So for want of a better description lets call it the "flu".
I had that, got over it.
Then my computer died, seems to be a motherboard, which of course you cannot source anymore. I have a spare computer but that took some time to setup.
Then the "flu" Mk II "This Time It's Personal!" decided to rear its ugly head and almost flattened me, I still have it.
During my infrequent visits to my remaining computer I've been keeping an eye on the Dotlan figures for our alliance.
Our numbers have halved, corporations have left, sovereignty has halved, as have outposts.
On the plus side the alliance still has three outposts, eight sovereignty systems, seven corporations and five hundred and eighteen members.
Is this enough to sustain the alliance through this rough patch and start building again on the other side?
I don't know, we'll see.
What I do know is other alliances and corporations are actively trying to poach members, I've had two offers so far from interested parties, I'm sure other people would have had more.
We live in interesting times.
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Moving
We had a nice home once, but we should have known it was temporary.
In our ignorance we destroyed the local NPC's, formed fleets, roamed against our enemies.
Things were good.
Over time the nature of our enemies changed, moving from a combination of colours to only one.
Our kills against them grew but also did their strength.
Soon our structures were under attack, enemy super capitals and titans seem strewn around our home systems.
It's all happened so quickly.
The leadership calls for evacuation, many of the individual members have already started moving their gear out.
My ships and equipment appeared stuck in our staging station, camped by hundreds of red ships, seemingly never to leave.
Twenty four hours later and the systems were clear, I have a narrow window of opportunity. Myself and some others move our assets to Fountain while other pilots, more fortunate in having already moved or even lost their assets, run a fleet to protect the on-going evacuation.
Arrived panting and exhausted on the shores of Fountain with the red hordes once again closing in on our previous home in Delve, thankful anything of value is now safer than it was.
Rest, re-arm, re-load, undock.
In our ignorance we destroyed the local NPC's, formed fleets, roamed against our enemies.
Things were good.
Over time the nature of our enemies changed, moving from a combination of colours to only one.
Our kills against them grew but also did their strength.
Soon our structures were under attack, enemy super capitals and titans seem strewn around our home systems.
It's all happened so quickly.
The leadership calls for evacuation, many of the individual members have already started moving their gear out.
My ships and equipment appeared stuck in our staging station, camped by hundreds of red ships, seemingly never to leave.
Twenty four hours later and the systems were clear, I have a narrow window of opportunity. Myself and some others move our assets to Fountain while other pilots, more fortunate in having already moved or even lost their assets, run a fleet to protect the on-going evacuation.
Arrived panting and exhausted on the shores of Fountain with the red hordes once again closing in on our previous home in Delve, thankful anything of value is now safer than it was.
Rest, re-arm, re-load, undock.
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Escapist Micro Transactions
I agree with most if not all of this.
It's stunning, in hindsight, how badly CCP managed to screw up micro transactions.
They need to release plenty of low cost items, worth a few dollars at most.
Then a gift to the player base of a small amount of Aurum, both as a sort of
apology and a way to kick start the player experience of Aurum and the Noble Exchange.
apology and a way to kick start the player experience of Aurum and the Noble Exchange.
This should happen in the next few weeks at the most, I'd be very surprised if it did.
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Yosagi Gets Angry
A couple of pilots questioned this as they wanted to throw their ships on the pyre for some unknown reason.
Morale is very important in an alliance. If morale drops, pilots logging in also drops and soon you have many less systems because you cannot defend them with whatever logs in.
Picking your fights, finding the fleets you have a chance against can help morale, not to mention the logistics chain.
Constantly replacing ships can be tough the deeper into null security space an alliance is. This is also usually a cost to the individual pilots, it certainly is in most cases for us.
Maybe the larger alliances can afford to lose fleet after fleet to a superior enemy on the day, but the smaller alliances just cannot afford this in lost morale or ISK.
When a CTA is called in our corporation the tax rate is set to 100% and reduced back to normal level after the CTA is done, this is reasonably normal across New Eden.
Tonight we had a corporation member who was in high security space, we are supposed to be a PVP corporation, asked us to reduce the tax rate so he could shoot "rats" and he "doesn't gave a f**k" about the CTA. Membership gold right there.
Then another guy pipes up about wanting to leave his seven alt's logged in during the day! You have got to be kidding me!!
Having to explain why that's a bad thing is just stunning! In a carebear mission running corporation sure that would be fine, but a PVP one? The corp needs to know who can be called upon on short notice, if Mrs Palmer and her daughters are off thumping out some knuckle babies this doesn't help the corp when a red fleet enters without knocking!
The need to explain this stuff probably means it'll be never understood by the pilot on the receiving end.
I'm getting a drink.
Friday, 15 July 2011
I Was There!
From GU Comics by:Woody Hearn
References http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSxSyv4LC1c which is the latest promo video from CCP.
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