How is EVE these days? For comparative reference I've not played in a year. Since then I've bought a monitor that will actually allow me to see things to play rather than guess what anything says so...thinking about resubbing for a bit (though still no idea what the hell I'm doing).

Skilledblob

Germany3392 Posts

November 27 2014 13:08 GMT

#38262

with the changes to jump mechanics in the last patch the EVE universe became a lot bigger. Pretty interesting times in null sec at the moment.

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 27 2014 15:27 GMT

#38263

CCP have stopped acting like we're cattle, taking our subs for granted and throwing the money into a giant pit of vampire fanfiction and expensive trousers. It seems someone there noticed they were hemorrhaging subscriptions and had no new player retention and decided that this was probably a negative thing. The degree to which their shit has come together is pretty impressive, there has probably never been a better time to play eve in general although certainly the tl eve presence has seen better days.

Ramiel

United States1220 Posts

November 27 2014 18:28 GMT

#38264

Confessor is shit. Also Pulse laser nerfs (not that huge of a deal) Can be fixed with frentix / st-903.

Brawling with links Remote rep:

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No Links Remote Rep:

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Sniper:
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Speed:
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Beam Kite: (Ignore Cap) That is with AAR running no nanite, cap is 1:52 everything running.
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You basically need snakes and links to make this thing work as a kiting ship. You can put it in sniper mode, and still be kind of quick. However even then, frigates are faster than you. If you place it in speed mode, you are forced to basically go beams if you want any range at all. I think that is going to be the only way to nano it. Looking at it this way- the beam retribution, is better in all ways except for lacking a web and some DPS. however it has much better tracking. So meh?+ Show Spoiler +

Impervious

Canada4222 Posts

November 28 2014 01:24 GMT

#38265

That's what I was afraid of when I first saw the idea for those new dessies..... They were going to fuck it up somehow.....

Ramiel

United States1220 Posts

November 28 2014 03:25 GMT

#38266

DiracMonopole

United States1555 Posts

November 28 2014 04:14 GMT

#38267

http://puu.sh/d8mxV/9cee8fc2b3.png

Note that this has 900 scan res in sniper mode.

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 28 2014 07:57 GMT

#38268

So, about that avatar :D

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 28 2014 08:55 GMT

#38269

in this case we could have tried to be ~prideful~ and act like he was guilty, cover it over, and hope it went away. But he's an innocent man, a loyal fleet commander, and a good dude, and it's on us to make things right

The more I learn about this story the better it gets

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

November 28 2014 09:24 GMT

#38270

So congratulations chessur, you single handedly got scorch nerfed.

Ramiel

United States1220 Posts

November 28 2014 11:18 GMT

#38271

It was only around 2% optimal. The increased falloff is going to be kind of nice?

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

November 28 2014 13:51 GMT

#38272

I like the attempt to make pulses decent with out scorch tbh, but how many people in here can claim they single handedly got something nerfed? (maybe more than I think)

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 28 2014 15:09 GMT

#38273

CCP never noticed me abusing anything until after they accidentally broke it and I stopped and posted my results.

Skilledblob

Germany3392 Posts

November 28 2014 15:22 GMT

#38274

I doubt that Fozzie notices much tbh. The Scorch changes dont look too bad, some minor optimal loss and instead you get fall-off. Seems ok.
At teh same time they are also changing small beam lasers so maybe those will become usable too, not sure yet.

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 28 2014 15:44 GMT

#38275

Here at Goonswarm we have strong principles. We have a code that governs our behaviour, both to each other and our allies and it is with regard to those principles that we've decided to do the right thing. That code is as follows. If you fuck up and do something really stupid and mean to an ally then try and cover it up. Make up something, anything, possibly something to do with time travel, yeah, time travel, sure. If you get called out on how transparent that is and the people demand truth then double down on lies, drop all the old explanations and hope nobody notices the narrative has changed, come up with new ones, he volunteered to bridge the fleet, clearly he was trying to tell BL where the BL fleet was, he's a loyal member of SMA, perhaps too loyal, whatever, change the story. If that doesn't work then trot out a member of SMA to explain that the reason all the past reasons given have been so flimsy is that they were all wrong but only because you were using them to conceal a greater truth that must be hidden. That inside this box you have the one truth that explains everything you've said and done over the last 48 hours but that nobody could look inside the box. If the people are unwilling to accept the mystery box and demand to see inside it rather than simply trust the minitruth then you're obliged to come clean.

We're committed to honesty here at goonswarm. It's part of our four step process, if you get caught, lie, if you get caught again then lie again, if you get caught a third time then lie, but with the mystery box too but if you get caught lying for a third time then confess. Trust us, we're goons.

KwarK

United States44203 Posts

November 28 2014 16:13 GMT

#38276

Every part of this titan story is my favourite part of the titan story.

Ramiel

United States1220 Posts

November 28 2014 17:24 GMT

#38277

On November 28 2014 22:51 Jaaaaasper wrote:
I like the attempt to make pulses decent with out scorch tbh, but how many people in here can claim they single handedly got something nerfed? (maybe more than I think)

Kwark would be the holder of that honor if anything. I HIGHLY doubt my actions had anything to do with the scorch nerf. Ffs- its so minuscule and useless (all other crystals are still shit) that i am not even sure why time was wasted on this?

Its not like:
1. Sky net is a problem
2. Ishtar's are imbalanced
3. Medium AC's suck dick
4. HMLs are still trash

No certainly pulse lasers and small beams are what is breaking the meta tight now. Here let me breath heavily on their ccp stat adjustment pinwheel. Apparently the pinwheel says fix optimal by 2%. A job well done if you ask me.

Btw kwark, you should post that too reddit. That titan truth story is gold.

419

Russian Federation3631 Posts

November 28 2014 18:07 GMT

#38278

at 17:50 learn why I consider griffin to be the best ship in the game

419

Russian Federation3631 Posts

November 29 2014 06:14 GMT

#38279

No certainly pulse lasers and small beams are what is breaking the meta tight now. Here let me breath heavily on their ccp stat adjustment pinwheel. Apparently the pinwheel says fix optimal by 2%. A job well done if you ask me.

It could be worse, they could have removed pulse lasers from the game like they did with RLMLs