Mechanics Monday: EVE Security Status

Since I’m painfully grinding my security status back from below -5 to a level that allows me to PVP properly, I thought it would be a good time to talk…

Crimewatch: How EVE Will Change

For those who haven’t heard of it, Crimewatch is the name CCP has given to their project dedicated to overhauling the Aggression and Flagging Systems in EVE Online. Currently the…

Mechanics Monday: Shield Boosters VS Armor Repairers

Ever wonder what the difference  was between Shield Boosters and Armor Repairers? Seems like a simple question and something pretty basic, but there’s more to it than you think… We…

New Twitch Channel and Weekly PVP Broadcast

Last Friday I setup Twitch and streamed a few hours of PVP and pretty quickly racked up 8 solo kills in my Thrasher, with most the kills coming in outnumbered…

RIP Vile Rat aka Sean Smith – EVE Online Remembers

I try to keep this website focused on “how to” and “lessons” but after a few days of thinking about it, I’ve decided to include some not so happy news…

Mechanics Monday: Damage Control Modules

In previous Mechanics articles we focused on more exciting modules, but I don’t want to miss the core modules that effect almost every ship. The Damage Control Modules are the…

Mechanics Monday: ASB / Ancillary Shield Booster

By now everyone has run into these in PVP and they have certainly changed things. From Frigates tanking gate guns to get a kill to battleships tanking entire fleets while…

Mechanics Monday: Smart Bombs

Smart bombs are one of those items that doesn’t get used much in EVE because the uses are pretty limited. Sometimes you will see them on a Carrier as a…

Mechanics Monday: Auto Targeting aka Friend or Foe Missiles

Because understanding the underlying mechanics of the game is so important, I wanted to start a series of posts describing some of the more interesting game mechanics and possible uses….

Coming This Winter: Frigate Logistics and (another) BIG Profit Opportunity

According to a new Dev Post on the EVE Online Forums CCP will be changing the now useless Mining Frigates to Logistics Frigates. This is very exciting from a PVP…