And so I faded BUT..... I could be back soon ( I type alt+0153 and I get this Ö W....T....F????)
Ok so lets do a super fast up date:
Left GC cause I was tired of massive blobs and forced participation, rejoined RELAX EvEs premier drug dealers, been playing with Adobe and created two videos very quickly so they are kinda craptastic Scanning
Ok first up on our tour of EvE-casts is EOMR. Show host is named Erik Mumm.
So this is the down and the low, looks like you will get 5 daily and 1 weekend show. The dailies are around 5 minutes with the weekend coming in at 25 minutes. Start date according to iTunes is December 12th.
First off this is a fast and furious run through mineral and fuel prices. He does this well. There is no fluff. I do wish the background music was at a lower level so you could hear the prices better.
He opens with an ad that reminds me of the way that NPR (and hopefully GPR when we can get this going) he then does some interlude music and reads the mineral prices.
Oh wow, listening to show one at the moment (1 according to itunes) the music volume is perfect....I'll have to listen more.
The weekend shows look like they have guest on. I haven't listened yet but I certainly will.
TL;DR
Good show, nice and short. Covers mineral prices. Weekend show has moar content still under 30 mins.
alaph likes this show and will be DLing it as long as Erik keeps it up. Again this is not a fluff show, it does what it says its going to do without going overboard or being dry. Erik's voice is very listenable and his production quality is very good as well. He needs to watch the "ummms".
Cheers Erik, please keep it up, this is one of those things I can see crashing and burning, sorry mate but its happened to better pilots. Everyone else check it out. EvE Online Morning Report iTunes link
There are actually quiet a few eve-cast out there. I'm going to go through and try and rate/comment on some of them.
Criteria: Must have a post since Dominion launch or no less than 2 weeks prior. Must be available on iTunes.
So those are the rules. I'll listen to the latest offering and if I really really dig I'll listen to a few more. Otherwise your latest offering is what I will judge you on.
Cheers, alaph
Well that didn't take long.
List of Contenders:
Declarations of War Podcast EvE Online Morning Report EvE Online Official Podcast Fly Reckless EvE Online Missions Collide The Planet Risk Show PODDED Podcast Unkown EvE
So a few corp mates and I were out ratting D4k. I was in my uber rape Drake, Guy was fucking around trying to find the right ship with fit and what not and Tony was cleaning up after us. Guy finally gets his Maelstrom sorted out and is coming back in to help out.
Im watching the local population all the while and Tony is checking gates and neighboring systems when he goes to drop loot. After one of his drops he reports that Malkla is on gate in a Navy Comet, not the ship I'm used to seeing him in but whatever. There are about three guys in the same corp in system at this point but honestly I didn't count Malkla in until the Comet was reported.
Am I worried at this point? Ummmmmm NO. I finish off the juicy rats in belt as Malkla jumps his comet in. I immediately throw a disruptor his way, send the warriors after him and let the full furry of my heavy missiles go forth upon his ass as started ABing towards him. Once in range I hit him with the scrambler...buhby MWD. He melted fairly quickly and just as he went pop a Stabber Fleet Issue and his buddy in a Vagabond warped in.
Now at this point the fog of war is thicker as I remember going after the vaginabond and not the SFI, but thats not what the killboard represents so what I remember as a vagina must have been the SFI.
At any rate the sequence of events was the same as for the comet except that he did not melt so quickly. Guy joined us in the Strom just as mister curse warped in. I was pretty bad into structure at that point and I could have sworn we had the Vaga in structure as well but it never went pop.
They let Guy go after deciding they couldn't take him....
I was baffled after seeing the battle report, thats why they call it fog of war though.
I will always trade an insured Drake for two faction ships, so yeah I got "CAUGHT" ratting ;)
[Cruor, PvP?] Overdrive Injector System II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Tracking Enhancer II
1MN MicroWarpdrive II Warp Scrambler II Stasis Webifier II
Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration S Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration S Small Nosferatu II Small Energy Neutralizer II
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I Small Targeting System Subcontroller I
At first I wasn't sure if the Cruor could pull off anything. It's bigger brother the Ashimmu is a brick, see post below. Calling any frig a brick is just ignorant. They just can't pull it off. So what could I do with this little thing? As fittings fell into place the numbers started to intrigue me. 3552 m/s 1144.5mm Scan Resolution (locks a light drone in 2.3 seconds and a frigate in just under 2) The alpha is about half my favorite intie the Crow but the DPS is about double. Then there is that 90% web. Of course you have to get close up to do your thing so dropping the MWD for an AB gives you 1317 m/s. That's not bad considering what this thing is designed to kill, ie Interceptors and cloakers.
The thing that I'm looking at in both the Cruor and the Ashimmu though is the grid and CPU. Both have tons of it!!! I'm thinking this is for plates, but I don't want to plate this frig like I do its big brother. The ranges for its primary weapon systems is too short for anything that is not fast and agile.
Unlike big brother the Cruor doesn't benefit much from a faction upgrade. The gains are small at best. So a T2 fit makes sense for this ship.
This is one that will very likely be on the R.E.C.O.N. kill boards very soon™.
Cheers -alaph
P.S. I also have a Phantasm and Succubus in the hangar so look for fits in the near future. Happy hunting.
[Ashimmu, Brick] Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II 400mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I 1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Damage Control II
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution Warp Scrambler II Stasis Webifier II Stasis Webifier II
Medium Energy Neutralizer II Medium Energy Neutralizer II Medium Nosferatu II Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
56k EHP with lowest resist at 60% Scan res is around 675mm. But make no mistake, this thing is a brick. You put it down and don't move it. Hence no propulsion mod. With faction fit, T2 trimarks and full slaves EHP goes to over 100k with 70% resists. DPS is low no matter what you do. Alpha is 956 but then drops to 250ish DPS. Its the neuts and webs that make this interesting. With faction fit you get a range of 15km; 10km with the T2s. So we aren't looking at recon style ranges but the power out put is damn nice. 90% reduction with EACH WEB. 316 cap per neut. The Vampire triples your sustainability to 3 minutes, enough time to kill almost anything.
No local rep? Of course not. The Ashimmu has no cap stability as is so a local rep would be damn near useless. This is not a solo pwn mobile, no sir, it is a gate camp specialist. Get a Gaurdian, a HIC, some fast lockers and some DPS and go have a good camp out. The brick can take the punishment while stopping and draining anything unlucky enough to get in its way.
Will I be flying this? Maybe. I don't think its worth undocking without faction webs and maybe some other faction gear. Low Grade Slaves would be good as well.
Just gotta see but you will be the first to know =D
So our CEO has listened to myself and the other RECON directors and successfully addressed our grievances with our New Year mission. I won't go into the details at this time but suffice it to say that we will be having much pew pew fun while doing what I suggested in the process.
RECON is the type of corp that is a small family. That is important and that is what we want to cultivate in new recruits.
On another note Minor Threat has "followed" us into Aridia.... Wonder what that is all about? Hard feelings Rydis? Maybe not but I'm not ruling it out.
Happy holidays and cheers alaph
P.S. anyone know of a good source of news for what alliance's are doing in eve? I already read COAD (yes I know its shit) and the SHC boards. I wish we had something like NPR....GPR Galactic Public Radio =D.
No new updates for far too long. Finals are over and EvE is once again a large part of my life.
So what has changed since the last time we spoke? Well for one I am now a director with R.E.C.O.N. Furthermore REC has joined/formed the Talos Coalition alliance. We have moved to the Amarrian ghetto known as Aridia and are slugging it out at the edge of Fountain.
I have started the process of going through the Agony Unleashed PvP Course. I hear great things about it and figure why not right. Unfortunately the next class won't be for awhile but here is hoping.
Oh....on the PvP side well let's just say I'm loosing as much as I'm killing recently. alaph WA
That last Zealot loss was because I wasn't listening to my FC. I was in D-4 ratting while the FC found something for us to do. New neut in local, saber on scan, warping to gate safe.... saber in view.... and we sat on the gate. I was thinking he wanted me to jump so he could follow. He just sat there.....then he locked me, so I locked him.... FC yells "ITS A TRAP" and I don't really listen so I engage after he engages....and ofc I was blobbed =( stupid loss that could have been avoided had I listened to my FC.
I'll end with some training notes: Wintermute is training up Battlecruiser V in expectation of learning Commandships. alaph on the other hand will finish Heavy Assualt Missile V this week and go on to do HAMS and med LaZ0R specializations to complete my knowledge of T2 cruiser and below weapon systems.
Good times to be had and its good to be back here blogging again. Now that school is done I hope to catch up on reading your blogs while giving you something to read as well.
Oh and I've enjoyed meeting many of you in game #EvE Bloggers and on Twitter. Cheers guys and have holiday filled with internet spaceship violence
