Beam NM without tachs. It makes no sense. I look at my NM fit, then look at that one, and literally burst into tears at what eve's become. An eve when players can plex ships like NM's and loose them in comical fashion. Run mine through a few hundred incursions still havent popped mine.

DiracMonopole

United States1555 Posts

October 19 2011 01:34 GMT

#16463

So I was out doing incursions tonight, when we took a break to reorganize fleet, and warped to a planet. While waiting around at the planet, i saw that we had an orca in fleet.

The orca was set up for fleet use. Its corp hangar and SMA were open. The pilot was afk.

I am michael harari, so i think its pretty obvious what happened.

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

October 19 2011 02:13 GMT

#16464

Loved Day9's tweet. I read the entire story and tweeted him back. I wonder if he used to play eve/still does. Having done some corp theft/scams myself and have earned 5-6bil from them passively (while running the market) and 2-3bil actively (joining corp, not planned but ended up being a theif) I thoroughly enjoyed reading that story. To me it was part of the game. I'm a person who usually thinks of games as "more then games", and remember getting scammed a very long time ago in a game called Graal Online; it corrupted me forever I dont lose a moment of sleep scamming someone in game but I would not have scammed someone I was familiar with, like the individual who he had taken a loan from. I feel he went too far but I guess I just have expanded my moral obligations over time from that fateful day as a young Phayze 10 years ago. Was a very thorough representation of his thoughts, I really understood how he felt when he did not want to send his friend the money, or when he straight up quit after he deleted his character. I got a similar jump start in eve when i found the meta 4 mining laser upgrade a week into my playtime, sold it for a bil. Had nothing to do as I could only fly a cruiser (found it while flying a destroyer in a 0.7 system from some guristas rats in caldari space). I had nothing to do with it. I didnt play for much longer but came back later.

Body_Shield

Canada3368 Posts

October 19 2011 02:36 GMT

#16465

Pretty sure Day9 does not play EVE....he posted a story about EVE, said it was his(a) favorite, but said nothing about actually playing the game himself.

DiracMonopole

United States1555 Posts

October 19 2011 02:40 GMT

#16466

We should get him a 51 day and a rifter.

Also, the russians have anchored a can outside S1 in odde that is called: "Ueberlisk's corpse here -most newbie pirate only fights with stealthiness - bounty very big" or something to that effect

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

October 19 2011 02:49 GMT

#16467

The problem is, that story is really damn obscure --- From SA forums 7 years ago. I feel that it's odd that Day9 would post a eve related story the day it's reposted on a blog unless he played the game and read it prior to the upload date; being one of his favorites makes it sound past tense like he had enjoyed it previously. One can hope. irregardless though the article is very well written, and as we all know Day9 has a well rounded vocabulary so that may be why he likes it if he has not touched the game prior to this blog.

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34503 Posts

October 19 2011 03:58 GMT

#16468

How much did you steal, Michael?

DiracMonopole

United States1555 Posts

October 19 2011 03:59 GMT

#16469

Just a hulk, which I had to split with a guy who could actually fly it. The corp hangar was empty, and the SMA had only a hulk and retriever.

Tdelamay

Canada548 Posts

October 19 2011 04:27 GMT

#16470

On October 19 2011 12:59 DiracMonopole wrote:
Just a hulk, which I had to split with a guy who could actually fly it. The corp hangar was empty, and the SMA had only a hulk and retriever.

Don't you risk getting banned from all future organised Incursions by doing that? Half a hulk doesn't seem like very much compared to the risk.

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34503 Posts

October 19 2011 05:00 GMT

#16471

On October 19 2011 11:49 Phayze wrote:
The problem is, that story is really damn obscure --- From SA forums 7 years ago. I feel that it's odd that Day9 would post a eve related story the day it's reposted on a blog unless he played the game and read it prior to the upload date; being one of his favorites makes it sound past tense like he had enjoyed it previously. One can hope. irregardless though the article is very well written, and as we all know Day9 has a well rounded vocabulary so that may be why he likes it if he has not touched the game prior to this blog.

Even if it is representive of old EVE where a million isk = a billion isk today with other differences (warp to 15 instead of warp to 0 on everything), it is still an amazingly well written and engaging story that anyone can understand without playing EVE. My gut feeling is that Day9 does not play EVE.

Yurie

12084 Posts

October 19 2011 05:06 GMT

#16472

That story comes up on various sites now and then. I recall reading it a few years ago without playing EVE at the time. It isn't all that odd that people read it now and then.

Mandini

United States1717 Posts

October 19 2011 06:08 GMT

#16473

I'm sure kwark will like this

Maur

Spain63 Posts

October 19 2011 11:16 GMT

#16474

Hi, i bought the game on steam yesterday and i'm interested in joining the corp. I heard you can't get 51 days with a friend invite + the key because it was abused, is it true?

If it is, should i use the 14 days trial or how?

DiracMonopole

United States1555 Posts

October 19 2011 11:58 GMT

#16475

On October 19 2011 13:27 Tdelamay wrote:

Show nested quote +

Don't you risk getting banned from all future organised Incursions by doing that? Half a hulk doesn't seem like very much compared to the risk.

No, it was risk free since I didnt actually take the hulk. I reached out in a channel of like-minded individuals asking who was near me that could fly a hulk. One person said he could log on his alt. He logged on, then got a fleet invite. After the fleet went to the next site, leaving the orca in space, he warped to the orca, took the hulk, and went on.

Viceorvirtue

United States273 Posts

October 19 2011 13:08 GMT

#16476

That Vagabond never asked for this. Although it does prove that if you manage to get a scram on a vagabond to keep it from moving, it basically dies to anything....including Tier 1 industrial ship gangs.

@ Maur: The steam key can only be used to create a new account, not to make an existing account last longer. This means if you have bought the game fom steam, you cannot use the buddy invite+plex trick to get a 'free' 51 days. Since the only ways to start an account are:

1. Buy the game from steam
-or-
2. Get a free trial account.

The only ways to extend gametime of an active account (once that account has been created) are:

1. Acquire and use a PLEX (Pilots Lisence EXtension) ingame (using in game currency)
-or-
2. Pay for the account with real money

Someone should edit the OP with this info so ppl can be more aware of this.

Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

October 19 2011 13:10 GMT

#16477

That vid is from way way back when webs were still 90% and scrams didnt do anything that a disruptor couldnt do.
It's still an awesome vid.

Maur

Spain63 Posts

October 19 2011 14:19 GMT

#16478

Ok thanks, i'll use a trial account and upgrade it with the key.

How long would it take to buy a plex assuming i could salvage wrecks from other corps member missioning? and playing alone? i know they cost 400millions but i have no idea of how much you can make from salvaging or doing 4s and getting to do them.

Also theres some good info in the spoilered op that isn't on the "new" one.

Warri

Germany3208 Posts

October 19 2011 14:22 GMT

#16479

you make about 10m/hr with salvaging.

KwarK

United States43964 Posts

October 19 2011 14:23 GMT

#16480

On October 19 2011 23:19 Maur wrote:
Ok thanks, i'll use a trial account and upgrade it with the key.

How long would it take to buy a plex assuming i could salvage wrecks from other corps member missioning? and playing alone? i know they cost 400millions but i have no idea of how much you can make from salvaging or doing 4s and getting to do them.

Also theres some good info in the spoilered op that isn't on the "new" one.

No, there's not. It was removed from the new op for a reason. Also I have no idea what the key you're upgrading with is.