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OK, this is the op thread, sign up here for the next frigate club op on March 1st, starting in Dital at 20:00 Eve Time.  Set your clone to Naeel, 2 jumps from Dital (Thanks Ajax).

The Big Picture

Following, erm, widespread consultation, this one will be a bit of a combination of experiences, to give people a bit of a taste for 0.0 life.  We'll try some gatecamping, then we'll do a roam through 0.0 space, hunting targets in association with the local defence forces.  At the end, if people want, we can swap into disposable ships and go to Delve to see the warzones (if we get that far), so people can say that they were in Delve uring the great war (getting shot by both sides).

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Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Schedule

For the gatecamp, feel free to bring bigger ships if you like: obviously don't fly anything in PvP that you're not prepared to lose, but this will not be a suicide op, and we will aim to stay alive and fighting.  This is a much safer way of waging war than normal (cue party wipe).

First we will move between 2 or 3 gates on the border between highsec and 0.0, camping each.  We will be fairly close to the jumping-off point, so people turning up late will be able to join in easily.  I have one or two dictor pilots signed up already, so we should be able to do the gatecamping properly.

After that phase, people who want to swap into their throwaway ships can do so, since we'll be within a few minutes of Dital.  We'll then head into deep Providence or Catch, have a ten-minute break at a staging POS for those who need it (or who have never seen a POS), then roam through 0.0 space, using the local defence channels to find reds to shoot.  You can never be sure when hunting humans instead of NPCs, but our chances of finding a suitable fight this way are much higher than random roaming.

Finally, if there is the interest, I'll try and get us as close to Delve as possible, either through Catch or Aridia, depending on the time.  There is a pretty good chance of success, and if anyone wants they can then take a screenie of themselves shooting station services in Delve space to show their virtual grandchildren.  If we have any pro-Bob folks we can balance that by a suicidal run at QY-6  :awesome_for_real:

Our Allies

We've had a few folks from a 0.0 corp I run - Deii Feram - on each of the frigate ops so far, as well as one or two from another corp in the same alliance.  This time, we'll start off with more people from Aegis Militia on our side, including one or two in interdictors.  when we are hunting reds there is also the chance of others from holder alliances joining in.  It should be a good taste of flying alongside expensive ships in 0.0 warfare.

If you are red to CVA use an alt!!!  This should not be a problem for anyone who doesn't know, but feel free to evemail Justinianus Flavius and I will tell you your standings if you are in doubt.  NPC corps, BC and F13 are fine. I don't mind you coming along (though best exercise don't ask don't tell with locals if you come, Slay  :nda: )

What To Fly

For the gatecamp - whatever you like.  It doesn't matter if you can only afford or fly small ships: w'll be delighted if you use a destroyer for tons'o'damage for very low cost: you will murder interceptors and other smaller stuff that the big guys simply can't hit.  Fit a tracking enhancer or tracking computer (depending on your slot layout) to terrify fast targets.

For the roaming op: whatever you are comfortable with.

For the delve operation: frigates.  By all that is holy, just frigates.

Scramblers are less important since we'll have interdictors and maybe interceptors, though we will need some.  20km disruptors on frigates, but don't bother on the bigger ships.  Webs will be vital, however, as a lot of people we might meet will be in roaming nanohacs.

As usual, I will have pre-fitted frigates ready to hand out as replacements in Dital.

Participants:

Endie - Rokh
Endie 2 - Buzzard
Tar
Nerf - (drake/caracal)
Ajax34i
Slayerik - Brutix
Hoax
Phildo?
Quinton
Yoru
Ninja Sportz - Blackbird
Epid3mic - Drake
Amarr - Dominix
Alexander Zala - Flycatcher
Lyn Farel - Rapier
Nautark? - Heretic
T-87 Virus - Caracal
Der Helm - Thrasher
Bhodi - Drake
Jet Antares - Raven
Grand Design - Mauler
Mook - Mauler
Akkori - Osprey?
Llyse - Drake
Thrawn - Ferox
Tazelbain - Umm.. merlin?
Roberik - Arbitrator
Megrim - Thorax
Lac - Thrasher
Dbltnk - Thrasher
Merusk - Drake
DannyBStyle - Rifter/Rupture
Tazelbain - Caracal
Flinky - Thorax
Slayerik - Drake/Raven
Ravandor - Blackbird

Sounds good :) I'll be there.

I re-comandeered my account so I'll be there in a drake, cara, or frig. Dizafrabadee in game.

I'll be there.

Count me in, and due to my current split from Viper Squad I should have absolutely no standings issues :) YAY!

I'll probably grab something cheap like a Brutix. (then put 100's of millions of isk into fittings and rigs....j/k)

If people dont mind posting what they are flying, I kinda like making the post with pictures of ship types with names.

There until 0300 eve-time then I've gotta bounce.  Not sure what I'm going to fly, will depend on what kind of iskies I can make this week.  Can you post in WAR or PM me with where I should stash a frig or 2 for the suicide parts Endie?

Elseix --
Geddon for gatecamp
Punishers for suicide run (now w/ Projectile IV!)

I'll be Justinianus Flavius in a Rokh and Nastasia Muse in a Buzzard.


No real secret: Dital is highsec, will be fine for storing stuff and will let us choose which route to go for the denouement.

I have some tests on that saturday, but I'll try to make it as school allows.

I'll be there.  20:00 is noon local for me, so I'll have plenty of time for fun.

I'll do my best to be there. My schedule is pretty volatile right now. If I make it, there's no telling what I'll be flying. Could be a cruiser. Could be a battleship. Could be a covops. Could be a force recon.  :awesome_for_real:

I'll bring my thrasher for frigate popping goodness.  :awesome_for_real:

Count me in. How important is EW in a camp? I can fly a drake if we need DPS or my trusty blackbird. By this point I'll bring my alt in a covops for gate scouting and such as well.

Its rare to find a situation where EW is bad. At a gate camp you can pick your range. Be careful though, nano-hacs and ceptors can swarm you very quick and escape everyone else if you are too far from the rest of the crew. If you are aware you should have no probs.

I'll tag along.  Probably in a Maller for the camp and my many Punishers for the roam.

Count me in! I'll be in a Maller or Omen for the gatecamps and my trusty throwaway punisher for our bid at taking over Delve.  :awesome_for_real:

Edit: Beaten to the punch while typing by Grand Design...  :heartbreak:

I will try to be there as well, in a merlin or maybe my first cruiser, the first one Caldari get, the crappy one...

Drake for gate camp, Condor/Merlin/Rifter for roams  :awesome_for_real:

I hope to make it, probably a Ferox for the gate camp and a caracal or frigate for the roaming.

I'll be there in my T2 Assault Ibis like usual.

I'm really not sure what to fly. I'm thinking Incursus or Tristan or maybe a Catalyst for the gatecamp. Do catalysts suck? I've tried planning one in EFT and it doesn't look too bad apart from only having 2 mids. Worth bringing one? Any advice on fitting would be appreciated :)

A catalyst is great for a gate camp: it has a relly surprisingly large alpha-strike for its cost, and can track small ships dangerously well.

Ok, I can afford to lose a catalyst :) Cat for gatecamp then. Ok to talk fittings in this thread or should I take it elsewhere?

This is a general op thread: what to fit for it seems fine.  As long as it doesn't end up as a "destroyers suck", "no they don't" thread.

Destroyers suck!   :grin:

Can't wait
I'll be in a Ferox if I don't have a chance to put together a pvp Drake by then.  Might opt for a Merlin on the frontlines but the ferox is old news for me and not afraid to loose it as I use a Drake for my missioning now.

Ok, with admitting that destroyers suck out of the way  :-), anyone got any suggestions for this setup:

Highs: 8 x 125mm railgun Is
Mids: AB, RSD
Lows: Tracking enhancer I, Mag field stabilizer I, Overdrive injector

mlyp

No, they don't.

I don't personally aim to live while flying a destroyer. I fit nothing but tracking mods, damage mods, and sensor boosters on my Thrashers.

I will try to make it in a Thorax.

I'll bring a trasher

Same here.

I'll be there in my Blackbird.

Walked right into that one, didn't I? :smithicide:

No stations in Dital at all, just belts and gates.

Closest Empire-side clone station in Naeel, 2 jumps from Dital.  I've parked myself there for now.

Keep em coming peeps...

Thanks for that, Ajax: everyone should remember to set their clone in Naeel in advance: Ending up near Reisen if you get popped would leave you kinda far away...

Here's my fitting unless somebody directs me otherwise:

3xHS
3x1600mm Plate
1xEANM
1xDCU
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1xHvy Cap Booster
2xSensor Booster w/ Targeting Speed Scripts
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7xMega Pulse
1xLarge Remote Repper

5xHvy Armor Rep drones

Nerf and I are flying dual drakes. Our goal is to hunt down, web and omgwtfpwn anything cruiser sized and smaller. We're hoping to eat inties and generally lock down faster ships that are orbiting us like a bulldog grabbing onto a leg.

3x BCS II
1x Named PDS
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1x MWD 1
1x Named Target Painter
1x Named Webifier
2x Invuln field
1x LSE II
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7x Heavy Missile Launcher
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5x Hobgoblin II

I don't feel like losing my Drake just yet, but I'll be taking my 'clone that's just hanging out in Hek right now to at least the gatecamp.  It'll be a BC extravaganza.

I've also got Wing Command now, and I'm training it and the other leadership skills up a bit at a time. Woot.

I'll bring a Rifter or a Rupture, whatever is more appropriate.  :rimshot:

The clutch on the old T2 ibis is begining stick and the dash blinks sync with the left blinker, so I'll be bring a Caracal.

Late reply, but I mean well!

Will be turning up in a Thorax. Now I just need to decide whether to go for fast locks or better tracking speed  :awesome_for_real:

Due to standings issues, I'm doubting CVA will want a Triumvirate dude down there. If I brought 7 I'd see A LOT more action than you all :)

I have a Caldari alt that can has some solid skills...Expect a drake or raven.

Looking like good numbers: I think this is the biggest number of sign-ups we've had yet.  Remember, BC people, that this is a chance to have a sneaky look around Providence space and see if it is for you.

Also, remember that only the head of Aegis and a couple of others have discussed that so far, so keep schtum!

PS Good idea, Slay...it might be a bit too lively otherwise.

Asked in the FAQ thread but since this one is more active:

What is the Eve time zone and what time does 2000 Eve time equal for U.S. Eastern Standard?

It's 11:46 EDT right now, and Eve says 16:46... so Eve is straight GMT.

It turns out I can come as well. I'll be in a Domi for the gatecamp and probably a interceptor for the frigate thing.

I'll fit a large remote armor rep on the domi, and if anyone else want to play spider tank or at least have a remote armor repper fitted I'd be very happy since I won't be able to rep myself.

edit: Turns out that I've forgotten to train the remote armor rep skill  :oops:, so I guess I will fit a normal repper instead.

Ah thanks for the time clarification. Too early in the day for me, so I suspect to log into post-battle reports tonight :)

Last minute change in plans for me so I am now jumping a brand new Celestus to Naeel (22 hops :( ).  Should get there by T-Zero.

Eep! I'll be there.

That was a blast.

Hell yeah.  When do we do something like that again? ^^

No write up? :)

Op more or less just finished. Let the elation subside a bit =)

I'll certainly write it up from my point of view, but we toured Delve, shot station services in T-MOFA, got cocky and went to NOL-, killed a Bob Cerberus and scared off his friend in a mega, went to their staging system in PR-, provoked them into sending a huge fleet in, toured a bit more, headed out, engaged a lowsec corp on the 0.0 gate, killed over 1/3 a billion more in ships, died in our crappy ships and toured out.

In the end, the lowsec corp may have got their asses kicked, but they were the most dangerous thing we met  :awesome_for_real:

For the first time, I really enjoyed FCing...

Oh and there is a fraps of the final fight coming, i believe.

Write up:

Hours of growing tension, then finally release. With explosions. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

So so great. Seriously, everyone who missed it should just stop doing that.

Great job, as always.  Every one of these little excursions so far has been quality fun.

I got caught doing other stuff because I thought tomorrow was the 1st. Boo.

Part of me wanted to stick around and see how many captails BoB would have dropped on us.  But the fight with Thorn was with well worth it.

Fucking insanely good times all, I'll write up but I'm about to watch ufc.

People were too scared of our camp, so we went to round two: "frigate swarm: comedy assault into delve" which quickly turned into "actual skirmish and BoB bloody nose" followed by "frigate swarms are fucking deadly, yo."

We came...
(http://www.filedump.net/dumped/came1204425267.PNG)

We shot at a bunch of their stations, trying to piss them off...
(http://www.filedump.net/dumped/stationattack1204425657.PNG)

Then, we bloodied their nose by killing a Cerberus (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=191), a Caldari HAC worth more than our entire fleet (150m). And his little pod too. (Watch it here!) (http://files.filefront.com/Cerebrus+Killavi/;9737718;/fileinfo.html)

We traveled around BoB's main staging area, one jump away from their home system, trying to get noticed...
(http://www.filedump.net/dumped/loc1204425938.PNG)

Oh, THERE'S the response we were looking for!
(http://www.filedump.net/dumped/localspike1204426152.PNG)

Run away!

Then, on our way back, we flee into a bunch of pirates that seem to think a few frigates are easy prey... they chase us all the way to lowsec, but we decide to fight and jump back through to the far side the gate into 0.0, where they proceed to jump in their T2 fitted pwnmobiles a few at a time (http://files.filefront.com/Skirmish+3+1+2008avi/;9737882;/fileinfo.html)... <--- Clicky!

Their losses:
Manticore (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=186) (30m)
Ferox (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=179) (34m)
Drake (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=183) (53m)
Brutix (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=188) (50m)
Hurricane (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=190) (55m)
Rifter (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=189) (1m)

Those killboard figures are a bit inaccurate, but we had someone with more accurate figures.
Epid3mic > ok so now we are at 6 ships totaling 374,721,045

Our losses:
A bunch of frigates and a t1 fitted caracal (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kills&w=9&y=2008).

Yes, we killed more than a third of a billion ISK in ships.

All in all, a successful night.

I'll have some fraps footage of the main beat down to post over the weekend ( as Windows Movie Maker chugs it out into a single file ).  The raw footage is 1920x1200 so I figured I'd do a 1080HD version and a lower def win media player file and an avi for ease of download.

Mine's recorded at 1920x1200 as well. I pump it through virtualdub to attach the files together and run a 2 pass compression with the Xvid hidef profile @ a target bitrate of 2020kbps. As you see, it turns out petty good and it fairly small as well. It took about 30m to encode, and if you're impatient you can do a single pass with 4.0 quantizer and it turns out OK. If you need more specifics just PM me and I'll walk you through it.

If you use filefront, as you see, you upload the higher def one and it does a compression and streaming automatically.

This is what I love to hear. The initial training of everyone always seems to turn me off to these gangs, but its just because i have a good amount of experience. The fact is, Eve engagements are as good or better than any UO / Neocron/ Shadowbane scraps that I have been a part of. Its strange that only PVP + loot produces these awesome experiences....but it has been something ive preached here and at WTO for years now.

I believe our initial gate camp today, if it were to be reproduced, could take on almost any gate to 0.0 and be a helluva fight regardless. People gotta understand, you spend your time missioning so you can buy effective ships for PVP and bust some people up. Its the way of things in Eve. Dont take losses hard. I've lost 250-300 mil in a single HAC...and lets just say they dont insure well :) But if people bring their best and you take the field, all the sudden you earn about 100+ mil in T2 fits and salvage. Loses are easily covered and crazy fun fights go down.

I been drinking but I say, move to 0.0. Experience and gain mad loot from it. If you dont like it or shit dont work, go run missions in empire some more...no harm no foul. Everyone I've seen in f13 so far seems to have the right attitude. Have fun with the game.

The videos are great, seriously! But now I want MORE. We should record the vent session and then edit it up with the videos. Shouldn't be too hard, is it?
Can you imagine those videos with the original live commentary?

I sincerly hope someone managed to take their stuff.

Blowing them up is injury. Taking their stuff and selling it for profit, well, that's the awesome part. :)

Salvaging their wreck for top-end salvage is just icing.

And someone needs to post the capsule kill. :)

That looked hella fun. Wish I could have made it. Anything before my kids go to bed (8pm Eastern US) is generally out of the question, so I'm hoping there'll be another event at a different time if that works for everyone else. I've still got that of a fear-factor thing going, being all new-back-to-Eve thing, but I remember well the fun of at least 0.0 ratting. Never did get much into PvP last go around, even with the constant wardec we seemed to have with -V-. But that's the biggest thing that drew me back.

Throwing Rifters at big engagements is something I can do all day long, even just from the piles of them I've left around the galaxy. And no problem bringing out the Cyclone or whatever for missions and ratting to support a PvP habit.

Just some question questions:

• For someone shy of T2, what is a good Rifter setup for tackling?
• Is there just one type of ammo that's generally good for PvP or would I want to bring different types of projectile and missile ammo? I love the idea of a frigate swarm.
• What's "FCing"?
• If I did get rich enough to easily replace my BC, what would be it's most appropriate use in PvP? Long range stuff? I ask because a long time ago I had this vision of fitting it to take out frigate swarms with enough tanking to soak it up from the big boys, just for the surprise factor :-) Skipped over that whole Destroyer thing

I'll record vent next time as well and splice it in.

Bhodi can I send you screenshots?  I've got some of the camp, a nice one of T-mofa station and one of the Brutix going down.  The rest aren't much to look at, esp if you got video of group warp.

Write-up:

So Endie, being the fucking king of men that he is, invites us out to get our feet wet in 0.0 and have some fun.  Let me say this now, all the guys who worked with us were awesome, even if some (most?) are drrty arrpeers.  Great people, thank yous to them.  With that out of the way lets fast forward to our gatecamp.  We set up, it looked cool, I felt like Billy Badass flying my 21k armor hp + megapulses + fast lock time BS in 0.0.  But nobody came, our scouts, informants, politicians and fearless leader Endie worked to get us a fight.  At one point we were set up at a gate hoping a friendly gang could drive some reds into us like hunting dogs.  By the by, shit like that is why Eve is so cool.  If that had worked it would have been tactical and pwnage which is cool as hell.  But nothing came of it, we saw a POS -a first for some- hung out in the shields then got kicked out when Bhodi started stealing things and breaking stuff.  That was the end of our camping trip, shortly after we left all hell broke lose in the area, proof that as someone said: "reds are like cops, you can never find one when you need one". 

Everyone rushed off to grab their trusty frigates in the name of the prophet and wage holy war, Allāhu Akbar.  We met up some time later, having lost a few souls but still as a strong group.  All frigs except the people who brought t2 ships and the super dps Thorax of Halleon and Cantine Boy's Caracal.  We entered BoB space and proceeded to scratch the weatherproofing that protects the paint of their station in the hopes of awakening what had once been the mightiest fighting force in eve.  They made a fucking failure of an attempt to bait us, so we took our ball and left.  Our fucking pimp scout Forenc called a Cerb (Caldari HAC) several jumps later, I believe right after or just before we stopped in NOL itself and posed for photos -the service was terrible btw.  Needless to say the Cerb got pwnt, it was a BoB Cerb, we felt pretty good.  We had come, acted da fools, podded someone in BoB and blown up his really shiny toy.  I think we even evac'd someone with the lewts.

We sat at a gate debating the merits of various ritual suicide methods when someone made the choice easy for us, a stealth bomber decloaked firing big missiles at tiny ships (dumb), not very far away (really dumb).  We went for him and were rewarded with a nice gank + a podding I believe.  Suddenly a Ferox, Drake and Crow arrived on the scene.  Calmly our FC called the Ferox primary, so we shredded him while keeping a point on the Drake, who with the help of Halleon's stupid-dps Thorax we melted.  One of them got podded too I think, check the kb (http://f13.7mph.com/?a=home), I'm on a roll with writing this.  While this was going on more reinforcements in the form of a Brutix, Hurricane and Rifter were arriving on the scene.  Also it should be noted that the little rocket crow would have chewed our asses up if Bhodi -our electronics wizard- hadn't put an end to his bullshit, engaging in a valiant solo jamming op while the rest of us made a mental note to pack more webs next time.  The freshly arrived Brutix was next, Endie was calling targets as fast as we could shred them.  The Brutix's armor tank got obliterated but our firepower was being whittled down.  The Rifter and Hurricane died too but I think they were calling in Battleship(s) at that point so those of us still functioning ran.  None of us podded who didn't want the fast trip home, many survived the whole damn thing, it was glorious.

I am now the incredibly proud owner of an Executioner that took part in the podding of a BoB pilot in Delve and the death of 4 BC's, 1 HAC & a stealth bomber.  It is named "Dined in NOL" and will sit in the Zoar and Sons station at VI - M1 in Sakht for the rest of its days.  My shuttle aptly named "& now, the escape" brought me home along with many of our holy warriors back to Caldari space in one piece leaving the mighty dual gatling pulse beast as a personal reminder of our glorious campaign.

All in all, a day made of  :awesome_for_real: and win.  Thank you all for coming, thanks again to Torenc who was a fucking professional on scouting duties, Endie who is so patient and cool to do all this and all the Aegis Militia and other guys who came out and hung with us even though we're silly nubs.  Brilliant brilliant stuff, that rid me of much of my irrational paralyzing fear of 0.0 it would be an honor to fly with you guys in the future.  Also I finally found out what o/ and o7 means.

-Hoax

Just post them here; open them in mspaint, stretch them to 50%, put them up on filedump, and post.

I posted this already: http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=198

I am delighted to have got both top damage and the killing blow on the Bob pod.


That one ran until 0200 Eve time, which is the practical upper limit for me at the weekend.  It would be great, though, if other people ran some ops: if you've been on a few frigate club runs you know the drill with scouts, gate control, checking belts, sec status and aggression timers and calling primaries, and knowing which ships to go for in which order (as in last night's gang fight) is something that you learn by your mistakes.  Remember, I'd never FCed actual combat until a few months ago, and if everyone is in frigates nobody minds if you fuck up so long as they are getting to do stuff: I kinda feel the point of these ops is to give people fun stuff to do together more than anything else.


Fleet commanding.


BCs, depending on their fitting, are used as bait (that's what Bob tried on us in NOL at the station undock, and what Thorn tried on us with the ferox and drake, both of which ploys we saw through), as heavy tacklers who can hold a point and a web for a long time, as anti-support (especially with precision missiles) and as DPS ships.  They are flexible and insure really well.

Good times! Can't wait for the next op.

Here is my video of yesterday's carnage.  It includes the Ventrilo, by popular demand*.  This is my first attempt at film, so be kind.  I apologize for the length - 23 min.  Feel free to use this for recruiting for future ops.


Bat Country and F13 Frigate Op 03-01-08 (http://files.filefront.com/Bat+Country+03+01+08wmv/;9742989;/fileinfo.html)
(There is an audio glitch at the beginning - I am working on getting it out.)



*Obviously if anyone objects to my using their voice, just let me know.

I am downloading this now, and it's awesome you did this so i can critique what I did, but I am terrified of what I am going to hear  :ye_gods:

I tried to edit in such a way as to limit any sensitive information.  Obviously as FC you are more aware of what ought not be in there, so let me know if you hear anything that should come out.

I could potentially make a smaller version if anyone has bandwidth problems.

No. it's great, Grand, really.  Great stuff, which I though really captured it.  It was awesome to be able to see what it looked like when not stressing about FCing, too, so I really appreciate it.

A 2 minute highlights reel would be great for recruitment though :hopeful grin:

And although I should really have repeated the primary a bit more often in the first minute of the last fight, I am relieved that it actually all seemed to make sense.  I honestly thought I would have sounded more stressed, considering how I felt at the time.  I did notice one of my doh moment was edited out, though, so i am grateful for that  :nda:

Does anyone have a screencap showing the initial massive gatecamp, btw?  I've never had 41 people in one of my fleets before, and i am pathetically eager to see what it looked like when not obscured by seven chat and convo windows.

Wow, that was awesome.  Getting the voice in there was really nice.

Fun to see my ship loss ("oh I am toast!") -- I totally should have warped out when I started taking armor damage, dunno what I was thinking sticking around.

I had to leave one of them in there for a comedic moment.

Yeah the reds/rats thing, complete with sound effects.  Loved it.

By way of excuse, the scout was from the Baltic states, and his accent is sometimes tricky.  Honestly.  No, really.  Anyone could have done it.  Really.

Yeah, but next time you'll know, and you'll scarper in time.  Seriously, Eve PvP is 100% learning-by-doing.

http://sunnyvale.frotz.net/eve/2008.03.01/

You're a god amongst men.

I have not downloaded the video yet, but did you use fraps and if yes, what sound input to get Vent in ?

Crap.  I'm an idiot though. 

I've edited one of screenshots to remove something that should not have been there.

Fraps full version - and the default sound card.  It would be better if I plugged in the 5.1 card.

Awesome vid Grand nice toons also ... I was actually three jumps away (trying to evac the fat cerb lewt) when you ran into those pirate types and by the time I got there Ferox and Drake had been downed ... serious pwnage that I missed hehe. When I did arrive I targeted the Brutix and Crow in my taranis and half way through the Brutix I decided to put my 6km/s Warrior II on the Crow which had the nice effect of making him jump through the gate (musta thought he'd been primaried) hehe.

Had a scary moment as I webbed down the hurricane he neuted my intie and put some hobgobs on me and the crow went for me aswell so I had to orbit him and take damage with all mods switched off til my cap regend when it did I MWDed about 40km away with crow in tail was nearly dead luckily he overshot me I did a u-turn and headed straight back into the melee where I manged to just about warp to a planet. In warp I heard a Domi and Rapier had arrived so I thought that be best time to get me and the loot outta there.

Was really cool flying with all you guys look forward to next time, Amarr

POD POD POD get his POD get his POD get his POOOD awesome   :-)

Here are the vids I did.

1080p WMA (http://files.filefront.com/ILLOLL+1080pwmv/;9744386;/fileinfo.html)

420p WMA (http://files.filefront.com/ILLOLL+480pwmv/;9744386;/fileinfo.html)


Bhodi - I forgot all about virtualdub. I haven't messed with videos since WoW came out and mostly wanted to see what WinMM had to offer but you may be hearing from me sometime in the future.
I'll have to give virtualdub a try with creating a avi version as WinMM estimates it at over a gig.

Nicely done Darkin :)

Just FYI: Watch out for HAC's dragging fighters.  Goonswarm used to hit FIX with their frigate swarms, and we learned to set up a carrier or two at a chokepoint assigning fighters to a few (2-4) tanked HAC's or BC's.  They'd jump in, see a few cruiser-sized targets with drones out, and engage, only to realize those drones were fighters and they were facing a small fleet's worth of firepower.  Since they were in cheap ships without the speed to outrun the fighters, they melted pretty quick.

--Dave

Didn't seem to be any pictures of the gate camp without any windows, so I'll put up the only two that came out alright.

Going to Grandma's house:

http://www.filedump.net/dumped/200803012057431204531856.bmp (http://www.filedump.net/dumped/200803012057431204531856.bmp)

"Oh please, oh please, oh please....."

http://www.filedump.net/dumped/200803012052481204532487.bmp (http://www.filedump.net/dumped/200803012052481204532487.bmp)

Great vids, really. I am so proud of being there somewhere pointing and webbing. And huge huge props to Hoax for his writeup. Emotional and cool, I'd sign up with Bat Country again if I weren't in it already.

It sucks that I missed this, but RL prevented me from logging on pretty much all weeked.  Grats to everyone, looks like the whole thing was awesome fun.

I have most of my Saturdays back this month, so I'll be there next time!