The New Edener

Umokka System, Lonetrek Region, New Eden. Day 23219

I’m hovering 95 m from the Acceleration Gate; for a moment, I’m lost in the steady comfort of the dull vibration emanating through the ship from the raw power the Gate is holding in reserve until I push the button. Only I’m not pushing it yet. According to the agent who gave me this gig… what’s his name… Oksarko… eh, I never remember. The joke is as long as you’d know it if you saw it, why bother to remember it? Anyway let’s see the guy says it’s pirates – figured that much – Serpentis – don’t run into those that often, but they’re probably frackin’ stupid… Kinetic damage probably… I think I’m ready. I take one last look at the console. I run the numbers on shield hp’s I can sustain before they start scratching my paint. I check the capacitor levels; run a couple of virtual scenarios through to assure me I’ll be cap stable. I take a look at the launchers, the damage per second values assure me I’m firmly capable of unleashing hell when I need to. I push the button.

I don’t feel much as the gate bends the fabric of space and time preparing to throw me into deadspace, but I suddenly remember something I should’ve thought about before. The agent said this was a routine patrol; however, I’m suddenly remembering the name they gave this mission on his datapad… Maybe it’s just me, but there’s nothing routine sounding about “Massive Attack”.

Fuckin’ Agents…

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I just figured I’d put up a quick post detailing some of the things I am current working on for you guys. I’ve been insanely busy as of late, so I apologize for the lack of activity on the Edener, but fear not, we are still here and stronger than ever!

We have several new articles / guides in the works:

1. Probing: How to
2. Wormholes!
3. PvP Fittings
4. Speed Tanks

Check back in the coming days for this new, EXCITING content! As always, thanks for reading.

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I’ve had this stored away in an obscure folder on my desktop for a few weeks now, and I just now re-stumbled upon it (sorry).  This new version was created by one of our readers, Chainer Cygnus.

Features

• Total mineral m3 calculated
• Will tell you how many trips it will take you in any number of industrial ships

Downloads

• Compatibility Version - Click Here

Thank you to Chainer Cygnus for this excellent update!

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Welcome to the eighth installment of the EVE Blog Banter , the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed here . Check out otherEVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

This month’s topic comes to us from me, Ga’len at The Wandering Druid of Tranquility.  He asks: “What new game mechanic or mechanics would you like to see created and brought into the EVE Online universe and how would this be incorporated into the current game universe?  Be specific and give details, this is not meant to be a ‘nerf this, boost my game play’ post like we see on the EVE forums.”

Well, this is the Edener’s very first EVE Blog Banter. We plan on participating every month from this point forward! Click read more to read the entire article.

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Sorry everybody, I have been extremely busy as of late, and unfortunately, have had to turn a blind eye to the Edener. Fret not! I’m back, with a new feature I’ve been trying to roll out for a while now: player classifieds.

If you look to our sidebar, you will now see a box with several classified slots. If you sign up for our classifieds program, you will be able to place a 125×125 image in one of those spaces for a predetermined amount of timing.

Pricing and rules can be found here.

Goldraptor Site News classifieds, features, site updates

Well, maybe it is…

I don’t know…

See, Eve was my first one of these games, so I don’t know what WoW was like or what the pros and cons were or why everybody seems to think eve is better.

Here’s what I do know…  I’ve played EvE enough to “get it”.   When I frst started in my Batam in Empire Space, moving all the way up to an actual Cruiser, I was amazed at the level of support I received from other people in the help channel.

One memorable moment was when they suggested I get a Destroyer to salvage behind me but I couldn’t afford a Destroyer — 2 separate people sent me enough ISK to pay for 4 destroyers.   I tried to give it back… they said no.   Give it to someone who needs it once you get established.

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Skills. You need them to do anything and everything in EVE. But what are they? Which should you train? Read on for an introduction to skills.

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So I decided to embark on an adventure to learn how to skin / theme / whatever you want to call it, Wordpress and develop a new, unique theme that suites the New Edener, exclusively. I tried to pull in as many EVE elements as possible, anyway, heres a quick preview, remember, this is still a prototype!

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Just an update on the classifieds I posted about a few days ago. I have been working on a custom theme / script to display a number of classifieds on the Edener homepage. This theme (should) be ready in about a week’s time or so.

This service will allow you to place an ad for whatever you want, really, as long as it is EVE related. You can advertise your in game business, a blog, your EVE related website, anything you want. Pricing will be done in ISK, and the prices should be affordable for just about anybody.

Pricing:

1 Week: 3,000,000 ISK

2 Weeks: 5,000,000 ISK

3 Weeks: 8,000,000 ISK

1 Month: 10,000,000 ISK

* Prices updated May 17th

Details

What does this get you exactly? With the new revision of the Edener will come a brand new script on the sidebar of the website. It will cycle through a list of ad’s that people have paid for to be displayed on the Edener. You will be able to place an ad on this list, to be rotated through for each page view.

In addition to this script on the front page, there will also be a classifieds page listing all of the classifieds currently in our database.

The Edener currently gets between 400 - 1000 views a day, I have seen the numbers go even higher on big release days.

Earn yourself some publicity, get your in game business rockin’, advertise on the Edener!

If you are interested in placing a classified on the Edener, you can send an email to the staff at: thenewedener@gmail.com with the subject line reading “Classifieds”.

Opening Special

To get things rolling here, I will be offering all classified placement for 50% off. This special will last 1 week from today.

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But the call of profit beckons. Beads of sweat would of eventually evaporated to form a fine coat of mist on the windshield peering out into the deep black. But for the mere fact I’m encased in some sort of hydrostatic bio-goop dreamed up by Jovian eggheads while tubes and wires intertwine themselves into my flesh. The POD’s sensors do not itch my nerve endings the way they did the first few months and my consciousness extends past my corporeal extremities as I’ve become one with the POD.

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Hell and Gone, Amarr Space, New Eden.  Day 23201

My current location in New Eden is in Empire Space.   Coordinates are x-one long series of numbers, y- more of the same and z-more of the same.   The coordinates calculate into a long fucking way from home.   Add to that the fact that I’m out here in a cruiser mining, vs. back home in the Raven blowing shit up and you’ve just joined me on what you could safely say is not an average day.

Can I just say that unless you’re an Amarr, Kernite is one bitch of a mineral to find?   That, by the way, is a fact FULLY reflected in its selling price on the market.

Personally, and if you’re in mining or production don’t take this the wrong way, I don’t give two shits about Kernite.   But the state of Caldari does, and having shown up on their radar somehow through my normal line of work, they promised me they’d look favorably upon me if I could help them out….

Never one to turn down a chance to gain standings with the State, I am now 29 freakin’ jumps from home, trying to get not just a hold full of Kernite, but an entire hauler full of Kernite.   Work through those logistics yet?   If I repackage the Cruiser to have the Hauler bring it down, I lose the insurance on the Cruiser.   So I had to load a shuttle in the Hold of the Hauler, bring it down, take the Shuttle back, grab the Mining Cruiser (she’s an Osprey), load her hold with the Shuttle, just in case, and 29 more jumps before I can begin to start firing at roids.

Eventually I’ll have to do something similar to get it all back, and in the end, I can expect a smart ass comment from the Caldari State Agent, 100,000 ISK, and maybe I’ll get a million ISK implant I can’t use.  As for the official standings?   Maybe a .01 standing increase.  

This is the life of the Capsuleer… real edge of your seat type stuff I’m into…

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Although I had to snip a few of the less important features, the next version of our ore calculator sheet is now available, features & links below.

• Web integration - Sheet will pull information directly from mineral resource indexes.
• Skill integration - The sheet will now accept skill input and automatically calculate your new yield.
• Variables - The sheet will now accommodate a variety of variables, including the efficiency of a facility and the tax rate.
• Stats - A new box as been added that will show you a number of things:
  • True Yield (Hold <ore> Processing)
  • Perfect Yield Deviation
• Revamped Interface - The interface is now stupidly easy to understand, all the input areas are on one sheet, you can no longer break the sheet!

Downloads

• Regular Version (Requires latest Excel) - Download
• Compatibility Version (Works with Excel 2007+) - Download

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Okay, so were going to revamp this whole contest business. We are going to up the 1st place prize to 50,000,000 ISK. Read below for details!

• Objective: Write the best article / guide / news story, whatever, to be published on the Edener.
• Prizes:
  • First Place: 50,000,000 ISK and a two month classified on the Edener.
  • Second Place: 25,000,000 ISK and a one month classified on the Edener.
  • Third Prize: 10,000,000 ISK and a one month classified on the Edener.
• Rules & Stuff
  • The piece must be EVE related. It must be your original work.
  • Winners will be determined by a vote on the date specified below.
• Dates
  • Start: Today
  • End: Next Friday - May 22nd

Get some free ISK and get your name on the map! You can send all entries to:

thenewedener@gmail.com

Be sure to include your in game character name in the email or we won’t be able to give you your prize money should you win!

We look forward to getting some great entries in!

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After several weeks of successful operation, several guest articles, and a plethora of articles guides and fan fiction, the Edener is looking to expand even further!

The management here at the Edener are looking at installing and hosting forums for the EVE community. Would you be interested in using said forums should we decide to post them? Give us your opinion, comment on this story!

Look for these updates in the coming days / weeks:

• Cleaner Layout
• Forums*
• Classifieds for in game businesses
• An in game version of the Edener

As always, we are looking for further involvement from the community. If you’re interested in writing anything for the Edener, please contact us at:

thenewedener@gmail.com

We have grown a lot thanks to our readers and fellow bloggers. The Edener management greatly appreciates everybody’s efforts in helping us grow.

We look forward to continuing to serve the EVE community.

-Goldraptor & The Edener Management

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Player Owned Structures are highly desirable, highly profitable investments. But, for the new player putting up his or her first POS can be a rather confusing operation. Read on to get step by step instructions to help you put up your very own POS.

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Goldraptor Tutorials pos, pos guide

I’ve set up a page for us on the popular social networking site - Facebook. Link below.

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-New-Edener/91235714461

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When I first started playing EVE the tutorials were not very helpful, as a result, there were a lot of tips, tricks, odds and ends that I didn’t discover until I had been playing. Now, I haven’t done the new tutorials, so I’m not sure if these things are covered now or not. Regardless, here are the top 5 tips and tricks I’ve used in EVE. Read more…

Goldraptor Raves and Rants, Tutorials hints, tips, tricks

As the Raven passed past the distant star, a halo appeared around it, illuminating the ship, it was spectacular, inspirational even. A second Raven flew by, a third, a forth, and more. The famous Third Caldari Fleet was moving into position to spring a trap on a massive Gallente troop movement. Boy, they were in for the surprise of their lives…

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Ikami System, The Forge Region, New Eden. Day 23235

Gator eyes me carefully before taking a long pull off his Quafe. I meet his gaze briefly before turning back to stirring my own drink – something a little stronger than Quafe. He probably figures I’m still amped on boosters… if so, he’s probably right.

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I have been playing eve on and off for a few years now. Since 2003 to be exact.

It started back in the day simply as my first MMO. I saw the retail box and simply fell in love.

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Money is power in EVE, as I’m sure you all have figured out by now, so really, your most important asset in this game is your ISK generator. Your ISK generator is the ship, station, blueprint, structure or whatever it may be that provides the majority of your income. Most things require that you actually play to make ISK, but what if you could make ISK while you slept at night, while you worked, while you went for a jog? Well, you can. Its called manufacturing and it’s how I became rich.

So, how do you do it? How can you become a manufacturing mogul? Well read on and I’ll tell you how I did it.

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Do you have an in game business? An EVE related website? A love message for your CEO? Well, now you can have thousands of people see it daily for nothing but ISK.

The Eden management team is working on a new classified-esque page that players can rent space on to do with, well, whatever you want really. Advertisements, messages, pictures, whatever you want, as long as its EVE related.

Get yourself some publicity and help the Edener grow!

If you would be interested in something like this, please send an email to thenewedener@gmail.com with the subject of Advertising. If we have enough interest, we will begin to put the ads up early next week, if not, well, then we won’t!

More information to come if enough people are interested.

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Being rather unsatisfied with the lack of features on the initial version of this sheet, I’ve put the second revision of the sheet on the fast track. Features below!

Features

• Web integration - Sheet will pull information directly from mineral resource indexes.
• Skill integration - The sheet will now accept skill input and automatically calculate your new yield.
• Variables - The sheet will now accommodate a variety of variables, including the efficiency of a facility and the tax rate.
• Stats - A new box as been added that will show you a number of things:
  • True Yield (Hold <ore> Processing)
  • Perfect Yield Deviation
  • Waste Factor - How many minerals would be wasted?
  • Mineral m^3
  • Ore m^3
• Individual Ore Values - How much is the veldspar worth by its self? You can find out!
• Revamped Interface - The interface is now stupidly easy to understand, all the input areas are on one sheet, you can no longer break the sheet!

I’m really aiming for 100% ease of use here. I’ve looked at a number of other sheets and they all appear to be overly complicated, this sheet is not like the rest. Everything is simple, nothing terribly fancy. Its lite, its easy to use.

I would expect to see this sheet finished mid-late week, probably around Thursday or Friday.

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The CNR or Raven Navy Issue is typically the ship of choice for anybody who is serious about running level 4’s. Below is one of the most popular and effective loadout’s I’ve ever used. I’ve included a cheapo version as well as the higher end “deluxe” version.

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I’m not going to say I haven’t been lucky. I’m sure a lot of people would trade places with me. I’m just saying there’s a big difference between the romantic notion the average citizen has of what it is to be a “Capsuleer” – charting your own course through space and time in some of the most sophisticated ships to roam New Eden, and the reality you face after they tell you that in order to do this job, you’ve got to have your body fitted with all the hardware necessary to wire you into the pod; your mind put through enough modifications that you don’t even know if you’re still you by the time the tests are finished, the probes and implants are fitted and you first make the connection that they’ve not so much made you a pilot of a ship, but instead… a part of it.

But, yeah, you’re right… I’m rich, I’m (they tell me) the next best thing to immortal, and I fly one of the meanest ships in Caldari space, so, I can probably keep doing this for a little longer… if I still have a soul, I doubt it’ll mind.

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