Category: Gaming

Relic & Data Sites

I have a helios fit for scanning down cosmic signatures, and I spent a little time yesterday flying around familiarizing myself with the method. I’m still torn about ‘The Agency’ feature, it’s great for new & returning players, but I feel like it puts too much ‘out there’. It’s also great for gankers who want to try to catch unsuspecting victims.

I have a much easier time in WH space than I do lowsec. In lowsec it feels like gates are camped, and people are always around. In Nullsec I rarely see anyone else, and if I do I have plenty of time to get away. So lately, that’s where I’ve been spending my time.

I typically scan down a wurmhole in HiSec, then see how long I have before it collapses and how much traffic it has seen. If everything is good, I’ll pop in and send out my probes, then cloak near the exit – after marking all of the locations down, because I want to be able to find my way out again if I go exploring.

Sometimes I’ll see others warp in and send out their probes too, sometimes it will be a ship returning to their POS – so far I haven’t seen an entire fleet enter (or exit). I’ll take my time and scan down all of the signatures in that wurmhole, looking for safe data & relic sites. There are a few – others are heavily guarded.

Finding sites that haven’t already been picked through can sometimes be an issue. I’d also absolutely love to try NullSec mining, but I absolutely do not feel confident in my ability to perform this as a solo/duo player – which is probably the point. Most of the Low/NullSec activities out there are for fleets of people.

I have planetary production all set up on my main now, happily (passively) crafting away, I have my industry jobs set up, I’m earning datacores with 4 R&D agents and besides faction to increase my standing with those agents so I can use higher level ones and I’m not really sure what I should be doing. I really enjoy mining, but doing it in HiSec is a bit.. boring. I have been leaning towards ice mining instead – but again those belts have been marked in The Agency, so they’re crowded.

Playing EVE? What have you been up to lately, do you have any suggestions? I noticed I haven’t finished the Sisters of Eve story ark yet, so I might work on that with my main, it’s a good chunk of faction (or so I hear).

Fly safe!

EVE? Sure!

Like clockwork, every year I seem to return to EVE Online. I get excited about a new project, or friends are playing, or a new campaign starts. No exception this time. I don’t remember what all I was working towards, but I’m getting myself situated easily enough and already thinking of activating my second account.

First? I needed an R&D agent that handled graviton physics, because my old one hates me. Not sure how I messed up my faction, but there you have it. I’m still doing a lot of drone crafting and these datacore help me out a lot – though I hear there are other ways of getting them now.

I’m looking to what I want to fly next. I’ve got my orca as support for mining, and my tengu for most combat. I want to swing back into PI and hopefully make weekly trips to Jita to sell. A bunch of friends are playing and I think that’s awesome. I’m excited for them.

A lot has changed with the UI since I played last. I forgot I had to hit the journal to find the agents I’m working with. There’s a lot more hand holding for those who want it. In true EVE fashion you’re welcome to play any way you want, but it’s nice to have some guidance if you’re new or returning.

I know people tend to waffle around and next week we may all be playing something new, but it sure is nice to be flying the skies again.

Multiboxing Goals Accomplished

As of this post, my team of 5 are level 35, and still doing random dungeons. The bonus you get for joining a dungeon queue is pretty nice, especially since there’s still 100% bonus. It could be a lot faster but I’m still learning – and man do I have a LOT to learn.

Yesterday I spent some time watching YouTube videos on how to set up VideoFX within ISBoxer. This is a pretty simple concept and it’s how most multiboxers fish, if you’ve ever seen that happen.

You set up one person (or multiple, if you wish) as a source, and then you create a little source area that covers a portion of their screen. In my dungeon case I’ve covered my grid area, where I’m using clique to heal. Basically just a rectangle with my group. When I mouse over the rectangle (while on my druid healer) and use a hotkey, she’ll heal. Left and right mouse and center are all bound to heals.

Then I set up a viewer window. In this case I’m using my main account on my main monitor, and 4 other accounts on my secondary monitor in a tile layout. Anyway, with a source, and a viewer, the rest is simple. It simply broadcasts that small portion of the healer onto the main window I’m playing on. Even if I swap characters. This is a feature in microsoft that ISBoxer makes use of, and it means I can be on my tank, tanking, and then mouse over that grid/clique area and use my hotkeys to heal without having to actually turn on broadcast, or swap to my healer.

It makes things a LOT easier. Of course my druid also only has a handful of heals at 35, so I’m still learning, and I haven’t hotkeyed everything – but I feel like I’m making some pretty good progress.

Aside from the levels, I also set everyone up with a guild so they have a place to stash goods, and I got everyone some engineering. I’m not convinced I need even more tailors at this time, I might set them up as tailors for now just for extra cloth and then we’ll see later on. I’m also planning on moving most of these characters to my main account once they’re leveled up. Blizzard makes it pretty simple for players to pay to transfer characters between their own bnet, so I’m not expecting any issues.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!