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Exploring the Ocean of Emptiness(EVE Blog): Pt3

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     This blog will not be "In Character" like my others (even though neither of them were 100% IC), to discuss a change in playstyle for how I'm approaching EVE online.  

   

 Abaddon + Pulse + Scorch....  Excellent.
 Abaddon + Pulse + Scorch....  Excellent.
  The last few days have been pretty crazy for me in EVE.  The friends who came back to the game with me have started playing SC2, more WoW, and many other RL things keeping them from the game.  I've become the most active by far, most of my logged in time I'm the only one online in our corporation.  I took to some solo PvP, some market games to make some ISK, and generally just doing the solo thing as best I could.  As my market investments grew, I became less interested in mission running, and started taking on a more PvP focused mindset.  The thing I enjoy about EVE is the PvP.  I don't like the politics, the PvE content, Exploration etc.  I like the thrill of shooting at another player, win or lose, and thats what motivates me to play.  I decided to look for a corp with *hopefully* a similar outlook, and I doubt I could have found a better one.   
 
     Trolling the EVE forums, I stumbled on a simple ad.  Noir. Mercenary corp had opened their academy for recruiting.  My PvP experience, though varied and reasonably efficient, is not enough to apply directly to their main corp, and I have no illusions otherwise.  Over the last year or so I've amassed a mere 160 kills, and 39 losses (about 1 year total playing of which half was PvPing, 1 year off, and the last 2 months back in game).  Noir. is a professional Mercenary outfit, one of the best known in EVE online, they take on some of the biggest contracts, have a reputation for getting the job done, and have some of the best and most efficient pilots I've seen.  From asset denial, POS saves and POS takedowns, and a variety of other contracts, Noir. is well known to be professional and efficient.  On a recent 3 week contract according to their killboards, they racked up 553 kills, to a whopping 25 losses, and there are many similar contracts helping uphold their reputation.  You don't get into Noir. with 160 kills.
 
     The Noir. Academy [NA.] however, seems perfectly tailored to my needs.  They are the training wing of Noir., finding and molding pilots into whats needed for  their
 My Trusty Harbinger
 My Trusty Harbinger
various contracts.  It's designed for pilots that are younger, less experienced, or just needed to dust off the cobwebs after a break.  My app was accepted, and shortly the September class will begin.  I've flown a bit with some of the other recruits and the recruiter on the test server and so far they seem like just the kinda guys I like to fly with.  I've rounded up the appropriate ships for the first week of "classes", and now hopefully I'll get to get out there and shoot some stuff.
 
     Merc life is very interesting to me.  Being a paid/professional PvPer holds a certain appeal to me that politics and space holding do not.  I understand it wont make me tons of ISK, my trading/missioning will need to support me, but it adds a certain flavor to the game that I was lacking for a while.  Hopefully I'll graduate into Noir. and get to see some contracts.  Even if I fail to make the cut(a very strong possibility, less than 10% of recruits graduate to Noir.), this seems to be shaping up to a very interesting, and very different MMO experience. 
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