Retribution has been a largely well-received patch to EVE Online. I use the term “patch” deliberately as there hasn’t really been any significant content added to constitute describing Retribution as an expansion. I’m not alone in this thinking – even CCP Soundwave described it as a “patch” on air during Read more…
There has been some recent community discussion regarding the welfare of the EVE blogosphere. Marc Scaurus, custodian of the Blog Pack and EVE-Bloggers as well as Judgemeister General of the Eebies (the EVE Blogger Awards), has published a blogpost asking for a frank look at how these community services (and Read more…
Kaeda Maxwell, like many EVE players, was attracted to EVE Online for its scope and promise. The wealth of gameplay options offered by the New Eden sandbox promised the opportunity to partake in a gaming environment of infinite possibilities. The audacity and creativity of CCP’s ever-expanding universe was a powerful Read more…
Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of the EVE Blog Banter, the community discussion that brings the collective minds of the EVE blogosphere together to chew the cud, exchange opinions or troll the world. “With the Inferno expansion upon us, new seeds have been planted in the ongoing evolution of EVE Read more…
With the latest EVE Online expansion, Inferno, comes the promise of many things; a revitalised faction warfare dynamic, a refined system for defining wars and allies, the means to hire mercenaries and some spectacular new combat animations (see EVE Online: So Beautiful, I Can’t See It for more on this). Read more…
[WARNING: This is a rant. It’s a constructive, well-meaning and good-natured rant, but a rant nonetheless. I have perhaps sullied the purity of the rant with this qualifier but I am English, so erm… sorry about that. Long-time Freebooted readers may be aware it is not the first time I Read more…
Hey everyone. It’s Mark726 again. This time I PROMISE it’s not for another long-winded review of EVE Lore (though I’m continuing to update tidbits here and there if you’re interested). No, I’m here for a much different reason: to talk about the recent dramas with The Mittani and the CSM. Read more…
You can’t always believe your eyes. This is real street art. For the past few weeks, much of the EVE community has been discussing the New Player experience, both in the thread started by CCP Legion of the newly formed Player Experience team and as part of the recent Blog Read more…
“…we want to make the first days, weeks and months in EVE enjoyable and not just something ‘you have to plough through in order to get to the good stuff’” [and the newly formed Player Experience team will focus on] “…where and why people lose interest in EVE… We invite you to Read more…
Science fiction literature has brought forth many mind-bending and society-changing stories. From the classic novels of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Aldous Huxley to the grand visions of Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Philip K. Dick. Entire universes were conjured in our minds by Asimov’s Foundation series and Frank Read more…