Tech Cartels and Navy Ships

Escalation is upon us and the market is in uproar, the removal of drone alloys and meta 0 drops from rats are pushing prices up across the board.  Pick a random ship or some mineral and check the price development since december/january and you'll see what I mean.  This is probably just the beginning tough, as Goonswarm has more or less decided to corner the economy on as much as they can, the Tech Cartel (OTEC) is gonna run T2 prices through the roof.  The burning of Jita, Hulkageddon and the alleged promise to gank industrialists all over the universe, fear alone will push the market right into Goon hands.  You can say what you will about The Mittani, but the man knows what he's doing and deserves his due of credit for the way he pulls strings and affects the entirety of New Eden.
If all of the above mentioned events goes according to Goon plans, we're going to have some expensive months ahead of us, or good profits depending on what/if you invested in certain things when rumors of this whole thing started circulating.  One things for sure though, stay out of Jita on the 28th and throughout that weekend.

I've spent some of my own hard earned ISK on a new toy, Evv has bought himself a Navy Scorpion.  I wanted a shield/missile Battleship after flying only armor gunboats since the start now.  Yes, I know that the CNR is the shizz and all that, but it's also ugly as all hell, where as the Navy Scorp is one sexy beast.  Great tank, but I'll admit it's a little on the weak side on the damage, probably why everyone prefers to suffer the awful sight of the CNR.

There's even a spinny thing on the top.

Had a few more fights in RvB, nothing spectacular, lost a few Rifters and scored some more kills.  I also took out a Thrasher to a fight and while it does impressive damage it also seems to be auto primary.  I'm trying to keep this as "cheap" or cost effective as possible, get some good fights and good fun for a minimum of ISK, I'll probably start taking more Thrashers out.  They tank less, and gets primaried a lot faster then a Rifter, but they're also good fun and they rain death on anything around them.  The whole Destroyer thing is pretty much like flying a huge bullseye made of wet paper tissue towards a fight, but then again, that has it's own charm.  The thing I need to get a little better at is anticipating the fight and trying to get out before it's to late.  I usually get stuck in there and by the time the warning bells and klaxons and big red "BUG OUT" letters go off in my head, I'm scrammed down by way to many frigs.  The worst part is, every time it happens, I can identify the exact time that I SHOULD have gotten out, but I always stick around for that extra kill.  This is fine as long as I'm throwing away Rifters, but if I plan on upshipping, and I'll have to do that eventually, it's gonna get expensive fast.

Anyways, 'til next time, Fly safe.

Moving house and RvB.

It's been a while since the last post, summer of Rage and some other minor things ended in my accounts going inactive.  I've returned now, once again, brought in by the promise of the new patch and a longing for the open reaches of New Eden space lanes.  I'll be honest, Eve is a game that is hard to kick.  I can turn my back, but I still find myself drawn back to it given time.

Going to keep this one short and sweet.  I've moved, from my previous home around Villore, I've moved to the neighbouring region of Sinq Laison.  The lure of the trade hub (Dodixie) won out in the end, it's easier to conduct regular trades in large volumes from my new home.

I've also dived in feet first with PvP, I've placed an alt in Red V Blue.  RvB for those who don't know is two corporations in a perpetual state of war.  Sign up, undock and fight, it's sort of like an arena brawl thing without the politics and hassle of War.  I've joined Red myself, the character I have there isn't the best in terms of skill points, but I've trained her in between skills here to make her an acceptable cruiser pilot.  I do mostly fly frigates though, it's cheaper that way and they're always useful for tackling anyway.  I'm close to a hundred kills now and 12 Rifters lost.

I'll probably throw in quite a few RvB updates here in the future, it's damn good fun.

Fly safe all.