The Angry Raider

The past couple of days in EVE have been quite exciting. I left the dead corporation I was in and joined The Greater Goon (also known as Groon). I had originally planned to join GoonFleet but I started feeling like I’d just disappear in their ranks, and they can be pretty rough on inexperienced players. Groon is just as bitchy but more accepting of new players, even encouraging them to get blow’d up as much as possible using the corp’s Rifters.

I’ve liked EVE since the day I first played it, but I’ve always felt like it was a relationship going nowhere. With this game, it is absolutely vital to make friends or find a corp to do stuff with. It changes everything.

Meanwhile, I finally built up enough standing to do the lowbie Sisters of Eve epic mission arc, which is pretty fun. I’m doing it all in my Kestrel, and with my missile skills as high they are, I one-shot everything. Someday I’ll have a challenging mission, but it won’t be with these Level I agents.

Speaking of missiles, my Manticore fitting is 99% done. I just have to finish training Cloaking IV and I’m good to go. I need to start mentally preparing myself to lose the Manti. Groon likes to tackle, and we use a lot of cheap frigates to do so. The Manti was 20m, which isn’t particularly cheap, but it’s also not a tackler. I’ll likely park it in our 0.0 HQ and bring it out when we assault stations and battleships.

I’m going on my first PVP op tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it goes.