All posts originally published on the EVE Online fan site, Freebooted (2009-2015)
At Fanfest 2013 – the last I attended – I idly speculated with CCP Guard at the press buffet about whether or not I would be attending the following year. I recall he laughed and said something along the lines of ‘of course you will, we won’t let you leave’ Read more…
While I appreciate that Freebooted has historically been an EVE Online blog exclusively, my current love affair with Elite: Dangerous has left me considering expanding my content. After all, five years dedicated to a single game does seem a little… obsessive. Of course, I’ll continue to discuss EVE Online – I Read more…
Oh, Cobra Mk. III, icon of my childhood and versatile chariot of the stars, why do you hate me so? An early goal I’d set myself was to get into the signature ship of the original Elite. In Elite: Dangerous terms, it offers a solid platform to experiment with a Read more…
After cutting my teeth on the spry but limited Sidewinder, I wanted to try out other ships but lacked the capital to do it. The quick solution seemed to be to use what little I had earned to upgrade to a hauler, facilitating more lucrative cargo runs and courier missions. Read more…
Something that has continued to impress me is Elite: Dangerous‘ astroscape (I’m not sure that’s a word, but if it isn’t, I’m coining it). From the 2001: A Space Odyssey-esque station approaches to the vast, undiscovered planetary systems which all move and orbits in real-time, the entire gameworld is captivatingly Read more…
The thrum of my ship’s engines subsides as it drops out of warp and my viewscreen is filled with asteroids silently floating in the void beneath the silvery disc of a distant moon. A quick glance at my instruments warns me of the presence of other ships. Compelled by my Read more…
It’s hard to keep track of all the EVE blogging that goes on out on the interwebs and there’s plenty still out there despite the rise of popular aggregate sites like EVENews24, TheMittani.com and Crossing Zebras. But it’s hard to keep track of the scattered individual blogs even though I Read more…
TL;DR – As I attempt to stabilise my newly-established industry venture, I come to realise that significant time and effort is required to keep all the plates spinning; everything depends on keeping my fuel-hungry starbase online. Three weeks into my adventure as an EVE industrialist sees me hitting something approaching Read more…
“As the evolutionary march of the MMO continues and the gaming climate changes, it is becoming evident that many of EVE Online’s traits have held it in good stead to survive an economic ice age and outlast its more prehistoric rivals with their Gygaxian DNA. Envious eyes from other evolutionary Read more…
TL;DR – In my foolhardy quest to participate in EVE’s industry gameplay without getting bogged down in endless calculations and spreadsheets, I accidentally made a profit and encountered something unexpected: fun. When I began my ‘playtesting’ of the new-fangled industry in EVE, I expected it to be a fairly dry Read more…