. There is a culture of buying stuff in MMO's for real money and while it is generally not allowed, it happens anyway. The latest addition in CCP's crusade in trying to stamp it out is extremely idiotic, by banning their own customers who pay real money to the secondary market most of these players will not suddenly convert and buy from CCP instead for twice the price, they will simply quit the game, as has been happening.<br />I speak as an experienced ISK seller who has been part of EVE since a few months after it launched in 2003. I am just one guy who made a lucrative living from selling ISK in EVE online over a 13 year period and still going. No you won't find my IP of any use because I am connected through a proxy on a computer that is unrelated to accounts of any worth. <br />CCP haven't been able to stop me and they certainly won't be able to stop the companies and sweatshops of RMT in china, Russia and the third world countries because the economies in those countries makes this extremely lucrative for them.<br />When Peligro bans some of my accounts of course it is an annoyance but it's an accepted part of what I do and I am used to it. I don't hack accounts or steal credit card details or commit fraud, I simply am very good at the game. I used to earn all ISK by hand, until CCP Guard banned me. So I then learned some new tricks which I've used ever since (game stuff, nothing law breaking). I've personally earned and sold many trillions of ISK in my years with EVE.<br />I've seen a steep decline in EVE subscriptions recently, especially since they started banning their own customers who just want to spend their money on the addictive game that they created. The kind of people who buy from an ISK seller are the ones who put more real money into the game than any other kind of player. Although this money goes to me, ultimately CCP are getting paid because when I sell the buyer a PLEX, it's a PLEX I purchased from the market for ISK and sold on to the buyer. That PLEX was already purchased from CCP; they already got paid.<br />Currency sellers will always exist, you will never stamp that out. While I accept that MMORPG developers do not like currency sellers and have a rule against it to stop things from getting out of hand, targeting your own customers to try to get to them is taking it a step too far. You succeed only in losing your biggest spending customers. These players will not switch to buying PLEX from you for twice the price, they will just move on to a less hostile game.<br />There is one other major cause I've noticed that is driving down subscriptions but I won't go into that. If CCP want to kill ISK selling, first they need to kill their game, because that's the only way you'll ever stop it. They seem to be heading in the right direction.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-26178521925291472802015-07-23T06:25:30.349-05:002015-07-23T06:25:30.349-05:00As Stefan wrote, Ministry of Inappropriate Footwor...As Stefan wrote, Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork (KICK) and The Bastards (BSTRD) partnered in a fun deployment. That was done entirely on a voluntary basis, i.e. not everybody deployed, and not all the alliance members went.<br />Only a handful live there 24/7, the rest move in from time to time, when Bob makes it particularly easy or when they feel like it.<br />A few members of Drama Sutra have trickled in with the same goals.<br /><br />Just A Game is on the side of Spears of Destiny, and the Russians' renters have brought in a few more friends as well. Given how JAG has been promised the very same constellation that KICK and BSTRD are in, the short-term forecast at the end of the article simply is not going to happen.<br /><br />Fozziesov makes it imperative to live locally if you want to hold a system. Neither KICK nor BSTRD want to become local residents, so sooner or later the renters will get the place back after he current pirate rabble gets bored.Bozonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-47074941055519161812015-07-22T10:27:01.856-05:002015-07-22T10:27:01.856-05:00As noted, kick are wormholers. W-Space logistics m...As noted, kick are wormholers. W-Space logistics makes everything else look easy. A bit of experience finding, securing and using wormhole routes makes it seem like all the cluster is 15 jumps from Jita.<br /><br />I mean, for a while I lived on the wrong side of faction warfare lowsec (an experiment living in a "hisec island" constellation), and took a freighter past it and back every fortnight without issue. Having dealt with the horror that is a c3 with only a lowsec static, anything else is a pleasant relief.<br /><br /><br />That said, sov-trolling sounds like the sort of thing bored wormhole players might do. Sounds like at the least they've gotten some fights, and that is what most folk out there want!Killfalconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-70747161504343590522015-07-22T09:06:27.501-05:002015-07-22T09:06:27.501-05:00So the CFC expects 20 thousand players in Pure Bli...So the CFC expects 20 thousand players in Pure Blind and Deklein. What kind of total are they and CCP expecting for the Null-sec universe as a whole?<br /><br /><br /><br />Seems to me that CCP has increased the rewards for the people already there, and not for the people who could want to go there.<br /><br /><br />Rob K.Rob Kaichinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-78371546981327793802015-07-22T08:41:27.660-05:002015-07-22T08:41:27.660-05:00Not an accident more just testing the waters and d...Not an accident more just testing the waters and deploying for fun, its not a serious attempt to become a null sec entity. Been there for a while now pre Fozziesov as Nozy points out. Its only a small deployment, with a few interested members of the alliance but all involved have enjoyed it, learnt some things about fozziesov. I think even our neighbours have enjoyed it and learnt some fozziesov tricks also,<br /><br /><br />KICK is a WH alliance so logistics are much the same.Stefannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-51228424866149162812015-07-22T08:11:59.819-05:002015-07-22T08:11:59.819-05:00This strikes me more as an experiment. Why would a...This strikes me more as an experiment. Why would a tiny alliance want to take space in the outskirts of the drone regions - far from any kind of npc space, lowsec, or anything else? They have no way to support that space.<br /><br />It seems more like sov-trolling which ended up being unintentionally successful when the Russians turned out not to give a fuck.wartzillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-81418114000749583642015-07-21T19:34:13.768-05:002015-07-21T19:34:13.768-05:00I doubt we'll see much large-scale conflict, a...I doubt we'll see much large-scale conflict, and we should see further contraction of held-space by the alliances who are stretched a bit thin. The FozzieSov changes specifically reward alliances which hold & develop less space, over alliances which try to hold more undeveloped space. The somewhat OP buffs to PVE will also encourage more hours spent in carebear activity in null, and thus less hours spent in PVP.<br /><br />As for rentals? As the contractions continue, there won't be any advantage to pay someone else if you want some null space of your own. Under FozzieSov, it is much more difficult for the renter alliances to project power, and thus protect areas which they are not actively developing for themselves. And, the new invulerability timers make it easier for a small alliance to defend their space - by setting the timers to timezones with lower player activity.<br /><br />All in all, I think null sec will get much quieter and, consequently, more boring....Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-64283629736737511452015-07-21T00:29:29.973-05:002015-07-21T00:29:29.973-05:00Depends, a lot. For awhile there were lots of arti...Depends, a lot. For awhile there were lots of articles written about Serenity, and my take away was always how much of Eve isn't game mechanics, but culture.Halyconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-87232246787295328782015-07-20T11:58:19.719-05:002015-07-20T11:58:19.719-05:00Minor comment - the majority of our population and...Minor comment - the majority of our population and thus activity is in Deklein, which is why that region's average ADM is so high. Pure Blind is a bit neglected though, and that's what the rental program is aimed at.mynnnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-21494124650126802012015-07-19T05:50:22.595-05:002015-07-19T05:50:22.595-05:00Here is an experienced dev opinion on what is goin...Here is an experienced dev opinion on what is going to happen<br /><br />PLEX prices is going up because there are no new players.<br />Before it was like this<br /><br />New players face the paywall <br />want the shiny battleship nightmare<br />Buy plex and sell it for ISK<br />Buy the battleship and officer modules<br />Lose it to gank and buy plex again<br /><br />Now this circle is broken because now everyone knows eve is harsh and unfair and new players are not coming<br /><br />Number of plex is static or going down <br />Number of isk from veterans is going up because their income is going up<br /><br />CCP problem : they listen to hardcore players and don't listen to newbies. Prices of plex will reach 2-3bln ISK. Starting to drive hardcore players out.Jonnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-13082809179528441252015-07-18T05:55:30.092-05:002015-07-18T05:55:30.092-05:00Well said. Most EVE players ARE highsec.Well said. Most EVE players ARE highsec.MystiKasTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-73380371772255141822015-07-15T20:41:39.654-05:002015-07-15T20:41:39.654-05:00I meant to talk about avoiding turning a video gam...I meant to talk about avoiding turning a video game into a 2nd job. The whole point of the virtual is to escape reality - not duplicate it.<br /><br /><br />As I have pointed out elsewhere - which is conveniently ignored by the forum warriors of Eve-O; Bounties and Mission LP/ISK are static items. For that matter so is Incursions. In the meanwhile, PLEX has blossomed to what 900mil? It means what I previous earned in ISK now requires three times the effort to acquire.<br /><br /><br />I fully appreciate this matter - and my reaction is obvious. Five accounts has become one subscribed account. But I am enjoying the game more by not spending long numbing hours to support 4 plexed accounts. <br /><br /><br />If players are dropping from high-sec for similar reasons - that is actually a good thing. Because it is a game, which should be fun - and grind is anything but.Easy Eskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-87874325106477445002015-07-15T01:46:48.872-05:002015-07-15T01:46:48.872-05:00Back to square one: the market statistics can'...Back to square one: the market statistics can't tell apart demand from speculation and demand from returning players, and that invalidates them as a measure of interest in the game.Bill Bonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-57678961511091467972015-07-14T19:09:33.883-05:002015-07-14T19:09:33.883-05:0010 bored players doing this for the last 6 months?...10 bored players doing this for the last 6 months? Now I know you're trolling.NoizyGamerhttp://nosygamer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-9469075370870588142015-07-14T18:34:12.843-05:002015-07-14T18:34:12.843-05:00You talk about Eve becoming a "2nd employment...You talk about Eve becoming a "2nd employment". So when prices skyrocket, but high sec ISK potential remains the same, what does that mean for high sec players: more hours of grinding for the same results today.<br /><br /><br />That means a drop in high sec players. Period. Fullstop.Viince_Snettertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-70452015887378577142015-07-14T17:56:25.915-05:002015-07-14T17:56:25.915-05:001.5 bil per PLEX. So belated. I stepped away from ...1.5 bil per PLEX. So belated. I stepped away from PLEX when I realised that: 1) it had ceased to be game and turned into second employment 2) passed the 600mil mark. <br /><br />How is wealth passing from high-sec into Null, really? The only turning point has been the increase in null-sec mining. Which would reduce the reliance on high-sec sources. Frankly its a welcome change (this from a high-sec miner). A 20% increase in Null-mining? Not really a major impact, when factored against the increased mex/zyd requirements of manufacture. <br /><br />Whether a null-sec player earns 100mil per hour or 200mil per hour, I will still be pulling in 20 mph for mining or missioning (yeah I am one of those "doing it wrong"). I just don't care; adieu, farewell, good fucking luck to you if you can pull in the mega-isk.Easy Eskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-23552372401753469532015-07-14T10:40:56.416-05:002015-07-14T10:40:56.416-05:00Eve online used to be about the players doing thei...Eve online used to be about the players doing their thing in the sandbox, when they discovered something fun the company would act on it to make it better and listened to the community to add more sand, especially during fanfest before the higher echelon management made into a media circus. <br /><br /><br />Lately CCP listens to the lobbyists of selected groups, they get voted in by large entities and bring their personal projects and/or constituents agenda's to CCP's HQ.<br /><br /><br />For instance; the players discovered a new way to play in the sandbox, use wh travel to navigate across new eden to enhance the gameplay and add content.<br />One or more lobbyists did not like this and asked for a nerf, which the company obliged to.<br /><br /><br />When you have a business that is at least $70m worth annualy in subs you tend to cater to the lobbyist that provide the core of that value. It's smart business practice to provide services to your loyal costumers, and rest just have to calculate if they get value for money from the company.<br /><br /><br />Plex is nearing 1 billion isk and the cheapest sub is a year's worth of 132 euro. Let the rest of hisec and the casual players vote with their wallet first before voting for the CSM imho.<br /><br /><br />Regards, a FreelancerFreelancer117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-51372146773421538822015-07-14T08:54:07.332-05:002015-07-14T08:54:07.332-05:00There will be an initial surge, no doubt. As I sai...There will be an initial surge, no doubt. As I said before, the null sec crowd are going to start cranking up those ratting carrier alts in the ultra-secure enclaves, creating massive amounts of ISK. The high sec crowd, what is left of it, though, will be throwing their hands in the air as plexes head to 1.5 billion, maybe more.<br /><br />This release is yet another disaster for high sec, not that the null sec lobby group or CCP cares. <br /><br />But as to that surge in activity, I doubt it will hold. The high sec players will stage another exodus due to their loss in relative wealth to null, and when people realize that the griefers and null sec cartels will still run null sec, many people who are going to give sov holding a try will quit also.Viince_Snettertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-59680093502912957722015-07-14T01:40:23.082-05:002015-07-14T01:40:23.082-05:00You could have 10 bored players interested in bubb...You could have 10 bored players interested in bubbling PLEX prices, or 10,000 players interested in EVE and positioning themselves for The Great Joy To Come.<br /><br />I didn't mention CCP. But looking how often PLEX change hands shows nothing about interest with the game. It's a perfectly player-agnostic data when it comes to demographics and interest. <br /><br />Are 10,000 veterans returning? Or 100 bored veterans swinging PLEX around?<br /><br />The data can't tell one from other.Bill Bonesnoreply@blogger.com