{"id":4720,"date":"2013-03-11T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/random-average.com\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2013-03-11T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T20:09:12","slug":"life-in-eve-in-like-a-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/life-in-eve-in-like-a-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Eve: In Like a Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to say the month really got going when we got the escape pod with a set of low-grade Slave implants<\/a>. Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice surprise, but it’s not as though that was a particularly tough fight. It’s pretty hard to catch a pod in low-sec — the guy clearly wasn’t paying attention.<\/p>\n

I kind of want to say the month started with Xyn and Ty taking down a Dramiel<\/a> (and his Merlin partner) in a pair of Slashers. That was pretty sweet.<\/p>\n

But no. For me, the month started with the very first time I undocked. I was starting late, and everyone else had already set out. There were enough pilots that they’d split into two smaller groups, both of which were kind of far away, so I set out on my own: hopped in a Slasher and headed into the warzone.<\/p>\n

Right off the entry star gate, I see a Merlin. I want a fight. So does he. We go at it<\/a>. I dock up afterwards, repair, and head back out.<\/p>\n

Next up, I find a Rifter tucked into a complex. Good fight, good fight<\/a>, and then got an Incursus on the way back home.<\/p>\n

Not that any of these fights were easy (well, okay: the pod-kill was easy). All the real fights are close, heart-pounding things. Whether I’m solo or in a small gang of corp mates, someone<\/em> has to re-ship or repair when the smoke clears: that’s just how it works when you’re in a bunch of frigates: even if you win, you’re probably on fire.<\/p>\n

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Frigate Combat: I'm on fire? That just means I'll do more damage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m not good at this. I forget basic stuff in the middle of a fight. I burn out modules I desperately need, or forget to turn them on. Or I get out-piloted, pure and simple. Or I try to fight stuff I should really leave the hell alone<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Sometimes I get lucky.<\/p>\n

The pilots in my corp are pretty much same. <\/p>\n

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Sometimes we're in the zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like an eight on eight fight where we were outgunned, outshipped, took down all targets, and only lost a single frigate.<\/p>\n

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... and sometimes something that looks fine goes horribly wrong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even so, it’s been a pretty damn good month so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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