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Florestan Bronstein
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#41 - 2011-12-07 11:49:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Florestan Bronstein
CCP karkur wrote:


  • the calculator is an awesome way to learn about the shortcomings of (binary) floating-point representations of decimal numbers

FTFY

(unless the calculator was improved to do proper math during the last year or so)


Electronic Warfare Drone Interfacing gives you more drone control range on all drones.

Thermodynamics is the single most important pvp skill.

In many cases Nanofiber Internal Structure modules are preferable to Inertia Stabilizers. Always pay attention to any drawbacks on the modules you equip.
Junky Juke
Atom Heart Mothership
#42 - 2011-12-07 11:50:55 UTC
If you live in low/null sec, keep always your local chat channel open to see who is in system and have an instant intel on possible threats.
If you like to chat on other channels, then you can drag local channel out of the chat window and place it in another position on the screen. I also recommend to resize the local window so that it can show many ppl in the right column. Reduce the horizontal size to minimum and try to maximize the vertical size.

This shot can be a good example:

Image
Red Templar
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#43 - 2011-12-07 12:11:00 UTC
SMASHBOX wrote:
If you click on the first name in local, then shift click on the last name in local all the names in local will become highlighted.
Then when someone enters local you can instantly tell who it was as they are not highlighted.

You can also achieve this by clicking on any name in local and then clicking ctrl+a, that will make all names in local highlighted. And if someone enters you can notice that. I think this way can be bit quicker.

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For None of the Above.

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War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#44 - 2011-12-07 13:42:49 UTC
When undocking in an unsafe area, always hit Ctrl-spacebar or click the stop button, unless you're warping to an insta-undock bookmark.

This will not break your invulnerability timer, but any other ship movement or module activation will.

Your ship cannot be targeted or bumped until this invulnerability timer (30s) wears off or you break it.

It is not the same as the session change timer, and in fact, it is now LONGER than the session change, so you can easily dock back up before it is over.

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The Snowman
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#45 - 2011-12-07 13:49:24 UTC
CCP Lemur wrote:
CCP karkur wrote:
can I play? P

  • the calculator is awesome


Loyal servants of the Calculator checking in!


Just a shame the spreadsheet needs some work!

o wait...
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#46 - 2011-12-07 15:13:02 UTC
When you jump into a lowsec/null system and there are other ships on the grid

DON'T ******* MOVE

instead, stay calm and assess the situation. You are not on the grid or visible in space for 60 seconds unless you move. All they see is the gate flashes, and you appear in local (chat).

- what are they doing (most of the time other ships are travelling as well, and they either warp on their way or jump through)
- what ships they are in
- where are they (in point range or not, moving at what speed and where)
- what are you in

Then decide whether you can try to warp before they react, burn back to the gate, do the cloak+mwd trick, or proceed kicking their spacebutts?

.
Maevra
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#47 - 2011-12-07 15:45:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Maevra
DON'T PANIC




(It needed to be said, too bad this wasn't post #42)


edit: We also need a towel accessory for the nex store.
J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#48 - 2011-12-07 15:47:10 UTC
Jarnis McPieksu wrote:
CCP Lemur wrote:
CCP karkur wrote:
can I play? P

  • the calculator is awesome


Loyal servants of the Calculator checking in!


Would be nice if it had thousands separator. .



^this. My eyes burn out trying to figure out if its 10 million or 1 million or 100k
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I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#49 - 2011-12-07 16:29:17 UTC
You can center the camera in on a probe by clicking on it's label in space when viewing the solar system map, i.e.:

Probe 1 (idle) 32 AU.
Guttripper
State War Academy
Caldari State
#50 - 2011-12-07 17:00:21 UTC
Skill points are not equivalent to experience points in other games...
Kaanchana
Tax-haven
#51 - 2011-12-07 17:14:50 UTC
1. Always warp into a fight after your fleet mates have landed so that you don't get primaried.
2. Shoot everything once so you get into as many km's as possible.
3. Keep calling for reps prematurely whether you are being shot or not.
4. ???
5. Now you are an elite pvper.
Chandaris
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#52 - 2011-12-07 18:02:57 UTC
Kaanchana wrote:
1. Always warp into a fight after your fleet mates have landed so that you don't get primaried.
2. Shoot everything once so you get into as many km's as possible.
3. Keep calling for reps prematurely whether you are being shot or not.
4. ???
5. Now you are an elite pvper.



You forgot: fire a pot shot at your own fleet members so you get on their killmails if they die too for MAXIMUM PRO WHORAGE
Hauling Hal
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#53 - 2011-12-07 19:09:21 UTC
ACE McFACE wrote:
Double click in space to manually fly there


And double click in space to go somewhere you didn't intend to go to, as you didn't know you double clicked in the first place...
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#54 - 2011-12-07 20:14:28 UTC
falling asleep at your keyboard after a heavy day at work and a few beers afterwards ...is not good for your eve character whilst FIS Oops
Aloe Cloveris
The Greater Goon
#55 - 2011-12-07 20:58:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Aloe Cloveris
- Thermodynamics owns. Overheat everything.
- Only scrubs stop training Recons and Logistics once they reach level IV. Don't be that guy.
- Don't even think of boarding a capital ship without JDC IV.
Obsidian Hawk
RONA Midgard Academy
#56 - 2011-12-07 22:25:44 UTC
Most fights in low sec are mexican stand offs. Waiting to see who will get gate gun aggro first.

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Also please support graphical immersion, bring back the art that brought people to EvE online originaly.
ASadOldGit
Doomheim
#57 - 2011-12-08 05:31:41 UTC
Shooting Concord will let you see what your pod looks like in space, preceded by a pretty explosion.


In high security space, Concord will not rescue you (unless you can tank the other players' damage for long enough), but they will get revenge. So don't expect to be truly safe.


There are certain player-created tools that are considered essential:

    For character and skills management:
  • EVEMon, or
  • EVE HQ

    • For fitting ships:
  • EFT (EVE Fitting Tool), or
  • Pyfa (Python Fitting Assistant)

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Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
#58 - 2011-12-08 15:59:13 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Edit: Unaware if missiles and bombs will hit targets even if you warp off grid. Can someone clue me in.


Missiles : Missiles in flight to target will miss the instant you enter warp.
Bombs : They will continue their flight and explode when you warped off. You can warp the instant you launched. Often it is claimed this is not so, but those people's bombs are hitting gates or containers before travelling 30 km and then they will fizzle instead of explode. So launch and warp. If you jump or dock, the bomb will fizzle as well.
Indeterminacy
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#59 - 2011-12-08 16:09:25 UTC
Obsidian Hawk wrote:
Most fights in low sec are mexican stand offs. Waiting to see who will get gate gun aggro first.


Don't fight on gates or stations in low-sec.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#60 - 2011-12-08 16:56:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Solstice Project
When using guns with low RoF, such as Artillery,
unstack them and activate each with a short delay in between.

This way, you're able to shoot at a new target earlier,
instead of having to wait for all (stacked) guns to complete the cycle and doing nothing.

This also saves you ammo. (works with missiles too)