Not long ago I thought that skill points don't matter. I have lots of skill points, and new players don't, but you only ever use as many points as you're currently using. Then I tried faction warfare with my first fresh alt in years. Ouch, being a newbie hurts. My first ship fit plan was scuppered by the reality that I didn't have the skills to use the equipment I needed, let alone have the skills to fit that gear if I could use it. Fitting is tight at the newbie end of life. So there I was in a frigate (rifter at...

I have a very big problem with Eve, and it’s not one that many of my readers have. I have a podcast, and Eve gets talked about a lot. It’s my main game, and it also generates the most interesting subjects to talk about. Warhammer has innovative PvP? Bit small isn’t it, why not have the scope of Eve. WoW is adding new tradeskills? What they really need is a proper player economy like Eve! Conan has a well developed first 20 levels of PvE content? Well Eve… OK, it breaks down there. My problem is that I can’t talk about...

Last time, as part of this insane post every day for a month challenge, I said that I need a break from the game but can’t do it and said that I would tell you why. The reason? I feel like part of the universe. There are wars going on, alliances rise and fall and although I’m not involved with most of them the fact that it’s all the same single universe means that I want to keep watching what happens, especially with our local alliances as if I drop out of contact for a while then I’ll never be...

As listeners to the podcast will know I’m a little burnt out on Eve. This has nothing to do with the game itself, I’m just burnt out and need a break. The problem is that I’m the CEO of a corporation and so have responsibilities. Eve is now 5 years old, but I’ve not played 100% of that time. I was there at the start though and for the last few years I’ve been playing all the time. This got me thinking: do I need a holiday? I have no idea what I want to do personally in Eve (I...