Random stuff

I don’t really have anything major to write about, so I thought I’d add some random bits and pieces.

Escalation… Or not

I did an escalation today. It was a drone one so it was crap loot, no bounties, crap-ish salvage. And I skipped the final part, because it was in Rancer – yeah, that’s not happening in my T3, sorry. 😛

I found what can only be described as a ‘weird thingy’ in the final part of the escalation (that I did):

Weird thingy!

Behold; the power of ignorance!

Whatever this thingy is, the drones really liked it. Maybe its the equivalent of holoreels.

Other pictars

Just a couple of other nice shots I got over the last week or so:

A planet... who'd have thunk it

Clicky to make biggah!

Obviously, like all my images, I’ve tweaked it a bit. The originals can be uploaded if anyone wants though.

Another planet... I'm sensing a theme here

Clicky to make biggah!

Okay, this one wasn’t edited. It was too pretty to tinker with!

CSM survey

This is kind of cool to do – equally so if you don’t like the CSM or vote for it. Its done by Mandrill. You can read about it on his blog post (as well as get the updated link for the survey itself) here.

Freighting

Sometime about a couple of months back I got to wondering just how many jumps in a freighter I do each month for my building stuff. So this time I sat and worked it out as I did it. Here’s the results:

  • 6 jumps to Rens and back for POS fuel – 12 jumps
  • 6 jumps to Rens and back to put up sales. Multiplied by 5 for the number of trips it takes – 60 jumps
  • 24 jumps to Jita and back for moon goo. Multiplied by 2 for the number of trips it takes – 96 jumps

So 12+60+96. 168 freighter jumps in a month. I cheat though, as you’ve already (probably) seen from an earlier entry. I use 2 freighters at once for the longer hauls, so in reality I only really initiate a warp for them a little more than half this amount. Its still a fair few hours work though.

And finally…

Just a few more weeks until Tyrannis. I’m really liking the current build of Planetary Interaction on the test server. It fuels my mild OCD something fierce… Avoiding it is going to be the real challenge, but it depends a lot on how many other people are depleting resources on planets near me.

I still have no use for most of the stuff you make there – at least not in a reasonable timeframe. Making my own POS fuel is a lovely idea, but I think at this stage I’d need to have several alts working on it, and its far too much micromanagement than I have the time for. So we’ll see I guess.

Comments for this Post

5 thoughts on “Random stuff”

  1. MaeveTrinity
    02nd May '10 at 1:00 pm

    That is a drone companion cube!!!! Of course they love it!!

    And that second screen shot is fantastic!

    I am curious to see what kind of mad land-grab is gonna happen with Tyrannis.

    • 02nd May '10 at 2:02 pm

      I always wanted a plush companion cube, but they are kinda expensive. A plush dominix needs to happen at some point – its only a matter of time before someone does it!

      I think there will be a lot of land-grab in the first week. After that I figure lots of people will abandon it because they can’t be bothered with the micromanaging. High sec planets are particularly crap if you want to actually achieve anything besides something to do when docked/make a bit of pocket money. With any luck peeps will be plundering low/null-sec planets. I know for a fact that wormhole planets are super-resource-rich.

      Thanks for the comment. Glad you like the pic. 🙂

  2. Shona Mercy
    02nd May '10 at 2:06 pm

    Pretty… thingy 😉

  3. MaeveTrinity
    02nd May '10 at 1:00 pm

    That is a drone companion cube!!!! Of course they love it!!

    And that second screen shot is fantastic!

    I am curious to see what kind of mad land-grab is gonna happen with Tyrannis.

  4. 02nd May '10 at 2:02 pm

    I always wanted a plush companion cube, but they are kinda expensive. A plush dominix needs to happen at some point – its only a matter of time before someone does it!

    I think there will be a lot of land-grab in the first week. After that I figure lots of people will abandon it because they can't be bothered with the micromanaging. High sec planets are particularly crap if you want to actually achieve anything besides something to do when docked/make a bit of pocket money. With any luck peeps will be plundering low/null-sec planets. I know for a fact that wormhole planets are super-resource-rich.

    Thanks for the comment. Glad you like the pic. 🙂

  5. Shona Mercy
    02nd May '10 at 2:06 pm

    Pretty… thingy 😉

  6. 03rd May '10 at 9:39 pm

    The second pic is “teh awesome” 🙂

    /nub-mode on
    Is that your ship in the 3rd? What is it?

    • 04th May '10 at 12:32 am

      That ship is a Myrmidon. Tier 2 battlecruiser for the Gallente.

  7. 03rd May '10 at 9:39 pm

    The second pic is “teh awesome” 🙂

    /nub-mode on
    Is that your ship in the 3rd? What is it?

  8. 04th May '10 at 12:32 am

    That ship is a Myrmidon. Tier 2 battlecruiser for the Gallente.

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