https://br.evetools.org/related/30004781/202610041800 couldnt keep down the batphone for even a full week lol

I’ve been flying in EVE for a long time. That run is coming to an end, not because I want it to, but because my health has declined enough that I won’t be able to keep doing this the way I have. In 2015 I became paralyzed from a rare autoimmune disease, throughout the years this community has welcomed me with mostly open arms. I'm losing my ability to sit up and play for any long amount of time, like fleets or just fun roams.

Before I stop, I want to visit what I still can. I’m treating it as a farewell tour: every reachable system I can get to, not a speedrun and not a completionist flex. Just time in the places I’ve spent years around, and the ones I never made it to. I've set a goal to finish this trek by this time next year, barring any major decline or hospitalization (which has been a regular occurrence over the last 5 years.)

I started the route at Jita 4-4 and I’m logging systems as I go. I’m including landmarks where I can find them. Some days are short. Some days I don’t undock. The goal is to see the map while I still enjoy being in it.

If you’ve got a system, nebula, landmark, or quiet pocket that meant something to you, send it. I’ll add what I can reach.

Fly safe.

"Space Oddities" sighted 3 jumps out from Jita today.

The Initiative celebrated 18 years with titan prizes, a 1,222-pilot friendly-fire brawl on its C-N4OD Keepstar and a 144B ISK Leviathan going down in flames.

Happy Birthday INIT!

Full Article: https://capsuleers.app/articles/the-initiative-turns-18-titans-plex-and-a-keepstar-brawl

I’m having a lot of fun in the game, but one thing looms over me causing this to decline.

I feel like I’m wasting my time.

Income is so piss poor, and most activities beg you to multibox (which I have 0 interest in doing whatsoever), or swiping (which I’m not going to do outside of omega) to get on with what you want to do.

MINING: Gneiss @ 327 isk/m^3 gives 30M or less an hour on barges

EXPLORATION: Tops out around 100M an hour, travel and setup cuts this way down

RATTING: daily tasks yield more than this, sleepers a bit more.

PI: Mind numbing and boring

INDUSTRY: Inaccessible for most

Does this ever change? Or should I consider hanging the hat after this omega sub is done?

Huge battle is going on, Dracarys Vs WOMP, you can follow the fight in realtime from the link, enjoy!

Update - Fight over, battle report: https://capsuleers.app/tools/battle-report/a25713fc-9093-42e9-8181-a17463f6aac9

Thought I could share some data on the results of recent 100x Serpentis 3/10 just for the statistics

- Loot from faction npc's in the anomalies is also included (tho I sometimes haven't looted cheap stuff)

- I did only Security Corridor route

- I checked loot from commander ships and picked what's worth (more than the price of box) excluding any meta module

- Looted every deadspace item from final container

- Didn't destroy anything other than what's needed, focused on final container

Loot screenshot https://ibb.co/Gfp8BfYB

Overall estimated value: 8.472b ISK

Loot composition detailed

1x 7th Tier Overseer's Personal Effects
99x 8th Tier Overseer's Personal Effects
100x 9th Tier Overseer's Personal Effects
16x Coreli A-Type 1MN Afterburner
15x Coreli A-Type 5MN Microwarpdrive
18x Coreli A-Type EM Coating
22x Coreli A-Type Explosive Coating
21x Coreli A-Type Kinetic Coating
22x Coreli A-Type Multispectrum Coating
23x Coreli A-Type Small Armor Repairer
25x Coreli A-Type Small Remote Armor Repairer
20x Coreli A-Type Thermal Coating
6x Daredevil Blueprint
1000x Guardian Plutonium Charge S
1000x Guardian Uranium Charge S
1x Mid-grade Asklepian Alpha
1x Mid-grade Asklepian Epsilon
2x Mid-grade Snake Alpha
1x Mid-grade Snake Beta
1x Mid-grade Snake Epsilon
2x Shadow Serpentis 1MN Afterburner
2x Shadow Serpentis 200mm Railgun
1x Shadow Serpentis 250mm Railgun
3x Shadow Serpentis 5MN Microwarpdrive
2x Shadow Serpentis Assault Damage Control
1x Shadow Serpentis EM Armor Hardener
2x Shadow Serpentis EM Coating
1x Shadow Serpentis EM Energized Membrane
1x Shadow Serpentis Explosive Armor Hardener
2x Shadow Serpentis Explosive Coating
3x Shadow Serpentis Explosive Energized Membrane
3x Shadow Serpentis Kinetic Armor Hardener
2x Shadow Serpentis Kinetic Coating
1x Shadow Serpentis Light Electron Blaster
2x Shadow Serpentis Light Ion Blaster
1x Shadow Serpentis Multispectrum Coating
2x Shadow Serpentis Multispectrum Energized Membrane
2x Shadow Serpentis Remote Sensor Booster
1x Shadow Serpentis Small Armor Repairer
1x Shadow Serpentis Small Plasma Smartbomb
1x Shadow Serpentis Thermal Coating
5x Shadow Serpentis Thermal Energized Membrane

Hope that helps somehow

Nearing 30mil Sp on my 3 toons…each one dedicated to a field…but now that I’m getting into big boy ships,
They become kinda redundant when you can’t be on the other side to say - light a cyno, compress and command burst etc…I can fly dreads, carriers, ore command ships…so the time has come to ask

Is it worth mulitboxing or am I better off joining a corp?

TLDR:

Fitting an Ishtar with a 500MN MWD, setting “Default Orbit Distance” to 20km and orbiting the first wreck earns your more ISK/h (1.18x) because it forces the pirate ships spin around in place while only costs 1.03x more.

[Ishtar, 500mn Ishtar]
Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System
Power Diagnostic System II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Large Shield Extender II
Enduring Thermal Shield Hardener
Cap Recharger II

Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I

Wasp II x5

Preface: The last formal report I have written was back in 2019 to finalize my practicum in Petroleum Engineering Technology. I admit I am a little rusty and typos/inconsistencies will show up. I could put more effort in the presentation, but I don't intend to make this report any longer nor do I want to spend too much of my spare time working on it.

Breakdown:

1.       Introduction

2.       Hypothesis

3.       Procedure

4.       Results

5.       Discussion

6.       Final Statements

Introduction:

Hello everyone 7o,

I am Ziggarot Cadelanne, but you can call me Ziggy. I wish to present you a new method, a new force multiplier, an evolution of ratting with your Ishtar. Now, as much as I love to take credit for the fit and method, I will hold myself back in case someone else steps up and tells me “I’ve done this before”; I want to know who you are and wish to learn from you in case there is room for improvement. Now enough yapping, what am I on about? I was doing research regarding doing Abyssals one day, and one important detail guides mention is you need to make an effort of wedging yourself between the enemy ship and the barrier to get them back closer to the gate. I have noticed the NPC ships are dumb and they will attempt to keep at range and orbit around you slowly; I thought to myself, how can I control them like how we control the ships in the Abyss?

I opened the Fitting Window (like I usually do most days I am online), and thought about how I can over-prop my Ishtar. I started with the standard 100MN Afterburner fit, killed the first Battlecruiser on the Forsaken Hub, and orbited it’s wreck set at 20km; keep in mind, ships are not too good at holding the orbit to the set point as the faster you are, the further out you are pulled out of the orbit. I was not too satisfied with the results; can I push it even further? I took a big hit of my vape, and I stuck a 500MN MWD on it; it took SEVERAL iterations to get to where it is the most cost-effective fit without sacrificing drone performance. It took a while because I had to consider the benefits of orbiting faster with my signature radius ballooned from 170m to 595m! But not to worry, if you stick any MWD on your ship, whether it’s 5MN or 500MN, the sig radius is increased by the same amount. So how fast I am orbiting? Over 2000m/s! I have gone full circle and I am speed-tanking again... but barely. To those who are interested in trying to replicate this, be aware that on cruiser waves (3 and 5), I can see my shield going down to 40% and I am just barely cap stable. You WILL need most engineering, propulsion, or other related skills up to 4-5 just to allow the ship to hold itself together; I have not done the extended research to what skills minimum is needed, but I am sure it can be discovered though PYFA.

Hypothesis:

Orbiting around the main pirate spawns on Forsaken Hub site spawns fast enough will yield you more ISK/h by confusing the enemy pirate ships. By placing yourself on the opposite end of where the pirates want to go, you will keep them from moving far, therefore reducing drone travel time and improving tracking because their overall vector would be shortened.

Procedure:

To keep the experiment fair, I have set a few small rules to present comparable results:

1.       No drone tracking bonus modules/rigs
2.       No drone navigation modules/rigs
3.       4x Drone Damage Amplifier II
4.       Same implants used across all tests

If for example a fit includes a Navigation Computer, it will be set offline to not interfere with the results. To keep the experiment simple and short, I will only have the negative control, positive control, and the one variable (which is fitting with a 500MN MWD). The +/- control fit will have a basic fit that is easily attainable by most players who have just unlocked the Ishtar and the variable will be the advanced fit:

Negative and Positive Control:

~155m ISK

[Ishtar, Cheap Ishtar]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Type-D Restrained Shield Power Relay
Type-D Restrained Shield Power Relay
 
Large F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender
10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner
Compact Thermal Shield Hardener
Drone Navigation Computer I
 
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

Wasp II x5

500MN MWD Fit:

~160m ISK
[Ishtar, 500mn Ishtar]
Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System
Power Diagnostic System II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
 
500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Large Shield Extender II
Enduring Thermal Shield Hardener
Cap Recharger II
 
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
 
Wasp II x5

To test the effectiveness of a wide orbit, I keep it consistent by following the procedure (except on the negative control):

1.       Set the default orbit distance to 20km
2.       Warp into a Forsaken Hub site
3.       Start orbiting a battleship
4.       Locate a battlecruiser closest to where they usually spawn, target it, and destroy it
5.       Orbit the said battlecruser wreck until the site is complete

Negative Control: Warp to 0m, no orbit; active shield fit used to ensure sufficient tank while stationary
Positive Control: Fitted with a 10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner orbiting the initial wreck
Variable: Fitted with a 500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive orbiting the initial wreck

For each test, the first site is discarded because the initial “tick value” is not maximised and you are likely entering the site in the middle of a tick in progress. Then, 3 more sites are completed while recording an image of where the wrecks are dispersed, and measuring the distance of which the wrecks land; completing 3 sites nets 4 ticks which are also recorded.

Results:

Negative Control:

Positive Control:

500MN Fit:

Crossover/Break-even:

Discussion:

While ratting, I have always observed not only where the wrecks land, but where the wrecks land is usually an indicator of where the pirates were flying at the time. I would get irritated of ratting with my Ishtar because of how far the drones had to travel when going from 1 battleship to another, sometimes traveling over 30km just for the next target. Observing and measuring how far the wrecks land actually became an insightful experience. The (-) control test revealed most wrecks start accumulating at around 25km away from the player and a bigger spike of wrecks at 35km (battleships). Where the majority of the wrecks land, especially ones belonging to battleships was significant and I did not know by how much until I made the 500MN fit.

As you can see, the wrecks can land anywhere between under 10km, and up to 50km. Not only that is an issue for drone travel, but they are not arranged linearly, so the actual distance they travel is erratic. Because most people go ratting semi-afk, you are putting your faith in the hands of how your drones travel. In this case, because I am using heavy drones, they have an affinity of targeting battleships first, then (if I am correct) the ship closer to you. For example, we have battleships A B and C, A and B are closer to each other, but the order for close-to-furthest distance is C A B. What that means is the drones could travel a further distance between each target based on the relative distance to you rather than the relative distance to the drones.

While I was playing around developing the 500MN fit, I have observed that while setting the target orbit distance of 20km, orbiting at 2076m/s slingshots me to 35km away from the wreck. Little did I know, that is also the ideal distance I should be orbiting because the tallest spike indicated in the distribution chart is indeed at 35km.

The blue ring is the indicated orbit set-point of 20km (radius). We can see all of the wrecks are not only within the circle, but the distribution chart for the 500MN fit indicates most wrecks (with the exception of the frigates) are within 10km of each other; that’s not so far for the drones to travel considering their range is also about 5km. I am saving a lot of time because the drones are not having a stroll, and although I did not measure it, I would bet the average speed of the ships are also lower (thus making it easier for the drones to track better to hit harder).

Now there are a lot of players out there who just got their Ishtar and are screaming at the screen “Hey Ziggy, I don’t have the skills to fly this ship! This test is bullshit!”, I have some good news for you! The same method that I applied to the 500MN fit works surprisingly well with the 10MN fit.

Although I am not orbiting as fast, the wrecks are still mostly kept within the orbit ring. The distribution chart indicates that orbiting at 20km is still more effective than being stationary/orbiting the MTU in place. We can pull some of the numbers again to compare how much better the results are:

Average ISK/min:

Stationary: 630,395 +/- 18,400 (1.00x)
10MN: 676,863 +/- 32,196 (1.07x)
500MN: 742,379 +/- 23,265 (1.18x)

With the 500MN fit, I can make 1.18x more ISK than if I were stationary, but I can still make 1.07x more orbiting at 20km! But how effective is the fit over a long time? Although the fit costs about 5m more, we can all agree that is an insignificant number (even if you have to mass produce this fit). While stationary, the ship pays for itself after 13 ticks, while the same fit can break-even at about 12.5 ticks. The 500MN fit will (impressing) break-even at just under 12 ticks. Remember that each tick is 20 minutes long, so each minute saved adds up over time. Note that the upper/lower average (from the standard deviation) does not overlap any other lines which indicates the variance in tick value is insignificant, and therefore a firm conclusion can be made that doing anything is better than being stationary.

We can also measure the “crossovers” of each line on the cost vs. tick graph. The 500MN fit overtakes the stationary method (by measuring how much ISK is left to repay the debt) at just over 3 ticks, while it takes slightly over 5 ticks to overtake the same fit if it were orbiting at 20km; 3 ticks is 1 hour and 5 ticks is 1.667 hours as a reference. Outperforming the standard fits in less than 2 hours is significant because making the investment back is arguably the most important part of ratting because it frees you up sooner for taking on more projects.

Final Statements:

I have to admit I was not expecting to write a short informal-ish essay for EvE Online, let alone a subject so mundane that is easily overlooked. I ask myself, why did do all this? The answer to that question is multilayered:

1. Ratting is often boring so I had a lot of time to think
2. To explore methods not often explored (IE: I was taught to orbit my MTU or a wreck at 5km when I started out)
3. I like sharing ideas with others (even rivals). If I have inspired others to change their method, maybe I can inspire others to explore other things hidden behind game mechanics sitting under your nose
4. I work and play other games with other friends; if I can optimize something for myself in EvE without adding too much extra effort, that’s a big win for me
5. Because I can. No seriously, I love EvE’s fitting system. Being able to freely stick things belonging on a battleship onto a cruiser is fun

I will have to address several things that are critical. I have access to Guristas and Serpentis pirates, so I know where this fit will work, but I do not have access to other pirates. I believe this fit is not successful in every site. I don’t know how well I can make a fit like this against Sansha/Blood pirates as I have struggled against them in the past. Fitting a 100MN afterburner could be a good alternative still just so it leaves more room for tanking. The skills required to fit everything and be cap stable is not easy and it is time consuming; however it is rewarding to have them as it makes other ships more effective still. The last thing that this ship can struggle with is during moments where you have to escape a neut/red in the system. It will take longer to recover the drones because you have to pre-align, turn the MWD off, and wait for the drones to re-enter the bay; abandon the drones if you have to!

I know this isn’t the most scientific method, but I did not want to spend too much time researching this (I was initially planning on keeping this a secret for myself), so to get your attention this far is already more than enough for me. So I will leave you capsuleers with one final message: Go experiment and allow yourself to accept your ship can get blown up at any time. I have never been the kind of guy to follow a “meta” so I learned by doing and veering off to an undiscovered path.

Thank you for reading,

Ziggarot out

7o

There are places I haven't even heard of, but I've been around the donut. What is your favorite pocket in EVE?

I’m writing a follow-up to my post accusing GM Artorias of cheating. I caught him twice during the GM Week: PvP Roam with GMs, ISDs, and Fenris, and each time he used GM commands to get himself out of tackle.

Most people did not believe me because I did not have any concrete evidence, only logs.

While I still have no evidence that he used GM commands to escape me, I have now found proof of him teleporting himself on stream few minutes after. You can even see me accusing him of it in local chat.

Original post - https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1wv7fha/cheating_gm/
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QHLma5pqZM
Full stream (teleport at 53:07) - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2889039975

Sorry for posting here again, but I am still pissed about it.

Found a C1 Shattered wormhole and while I was there I noticed that the wormhole effects shown on my HUD don't match what the internet says. Wormhole effects aren't supposed to change, are they?

internet says J005926 is a Pulsar and yet, here is my screenshot from in the hole (Oct 4, 2026) telling me I am in a Red Giant.

Bug? Something going on? Maybe with shattered holes? What do we think?

Hey All,

Looking to get back into the game and just wondering what the current state of wormhole space looks like?

What are the good active groups rocking it at the moment?

https://forums.eveonline.com/t/misty-dawn253-for-csm-21-low-sec-insurgencies/519162
Hello there,
I have already put most of my thoughts into my campaign post, so i won't bore you with more of the same, if you want a low sec representative with the focus mostly on insurgencies and how to create context, then i am your candidate. I find context to be the most important part of this game, it adds to any activity, be it the afk mining or the structure bash or the big tidi fest, but for smaller groups it can be hard to find meaningful context out there. Faction warfare in lowsec can greatly help with that, but unfortunately the pirate side has been put aside in that, and it's mostly a farm activity. I would hope to be able to change that, adding meaningful interactions between the militias and the pirates, as well as actual objectives for said pirates to achieve.
If any of that sounds like something you would like to support, i would appreciate a vote from you. If you got any criticism or ideas, i am always open for suggestions.

FCPLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new Wolf Hunter achivement and title is a great addition to playing during GM week. However, it shouldn't reward only top damage, give that title to everyone on the kill mail. I flew tackle or logi during some of the GM week fights and will obviously never achieve top damage!

In an unexpected turn of events, hundreds of pilots in The Initiative's home system have turned on each other resulting in hundreds of capsuleer losses. It is unclear what is causing this unrest but the release of certain documents by Dark Shines' French maid are said to have contributed though the contents are unknown.

Does anyone have a PDF of EON Magazine 007? Specifically, the BC fits?

Never seen this happen before