Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Along with the ISK rewards and bounties for my recent level three missions I also pick up a whole bunch of looted modules along with plenty of salvaged parts. Rather than selling these on the market I will hold on to them. I could refine the looted modules ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
In the World of Warcraft patch notes for 3.0.8: Mining veins and deposits no longer require multiple hits to receive all the ore. Players will receive around the same amount of ore, stone, and gems they would have received from multiple hits.
And it's about time! Other gathering professions ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Changing my direction from being a capsuleer only running PvE missions to industrialist requires some retraining. It couldn't come at a better time, having just been awarded the Elite Caldari Special Forces certificate, effectively completing my first career. I feel somewhat accomplished, particularly as I never made it ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
I have considered my options of a direction to take in EVE Online and am grateful for the feedback received.
I don't think I can participate in much active PvP, but this is not because I am nervous about losing my ship. Even though there is more of a time ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
I've finished watching the fourth series of The Wire, after getting the DVD box set for Christmas. I greatly enjoyed the previous three series and was expecting more great drama from this one and I wasn't disappointed.
Before I watched an episode I wondered if this fourth series would be ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Having interrupted a diplomatic exchange by blowing up one of the emissaries the two factions are rather aggravated. With one diplomatic vessel not even scratched during the attack the other faction is suspicious of their involvement. Now my agent tells me it is time to drive home the ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
I call on my agent and he has some work for me. 'Cadet Ibramovic, would you do us a favour and blow up a diplomat?' Sure thing. Wait, what? It's as if he's been eavesdropping on my thoughts, as I've been looking for something a little ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Zoso is a demon at Guitar Hero games, approximating a precision industrial machine when hammering the buttons on a fake plastic guitar. His awesome aptitude also carries over on to the drums in Rock Band. He's a bit scary in his ability. Over on Twitter he wrote ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
I've been running a few level three missions in EVE Online, taking my Drake out for some explosive action and coincidentally earning back some of the thirty million ISK I paid for my new chip implants. Despite a slightly shaky return to level three missions my ship can take ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
The new certificate system and planner in EVE Online offers a far more interactive and engaging method of character progression than the basic character sheet skill interface. The character sheet is still there and remains the tool for selecting which skills to train but the certificate system and planner ...
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