It was hard to find more crew and to get those named and tech 2 modules, especially with the war going on against the Gallente. So no modules, or a good sized crew, it’s time to research some more ship setups…

So after a bit of looking back at my posts and ship reviews, I decided to go more into detail about some of the ships. For an example, the Ferox, didn’t get a whole lot written about it. And another, the Raven, I have discovered a much more stronger and efficient tank for all of those of you who love to do missions!

Stay tuned, and check out some of the ship reviews! I will also be expanding the assortment of ships to include Gallente ships, starting with some of the smaller frigates. Reviews will now also include it’s
suggest role, tactic, and any other notes about it’s setup. If you would like me to add any other technical information of any of the ships, just give me a shout out here. You may also find ship review navigation bars soon for the ease of access between each!

Most of the ships I review are just temporary ships, and most of the time I choose not to keep them. If you are interested in a certain ship or setup, I would be glad to talk to you in game and perhaps even contract it all to you!

I hope you continue to visit the website, read the blogs, share your thoughts in the chat, and participate in the surveys!

Thanks everyone.

Thank you too all those that submitted their screenshots of EVE Online! There was many great and exceptional shots taken. They ranged from pilots amidst combat to pictures of some really exotic ships.

Here are the winners!

First place: Yea Mon
Second place: Evo Mannerheim
Third place: MasterOfEngeering

They each will receive the following:
1. 5 million ISK
2. Scorpion blueprint copy worth estimated 1 million ISK
3. Ferox blueprint copy worth 500 thousand ISK in game

Here is the pictures, respectively winning their places:

Thanks again to all those who participated! Keep a sharp eye out for these pictures to appear in the top bar soon!

This was of great success and I may host future contests for you, my readers and supporters!

Fly safe and remember to keep taking those screenshots when ever you can; because you have no clue when they may be of use to you!

Ah, weeks of training do pay off in the end.

As I wake up to another morning in New Eden, I felt ready for what was to come today. This morning I quickly finished all my necessary tasks, filling out contracts and orders so I can have more time to spend with my new beauty.

Once lunch was taken in, I strolled down to my new station hanger. It took a week for me and the crew to move everything into it. I pause at the control panel and select ship storage 8. The floor in front opens and cycles through my other ships; the Rokh, Caracal, Raven, an empty slot where I used to put my Drake, 2 shuttles, and a Cormorant destroyer; until finally the gleaming black frigate rose into view.

Only four or five members of the crew was around at the time since this ship was meant to be piloted by a single person. They looked with interest and when the door hissed open, I stepped in to get to know the cockpit better. Sitting back with the manuals in my hands, I thought to myself that anyone who doesn’t read up the instructions on these things must be real idiots.

This time since the ship was so small, I personally fitted the ship up myself in about an hour and when all of that wad done, then ignited the propulsion systems. Wow this thing has power. Crisp voices flowed through to the tower controls as I asked for undock permission.

Once out in space, everything seemed much bigger to me than before. I sent out into Corp com a message about the Crow and took her on a test flight. The nearest Gurista filled asteroid belt is in Umokka; just 2 jumps away. Plugging that coordinate into autopilot I noticed the ship had an overpowered warp drive that slung you into warp at 3x the speed of most other ships.

It took no time to find a small gang of Gurista frigates and I initiated the test you the ship’s systems and capabilities. Optimal orbit range is 25km; 19.5km for warp scramble. As Bloodclaw missiles fired off in succession, it did not take long for those frigates to become scrap metal. I noticed my shields remain at 99% and checked the log. Amazing! The gang of 3 had only hit me for a total of 13.7 damage.

As I got a bit restless from a day of playing with my new toy, a fellow Corp mate hits me up for some friendly PvP in a nearby system. I’m always one for those and next thing I know, we were at a isolated planet with a few ships. They were in wonder when my T2 frigate glided into their visuals.

In that gang of ships, there was a Ferox, Kestrel, and a Caracal. As soon as we took out of each others’ cans, we engaged in some 1 versus 1 battles. It was obvious I could take the Caracal and Ferox’s shields down, but I did not want to use a lot of missiles, so I stopped after a full load was unleashed. They, however, did not scratch my shields more than 3%.

Through that little combat training exercise in the new ship, I think I may have convinced some people to train up for an interceptor now!

It was getting late, so I payed a station owner in that system a small fee and docked up for a night, and slept in my Crow.

Make sure to submit to the screenshot contest! It ends soon!

I am always trying to update the website to make it better.  Even if it is just spell checking the little things, rearranging items or adding new features.

So this is a contest, if you wish, to contribute your art of EVE to the website.

All you need to do is send me a screenshot that is at least 865×180 big.  The I will crop it into the correct size and find a point of interest on the picture to place that image into the header of the website.

The image may be anything from a large capital fleet ganking a smaller fleet, your ship mid-warp, a beautiful mining scene, or anything else you may think of.

Winners will not only receive their picture on the top of the web pages, but also a prize of 5 million ISK.

Remember, it is the level of detail, quality, and aesthetics that I am look for!  At the end of this, I will clear out some of my older pictures for the new ones!

Thank you.

Rules:

• Each person may submit 2 screenshots, anyone more than two will be disqualified
• Each screenshot must be at least 865x180px
• Send your pictures to tonglil@Hotmail.com with your in-game-name
• Once the results are announced, the grand prize winner will receive 5 million ISK and their winning picture on rotation in the header of the website.
• Second prize winner will also have their picture featured in rotation and receive a Scorpion blueprint copy worth estimated 1 million ISK in game.
• Third prize winner will have their picture in rotation and receive a Ferox blueprint copy worth 500 thousand ISK in game.
• The contest closes on August 15, 2008 and the results will be announced on August 16, 2008

If you have any more questions or comments, please reply to this post.

Pew pew goes the mighty Ferox!

So you thinking about a Ferox eh? To me, this ship looks sexy, sleek, and shiny; sparking something in you every time it glides across the sky.

It is the hybrid platform of the battlecruiser family, the brother of the Drake. It’s 6 guns hurtling Antimatter ammo like there is no tomorrow while it’s passive tank absorbs the incoming missiles and bullets.

Damage output might seem a bit low in the beginning, but since this whole game revolves around training skills, time will take your DPS higher and higher.

Some people say this ship is ugly as hell, I say, “WTF?” It looks a lot better than the Drake, which is just an upside down flatbed truck. The high poly-count on the ship’s exterior with the Trinity graphics turned on makes it look amazing and shiny! It actually looks like a spacecraft!

The ship can also be used to mine Veldspar or whatever your heart desires by equipping 6 mining turrets and quad-expanded cargohold. Even though the Drake has a better tank, who cares when your foe can’t even hit you at 80 or 90 kilometers away?

Anyways, be unique. Fly the Ferox and amaze your friends with its potential. He (or she) who flies this ship will be the on who pilots the ever powerful Rokh. Just keep at it with those gunnery skills!

[expand title=Technical Information:]

• 10% bonus to medium hybrid turret optimal range
• 5% bonus to all shield resistances
• Default targeting range is 60 km with 8 locked targets
• Velocity is 140 m/sec with 25 m3 of drone capacity
• Shield hit points is 4883 and recharges in 1400 seconds
• Power grid is at 1075MW, 475ft of CPU, and 400 calibration points
• There are 7 high slots, 5 medium slots, 4 low slots, and 3 rig slots
• 5 slots for launchers and 6 for turrets[/expand]

[expand title=Railgun Setup:]

• 6 200mm Railgun
• 1 Drone Link Augmentor

• 1 Shield Hardener
• 1 Tracking Computer
• 1 Cap Recharger
• 2 Large Shield Extender II

• 1 Power Diagnostic System
• 1 Heat Sink
• 2 Shield Power Relay

• 5 Hobgoblin[/expand]

[ratings]

On 23:13:00 EVE time, a fleet of about 60 State Protectorate pilots engaged an enemy fleet of about 50 pilots, or so we had thought. Once we got there, about another 30 to 50 ships jumped in through and lagged us up.

This is what the fleet started out like, about 90 people.

Our plan was to go around back door from the Caldari high security space into Tama. There was hostiles in the only Tama station and we wanted to trap them inside and snipe/kill them off. 10 minutes later and we arrive. Things didn’t go so well because there was a neutral spy following us and another spy in our fleet. Most of the people inside that station escaped. We started to chased them down and was able to pick off one or two.

Later, we reach Heydieles and our recon says a fleet is parked on the Old Man Star to Villore. We decide to go after these guys and got the fleet ready. By that time when we got to the destination, we only had a little above half of the people remaining.

The battle was not the best I have ever had. It lagged like hell! I did not appreciate it because you would always target the wrong thing or shoot at something that wasn’t there anymore. Everyone zoomed out to try to reduce the lag, but more reinforcement ships just keep jumping in from the Gallente side. Now we were just trying to get those that we could.

Our fleet commander was still calling the primary targets, and we were able to successfully take some ships down. In the end, I helped to kill these guys:

• Victim: Kadean
• Location: Old Man Star
• Corp: Elite Underworld Special Forces
• Alliance: None
• Ship: Dominix [Fitting]

• Victim:Parmenides Elea
• Location: Old Man Star
• Corp: Wrath of Fenris
• Alliance: None
• Ship: Dominix [Fitting]

• Victim:Lucas Avignon
• Location: Old Man Star
• Corp: Avignon Associates Inc.
• Alliance: None
• Ship: Dominix [Fitting]

If you want to see my full kill board, please visit here.

Here is to the cool people that stuck it to the end, I salute you!

Corewin, CRUSH BOSS, Cuthbert Drake, Ecky Ptang, Kazabet, Lord Erebos, Marcuz Griffin, Ray Rosny, sakura okami, Splunk jamma, Tzu Wu, and Xanath Fireheart

Gallery, enjoy!

As time passes, I will be writing more reviews for these ships. They include the:

• Ferox; hybrid eh? [In progress]
• Caracal; the Drake’s little brother. [In progress]
• Merlin; it’ll provide the pew pew.
• Kestrel; free missiles for everyone! [In progress]

Sorry if they are all Caldari ships, but those are the ones that I have piloted.

But if you are able to provide reviews, send me an email at tonglil@hotmail.com!

Stay tuned for moar!