Musing – Page 19 – Random Average

A few thoughts on EVE, a static playerbase, and how I'd fix it

2013-12-21 doycet Musing One comment

Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman (Also: the new home of my Life in Eve posts!) Stay Awhile and Listen: Growing

Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn

2013-06-19 doycet Links & Resources, Musing 3 comments

So I'm thinking about Area of Effect attacks in Fate, and came up with a stunt for same. AoE Junkie.

FATE: The Goddamn Batman

2013-06-18 doycet Game Design, Musing, Table Top 2 comments

So there are ways to stat out Batman as a starting character. But (a) someone already did that and (b)

FATE: Statting out Supers, because why not?

2013-06-14 doycet Musing, Table Top

Inspired by Ryan’s work on representing the Avengers and the JLA in Fate, and because I’m getting my head around

Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Pseudo-review

2013-06-06 doycet Game Design, Musing, Table Top

So, a few days ago, a conversation I was having on g+ crossposted to this blog. That wasn’t intentional, but

Life in Eve: Illustrated Thought for the Day

2013-05-02 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing One comment

Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice – Putting the Play into Practice (4/4)

2013-04-30 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 5 comments

Whew. Okay, let’s see if we can pull all this musing into some kind of coherent plan for missions. There’s

Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (3/4): Stages of a Mission

2013-04-19 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 6 comments

So let’s continue this conversation about how to create new PvE missions in Eve that are more engaging, interesting, and

Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2.5/4) — Answering Questions and Comments

2013-04-18 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 2 comments

The last couple posts have attracted some good questions and feedback, and raise some points I want to address before

Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2/?)

2013-04-17 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 8 comments

So here’s the premise: PvE mission content in Eve comprises some of the weakest PvE content in any MMO, and

Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (1/?)

2013-04-16 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 3 comments

When I first started playing Eve in earnest (which does not count the attempt some seven years ago) I went

Life in Eve: Voting for CSM 8

2013-04-03 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing One comment

The elections for the eighth Council of Stellar Management (the CSM: a group of players elected to represent player interests,

Life in Eve: Local is Fine, and Here’s How to Fix It.

2013-03-22 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Musing 13 comments

First, a brief background, for the non-EvE players: Like most MMOs, Eve has a number of text-based chat channels built

Life in Eve: Gambit Roulette

2013-03-19 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Musing 4 comments

Regardless of the game, I’ve never been particularly drawn to stealth classes. Rogues, Burglars, Assassins… you know the type. The

Life in Eve: Heavy Hangs the Head

2013-02-05 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing 5 comments

This bit of reflection came out of a (sadly) half-finished conversation with Dave and Margie, where we were talking about

Life in Eve: How I Learned to Love Hating “Safe Zones” in New Eden

2013-01-31 doycet Game Design, Musing 5 comments

I didn’t intend to write any more stuff about CCP and the development direction of Eve; it’s not really what

Life in Eve: Life on the Playground

2013-01-30 doycet Game Design, Musing 10 comments

My kids go to a charter school. This may not mean much to anyone reading this, so I’ll sum up

Life in EvE: “I’m not a Pirate.”

2012-12-18 doycet Actual Play, Game Design, MMO & Computers

A few nights ago, members of the militia had banded together to work on retaking an Amarr-held system in the

Life in Eve: Getting a Bad Feeling

2012-11-15 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Musing

So this is just a short post and, worse, it won’t make much sense or difference to anyone unless you

Life in Eve: For the Tears?

2012-10-18 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 2 comments

Forgive me, Gor, but this one was too good to leave in e-mail. Wait… so choosing be smart in Eve

Life in Eve: A Tour of the Bringing Solo Back Interview with CCP Fozzie #eveonline

2012-10-03 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing

I’m often on voice comms while playing Eve, and a lot of the discussion lately has been about the changes

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