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I can't help but post Nerbert's most recent kill, in his own words:

I've been out of the game for a while, but I've made a modest return with mixed results...

In my not so triumphant return to WH space last night, a comms error led to designating the wrong primary target. Eve PvP can be a cruel bitch and mistakes are usually punished... My stealth bomber paid the price and it was a good reminder of how the game works.

Tonight I got the first mission runner I probed down to shoot at me. Once he was pointed he actually put up a pretty good fight... unfortunately, it was his turn to learn something about Eve PvP:

1. Don't shoot at ninjas

2. If you do shoot at ninjas, don't stick around to find out what he's going to do next.

3. If you do stick around to find out what he does next... and he comes back in a combat ship, definitely don't stick around while he slowboats 60km to point you.

4. If you do wait for him to close inside point range, don't be pissed at the ninja when you lose your "only ship."

5. If you are pissed at the ninja, don't cry in local. Everyone will laugh at you and the ninja will send it to his corp for lols (and quite possibly a blog post???)

His parting words:

Burnarator > thank you for blowing the only ship i had up

Burnarator > fuck you

http://www.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=9664408

Ah, that's why I love this game.

Burning Ring of Fire

In my last post I alluded to a major revelation that I had. I had given the advice to focus on probing skills over combat skills because you will spend more time probing than fighting. That made me come to the realization that I ought to put some thought into my probing setup. Don't get me wrong I had maximized my probing ability, but past that all I had really done is put two warp stabs and a salvager on my prober.

If I am spending all my time on my prober why is isn't it as well thought out as my bomber, which lead me down a very expensive path to:

[Loki, anvil]
Warp Core Stabilizer II
Warp Core Stabilizer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Y-T8 Overcharged Hydrocarbon I Microwarpdrive
10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher, Core Scanner Probe I
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Medium Energy Neutralizer II
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]

Medium Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I
Medium Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I

Loki Electronics - Emergent Locus Analyzer
Loki Defensive - Adaptive Shielding
Loki Engineering - Capacitor Regeneration Matrix
Loki Offensive - Covert Reconfiguration
Loki Propulsion - Interdiction Nullifier


As you can see this thing is tough as nails, and just about impossible to lock down, which gives me alot of comfort while I'm out probing. I've even already used the interdiction nullifier the other night. I was out roaming when I came into a super busy hole, with ships warping all over the place. I finally realized they were coming back to their home stations from a neighboring hole. Probing in the next hole over I was watching the transition hole with my bomber. I watched a short battle between a hound and a couple combat ships (very lopsided) and then watched a broadsword cloak next to the hole. I came back through and a conversation ensued:

Aethrs > Got stairs in your house?
Genocide Forge > oh please im on the edge of my seat
Genocide Forge > finish it
Aethrs > Hehe
Aethrs > Finish what?
Genocide Forge > your two liner
Aethrs > next line was yours silly goon.
Genocide Forge > ahh
Genocide Forge > you an dthe neighbors sharing blows?
Aethrs > Me and a friend used to be in tears
Aethrs > Just saying hi :)
Genocide Forge > ahh... im not much of a team player so i dont know the little secret handshacks
Aethrs > Fair enough.
Aethrs > We used to have fun ninja salvaging.
Genocide Forge > ive been watching you guys for a while... lots going on
Aethrs > We're bursty.
Genocide Forge > a couple corpies do that, but i mostly do this
Aethrs > Yeah we killed a chimera
Aethrs > Were you on grid for that?
Genocide Forge > was that the huge fleet i saw warp into your tower?
Genocide Forge > nice job
Aethrs > Do you have a home wormhole?
Genocide Forge > RENS
Genocide Forge > doesnt move
Aethrs > Got ya.
Genocide Forge > lots of idiots flying around, im guessing you guys arent that variety
Aethrs > Us? We're totally harmless.
Aethrs > ...to diction nullified Loki's :(
Genocide Forge > with double warp stabs too
Aethrs > We almost always fit 3 points.
Aethrs > So actually that wouldn't do so much.
Aethrs > You solo pvp with it?
Genocide Forge > no i duo
Aethrs > Nice.
Aethrs > My former tears friend and I do that a lot.
Aethrs > Curse/Hictor, or similar.
Genocide Forge > all thios does is probe, i was watching your side, i knew you were there
Genocide Forge > i watched the fight with the SB
Aethrs > Yeah we're not real sure what they were thinking with that.
Aethrs > You lose a carrier, so you go in with a SB and a falcon?
Genocide Forge > exactly
Genocide Forge > nerd- rage does terrible things to people
Aethrs > True.
Aethrs > Static 0.0 wormhole is probably rough, too.
Genocide Forge > lol, was that a static?
Aethrs > I think so.
Genocide Forge > i guess ill move on, you guys prolly have this hole pretty well locked down
Aethrs > Meh
Aethrs > Not really
Aethrs > Feel free to wander, if u like.
Genocide Forge > im probing out the web of holes now
Genocide Forge > im two systems out
Aethrs > Fly safe o/
Genocide Forge > o/

Nice guy, even though he used to be TEARS. Downed a carrier... totally sweet.