Hello fellow space-people.
I am now back in-game after a lengthy hiatus, and thought it might be nice to fire-up the ol' blog again. I think this is probably more for my own enjoyment of EVE rather than anything else. I like going back and reading about what I've been up to, and if anyone else enjoys doing the same then they are more than welcome.
The un-blogged era
The last post in this blog was back in 2012, but my last action in-game was late 2016. I'd returned in the usual fashion, after a friend had started playing again and was having a great time. 2016 was the year of the infamous 'This is EVE' and I have no doubt that it helped to bring me back to the game. I still get goosebumps when I watch that video - "OH MY GOD THAT'S A TITAN!" - love it.
However, my 2016 stint in EVE followed a familiar pattern. I logged in and immediately felt overwhelmed. Questions I'd asked many times in the past came back to me:
- What should I do?
- Where should I go?
- Why am I playing?
If you read through previous posts in this blog you'll be able to see the pattern.
Still, back in 2016 I was determined things would be different. I was going to try some new stuff, go to null-sec, not be so afraid to lose ships...
And I actually did all of those things. Exploration was the new thing I tried, and I liked it - it was something a bit different to just mining rocks all day or running missions. And I did it in null sec too! The first time I'd ever spent any real time there. And I also lost some ships.
My biggest and most painful loss was my Covert Ops Frigate packed full of exploration loot, around 600 million ISK worth. That was a lot of money to me, and it was quite difficult to watch it all go up in smoke.
I got caught in a gate camp trying to get my stuff back to high sec to sell. I'd never seen a gate camp before so had no real clue how to get out of one.
That loss sort of took the wind out of my sails a bit. I drifted around in the game for a while longer after that, but I was mostly back to playing skill queue online, and eventually just drifted away again.
Present day
Fast-forward to now and, honestly, I've no idea what's brought me back. I've been working from home a lot due to the pandemic, and EVE seemed like a good way to pass some time in the background on slightly quieter days. I'm currently taking things nice and slow whilst trying to get used to everything again.
So far I've done a little bit of exploration, wandered through a few wormholes, and spent a good couple of days consolidating all my assets. I've got a couple of thoughts in terms of what to do next, but I'll save those for another blog when things have become a little clearer.
For now, it's nice to be back. See you out there!
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