EQ2: I killed Holly Windstalker!!

Ok, I know A LOT of people don't care. But that person has been killing me for years. 

  I hit 20 on the Conjuror, and got the Mage pet.  Now I am used to the Mage pet to be high damage / low health. A really bad soloing idea. But I took it out anyways and tried it out. 

   I was amazed. It was able to kill fast enough that I didn't need to worry too much. It still is not the best tank. But for raw leveling, it is awesome. 

   I stumbled across a blue elite and pick up aggro. Now I am used to dieing in these cases, so when the pet grabbed aggro I beat feet. I was then amazed that with in seconds it wasn't my pet at half health - but the elite mob. So I turned around and spammed heal pet. 

    After that I got the master version of the Mage pet. 
   
    So today I was working on the harvesting skills when a green Holly Windstalker wanders up. With less than 2 minutes of game time left, I couldn't refuse. The Mage pet used her like a tooth pick. 

   So who is laughing now!!!!!
-Jason

   To really understand this post you had to have played Everquest for several years and have been ganked by her repeatedly. Even in EQ2. 

CSM : Jaded Tears

I really didn't have much to say this morning. So I read for a bit on capsuleer. 

  Which lead me to the CSM review. Reading the article reminds me so much of real life politics. Where there is only one right answer - the writer's. 

Referring to people who question as Tin Foil Hats. Or inserting the word supposedly, it was like reading the local newspaper come election time. 

All this said, I do plan on reading and promoting his article and website. Just to help raise the awareness of the CSM. 

But I'm a little bit more jaded. After all, alot of what is said to us is the infamous - trust me. This coming from a game that at it's core design fosters distrust and scamming. 

The best thing to do, though is read it yourself. http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-csm-summit-june-2010-thursday/

-Jason 

Planetary Interaction: My carebear tears

Have you ever done something that loses money, isn't all that much fun, and is a little frustrating?  Yet, you can't help yourself and you keep doing it again and again. 

That is my planetary interaction experience. It's either stop what I am doing every 30 minutes to take 5 minutes to refresh or throw it to 23 hours and let 1/2 the plants stay idle cause I can't get them enough resources. 

Also there is no in between. 30 minutes, 5 hours, or 23 hours. What about a 8 hour work day?  I sleep longer then 5 hours ( or at least I want to.)

   All of this and I have made less then 5 million in products. There are ways to make isk off of this, I know. But not in high sec doing it the way CCP wants you to do it. 

    So I am waiting for my 3rd account to finish a few skills then I will try null sec.  The motherload better be there. 
-Jason 

Wahoo ...done

Wahoo, the podcast that could - finally went.

Man, I thought it would never get off the ground.

With Overtime, a bad work day and a trip to San Antonio, I was about to give up.

Instead I think it is one of the funnier ones. Though a bit long.
-Jason

Perpetuum: Day 2

WAHOO!!! Eve is not longer - Eve-Offline!!

Well Perpetuum, is a ramp up curve. For my system, the graphics of the game are choppy. But I run on a wal-mart laptop. So go figure.

The opening moves are normal. The combat is different in that you can select a target and keep walking. That is pretty sweet.

But I have no idea how to make money. It will take some more time. But with Eve opening back up, I need to run do a skill and fire up planetary interaction again.

-Jason

they love me, they really love me!

Dear Player,

we are glad to inform you that your application for the Perpetuum closed beta
testing has been accepted. Welcome aboard!

Please visit our website ( http://www.perpetuum-online.com ), download the game,
and create a character. After this you will be able to log into the game and use
the community features of the website. Your login for the website is your e-mail
address and password.

Please log into the website and browse through the forums for instructions. You
will find lots of valuable information specifically posted for beta testers.

We wish you happy testing and lots of fun!

Best regards,

The Perpetuum Team

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ok, I know alot of people dont care. But I love Battletech. And this is as close of a MMO as I have seen in a long time.

Steps to become a ninja

Lost in eve is a nice podcast. 

He goes through the news articles, touches on PI, and then tells a story of an in game experience. 

This week he covered something I particularly found nice. Ninja mining.

The goal here is 
1) to scan down a wormhole
2) go in and cloak 
3) drop an extractor down on a planet - he recommends a Basic
4) leave
5) in the comfort of your station open up a can of extractors and devestated the planet for a short period of time. 
6) when it's time for bed or the wormhole is reaching it's natural life cycle you warp back in. 
7) drop in a spaceport ( this flags as a customs office in the overview - so if someone is watching they will notice)
8) dump it all to space station. 
9) warp in and grab it ( hopefully no bubble)
10) run like a flaming banshee to the exit. 

Congrats you just stole minerals from the occupants. 

Over course when I got home I didn't find a wormhole in my system. Then I got spouse aggro.... And it was all over. 

Jason