All Posts by Aesper

I was an EVE-head for almost  a year straight.

FW came around and I found myself thinking:
 

Is FW hurting piracy?

How is 0.0 pvp doing? Same as usual?

Could I start playing again (bc/hac/inty pilot) and find myself some decent targets without being in FW?

I think my reasoning is all this organized warfare is kind of contradictory to what I knew of eve before. Corp for corp. Make any sense?

Talk to me. Do I need to give FW another shot or continue to go about my business snaggin unsuspecting targets or am I going to run into their militia buddies and get swarmed?

 Ive seen no problems other than the tell spam bullshit.

What server are you on? So that I know never to go there...

"The in game community is worse than WoWs"

I cant believe I just read that.....

I recently came back and started a new character like the poster above me. I have a long history on an old server and I wish to stay on that server. The community is very helpful, kind, and mature.

On the other hand, I made a character on the Combine server just to see the population, and I  can tell you that THAT servers community makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a plastic spork.

Since the Combine is the progression server, I assume that immigrants to EQ will choose that server thinking that it has the strongest population. Fine by me.

My servers great.

Dont know what the hell you all are talking about. I assume were playing the same game.

As for the revamps, it IS a little nerve racking and I got a little pissed off when I saw that there was no Orc Road...

But the game is what you make of it.

Thanks for the advice.

What are these hot zones? Where can I find some info about them?

Hey Norrathians.

Old school EQ player here looking at possible return.

Short n sweet: Got a 55 Ranger with mostly PoP gear and her epic .. do I have a chance of soloing or leveling to level cap?

Any folks on the Morell Thule server here on the boards?

Originally posted by HYPERI0N

Originally posted by Aesper

Amarr got a frigate make over (kinda). The Magnate is now the Anathema hull as well as its own tech 1 frigate hull.

Faction warfare is really fun I hear. The nanofaggotry is in full force but I really have no problem with it. It IS manageable to pilots who know wtf theyre doing.

Anyhow, other than that the patch notes were pretty lengthy.

New missions.

Change to the Helios (I think)

all I can think of.

Just because they use Microwarpdrives doesnt mean they are using Nanos.

Who said anything about MWDs? I'm not clear on the purpose of your statement.

Safety? In EVE? Immediately wash your mouth with bleach.

Theres no such thing as sticking your pinky toe in the water to test the temperature.

So take me word for it and jump on in... the water's fine.

Where are my brothers at?

Lets see a show of hands.

Im glad EVE is advertising.

More targets.... The more the merrier guys, come on in.

Amarr got a frigate make over (kinda). The Magnate is now the Anathema hull as well as its own tech 1 frigate hull.

Faction warfare is really fun I hear. The nanofaggotry is in full force but I really have no problem with it. It IS manageable to pilots who know wtf theyre doing.

Anyhow, other than that the patch notes were pretty lengthy.

New missions.

Change to the Helios (I think)

all I can think of.

0.5 - 1.0 you will receive police brutality ... right in the b-hole.

0.1 - 0.4 you will recieve security status hits if you engage in combat. Gate guns will fire if engaged near a gate.

0.0 - no PVP penalties

It IS possible to kill miners in highsec however. All you need is the knowledge to properly flip someones can (as well as a fool whos not paying attention), or obviously have a war dec against their non-newbie corp.

EVE without PVP is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without peanut butter and jelly.

... and bread.

Ill tell you this man, fly what you like to fly. Ive heard tons of great things about Gallente ... I cant stand flying their ships. I am Amarr and I am heavily specced in Amarr with a dabble in Minmitar. I LOVE Minmitar ships and have no interest in spending a month in the missile and shield skills to fly Caldari (so I also stick to the Minnie gunnery ships like the Hurricane).

The Amarr hating bandwagon has lost its wheels.

Amarr is skill intensive, but man when you have the skills:

The Absolution, Zealot, Curse, Armageddon/Abaddon (havent flown the new Apocalypse yet), and even the Harbinger are boats to be feared.

Their missile boats are nice too (Damnation, Vengeance (for an AF lol), Sacrilege)

They have their weak spots like ALL races do.

Feel free to shoot me an evemail in game. Send it to Tranquil Mist, I will give you a chat channel to join so you can ask me questions and the like to help you get started.

I see alot of people post on their trial.

Thanks a ton Flem / Bahamut. That was immense help.

Ive decided to make a berserker my alt.

My questions are these:

Are there different trees to go down to specialize in tanking and for dps?

How would I fair MTing for groups in the level 40+ range?

Recommended tree for being able to solo and tank comfortably?

Most important stats?

Viable for end game raiding? (Only reason I ask that, and no I dont base my enjoyment of a class on its raid viability, but I look at it like this: If im going to spend the time to learn a class and advance it to 80, why would I wanna be stuck on the bench all the time?)

General question: Can you learn more than one profession? i.e. Blacksmithing and Scribing?

This ones for you Drexler / Flem

Thanks in advance.

Crushbone is usually up there. Im on Najena and find groups all the time.

Edit: Antonia Bayle is usually up there as well.

You can definitely solo past 20, but (especially around 40) grouping in dungeons is extremely fun. Personally I would much rather be in a good group than running the eternal questathon.

Level 41, 4 days played.

Pretty slow considering I grouped with a 38 @ 2 days played tonight.

Pros:

• Amazing spell graphics
• Classes feel different.
• Clean character creation and customization
• Impressive and fearsome minotaurs, dragons, golems, giants, elementals, etc!
• Solid programming (very few bugs)
• Decent quest systems
• Excellent class diversity
• Helpful, mature community (for the most part like always)
• Diverse character models
• Massive world
• Clean, smooth graphics and animations
• Grouping is not a chore
• Player housing. Simple but interesting
• Interesting crafting system
• New player friendly
• Meaningful and in-depth character development such as Alternate Advancement (Talent point like advancement), adventure experience as well as achievement experience for these "AAs".

Cons and Pros/Cons (mostly personal preferences and most can be construed either as pros OR cons)

• The UI is a little bare for my taste. Can change that with custom UIs though.
• Lack of armor diversity. While diversity is definitely there, you dont see a huge amount of different types and characteristics.
• Mobs run really, really fast (LOL)
• Many expansions (Which I dont like because it always leaves neglected content, but as far as I know many people still do raids in the Kingdom of Sky expansion)
• Ive got like 6 full spell bars (As a Necro) (Good or bad, up to you)
• Non-personal-instanced dungeons (I like it, but many dont)
• Tradeskills for me havent proven to be very useful, depending on what you train
• The auction house/broker/markeplace can be a pain in the ass
• Things tend to be pretty expensive
• Spell advancement (Apprentice I,II,III Adept I,II,III Master I,II,III etc.) can be expensive, but adds a dimension to progression.

Gettin late, but thats my 2 cents. I love the game and I think you will too. Amazing PVE, havent tried PVP but I hear its pretty loppy and one sided. I play on Najena, very nice server, good population.