Life in Eve: Same War, Different Front
“So this is a done deal?” CB sprawled across my couch, watching an animated children’s show on the main display screen, the sound either muted or piped directly through his Aura VI interface. “Pretty...
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Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (1/?)
When I first started playing Eve in earnest (which does not count the attempt some seven years ago) I went through all tutorials (this was only a few years ago, right after the new avatars, but before...
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So here’s the premise: PvE mission content in Eve comprises some of the weakest PvE content in any MMO, and is inarguably one of the weakest, least-fun parts of Eve itself. PvP in Eve is...
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Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2.5/4) — Answering Questions and...
The last couple posts have attracted some good questions and feedback, and raise some points I want to address before I move forward. The questions came in from all over, however, so apologies if I...
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Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (3/4): Stages of a Mission
So let’s continue this conversation about how to create new PvE missions in Eve that are more engaging, interesting, and just generally “better” by applying the fundamental rules of PvP as explained by...
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I have trouble explaining to my non-Eve-playing gamer friends what it is about the game that I find so compelling. It’s everything. It’s one little thing. It’s that other little thing that I love,...
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Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice – Putting the Play into Practice (4/4)
Whew. Okay, let’s see if we can pull all this musing into some kind of coherent plan for missions. There’s a lot here, so let’s boil it down. Here are the parts of the topic already covered: Part 1 and...
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Life in Eve: April Fools
April got off to a rocky start, so I wasn’t really sure how things would look as the month wrapped up. Let’s review. After a really, really excellent March, our hunger for good, challenging fun led us...
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Life in Eve: Illustrated Thought for the Day
There is no way to conduct corp recruitment in Eve without it coming off slightly creepy.
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Life in Eve: Pretty Good Weekend
Like most ten-year-olds, EVE celebrated its birthday on the nearest weekend (just past), rather than the actual date (today), in order to maximize the fun. I’m pretty glad they did. My mom-in-law’s in...
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