I logged into Eve and chatted with Solomon earlier. It was entertaining and informative. I appreciate the warm reception I received, though understand as a former CFC person I'm a bit suspicious
My in-game persona is Oshri Paliako ( http://eveboard.com/pilot/Oshri_Paliako ) and I have a couple of alts who mission, sometimes try to build things, try to sell said things for profit, usually fail at this, and go back out to mission. I started playing Eve with no clue what to do, and this has continued pretty much up to the present where I still find a way to lose ships with incredible lack of skill. I play for fun and laughs, and leave space politics up to those who would rather rant on websites and blogs as opposed to actually logging in and playing the game. So while I was a member of the Bastion, I couldn't give two figs about the CFC/Imperium and their power plays. I've never scammed anyone out of isk, shot an adorable new bro (outside of appropriate arenas - FW etc), or kicked a kitten.
I was lucky enough in Eve to find a fun group to roam with at first and followed those guys around. From small gang roams, to Faction Warfare, to a confusing time in null (I think we were part of L3? N3? Eh, something with a 3), into some carebearing in a couple of alt corps, back to null with the Bastion (Dead's Prostitutes being the corp), back to carebearing, and then back to Faction Warfare. I always stuck with the same few guys. That said, those dudes have all quit playing Eve and the one left is off blopsing things, which doesn't sound like much fun. As such, I started looking for other places to play while keeping in contact with the old bro (and hoping a few others come back).
I'm currently looking for a chill group to fleet up with and shoot at other guys who hopefully shoot back. I don't care if I lose ships, don't rage quit if my tristan (or whatever) disappears in a cloud of space dust, and I let the powers-that-be worry about who the bad guys are today. I don't mind coalition or alliance sized ops, but prefer small gangs to sitting in station with 150 others waiting for that perfect fleet comp for 3 hours just to decide we won't undock because 'reasons.'
I can fly all races up to cruisers at V and can fly all races BC and BS (up to V is in queue), Minmatar BC and BS to V, I have logi V and am happy to try to repair you, I can fly a Sleipnir, have Recon to IV with V in queue, I have all turrets except Lg Energy Turrets to V (it is next in queue after a few missile support skills), missiles from rockets to heavy to HAM at V (cruise is a IV), Gunnery support skills at V, most EWAR skills trained, Missile support skills are at IV/V, I can fly bombers, T3Ds, a tengu, Minmatar marauder, a Panther for all your blops needs, command destroyers, interceptors, and most things smaller than a carrier. Allegedly I can fly a Minmatar bubble maker thing but have never actually tried to bubble anyone. (and as you can see my memory is terrible as I can't even remember what it is called...Sabre? That sounds right.)
Outside of Eve I played WoW up until Pandas. I also play other 3rd person games. First person games make me all kinds of motion sick. Lately I have played the Witcher 3, Skyrim, Fallout, some Diablo-like game my wife bought off Steam, and I reminisce about days when sports games were fun (Madden '98 best Madden). My wife plays Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Diablo, and most Japanese RPGs and tries to convince me that storylines matter. I smile and pretend that the story is more than filler between fights
I'm in my early 40s, work for the government, used to be in the Army, am a fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, eat too much, and am terrible at picking winning lottery numbers.
Feel free to ask questions or just say "GrrrGoons" to your hearts content.
Fly safely and carry a big turret.
Jon
