What are you doing (ingame) now?

[Falcon_D]

I think it suits you.

Yes, I believe you're right

Reminds me of my time in Eve Online. My corporation ( aka guild ) there was called 'Avarice Industries' I forget our stock market symbol but we were on the New Eden exchange.

The corporations image on the surface was an industrial and mining company. That was for show as the actual game I played was to scope out other, smaller corporations. I would determine their worth and holdings and if it was something I liked, then I set out to take it. I had a Mercenary Corporation in my employ on retainer that would declare war on the target group. For any not familiar with Eve, a 'war dec' as it was called could virtually put a group of players game on hold for quite some time, especially if said players were not into PvP.

After a few days of these people logging in and not being able to even leave their station for fear of ship destruction, I would step in an offer to mediate an end to war. Work out the spoils to to speak. In Eve Online, unlike here, when you lose your ship its is really gone and the insurance covered the base, bare bones ship and none of the modules. It also only covered an entry level version of said ship. For example if you had a Minmatar Level 3 Cruiser that cost 6 million to buy and 40 million to outfit you would get about 2.5 million in insurance. Then if you were 'pod killed' when your ship was lost you had better have a clone somewhere holding your skills or you could lose weeks or even months worth of skill sets. All of your cyber implants were lost as well. So death in Eve was something pretty harsh.

I met my current gaming partner in Eve back in 2006. He was the CEO of the Merc company I used and we have been partnered in pretty much every game that we play together since then.

So, moving onto the open servers at some point and getting back into PvP is our goal.

I played EvE fully solo. Never joined a Corp and never had a PvP battle. I was there for the online space game.
Was into it for awhile, planning my training times. I would even wake up in the middle of the night to setup my training. I would basically do their version of BB missions. Always in Hi-Sec.
Then one day my ex walked by and commented that all she saw me doing was jump here, jump there, click on something and go and have a coffee. That's when I realized that EvE was really boring. It's not a space game ala Wing Commander, X, etc. It was more politics and economics. So I left.
ED on the other hand seems to be the game I've been looking for, for a long time. Especially so when I found the Mobius group. Not into PvP, although I have done some in WoW and GW2.
Now I'm planning on running trade from Azrael to try and up our influence, while earning money to outfit my Corvette. And it's bloody fun. No corps, no politics, no PvP. Heck, yes!!!

Have fun, fly safe. o7

[clivewil]

massive Haz RES grind over the past couple of days in LHS 317.

had only 2 mil in my bank.
ground enough to buy a new Python.
ground more to outfit it.
back to having only 2 mil in the bank.
ground yet more to buy a new Fer de Lance (nicknamed 'Fer de Lamb' or 'Fer de Bed' because its modules are all currently B, E, or D grade)
grinding more again right now for some better Ferdie modules, and for some rebuy cash so i can take my large ships outside again*

*had the Python in the RES, then realised my rebuy was 7.5 mil while my cash was 2.5 mil. ran home really bloody quick and changed to the Vulture.

[Black Rose]

As soon as I logged on it straight to getting merits to at least hold on to my rank 4. Grinding on interdicting transports for 30 merits per kill or grinding enemy ships at crime sweeps for 15 merits per kill are both equally boring. So I limit that activity to 1 hour at the most.

Next we did some high rez grinding for about 90 minutes, that put 12 million into my piggy bank for my next expensive ship. Either the FDL or the FAS or both

The rest of the night was spent doing Imperial missions, smuggling slaves and general mayhem

I got Baron up 70% so maybe in a few days I can rank that up, then back to Federation rank.

[Schmobius]

I went back to trading in my Cutter (because I just adore this ship, mostly), but I decided to swap out the docking computer for a vehicle hangar. I'm of the opinion that a docking computer ought to be as small and light as an iphone (because honestly, an iphone probably has enough processing power to handle that job on an F-35, so 1300 years of progress ought to only enforce that), so I think it's stupid that it takes an internal slot anyway.... but I also think my majestic beast of a ship should have a buggy (and a discovery scanner, but I don't want to cut into my cargo too much).

So I decided to drive around a bit tonight collecting rocks to make more Jumponium/Liquid Schwartz, and I found plenty of Niobium, but no Vanadium. Watching my Cutter take off and land was almost worth the trip alone though. That thing is so pretty!

I lifted off to do some more trading, and I got interdicted by a vulture, which unfortunately ran away with its tail between its legs before I could finish it off. Cutter takes too long to move from reverse to forward thrust, or else its speed and mass-lock surely would have stopped that.

In a later trade hop, I got pulled down by an Anaconda. I was very curious to see how that would turn out, and I have to say I am very pleased. I killed that thing quicker than I used to be able to splash Asps or Pythons. Also, it was slow enough that I was able to maneuver on it instead of just holding reverse, so I was able to chase when he started fleeing, and keep him mass-locked until he went boom. Mass-locking an Anaconda is something special.

I was a bit busy, so I don't know what his combat rank was, but I got 73k bounty (without KWS), and I think it pushed me up a % in combat rank. (I'm at Master). He also didn't seem to use particle accelerators, so he probably wasn't dangerous or higher. Still, I never saw my outter shield ring dim, and while I'm stacked to the gills with shield boosters, I'm only using an A6 shield generator.

I've seen people cry about the Cutter's combat prowess on youtube videos, but I gotta say, at least in PvE, it's pretty damned nice!

As for ditching the docking computer though... it's definitely pretty floaty on maneuvering, and it definitely takes me longer to dock now, but I think I'm happy swapping it out for a buggy. (It's the class 3 slot, so it wouldn't help to put a fuel scoop there, and 8 tons of cargo won't make a big difference.)

[Loriath]

Since the warehouse (AKA: My Python) is full and the A-Team is coming back into the bubble, after we return, I may grind a few board missions to put some more money in the bank towards an Anaconda to use on the next warehouse run. I don't fancy it for Searching POI's so I may take up the position as POI marker and continue my post as POI Buggy Hunter.

Or I squander cash on frivolous builds of other ships. Don't know for sure yet. All I know is that we need some fixes.

[bootsam]

I'm still on my holiday on Earth, visiting tombs and pinching relics. I suspect that will end tomorrow and I shall return to my main job of loitering in space and crashing into toast racks.

[clivewil]

I don't fancy it for Searching POI's

i found it to be surprisingly good for that, and never had much trouble with it - apart from those clusters of canisters you can often find dumped between two small buildings, it was a bit too large to scoop those out and i had to use the SRV instead. mine will definitely be going back POI-grubbing again.

[Loriath]

I don't fancy it for Searching POI's

i found it to be surprisingly good for that, and never had much trouble with it - apart from those clusters of canisters you can often find dumped between two small buildings, it was a bit too large to scoop those out and i had to use the SRV instead. mine will definitely be going back POI-grubbing again.

I Don't scoop with the ship unless the ground is really flat. For me it takes less time to land, grab the stuff in the SRV and lift off than scoop with the ship. And smaller wreckage is harder to find even in the Python unless you nose down and balance vertical thrusters with forward thrusters.

Those Clusters are mostly tea and we call that POI a Boston after the Boston Tea Party

[Dudley]

Errr - the explosives we picked up... Are they supposed to "tick"..?

[TorTorden]

Since the warehouse (AKA: My Python) is full and the A-Team is coming back into the bubble, after we return, I may grind a few board missions to put some more money in the bank towards an Anaconda to use on the next warehouse run. I don't fancy it for Searching POI's so I may take up the position as POI marker and continue my post as POI Buggy Hunter.

Or I squander cash on frivolous builds of other ships. Don't know for sure yet. All I know is that we need some fixes.

Come by cubeo and shoot the shit out of metcalf (something or other)

I can usually make a million per run or so with missions in Henriette my new FGS, using hit and run tactics but have been hauling ass out of there with just 20% hull

Cubeo has seen so much of this it's slipped into anarchy so bounties.