As long-time readers already know, I’ve been gone from EVE-Online for a good six months at least. I took my leave after the siege of Deklein was pretty much won (there were just a couple of IRON towers left in a couple of systems, but it was as good as over). This was before the Quantum Rise expansion hit and changed almost every game mechanic I built my solo and small group strategies around.

My ‘Hurrycane’ (fit mostly stolen from flashfresh) doesn’t work anymore, my Stabber Fleet Issue is about 2km/sec slower, the Rapier isn’t quite as scary… the only thing that still seems to work exactly as before (if not better) is my old Wolf fit. Once upon a time, AFs were considered absolutely useless by the majority of the playerbase, particularly the Retribution with its single mid slot. The Wolf wasn’t highly regarded, either, as it has only two mid slots and couldn’t really be made to go fast. The lack of speed especially had many people considering it to be inferior to the Rifter, its Tech 1 counterpart! But now, my old fit is considered a cookie-cutter build and the ship is widely feared – go figure.

So, in addition to largely re-learning PvP, I’m also in the process of starting a new RP-themed corporation. I apologize for the infrequency of blog updates right now, but my free time is kinda occupied. I’ll try to have something interesting to read up here in the next couple of days – hopefully it’ll be good news!

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