Kieron's EVE Blog

Well, I've cancelled my account. I just wasn't playing enough to make it worthwhile. The fact that no one will really care, or notice, makes me pretty sure I made the right decision!

I played last night for about an hour.

As soon as I logged in, it was clear from Corp chat that some sort of PvP op was brewing, since there were a bunch of "x"s (you put an "x" in corp chat to ask to join a gang).

Anyway, it was good experience - we ended up jumping from gate to gate, warping here and there. The reason it was good, is that we were all trying to do it AT THE SAME TIME (ie, as a fleet, as opposed to individually). To coordinate, we use voice commands that come over the speakers on my computer. My mic isn't working, so I can't ask questions or reply to questions, but that doesn't hamper me TOO much. I would like to get it fixed, tho.

The most exciting thing that happend, is that I targeted a hostile. One guy in our gang complained that it was boring - but that's how PvP in Eve can be...hours of waiting for the right moment, followed by minutes of combat excitement. I think it would be more constantly interesting if I flew covert ops (ie, a cloaked ship). They are very expensive (60 mil?), and can't generate money on their own - or even kill other ships on their own. They are only good for directing a fleet.

Mined a little in BWF (filled a container, and my hold...worth about 3 mil ISK). Got bored with that (I have almost 40 mil ISK, so it isn't like I need cash), so I thought I'd try out zergfleet.

I hopped in my little cruicifier, and warped to the Oij gate in BWF - into a warp bubble and about 15 hostiles, camping it! Luckily - it was an insta jump, and they couldn't get me. There was one hostile sitting 250km off the other side of the gate. Really, their setup was to trap anyone coming INTO BWF, not out of. So, I was lucky, in a way. If I had been going the other direction, they would have nailed me for sure.

So, I made my way to EU HQ, and outfitted a tackler. Zergfleet only had about 6 people willing to fight, so I didn't get to do anything.

I tried to figure out how to run a mission, but gave up.

Some bad dude in a battleship (BS) was camping the space station I stay in (called "the Pill").

I saw him when I undocked with my medium strip miner, so I immediately docked again to get my bearings.

I undocked again, and set my warp point to 1000km away, straight ahead (so it wouldn't take me time to align). As soon as I undocked, he locked me and started to pummel me. He hit me about 10 times before I was able to enter warp - one more hit and I think I would have been toast.

I still have a perfect record - I've never lost a mining ship to a player.

I was still able to mine about 600K ISK, and instadock back into the Pill. This time there were about 4 hostiles camping it.

Big news - our alliance is disbanding! This makes for a bit of a shake-up in the solar system I've called home over the past couple months, since it is kinda up for grabs.

We want a corporation called "Storm Front" to have it, and there are a couple "ebil" corps who are fighting against them to keep them from having it.

The other "experiment" I wrote about awhile back had its first success last night. Well, we'll see if it is really a success or not - it could be.

Mined in BWF last night for about 45 min. All my crokite is now being purchased for about 7K/unit (which is better than the previous price of 6K/unit).

For the second time, one of my "alliance mates" convoed me out of the blue to warn me/curse me about mining under such hostile conditions. So, I decided to write a "form letter" to send back in the future (since I don't have time to write so nicely when I'm trying to ninja-mine). This form letter was written during EVE downtime. :-)

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Thanks for being concerned about my welfare while mining while hostiles are in BWF.

As you know, hostiles are often in BWF, and I have chosen NOT to let that deter me. Although I am still learning to be a ninja-miner, I am quite careful: Over the past few months, I've mined over 40 mil ISK in BWF and never lost a ship or pod to another player.

This has allowed me to contribute to the "war effort" via direct gifts of ISK for alliance ship replacement and group mining (not to mention joining PvP ops when BWF is too hot even for me).

Anyway, I really do appreciate the heads-up re: the danger in BWF.

Good hunting, and let me know if I can help you with anything!

Strip mined/hauled for a couple hours this evening in my medium strip miner. I also bought about 5 haulers (Bestowers) for 550K each (don't know how good a deal that was, but since they tend to get blown up every once in awhile while I'm racing for a can...).

I made about 6Mil (I think).

Our alliance has been war-decced by a few pirate corps. Luckily? they are pretty small, and I'm looking forward to joining in some PvP ops...maybe tonight.