Taste the Rainbow!

 EVE, Fcing, Ganked, RVB  1 Response »
Nov 222011
 

Well Ganked 6, success or great success? I am still thinking it over, I mean we did not actually die (well not all of us) in a horrible fire, but we did get an epic fight…

Anyway, we set off slightly later than the 21.00 kick off – due to people setting up mumble, trying to fit lasers on anything and what not, but when we did leave we had quite a respectable fleet rolling, some 70+ people, the majority on mumble (even Jagtor despite his protestations that there was no discipline … “BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE”) and all with an awful lot of lasers to throw around. Rainbow goodness!

Vale was emptier than I can ever recall (bring back IEGEX, all is forgiven!), and as part of the “plan” (ie I basically looked at my EVE Universe poster and randomly picked places…) we would meander southwards – via the east – so the fleet moved towards Geminate. Fintarue calls on comms he had a duder tackled on a detour to BWF, and so I fleet warped us to a gate that I thought was on the way to him, turns out it was a gate 141AU in the wrong direction… Fin died :(

However the simple act of actually getting the fleet into BND and moving towards BWF somehow enraged the locals and they brought out a bunch of ships and 5 guardians! Oh noes, “we who are about to die salute you” we thought. Then we ran around playing kisschase with them until it turned out they had used a jumpbridge and got ahead of our little band.

Much discussion ensued – and some nifty “tactics” I am borrowing for the future were raised – until I called a leeroy. 

Much carnage was the result.

BUT.

Not of our fleet, of the UPS fleet (Geminate locals).

2 Guardians bailed as soon as we jumped in, the rest got ecm’d and tackled (love ecm drones!) and eventually killed while their fleet just went pop, pop, pop, pop one after the other to our rainbows. They really did taste them!

Then as fast as it had began it was all over, and the fleet was all “wait, we won?” “we didnt die” “what?”. Epic fight was truly epic, victory from the jaws of certain flaming death.

It was pretty late by this time and slowly people logged/went afk until a small band moved into Etherium Reach and decided to engage a kitey gang, killing an SFI but pretty much dieing in the process. However fun was had, shit was chatted on mumble, and the night was ended satisfactorily. 

Numbers:

40+ Kills (Campaign)
2.5billion ISK damage done;
Beer consumed (lots);
Fun had (also lots);

Video (Courtesy of Geddonz):

RVB Ganked: The Holiday Extravaganza!!

 EVE, Fail, Fcing, Ganked, RVB  1 Response »
Nov 172011
 

The holiday season is nearly upon us, which means plenty of beer and plenty of time for spaceships, which when combined result in hilarious explosions, and there is no better way to partake of these two wonderful gifts than an RVB Ganked roam.  Or several in a row!

Here is the program for the coming holidays:

19th November 2011 – Ganked 6: Judean People’s Front.
 The theme is lasers.  Preferably on Amarrian ships, but you can stick them on whatever.

26th November 2011 – Ganked 7: Get back in that kitchen.
 Anything you want to field, as long as it is battlecruiser sized or smaller.

10th December 2011 – Ganked 8: Viagra+Crucible=Penetration.
 Destroyer Hulls.  Post Crucible buffs.

17th December 2011 – Ganked 9: Chesnuts roasting on an open Fire(tail).
 Republic Fleet Firetails. Everywhere.

26th December 2011 – Ganked 10: Boxing Battleships.
 Will we get hotdropped? (if you cant/wont fly a BS come if anything else. Id prefer BS though.)

7th January 2012 – Ganked 11: We’re going to need a bigger plane.
Battlecruisers. Tier 3 preferred.

14th January 2012 – Ganked 12: We come for our people.
Rifter hulls. Because.

21st January 2012 – Ganked 13: Quack, Quack, Quack.
Drakeswarm (and other assorted missile boats).

I will send round individual mails to the ingame mailing list “RVB Ganked” about these, as well as make posts for each on the RVB forums, and a post in the Ganked thread over on Failheap, as well as keep the RVB Ganked in-game channel updated. So guys, keep your eyes peeled, stock up on the beer and isk (isk=ships=explosions) and we will have a bloody good holiday!!!

Space, gets a makeover

 EVE  No Responses »
Nov 092011
 

As part of their refocusing on the “Flying In Space” aspects of EVE Online, CCP have undertaken a beautification of the nebulae found in EVE. They are now more breathtaking than ever.  More importantly they closer you get to the regions that contain or are surrounded by these, the more imposing they are, until you are enveloped by them yourself.  Quite stunning really.

Credit to sarmatiko on youtube for the video.

Below I have images taken by myself while playing around on the test server (click for images):

Cloud Ring looking towards Verge Vendor

On the cusp of Cloud Ring

Verge Vendor from the warp

Inside Cloud Ring

What Region is this? (Seen from Fountain)

On the edge of Delve, I can see Verge Vendor and ??

A closer look at the other region as seen from the cusp of Delve

It appears closer in Querious:

Space right out in Delve, Querious & Period Basis, is often so dark:

The Galactic Rim? Or something else?

Approaching Omist from Feythabolis

Getting closer via Tenerifis:

So pretty

Moving towards hisec space in Immensea

Catch, really has some amazing views:

Views from Khanid space:

Heading towards Domain

Domain Dominates the local skies

The greatness of the Empire lights up Kor-Azor Prime:

Amarr, centre of the Empire:

Lonetrek, from The Citadel

Lonetrek, Too much Blue for this Red to like

Back in Null, and I have this region to find

Still not found it yet, however this Nebulae looks amazing:

Looking at Lonetrek from Metropolis

Metropolis, this is a home for a Red!

Fire & Ice

Inside Perrigen Falls:

Genesis, was largely unimpressive (I expected a huge EVE Gate related nebulae), however it was surrounded by:

New Eden, the place where it all began:

The EVE Gate, in all its shining glory

After 450+ Jumps, 8hrs roaming around EVE on SISI, I feel that is enough.  I have seen and flown thru many of the new nebulae and the following regions:

Syndicate, Placid, Cloud Ring, Fountain, Delve, Querious, Period Basis, Paragon Soul, Esoteria, Feythabolis, Omist, Tenerifis, Immensea, Catch, Khanid, Tash-Murkon, Domain, The Citdael, The Forge, Lonetrek, Vale of the Silent, Tribute, Branch, Tenal, Venal, Fade, Pure Blind, Black Rise, Great Wildlands, Metropolis, Cache, Geminate, Kalevala Expanse, Perrigen Falls, Outer Passage, The Spire, Essence, Everyshore, Genesis.

Although many, many more remain to be discovered, however I shall keep those for when these wonderful additions go live on TQ, and endeavour to take Ganked to visit them all!