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Lugalbandak

Doomheim

Likes received: 477

#21 - 2013-09-27 12:31:19 UTC

culo duro wrote:

tiberiusric wrote:

Lugalbandak wrote:

tiberiusric wrote:

It's just a really bad expansion full stop. Addresses nothing that needs to be. It's just some extra goodies. Yet another useless upgrade

there is a biomass option , use it.

Why don't you kiss my ass? How's that for an option?

I like your corp name, weren't you a guy that got awox'd in a machariel that wasn't fully fit?

lol

The police horse is the only animal in the world that haz his male genitals on his back

Vanishing Point. The Initiative. 18,382
Malcanis Vanishing Point. The Initiative. Likes received: 18,382	#22 - 2013-09-27 12:33:09 UTC 6 Kaarous Aldurald wrote: So, you are cross about the Rubicon? Oh no you di'nt! "Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming." Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016

tiberiusric

Comply Or Die

Pandemic Horde

Likes received: 268

#23 - 2013-09-27 13:07:58 UTC

culo duro wrote:

tiberiusric wrote:

Lugalbandak wrote:

tiberiusric wrote:

It's just a really bad expansion full stop. Addresses nothing that needs to be. It's just some extra goodies. Yet another useless upgrade

there is a biomass option , use it.

Why don't you kiss my ass? How's that for an option?

I like your corp name, weren't you a guy that got awox'd in a machariel that wasn't fully fit?

Errmm no

All my views are my own - never be afraid to post with your main, unless you're going to post some dumb shit

Ranger 1

Ranger Corp

Vae. Victis.

Likes received: 6,345

#24 - 2013-09-27 15:08:23 UTC | Edited by: Ranger 1

Xen Solarus wrote:

Personally, i love it. Rubicon is assoiated with doing something which will have very important results. As in, "Time to cross the Rubicon, my brothers!"

What i don't love though, is still a lack of POS fixes....... Sad

Maybe these new personal structures will make the difference though, who knows!

To me these structures look like the foundation for game mechanics that will eventually replace our current POS mechanics, and although it was brief this was alluded to indirectly in the video.

No need for a celestial object to be present, no restrictions on how many you can group together... sounds like the foundation for modular POS's and POS towns/cities.

"I'd like to anchor my personal "Depot" next to yours, or attach it to yours (share the same anchor point)."
"I'd like a weapons system that I can attach to it now."
"Hey, could we have a communal or corp hanger that we can attach too?"
"How about both so that informal groups can get together and use it, or alliances for that matter?"
Hey, I'd like to hook a lab to this thing."

Yep, this is actually a pretty good step in the right direction.

These things look to be more mobile than a POS, which is great, but if the mechanics are in place there is no reason to not apply them to more permanent installations.

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Abysmal Gentlemen 328
Savnire Jacitu Abysmal Gentlemen Likes received: 328	#25 - 2013-09-27 15:30:39 UTC 1 I think rubixcube is a great name.

Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic 93
Anton Menges Saddat Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic Likes received: 93	#26 - 2013-09-27 15:31:48 UTC 2 it is a pretty bad name. i keep picturing a jeep commercial for the trailer.

Novia Ephrael

You'll Thank Me Later

Likes received: 6

#27 - 2013-09-27 15:38:47 UTC

It is an excellent choice of name, pretty obviously chosen because of the 'crossing the Rubicon' being a reference to the Capsuleers beginning to take over Empire space - An action that we can't take back once we start to do it.

Don't know what you guys expect an expansion title to be, but this seems a good description of the content within it and the way it will affect the game and its story.

Route One 787
Othran Route One Likes received: 787	#28 - 2013-09-27 16:18:03 UTC 1 If you crossed the Rubicon under arms then you were a rebel and/or enemy of the Republic depending on where you came from. Fight or be crucified. Not sure what crossing the Rubicon means to CCP these days. Not this I suspect. Not sure it deserves the title of an expansion really, more maintenance with some shinys to dazzle you all.

State War Academy Caldari State 412
Zaxix State War Academy Caldari State Likes received: 412	#29 - 2013-09-27 16:29:13 UTC 3 It's worth noting that the significance of crossing the rubicon and "the die is cast" isn't that Caesar went on to win. It was that it was a total gamble, an incredible risk. It only gets its victorius overtones in hindsight. At the time he said the words, what he was really saying is "we're as good as dead but there's no going back." Bokononist

TarNec Invisible Exchequer 955
Rhivre TarNec Invisible Exchequer Likes received: 955	#30 - 2013-09-27 16:33:34 UTC 2 I like it, "The point of no return"...so, with high sec POCOs and the lack of concord response to them, they have set on the path of seperating capsuleers from the Empires, and it is not something you can put back in the box once it is out. Fluffy Bunny Pic!

Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State 262
Baron' Soontir Fel Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State Likes received: 262	#31 - 2013-09-27 16:42:51 UTC 1 If you were listening to the Twitch stream. It's like crossing the line between the major empires controlling power and capsuleers controlling power.

Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel 631
Chandaris Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel Likes received: 631	#32 - 2013-09-27 16:49:17 UTC \| Edited by: Chandaris 1 Do they not sell dictionaries or something anymore in the countries where you guys live? It just means a point of no return. While the river may have something to do with the contemporary meaning of the word, CCP did not name this expansion after a river. :P

Noriko Satomi

Center for Advanced Studies

Gallente Federation

Likes received: 380

#33 - 2013-09-27 17:36:55 UTC

Xen Solarus wrote:

Maybe these new personal structures will make the difference though, who knows!

Lack of POS fixes?!? You're getting a POS replacement, part one.

Doomheim 114
Rekon X Doomheim Likes received: 114	#34 - 2013-09-27 18:02:51 UTC 1 When I hear or read Rubicon, I will always think, "Rubiks Cube Convention" Definition of goon - a stupid person Those who can do, those who can't spew

Khergit Deserters

Crom's Angels

Likes received: 5,136

#35 - 2013-09-27 18:06:02 UTC

Zaxix wrote:

It's worth noting that the significance of crossing the rubicon and "the die is cast" isn't that Caesar went on to win. It was that it was a total gamble, an incredible risk. It only gets its victorius overtones in hindsight. At the time he said the words, what he was really saying is "we're as good as dead but there's no going back."

The equivalent of that in Japan is to say "leap off of Kiyomizu Temple." Just a little trivia for the trivia-oriented types.


Noriko Satomi Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation Likes received: 380	#36 - 2013-09-27 18:07:25 UTC 2 Rekon X wrote: When I hear or read Rubicon, I will always think, "Rubiks Cube Convention" Eve Online: Rubik's Cube (small print: ...go f** yourselves*) Happy travels CCP Soundwave.

Alavaria Fera

GoonWaffe

Likes received: 6,953

#37 - 2013-09-27 18:13:46 UTC

Novia Ephrael wrote:

I can't wait to run l10 mission where we take on gangs of NPC titans.

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Tar Valon Research and Development 13
jwingender Tar Valon Research and Development Likes received: 13	#38 - 2013-09-27 18:41:38 UTC 1 Seriously, a 5-second google search returned the following. Rubicon - A limit that when passed or exceeded permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment. Along with the Julius Caesar implications I think its a great expansion name.