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Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#41 - 2017-02-16 10:20:40 UTC
DeMichael Crimson wrote:
Also fleet up with a couple of corp mates. You'll be able to run more sites a lot faster and have fun flying with other players in your corp.
DMC

This is excellent advice. There is strength in numbers and you have a better chance of securing the prize.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
SilentOne RonLee
Silent Team
#42 - 2017-02-16 10:22:50 UTC
Nighty SK wrote:
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
It's official: This event sucks. Basically fun for the first 24 hours and that's it. Even Alphas aren't running these... The only thing great about this event is that it paid for a PLEX and a nice PvP fit.

This event sucks because no alpha can actually get thier loot, someone always comes in and steals it the moment the last enemy is destroyed.

Exactly this. I've made about 20 attempts, 90% of those i managed to get there first, still I only got 3-4 skins, always somebody comes in, finished what I started and walks away with the prize. The best part about it, a few times i did manage to get the last kill somebody who is nearest steals it. My first event in EVE and a huge letdown.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#43 - 2017-02-16 10:32:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Aihaken
SilentOne RonLee wrote:
Exactly this. I've made about 20 attempts, 90% of those i managed to get there first, still I only got 3-4 skins, always somebody comes in, finished what I started and walks away with the prize. The best part about it, a few times i did manage to get the last kill somebody who is nearest steals it. My first event in EVE and a huge letdown.

I will certainly grant you this. While this event may have been geared to Alphas in high-sec, the odds of successfully completing it against an Omega are really stacked against you.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Nat Silverguard
Aideron Robotics
Aideron Robotics.
#44 - 2017-02-16 10:56:42 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
They should've blended these SKINs top to bottom instead of front to back (crimson red on top).


serious question, and im worried now, it's not orange?! Shocked

Just Add Water
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#45 - 2017-02-16 11:00:22 UTC
Nat Silverguard wrote:
serious question, and im worried now, it's not orange?! Shocked

It's a mottled camo pattern like the Machariel, except it has a gradient from a beige to crimson red. It looks really good on some ships. Others - not so much. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Nat Silverguard
Aideron Robotics
Aideron Robotics.
#46 - 2017-02-16 11:02:57 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
Nat Silverguard wrote:
serious question, and im worried now, it's not orange?! Shocked

It's a mottled camo pattern like the Machariel, except it has a gradient from a beige to crimson red. It looks really good on some ships. Others - not so much. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though.


yeah i know, we got a thanny and an arazu last night, my problem is, everybody is saying its crimson red, im hoping they're BSing me cause i see it as orange...

Just Add Water
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#47 - 2017-02-16 11:05:55 UTC
Nat Silverguard wrote:
yeah i know, we got a thanny and an arazu last night, my problem is, everybody is saying its crimson red, im hoping they're BSing me cause i see it as orange...

It is 100% most definitely crimson red.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Nighty SK
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#48 - 2017-02-16 11:40:13 UTC
SilentOne RonLee wrote:
Nighty SK wrote:
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
It's official: This event sucks. Basically fun for the first 24 hours and that's it. Even Alphas aren't running these... The only thing great about this event is that it paid for a PLEX and a nice PvP fit.

This event sucks because no alpha can actually get thier loot, someone always comes in and steals it the moment the last enemy is destroyed.

Exactly this. I've made about 20 attempts, 90% of those i managed to get there first, still I only got 3-4 skins, always somebody comes in, finished what I started and walks away with the prize. The best part about it, a few times i did manage to get the last kill somebody who is nearest steals it. My first event in EVE and a huge letdown.

How did you get your skins? The only thing to have cargo is the battlecruiser, and the second it is destroyed the loot is already gone.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#49 - 2017-02-16 11:41:36 UTC
Nighty SK wrote:
How did you get your skins? The only thing to have cargo is the battlecruiser, and the second it is destroyed the loot is already gone.

I think he's saying he got lucky a few times. Unless I'm mistaken.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Lieenah Hertar
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#50 - 2017-02-16 13:46:50 UTC
More than 30 sites done ... no drugs/boosters in wreck ... does my luck leave me or just this event is only for Gallente Skins ?
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#51 - 2017-02-16 13:49:11 UTC
Lieenah Hertar wrote:
More than 30 sites done ... no drugs/boosters in wreck ... does my luck leave me or just this event is only for Gallente Skins ?

I got a Synth Blue Pill today. First drug in about 100 of these...

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Lieenah Hertar
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#52 - 2017-02-16 13:51:52 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
I got a Synth Blue Pill today. First drug in about 100 of these...


Oh sh** ... 1 for 100 ? And not a accelerator ...

Any chance that the rate drop increase in the future days ?
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#53 - 2017-02-16 14:12:55 UTC
Lieenah Hertar wrote:
Oh sh** ... 1 for 100 ? And not a accelerator ...
Any chance that the rate drop increase in the future days ?

I could just be unlucky, too. I have not heard of anyone getting an accelerator and there are no new ones listed in the market.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Kane Adestur
Minmatar Trading Corporation
#54 - 2017-02-16 14:57:48 UTC
SilentOne RonLee wrote:
[quote=Nighty SK]Exactly this. I've made about 20 attempts, 90% of those i managed to get there first, still I only got 3-4 skins, always somebody comes in, finished what I started and walks away with the prize. The best part about it, a few times i did manage to get the last kill somebody who is nearest steals it. My first event in EVE and a huge letdown.


I know how it feels. In my first event I was really angry with other people "stealing" the site. Meanwhile I'm used to this kind of "competition", that's what most people call it.

Just keep going and try to optimize your setup in order to complete these sites faster. It's also a good opportunity to learn something about Tracking, Angular Velocity, Optimal Range and all that stuff, especially if you have problems with the initial wave of frigates.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#55 - 2017-02-16 15:20:47 UTC
It's next-to-impossible for Alphas to compete with a Polarized setup that travels in excess of 6AU/sec, deals close to 2000 DPS, sports 3 webs/grappler and basically insta-locks targets.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Tam Arai
Mi Pen Rai
#56 - 2017-02-16 17:11:42 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
It's next-to-impossible for Alphas to compete with a Polarized setup that travels in excess of 6AU/sec, deals close to 2000 DPS, sports 3 webs/grappler and basically insta-locks targets.


what ship is that? mach?

my sacrilege hasnt got enough alpha to blap the bc and ive lost a few sites for this
Meridan Night
Androcracy
#57 - 2017-02-16 17:56:46 UTC
I don't know. It hasn't been that bad for me. I've gotten to run these sites a few times, and apart from a couple of ugly examples (i.e. several players competing each other out for one lousy SKIN), I've had a decent time of it. Several times when I was the first man in and someone else warped in after, they left when they saw I was already halfway through it. (But I am not based on trade routes, so that might have something to do with less ugliness). And I do the same. When I warp in and there's someone already there, I let them have the site. I'm not about to quarrel over a tiny SKIN.

These SKINs aren't that good anyway; only a few of them happen to be good-looking renders (Brutix, Incursus and its T2 variants, to name a couple).

And, yes, these are all Gallente SKINs. Which sucks for me, because I don't fly Gallente ships. The Brutix render does make me want to fly it, though. Major improvement on that one.
Raifin
United Citizens of EVE
#58 - 2017-02-16 21:38:46 UTC
I was running with a corp mate last night, and it was pretty fun, and we were able to practice flying a cruiser and destroyer vs frigates, etc, and enjoyed the process if working to update our builds to take down the faster frigates.

(Did have one site where a larger ship came in late to the cycle to take out the larger ship and leave with the loot. Shrug, it's Eve... Things happen.)

I think it's a nice change, and how can you go wrong with a few new skins. (But I might be biased since two of my characters are Gallente....)

Raifin
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#59 - 2017-02-16 22:06:20 UTC
Tam Arai wrote:
what ship is that? mach?
my sacrilege hasnt got enough alpha to blap the bc and ive lost a few sites for this

Kronos or Machariel, yea.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Meridan Night
Androcracy
#60 - 2017-02-17 00:13:34 UTC
Nat Silverguard wrote:
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
They should've blended these SKINs top to bottom instead of front to back (crimson red on top).


serious question, and im worried now, it's not orange?! Shocked




The icon of the SKIN shows as orange, yes. On the ships themselves, the tone is rather redcurrant-red.