Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Welcome to Radio Free Illuin!
Just a quick update as I float around Illuin gathering goodies to melt down into money. Eve Online does come pre-packaged with a nice soundtrack, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be playing correctly as I run around the universe. The tracks are good ambient pieces which add to the majesty of the vast reaches the players go through. However my jukebox is stuck.
It plays a piece, and then falls silent.
I'll be the first to say that the soundtrack or music is normally the first to go when I'm playing an epic game. As good as the music is, it's never something that I want to hear a few dozen times in a row. Heck, even Uriah Heep isn't that good.
But there's a nice little feature in Eve which addresses that issue. The jukebox allows players to create their own playlists as they plumb the inky black. So while I'm skating the warp through Illuin, I'm blasting The Pretenders.
Sweet!
Even More Tripwire
I caught the last Tripwire performance on Saturday, and once again loved the entire performance. There's no doubt that they can ROCK!
Yeah, it's a crappy image. But I'll say it again: I was taking this with my phone and so the quality is poor. Also, I was dancing at the time, so a little blur is to be expected.
I loved the fact that there is a giant garage door in the background behind the drummer. Yes, they look like a garage band! But they sound like pros!
It helped that the crowd was really into the music, and there was an energetic aura in the place that made each song seem new. I still have to get my hands on some Jefferson Airplane. Yeah, it's an old group. But they do some songs that are timeless, and lots of fun to blast!
Yeah, it's a crappy image. But I'll say it again: I was taking this with my phone and so the quality is poor. Also, I was dancing at the time, so a little blur is to be expected.
I loved the fact that there is a giant garage door in the background behind the drummer. Yes, they look like a garage band! But they sound like pros!
It helped that the crowd was really into the music, and there was an energetic aura in the place that made each song seem new. I still have to get my hands on some Jefferson Airplane. Yeah, it's an old group. But they do some songs that are timeless, and lots of fun to blast!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A Lurker In The Dark
Eve Online Avatar = FadingSuns
Give me a shout if you're in my neck of the universe!
It's an unusual experience to see how Eve Online handles leveling a character. They really don't go into the grinding-for-mats approach. Other posts will give much more detail about the leveling system for EVE, so I'm not going to bother repeating anything here. But the method they use means that you don't have to do all night grinding sessions to level quickly. Essentially, everyone levels at the same time, although it might be more accurate to say that it takes the same amount of time to level a character.
That doesn't mean that grinding has gone away completely! There is still the resources to mind from asteroids. Yeah, lots of mining. Lots of asteroids.
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