Rorqual in action, first time I had seen one ! Very ‘square’ ship design.

This one is a minmatar warfare fleet undocking.

I am the one in the hurricane .

Anyway, I have been busy in game, nothing very spectacular. Mainly ratting and a little mining in Wicked Creek. I build a Raven from recycled loot and some mining, which makes live somewhat easier. Jumped back to empire friday when it was a little hostile in WC and got some business done there. Flying around collecting datacores and selling them off.

I saved a few for my own invention stuff, and managed a 3 out of 3 attempt of an Invulnerability II Shield. If only I would have know (well I could have checked) that this thing needs quite a few expensive parts. Still hope to make a profit on them, they sell for around 2.2mil around Sivala. My stack of Ballistic Controls II is almost sold out now, and I am all out of Hammerheads II and HobGobs II. I even sold too many, when I needed a few I couldn’t find any anymore and had to invent a few BPCs for own use .

Met a few suicide camps on my travels around empire for the best deals, as you can see by this screenshot .

!!! DONT FORGET TO SET A LONG SKILL !!!

Most ships look a lot better of course, though not as spectacular as in the trailers, but I am not too happy with the Caldari ships (‘cept the Manticore as you can see above). They look like big metallic blobs and when you’re in a somewhat darker system, the look like black flying blob. The raven is a lot more detailed but looks very boring and the CNR is even worse, it has a sort of camo green color now.
Most Amarr ships do look very nice though. The Apoc still has it’s golden glow. My Zealot somehow turned into a greenish shiny thing though. Was a bit weary to see the Gallente ships, but they turned out alright. The blueish tint could have been a bit darker but all in all very nice.

Not quite sure what I think of the Minmatar ships. They are much more detailed now, but they have also lost their ductape feel, which makes them loose their unique character somewhat.

I am wondering though whether this all makes the game more enjoyable. I think it’s more aimed to get more people in, it doesn’t really add much to Eve. And the improvement isn’t that spectacular that you want to play the game more or longer.

More thoughts on the patch / expansion later .

Originally uploaded by Morphisat.

First low sec mining op as a miner in my osprey. Am working towards a retriever at the moment though . Am slowly getting rich (well for a n00b anyways) with all these ops !

2006.01.21.16.17.27Originally uploaded by Morphisat.

Came across this sign while doing a lvl 2 mission . Have to admit that i had to warp back to base, because the thunderbolts of the bad guys ate through my caracal’s shields. Once properly equiped with EM hardeners, I kicked their ebil asses .

Originally uploaded by Morphisat.

Finally finished learning Frigate IV and cruiser. Found an Osprey for 2.8Mil. Didnt have a lot of extra cash for more goodies, but I did equip it with an 10Mn afterburner (which is a must since it’s kinda slow), medium shield booster and a nice shield extender. Got almost 1600hps on the shields now . Mining works great with 3 cargo expanders in the low slots, and lvl 1 missions are a breeze now…

Originally uploaded by Morphisat.

This is the first screenshot I took, flying in my rookie ship, in a beautiful red nebula.