Talking in Stations

We take a closer look at Into the Abyss expansion that will arrive on May 29th. Elise Randalph returns to discuss recent events in sovereign space and the surrounding areas. Ashterothi and Bardghost Isu take us into the Abyssal space gameplay where they describe the real world experience.  Are they fast and fun? We’ll find out. Faction War makes an appearance as Caldari gain momentum against the Gallente.

It has been a week of heavy development in and around EVE Online.  Alliances in the north are faltering under attacks from the Goonswarm from the south. In the east, pressure on Drone Region Federation pushed them to retreat to just two regions Insmother and Cache. Opner Dresden from Mercenary Coalition fills us in on recent events. We catch up to Elise Randalph after his wonderful presentation on the history and lineage of Fleet Commanders in EVE. NoizyGamer talks about being backstage at Fanfest.

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Live coverage of the Battle of 9-4RP2. Fight between Northern Forces and The Imperium. Part 4 of 5

Recorded on Twitch/ImperiumNews, 1/23/2018, 11 hours total run time.

The New Eden Trading Company effort is over, and the structures have been given away to new owners – Fafer and Max Singularity. They (along with me) will form a league of City-State Sanctuaries (Freeported Keepstars). We also check in with Vily of TEST Alliance on their recent victories in war, and we end with a closer look at theory crafting with Pando, from Initiative.

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We meet Wind Spirits, a Chinese leader of Fraternity and the Winter Coalition – a coalition of Asian corporations. Jinn’Taan joins us as we explore the fascinating differences in culture between east and west.  Eastern players are paid real money to be fleet commanders and approach the game as athletes, while the western players rely heavily on the meta (out of game advantages) to win wars. Two very different approaches to EVE Online.

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We spend time with CCP Snowedin and CCP Zeotrope talking about the EVE API – and how only ESI will be supported after May 8th. This leads to a long and detailed discussion about the nature of EVE and its relationship to Modders and Third Party developers. How much information is too much? We conclude with a first-person perspective on a Jump Freighter loss and the memes that followed Matterall.

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Live coverage of the Battle of 9-4RP2. Fight between Northern Forces and The Imperium. Part 2 of 5

Recorded on Twitch/ImperiumNews, 1/23/2018, 11 hours total run time.

Live coverage of the Battle of 9-4RP2. Fight between Northern Forces and Imperium. Part 1 of 5

Recorded on Twitch/ImperiumNews, 1/23/2018, 11 hours total run time.

Dirk McGirk (Host – Open Comms show),

Thanks to Dirk Strauns for bookmarking the episode

This week we covered the exciting and plot-twisting fight in wormhole space, as Pos Party defends themselves against an eviction attempt by ShekelSquad and friends. The fighting has calmed, revealing over 500 billion ISK in damages so far. Guests from both sides offer views on the hostilities. A rare peek inside the exciting and complex realities of wormhole evictions.

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Burn Jita V is here and we’ll check in with FC Apple Pear to see how much damage is being done to commerce in the Jita Trade hub area. We’ll take a look at the historic schism of Get Off My Lawn Alliance with the current CEO Duncan Maclain, and review February updates and preview the March updates to EVE. Famed FC’s Mawderator and Jay Amazingness will help us analyze the changes. Finally a rare tirade from Matterall over the creative direction of EVE Online.

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