CSM 14 Q3 2019 Minutes...

This week, I sat down and worked my way from the start to the finish of the published CSM 14 Q3 2019 minutes.  I think this is the first time in the entirety of the nine years I've had an EVE account, that I actually read the entire document.

I was searching for some glimmer of a clue that CCP has a plan or glimmer of a plan for what they want to make EVE into.  The closest I got to that was on page 39, with:

"Aryth says that CCP Seagull had a vision but right now CCP seems to be throwing things at a wall and seeing what sticks. "

That pretty much sums up the way that I've been feeling this year.  The torrent of skill points for logging in and playing have not helped.  In fact, if anything, these events have deepened my despair that there is a future in EVE Online for a "Lone Wolf" player style.

Therefore, I have cancelled all my accounts and as their time expires, I will just disappear.  I doubt I'll completely walk away, but the game is not worth paying for.  I'll play the alpha level game - it is just as "rewarding" as the omega level game, and does not cost me anything other than the time I throw at it.

No, you can't have my stuff.  CCP wants money out of the economy, so I'll just lock it all away as insurance against some future time.  Who knows, CCP might come to their senses and find a direction that includes something (new and challenging) for Lone Wolves to do.  If that happens, I'll at least come back to try it.

In the meantime - if you are staying, I wish you all the best.

bye.

I will not dump my Occator!

Hermit posted yesterday that it was time to throw out the Occator and start using an Impel.   Hold on one little second.

For Yinmatook to throw away his Occator that as currently fit can do the MWD/Cloak "quick warp" trick (which is different from the MWD trick that Hermit is talking about) and fit up that Impel that is not able to do that trick, would not only cost the price of an Impel and fittings, but would require that he go purchase the Amarr Industrial skill and train it to level 5.  That is 19 days (or a two injectors and some hours).

Instead, if you are willing to give up the MWD/Cloak quick warp, here's an Occator fit that is fairly cost effective and has more EHP than the Impel.

[Occator, Haul G]

Centum C-Type Energized Explosive Membrane
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Damage Control II
Centum C-Type Energized EM Membrane
Centum C-Type Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
800mm Rolled Tungsten Compact Plates

EM Ward Amplifier II
50MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Medium Shield Extender II

Prototype Cloaking Device I
[Empty High slot]

Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II






Yes, this thing costs more than the Impel (140M isk rather than the 14M isk Hermit's fit has). 

As for the Centum/Corpum/Corelum C-Type modules - purchase the cheapest one available -- they have the same fitting attributes.

One other thing.  Perhaps my copy of Pyfa is out of date, but testing the fits on SiSi, I find that they are actually 100K and 99K EHP, not the 121K and 118K that Pyfa is showing me.

Anyway... whichever ship you choose to fly.  Tank it!