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Decline in numbers... starting to turn into RAPID!!!

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Buzz Orti
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3301 - 2015-12-31 23:18:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Buzz Orti
Solecist Project
#3302 - 2015-12-31 23:22:19 UTC
Buzz Orti wrote:
Jaed Gogiko | Sabre killmail

falling down into RAPID!!! in reverse at the 6th minute.

We're not allowed to post killmails in GD ...
... and I'm not even looking.

Hell, I have no idea why you even link it.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Buzz Orti
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3303 - 2015-12-31 23:36:33 UTC
I only lost one sabre going to null-sec in low sec but I had no Blop then...

The 2nd epic fail video has a red truck that looks like a Nuka-Cola truck.

Builds ship in empty Quafe bottle.
Solecist Project
#3304 - 2015-12-31 23:44:26 UTC
Buzz Orti wrote:
I only lost one sabre going to null-sec in low sec but I had no Blop then...

The 2nd epic fail video has a red truck that looks like a Nuka-Cola truck.

Yeah but WHY did you want to show me this? xD
I mean no offense, honestly, but why??

Getting amused here. ^_^
Also, my portrait doesn't update. pfffft.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Buzz Orti
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3305 - 2015-12-31 23:48:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Buzz Orti
Solecist Project wrote:
Buzz Orti wrote:
I only lost one sabre going to null-sec in low sec but I had no Blop then...

The 2nd epic fail video has a red truck that looks like a Nuka-Cola truck.

Yeah but WHY did you want to show me this? xD
I mean no offense, honestly, but why??

Getting amused here. ^_^
Also, my portrait doesn't update. pfffft.


The reason is because I lost one and there is the proof of how.

Also, why should I show it to you and not to the thread?
I could have EVE Mailed it to you but didn't .

Also, when will SP trading work?
Since it may affect RAPID numbers...

Builds ship in empty Quafe bottle.
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#3306 - 2015-12-31 23:49:08 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
surprise us, that would be interesting.

Happy New Year Blink


Happy New Year too. P
Marsha Mallow
#3307 - 2015-12-31 23:56:11 UTC
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
surprise us, that would be interesting.

Happy New Year Blink


Happy New Year too. P

No shame 2016 P

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
xxxTRUSTxxx
Galactic Rangers
#3308 - 2016-01-01 00:08:01 UTC
get the boat.
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#3309 - 2016-01-01 00:08:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Indahmawar Fazmarai
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
surprise us, that would be interesting.

Happy New Year Blink


Happy New Year too. P

No shame 2016 P


Aye, sea turtles. Bear
Marsha Mallow
#3310 - 2016-01-01 00:24:19 UTC
Let me take you by the hand...
Been waiting 20 years for the bellybutton fetish to emerge, off you go, make it so

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Solecist Project
#3311 - 2016-01-01 00:33:45 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Let me take you by the hand...
Been waiting 20 years for the bellybutton fetish to emerge, off you go, make it so

Oh wow, Erasure! I always liked this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWqJTKdznaM

Happy new calendaryear, Marsha!

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3312 - 2016-01-01 01:40:38 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Linna Excel wrote:
A question semi-related to the topic of the thread:

I haven't heard about many epic null fights on non-eve sites in forever. Does that have something to do with the lack of new people? I mean in the past, you'd expect some crapstrom to make news in places like the escapist, kotaku, or d-toid once a year or so. Maybe the game isn't getting enough free publicity like it used to.

The last big fight to make news outside Eve was B-R on 27 January 2014, so we are approaching 2 years ago.

I think the reason is more to do with CCP design decision rather than a lack of new players (who aren't generally involved in those massive fights to much degree).

It began with the Phoebe travel changes, where in the devblog there are a couple of relevant quotes:

Why this?/Why now? [the travel changes]
- Big fights are cool, but they’re crowding out more accessible and more frequent smaller ones.

What are the anticipated consequences?
In the short term, we would anticipate a reduction in the degree to which the average non-trivial capital fight escalates, and the number of parties involved. This seems likely to increase the frequency of capitals being deployed in small-scale engagements, in both lowsec and nullsec.
...
it seems plausible that the general reduction in travel capabilities will lead to more localism

CCP wanted to design large fights out of the game to a degree, opening the door to more Capital use in lowsec and more localised conflict.

That was also further emphasised with the introducton of Aegis sov, which was designed to break large fights under Dominion sov into several smaller skirmishes over command nodes.

Looking back, the changes have been really successful in achieving what CCP predicted back then, but it's clear that a lot of players want big fights back again.


Yes, I suspected the travel changes that happened while I wasn't playing had a bit to do with it.

Here's my opinions on fights: eve needs enough pvp fights of all sizes to stay healthy. You need small group vs small group for people who don't lead a null alliance. You need one vs one for the soloers. You need larger alliance level fights that are worth fighting and worth risking ships over (people not risking ships is a separate issue) to keep null alliances interested in things.

But I think that the game itself needs those epically massive fights you don't and can't see in other games. 5v5 is nice, for a moba. 1000 vs 1000 is a rarity that reminds people that eve exists and it's one of the few if not only game that lets you do something massive. For gaming, having 1,000 people on each side fighting at the same time as everyone else is massive.

Yes I know the server hamsters hate it, but it needs to happen 2-3 times a year.

I can has blogging skills!
Jill Xelitras
Xeltec services
#3313 - 2016-01-01 02:13:23 UTC
Linna Excel wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Linna Excel]A question semi-related to the topic of the thread:

I haven't heard about many epic null fights on non-eve sites in forever. Does that have something to do with the lack of new people? I mean in the past, you'd expect some crapstrom to make news in places like the escapist, kotaku, or d-toid once a year or so. Maybe the game isn't getting enough free publicity like it used to.

The last big fight to make news outside Eve was B-R on 27 January 2014, so we are approaching 2 years ago.


We're not completely out of the news:
German magazine Gamestar picked up a couple of stories around october and november. Before that they hadn't reported on EvE in a while.

But yeah, I guess you're right ... we don't make the news so often anymore. Valkyrie seems to get some attention, which will hopefully translate into more interest in eve-online, once the VR-game is out.

Don't anger the forum gods.

ISD Buldath:

> I Saw, I came, I Frowned, I locked, I posted, and I left.
Jill Xelitras
Xeltec services
#3314 - 2016-01-01 02:22:48 UTC
Since 3/4 of the world is in 2016 already and the rest will follow within the next hours, I propose that we get this thread locked and restart a new one with a more neutral title.

Please like and subscribe ... uh, I mean propose titles below.

Don't anger the forum gods.

ISD Buldath:

> I Saw, I came, I Frowned, I locked, I posted, and I left.
Lan Wang
Princess Aiko Hold My Hand
Safety. Net
#3315 - 2016-01-01 12:10:57 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
Buzz Orti wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:

Well and I have only two days left and nothing of interest came to my mind for the last month.
I can now fly a Sabre, but **** if I knew what I should do with it.

Ah well, was a nice month. :p

Had the sabre for over a year now, and still didn't stab customers with it yet, though I may have lost a few.
Nothing better to sit on a gate to miss ships going by , except the ones which are too powerful.

What the **** is the point of sitting at a gate like an idiot, waiting for ships to come by,
in the hopes that a few of them are easy enough to kill.

That's ******* worthless!


its actually quite fun, i couldnt do it 24/7 but the occasional gatecamp is quite a laugh, especially when you get the ocassional afk ceptor pilot carryin around 25plexCool

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Solecist Project
#3316 - 2016-01-01 13:05:00 UTC
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Buzz Orti wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:

Well and I have only two days left and nothing of interest came to my mind for the last month.
I can now fly a Sabre, but **** if I knew what I should do with it.

Ah well, was a nice month. :p

Had the sabre for over a year now, and still didn't stab customers with it yet, though I may have lost a few.
Nothing better to sit on a gate to miss ships going by , except the ones which are too powerful.

What the **** is the point of sitting at a gate like an idiot, waiting for ships to come by,
in the hopes that a few of them are easy enough to kill.

That's ******* worthless!


its actually quite fun, i couldnt do it 24/7 but the occasional gatecamp is quite a laugh, especially when you get the ocassional afk ceptor pilot carryin around 25plexCool

Playing for isk is for peasants, no matter the amount.
It's just sad.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#3317 - 2016-01-01 13:14:41 UTC
Gate camping isn't very different from mining, the required mindset is pretty much similar.
Solecist Project
#3318 - 2016-01-01 13:41:35 UTC
Gregor Parud wrote:
Gate camping isn't very different from mining, the required mindset is pretty much similar.

I understand when people do it in groups, talking, drinking.

Solo? Solo it's non-playing and doing something else,
while being logged in and waiting for something to happen or a cycle to finish.

I must admit that doing it occasionally might be fun ...
... hoping for a lucky opportunity ...
... but not in the long run.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Lan Wang
Princess Aiko Hold My Hand
Safety. Net
#3319 - 2016-01-01 14:10:08 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Buzz Orti wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:

Well and I have only two days left and nothing of interest came to my mind for the last month.
I can now fly a Sabre, but **** if I knew what I should do with it.

Ah well, was a nice month. :p

Had the sabre for over a year now, and still didn't stab customers with it yet, though I may have lost a few.
Nothing better to sit on a gate to miss ships going by , except the ones which are too powerful.

What the **** is the point of sitting at a gate like an idiot, waiting for ships to come by,
in the hopes that a few of them are easy enough to kill.

That's ******* worthless!


its actually quite fun, i couldnt do it 24/7 but the occasional gatecamp is quite a laugh, especially when you get the ocassional afk ceptor pilot carryin around 25plexCool

Playing for isk is for peasants, no matter the amount.
It's just sad.


as soon as you login you are playing for isk, this game operates on isk, doesnt matter if you are gatecamping or in fleet battles its all about destroying isk someway or another, so yes everyone plays for isk

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#3320 - 2016-01-01 14:22:18 UTC
I think you missed his point there.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016