Ok, so since then I went on a 2 month business trip where I did not have internet access (I know, fucking nuts). While I was gone Cry Wolf did everything except disband. Upon returning I joined up with Repo. This was another lowsec piracy corporation. Some of the best people I've had the pleasure of flying with. It was shortly after I joined up with Repo. that I realized that lowsec piracy was beginning to get stale to me. I mean, I had been doing it for 3 years at this point. I had an insane efficiency in the month of February at 95% with 50 kills and most of those were in a solo dual TD Condor. I was doing pretty well with loot and earnings via piracy. Here's the problem with lowsec (FW lowsec in particular): The only real people to shoot at are faction warfare. If they aren't stabbed or cloaky then they will either run at the first hint of danger or they will just sit there and let you shoot them. Overall, I have found that they are some of the worst PvPers out there. I've met some damn good ones but the vast majority of them are pretty horrible. It gets boring really quickly.
So, I started to passively look for something else to do in EVE. It wasn't until I just made a post on Reddit that I may be looking for a new corp. Someone said that what he was doing may be a great fit for what I am looking to go do. He's a member of Dreddit of TEST Alliance. At first glance I wanted to just write him off as large scale alliance fleet battles are typically boring as hell (read: orbit anchor, target what FC calls, shoot when FC says so... rinse and repeat until you either die or the fight is over). However, he explained to me that they were a squad that was forward deployed and they were heading out in smaller gangs messing with FA and Goonswarm. Hotdropping bombers on ratting carriers, camping their undock, taking out small gangs and owning FA... no real SOV to worry about. They live in NPC space for that matter. Well, now isn't it starting to sound more and more enticing. Not only that if I want to go out solo, it's no problem because there are targets surrounding us! BOOM! I'm in... sign me up. I went through the process of applying to Dreddit. Because he recommended me (Jeebus knows I am not a terribly active Reddit poster) I was accepted to Dreddit. I went and purchased a shipment of stuff and then hopped into a Purifier and started my trek out there.
Now, since then (and it has been less than a week) I have found out a couple things. Nullsec is vastly different from lowsec. I am having a hard time adjusting to it. But this is what makes the game so damn great. I am finally being challenged again! I have lost countless stealth bombers in attempts to do solo roams. I've also lost a few Enyos as well. The only kill I've had in nullsec since joining up was a Noctis that I found. I promptly lost that Enyo to a Talos that came to kill me. I wasn't doing too horribly against him in the Enyo but I made a couple of mistakes in the fight. The final nail in the coffin was the Cynabal. When he came in and started shooting at me, I was done. A ton of fun though. I love it that what I am doing is having more of a bearing on the game than killing mindless (and sometimes fit less) faction warfare tards.
On a side note, the squad in TEST that I joined up with has pestered FA enough that they are now "hellcamping" our station. I find it to be hilarious to be honest. However, that is all I really have for now. I will definitely try to remember to post more often, especially when cool stuff happens in the game. Oh, and be warned right now. This will not be an EVE exclusive blog. I am patiently waiting to get back home from this business trip to play Bioshock Infinite! That game just looks amazing, so (again) if I actually remember to make this a regular thing then there will be some other stuff in there as well.
Wish me luck on getting nullsec figured out!
For your enjoyment:
-Pug
Good luck with your blogging.
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