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Making Plans [and Shooting Plans Down]

With the plethora of skills, ships, modules, options, directions, et cetra available in the galaxy, I am constantly torn between heading off one direction and then another. I’m sure you’ve all face similar decisions: choosing to train for a little bit more missile damage; ship agility; drone speed; construction efficiency; mining yield; scanning speed [eek]; better tank. The list goes on and on forever! An acquaintance of mine has focused on frigates and frigate related combat skills since he started playing three years ago. He estimates that in another year, he’ll have all Tech 1 and Tech 2 frigates and their associated skills trained. He is looking to possibly move into cruiser level skills then for the next 3-4 years. His comment, “What other option in the galaxy even allows for a 5 year plan?”

This got me to thinking about what I wanted to do for the rest of this year. I began by looking back and taking stock of how far I have come since first hardwiring into the capsule as well as where I am currently. Corporately I’ve managed to be part of a dead and dying corp, a new alliance and finally a solid industrial corp as part of a silent, unspoken alliance. Job-wise I’ve transitioned from a mainly mining pilot to one that also does a fair amount of research and manufacturing, scanning and hauling, missioning and mining. I love the jack-of-all-trades mentality I’ve developed and really want to pursue that.

So in reflection, I’ve come across a goal of sorts: Everything. I like being utilitarian and having efficacy. I wonder what that will look like. In looking ahead, I have some more general goals like keeping my training rate high [another 20,000,000 skill points], earning money, having fun and flying ships. Given that it looks like you will be able to change your skill point specifications for the new update, a whole world of possible career options open themselves up to exploration. The more specific goals about which I might have are proving a bit more elusive. So, I wrap this up with a quick question about your goals for the year?

EVE Information Collection

The recent addition of certificates to EVE has started me thinking about how useful they really are for people planning to do something. I certainly don’t think are for everyone or even the best of all possible ways to achieve an end. There is a certain point in EVE when you realize there is no best, only different ways of doing something.

Speaking of information, I’ve been collecting it in copious amounts and links to just about almost every aspect of flying around in the universe of New Eden since I first jacked into my pod. I’m not only a carebear, but a voracious informational addict. If I’m ever looking at doing something, I’ll go and grab as many news, guides and articles as I can find about that subject. Then I’ll look at what I have and where I need to be to do it and get started.

I had the idea to try and put together a list of the resources with comments for others to be able to locate. Some of the resources are getting long in the tooth but most are at least a good place to get started. Over time you will develop your own collection links and places to refer to. When in doubt, try two things first:

Right Click
Check Google

Let’s start with the basics. First you might want information about creating a character, which direction to head off, etc.
General Information Links:

EVE-Online FAQ – Who would have guessed they have some good information on their own site?
EVE Guides – Good general place to get a guide on just about anything. Online versions of many tutorials and walk-throughs
EVE-Online Newbie Links – A hodge-podge collection of links that are getting ever more out of date, but there are gems in there as well.
EVE-Wiki – Typical wiki collection of information related to all facets of the game
Hammer’s EVE – slightly dated look at several basics [Good for WoW immigrants]

And the “Pro” EVE content:

Massively’s EVE Pages – Regularly updated content from people who actually play
MMORPG.com’s EVE Pages – Mostly recapping of existing news, some original content
EVE Places Link Directory – The sheer number of available resources can be overwhelming.
EVE-Mag.com Articles – Pieces about EVE by EVE pilots.
BattleClinic’s EVE Pages – Ships, missions, forums, Oh My!
TenTonHammer’s EVE Pages – Vids, Pics, Audio and News

Next week I’ll try releasing the first group of resources/links on a specific sub-section of EVE. We have many different areas to cover, so if I don’t hit your cup of tea, stay tuned, it is coming up!

Getting In

For some unfathomable reason, I’ve had a lot of trouble getting jacked into my pod lately. I’ve tried tracing the route and I’ve doubled checked all of my links and settings. Whatever it is that is causing this, it is very annoying. I have had two full days to be in space mining, missioning, salvaging and building. I get tired of the problems that I cannot control. I’m not sure what causes it.

Networking

I was looking around at all of the wonderful resources out there for pod pilots. Not a week goes by that I don’t stumble across something new or a new way of looking at the world that we fly in. Everything from training, ship loadouts, and missions to philosophy of play, background stories and general thoughts on pilots progress. I probably fall into the last category more than others.

I was looking at CrazyKinux’s wonderful blog site and even wanted to link in, but couldn’t get the captcha for his comments to work. I’m sure it’s something on my end but it’s frustrating. I’d like to see this blog used more and shared more. It will have to go on the agenda I suppose.

Profit by Jetcan

I tend to mine by jetcan. By working in a fairly backwater, dead-end systems, I can jetcan mine in relative privacy and without a lot of interference. This led to me calculating my yields and profits in terms that I could relate to. While I could count cycles of ore mined, I quickly lose track of which beams have cycled and how many times. It’s much easier to keep track of cans that I’ve completed.

At the end of the day I can easily tally how many cans I’ve mined and approximately how much it is worth. While I almost never have a can of only one type of ore, it much easier to make an approximate valuation based on complete can ore breakdowns.

I’ve added a list of ore values by jetcan to the sidebar on the left. These are calculated based on a 100% refine and a weighted average of prices for the refined minerals. Of note is that Scordite is currently the best of the cheap ores in high-sec and Jaspet is pretty much crap all-around.

Corporate Communications Collective

I’m not sure if anyone would be interested in a corporate blog, but since I had the room I thought I would go ahead and give it a go. I’d like to provide a place for my fellow corp-mates and I to post articles and information about flying, living and working in EVE. I think we already have some of the best pilots in the area and am happy to be associated with them. I’ve heard some negative comments about previous incarnations of the DSGE and have been happy to report that none of those considerations still exist.

Let’s continue to work together to create a great place for all of us.

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