Inferno Escalation Test Server Changes
Posted: 2012-04-12 Filed under: eveonline, industry, market, ships | Tags: bomber, deadspace, drone region, engine trails, etherium reach, ewar, faction, hud, market, officer, overview, sisi, titan 7 CommentsBuild 362741 has been pushed to the test server, with a branch name of Tranquility. I will attempt to keep a list of changes here so bookmark this post.
Preliminary Size: 306 MB
Launcher update to 1.202
I was prompted for a DirectX install after the Launcher updated.
[Update April 12 13:12]
CCP Goliath non-comprehensive feature list post.
Team Five-0
Security status of drone regions has been rebalanced
Rogue drones no longer drop loot, but have bounties
Incursion site rebalancing
Behind-the-scenes work on aggression flagging, killmails, etc.
Loot-rights UI – container colouring should be more consistent when owners log off/jump/dock
Current iteration of titan changesTeam Gridlock
New file format for objects, with faster loading timesTeam Avatar
Buff bar notification panel implemented beside HUD
Chat channels can now be locally cleared and the MOTD reloaded
Your own market orders can now be highlighted. To enable this, a setting checkbox needs to be checked in the market settings tab. The orders marked as yours have “modify order” option added to their menu
Quickbar entries can have text added to them
Your active ship will no longer show as available in Contracts
Deselect/Select all function added when arranging items in contracts
There is now a “Client” submenu in the transaction logs
A few improvements have been made to the quickbar in the market. Now items can be dropped on the quickbar tab, it’s possible to multiselect items in the quickbar, items in the quickbar can be “copied” over to another folder by CTRL dragging them to the folder, and now asset items can be added to the quickbar.
There is a new hairstyle available for female characters.
The ‘Pose’ icons within character creation and re-customization now display a clearer representation of the actual pose.
The “leaf” groups in the market can now be collapsed like all the other groups.
The most common user interface elements used to represent players can now be dragged over to various edit fields to add the characters name.
‘Select Station’ window for remote market orders now has 2 columns, station name and number jumps, and it’s possible to sort the list by either one of columns
Entries in most table like scrolls can be copied with CTRL+c. If entries are selected, only those will be copied, but if nothing is selected and the focus is on the scroll, all the entries are copied.
Hints that only repeated the text in the scroll entry been removed.
There is now a right click option on the group/category trace in market details which allows you to find that group in the browse tabTeam Superfriends
Market now shows Faction/Officer/Deadspace loot
Confirmed Changes
1. Officer/Deadspace/Faction on Market
2. Stealth Bomber V3 Update
Not on Test server yet.
3. Drone Rat Bounties
Drone Queen 1.85 M
Patriach 1.55 M
Drone Creator 1.4 M
Drone Ruler 1.25 M
Drone Controller 500k
Domination Drone 950k
Spearhead Drone 800k
Swarm Preserver 650k
Exterminator Drone 225k
Viral Infector 80k
Disintegrator 95k
Defeator 185k
Atomizer 110k
Violator 87.5k
Strain Splinter 25.5k
Crippler 195k
Striker Drone 205k
Nuker 117.5k
Siege Drone 215k
Dismantler 22.5k
Marauder 21k
Barracuda 13k
Devilfish 12k
Kalestra Cable link
4. Status Effects Notification Panel
Note: Remote Armor/Shield/Hull/Energy do not show up. Only E-war at this time.
Due to resource constraints we did a minimal implementation that is mean to be iterated on based on your feedback. Currently it is only tracking negative effects directed against you (debuffs). The plan is to include more things if this goes well and include assist modules and possibly even damage dealt to you.
The immediate goal is to make aggression against you visible and help you react to those that do. There is a lot we want to do more and we have scheduled time to iterate on this so please keep the comments coming
CCP Frellicus link
Additionally you can right click on the effect and get options for that pilot.
5. Text Trail-off Shading on Overview
It’s intentional and not… the fading is intentional, but it was not really supposed to go out in Escalation but Inferno and the change has been reverted for now. So soon you will see it change back to the way it’s on TQ.
CCP karkur link
FYI: This topic is being discussed by our UI designers and it seems like the amount of fading will be reduced a bit to avoid reducing the displayed information.
CCP Habakuk link
6. Rumored Drake Rebalance
No change.
7. Missile Launchers
Not on Test server yet.
8. Reload MOTD and Clear options on Chat channels
9. Drone Region Security Status Adjustment
Details in Carebearing 2.0 Devblog.
…worked out on by how close your are to empire, here is a sample of them
Kalestra Cable link
Etherium Reach got hit particularly hard because it was one of the best truesec regions in the game (-0.60 vs -0.64 for The Spire and Perrigen Falls, and just behind Deklein at -0.61, with the next-nearest non-drone region being Branch at -0.51), despite having a direct connection to Empire. It doesn’t have a hisec connection, so it’s more of a Tribute than a Pure Blind, but that’s balanced to some degree by having a connection to both Molden Heath and The Forge. It got the biggest adjustment because its sec values were the most out of line from what you’d expect anywhere else in EVE.
CCP Greyscale link further clarification
10. Engine Trail Consistency
Deimos now has blue trails.
11. Titan Adjustments
Current / Proposed
12. Market Order Highlighting
CCP karkur has confimed that this will be in soon(tm).
“Hmmm… no, the option is not there. It was checked in very recently and was integrated later. You should see it soon :P”
link
Looks like this made it into build 360692:
Looks a little rough. The highlight is a bar around your order. No editing done to the image below, just a crop.
Looks like there will be a change coming:
2012-04-16 Updated:
13. Bug Reporting Bug
…there was a bug in the SSL initialization that made the client lock up for 30 seconds or so. It’s been fixed so now you can bug report like the wind 🙂
CCP Explorer link
14. Contract Select
New buttons for Select All / Deselect All.
15. Rename Quickbar Item
16. Incursion Balancing
Yes, but I need to get more details on this.
Update: Find something new? Comment here or @k162space on twitter.
The ‘Maelstrom Hour’ Unit
Posted: 2012-04-05 Filed under: eveonline | Tags: branch, dominion, hp, maelstrom, sov, tenal 3 CommentsRaiden. has stood down in Tenal and the CFC is currently working through structure grinding in order to conquer it. According to my intel channels, Tenal will be back in RAZOR Alliance‘s hands in 2 weeks.
I find the current Tenal situation reminicent of the CFC Branch campaign. After a few major battles, White Noise. stood down and the only thing left to do was to structure grind. Hundreds of Maelstroms and Supers were used to blob and grind.
In order to express the magnitude of work that needed to be done, a unit of measurement was coined.
Maelstrom Hour – noun.
The amount of damage a T2 gun, perfect skill, and always in optimal Maelstrom produces in an hour.
20 Billion HPs were required to conquer Branch, which comes out to about 7,407 Maelstrom Hours. Given an average fleet size of 100 Maelstroms, that equals 148 hours of fleet time — or over 6 days of non-stop shooting (credit for this post goes to Lake on Kugutsumen.com for the research).
With sovereignty being looked at in the upcoming expansions, there cannot be more higher HP structures. The answer to this mechanic has always been n+1, bring more of the things.
What are the alternatives?
I’m not an expert on Dominion-style sovereignty warfare so any links to constructive threads would be welcome.
Journey to 100B ISK
Posted: 2012-04-04 Filed under: industry, market | Tags: arkonor, ishtar, maelstrom, market, megacyte, noctis, profit, rigs, trade, trimark 4 CommentsVisions of power come in many forms in the Eve universe. Some people aspire for political wealth and the ability to spin the wheels of war with a few verbal orders. Others find power in numbers, the blinking of a wallet ever increasing towards a higher value.
I have always identified with the industry people, who wish to put disparate pieces together to create something grand. Ammo to Jump Freighters — I’ve built them all and have quite the journey.
In March of this year, I hit a new milestone as I saw my net value pass 100B for the first time.
Carebear Stare
As I reflect, I find the notion that I once held of an Iteron V being a masterful machine to be almost comical. Powerful Mining lasers from a Navitas frigate don’t seem to bring me the same thrill as before.
Now I am playing with what I consider to be the real industry and market people, who shift prices en mass and send ripples down the chain. I can now fund large conflicts and build something from nothing.
For one individual, vocal clout on comms provides wealth. For me, the work I am doing to drive conflict with money is far more entertaining.
The Vast Unknown
All journeys start with a decision that drives change. In 2008, fresh to the space opera, I found myself making small amounts of gains in highsec and eager for larger things. One day a corpmate approached me and lured me into unknown space with the promise of riches.
The introduction of wormhole space brought new fields of ABC ores to the galaxy. As my wormhole corporation climbed up the class ladder from a C3 into a C6, we grew in mining, production, and salvage efficiency.
In early 2009, the number of roaming gangs and gankers was drastically smaller than the current numbers. We would often mine for hours without seeing another incoming connection forming. The field was new and full of new mechanics that are drastically different than aged nullsec.
We used newly discovered mechanics to keep ourselves isolated. Knowing that not warping to an outgoing connection will keep it despawned, helped keep our isolation from neighbors. When we saw a new signature from a nosy neighbor, we used the mass of our carriers and battleships to collapse the connection.
Isolation kept the Arkonor flowing and with each jetcan worth 14M ISK, our wallets fattened. We purchased carriers, a Rorqual, battleships, and funded second or third characters.
Clicking on Planets
Liquid ISK, which was created by piles of Megacyte mined in wormshole space, gave me the capital for my next venture.
I speculated heavily on the PI market before the Tyrannis patch. When NPC orders were removed, it paid off. I put 10B into NPC items such as robotics, construction blocks, coolant, and mechanical parts. As the prices peaked, I sold off the stock pushing my net worth up to 20/25B.
Market Epiphany
Another breakthrough came when I took up missioning as a side interest.
Running L4 missions.
Hmm, I need ammo and to rig this Dominix.
Hmm, why are rigs 3M more than Jita.
Hmm. Hmm. *click*
I should stock this mission hub.
Major Performers
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Playing with Large CCC’s in major market hubs was my first journey into market PVP. I was able to 0.01 competitors out of the market and slowly saw the number of people competing with me in mission hubs go from 15 to maybe 5 or 6. I don’t have exact numbers, but this is my guesstimate based on the aggression of 0.01’ing. |
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These are the core rigs as I call them. Almost all ships will be rigged with a Trimark, CCC, or a Field Extender.As you can see, the price of them has fallen. The introduction of the Noctis has pushed rig prices down over the past year. Sadly, my profits on these items have been shrinking in line with the rig prices. |
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Salvage all the things! The Noctis was a huge seller for me and continues to be a powerful performer.I find that with new ship introductions, especially when the fulfill a role better than their predecessor, there is a huge amount of profit to be made. The Noctis replaced the salvage Destroyer for many people. |
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To my surprise the Ishtar has been a high performer. Despite not seeing these as standard nullsec doctrine ships, they sell well both in nullsec and in mission hubs. The Ishtar fills the role of your semi-AFK mission/belt ratter. |
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As lag remained a constant in Eve, the sheer power of an initial barrage of ammo from Maelstrom cannons took hold.In 2011 the standard T2 Alpha Maelstrom was a hot item. I have sold my BPO and reduced my involvement with battleships, mainly due to the fluctuating mineral market, yet the Alpha Maelstrom still remains a standard nullsec ship. |
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When people buy Capital ships in lowsec, they often want to fit their ship with a few modules. If you produce capitals in lowsec, be sure to stock the same station with common modules such as Armor Repair, Remote Armor, Remote Energy, Shield Transfers, and racial fuel. Also stock plenty of Cap Recharge and Power Relay modules as many people go for a travel fit out of their purchasing system. |
Advice
Close Jita local and pretend it does not exist.
Expansions breed change. Pay attention to leaked patch notes, and review for manipulation attempts. If there is a change to loot drops proposed, get on the test server and figure out the refine value or use the static data set that CCP provides.
Stay away from the Official Eve Online forums, especially for market information. The reliability and quality of information is far too low.
Put on your tinfoil hat and join the r/eve and kugutsumen.com communities.
Read, read, read, use Excel or another tool, read, and read.
Take a risk and do something that you have never done before. Some of the most important trade data or inspiration has come out of new aspects of the game that I have never attempted before such as large 500 person fleet fights, mission running, or Incursions.
Jita Implant Manipulation
Posted: 2012-04-04 Filed under: eveonline, market | Tags: basic, cybernetic, implant, memory, neural, ocular, social, standard 2 CommentsSome trader or group of traders have been driving up the cost of implants in Jita. All 5 implant types (Cybernetic, Memory, Neural, Ocular, and Social) for all three tiers (Basic, Standard, and Improved) have been heavily manipulated since the weekend.
If you look at the price history, it seems that a lot of people have noticed and are trying to hold out. No movement was recorded for April 03 across the board for all 5 implant types AND for all three tiers. Wow, this upward pressure takes some serious capital and diligence.
Across the board, the trend is quite visible. Right now there are only 31 Memory Basic implants on the Jita market at 13.89 M.
I wonder how long this attempt will last as implants are easy to acquire from LP.
K162 Trade Index
Posted: 2012-04-02 Filed under: market | Tags: index, m3, profit, sql, trade 1 CommentAs a trader you continually ask yourself, what are the best items that I need to be working with?
This is a hard question to answer as there are many ways of using statistics to derive an answer. A common method is to use weights on criteria to come up with an index. The better this number, the better the item performs.
My trading partner James and I put weight on an items total profit, profit per transaction, profit per item, volume, opportunity cost. We have 35,852 transactions dating back to October of 2010, but I wanted a current snapshot of my trading performance so we limited the interval to 3 months of history.
$sql = ('SELECT SUM(wallet.quantity) as totalQuantity, invTypes.volume, wallet.typeName, wallet.typeID,
(SUM(wallet.profit) / 100000000) +
(AVG(wallet.profit) / 100000000) +
((SUM(wallet.profit) / SUM(wallet.quantity)) / 40000000) +
((SUM(wallet.profit) / (SUM(wallet.quantity) * invTypes.volume)) / 1000000) -
(((SUM(wallet.price) - SUM(wallet.profit)) / SUM(wallet.quantity)) / 500000000)
as ticketWeight
FROM wallet
JOIN invTypes ON (wallet.typeID = invTypes.typeID)
WHERE wallet.transactionDateTime > DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 120 DAY)
AND transactionType = "sell"
GROUP BY wallet.typeID
ORDER BY ticketWeight DESC');
We’re open to critiques of our method, as this is our first attempt to come up with more intelligence beyond ‘what items have the most profit on average per time period’.
K162 2012 Q1 Trade Index 50
Note that PLEX is very over-weighted due to its extremely small size (0.01 m3). We are not currently eliminating outliers.
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