POD Splatter

I Am Getting Rusty

POD Splatter — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:26:49 +0000

Last night I was back in HS putting jobs in the lab when the call came out for a 0.0 roam. After just jump cloning back up I didn’t see the point in coming back down until it was clarified that the scout and several members were drunk, ok i’m in.

After wasting a good set of +4′s I was back in 0.0 shipless. Thankfully the drunk scout had an extra drake laying around so I was set. Roam was very quite (from the target perspective) 30 jumps done in quick fashion. We did get to pickup some extra members coming down the pipe from their HS carebear activities. Finally we ended up in Fade attempting to fight several vaga’s and a falcon. I would recount better details of the engagement if I could remember them, too many drunks yelling. Needless to say we died in glorious battle, and fun was had.

We started with messing with a gang in HHK, we lost an Arazu and a drake to a Stiletto, 5 Vaga’s, and a Falcon. Then the fight jumped into DO6H-Q where we lost our Deimos and our Eagle. We did take down a Rook that joined the fight and we all swear the Stiletto bit it (we can even see the pod involved in a KM), but the actual mail is lost so it is a fishing story. After that we hit the GTFO button and almost made it. Sar was a bit slow on the gate and got caught by the Stiletto and he went pop. The rest of the fleet had warped away, but in true fashion we returned to the battle. That resulted in the loss of Ishtar, and our remaining 3 Drakes (1, 2, 3). The best part is that our non-drunk scout fit a simple ship out after his loss and he jumped right back into the fight with his Thorax, best part it only had a MWD and that was it!

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EMU Updated to 3889.46

Modescond — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:19:16 +0000

This is a fairly large update, but mostly backend stuff. Things should run smoother. The S&I window should no longer crash randomly when removing jobs (when they fall off due to the filters set).

Added a Eve Mover implementation for those of you who play EVE Windowed and like your screens full-size. Note: The Remove Border option works great, however, un-removing borders is a little weird. No fix yet.

Enjoy!

The Issues Keep On Coming, Thanks Ga’len

POD Splatter — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:52:03 +0000

Well tonight ended with a bang. Ga’len promptly reported this evening issues with the HellFleet KB. Well as we know, not having a killmail to share is about the worse thing that can happen to a pirate so I had to jump in.

After a lot of review of the system, it was clear that a recently loaded VM image was causing huge system load. It was a bit confusing at first as I had placed firm limits around the VM, yet it was consuming over 3x the limits. Promptly the VM was taken out back and shot, yet the server was not quite happy. After a reboot from hell (I actually had to call the data center and get someone to walk down and hit the power button) we were back up, yet very slow.

Further investigation showed that the maintenance scripts that help performance on the KB database had failed the last few times and didn’t report that. Great, now I had to do a backup and run the script manually (2 hours all said). After that was done all the killboards where back up, but I felt things could go a bit faster. Finally I did about 2 hours of index magic and we are running stronger than ever. I also snuck in the long awaited MySQL upgrade to the .49 release (when this was first planned it was .33).

So for those that could not get to the kills tonight, our apologies, but I think the new speed will more than make up for it. Also stay tuned we are very close to launching the new Ransom Board service completely free of charge and open to all.

Moving Closer

POD Splatter — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:14:52 +0000

The last few nights have been very slow and left me with loads of time to reflect on things. I decided that this weekend since my POS was down to move out of Sheroo and over a lot closer to Jita. While the move was uneventful (thankfully) it was boring. I am now happier as I am only 3 jumps from Jita and have all the slots I need for production. I am also happy that future parts/product trips no longer involve jumping into a certain .5 system that everyone loses ships in.

Think it is about time to reactivate Namroc into the world. I sent him away on vacation for a bit, but now that profits are back where they need to be I can let him come back and have some fun.

Some recent digging in my Jita hangar has found 2 interesting items I don’t really need, a Cynabal and a Firetail. Now the question is what in the world am I going to do with them? Do I just sell them and collect some isk? Do I give them to some friends that can fly them? Not sure just yet, I am monitoring communication incase someone comes up with a good idea in the next day or two.

Moving Sucks [OOC]

I Like New Toys

POD Splatter — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:57:16 +0000

This month has seen its fair share of new stuff going on here. First is the new EMU edition that is out with the first iteration containing 0.0 content. Since it’s release we have had only 1 download compared to the 42 downloads on the 3798 edition. We need to get the word out on this tool, so far everyone that has tried a version of it seems to like it and it replaces many of the tools/spreadsheets they are currently using.

Our development shop has been working on some cool toys for the EDK customers we have. A new round of mods are in the works which include:

Image Mod – This allows you to upload pics on each kill for extra bragging rights.
Gallery Mod – Admin can create galleries on the board for viewing pleasure.
Ransom Board Mod – nuff said

Each of these are under different cycles and will be released in beta mode once they are ready. The teams do not have ETA’s just yet so keep your eyes here for any updates.

Shameless Self Promotion

POD Splatter — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:16:29 +0000

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Deimos of Doom

POD Splatter — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:32:59 +0000

This was the ship I cut my little pirate teeth with. I can’t tell you how many times I have lost these, but getting a kill with one is quite fun.

[Deimos, PVP]

5x Heavy Neutron Blaster II (Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M)
Small Nosferatu II

Warp Disruptor II
10MN Afterburner II
Stasis Webifier II

Damage Control II
Medium Armor Repairer II
3x Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Armor Explosive Hardener II

Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I
Medium Anti-EM Pump I

5x Hammerhead II

[Statistics - Namroc Smith]

Effective HP: 21,662
Tank Ability: 137.97 DPS
Damage Profile – (EM: 25.00%, Ex: 25.00%, Ki: 25.00%, Th: 25.00%)
Shield Resists – EM: 12.50%, Ex: 56.25%, Ki: 86.88%, Th: 65.00%
Armor Resists – EM: 70.25%, Ex: 74.55%, Ki: 86.19%, Th: 72.38%

Capacitor: Lasts 1m 16s

Volley Damage: 2,247.47
DPS: 672.33

Loss, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill

I normally don’t bother with the killmail posting, but come on this ship rocks too hard not to.

Caracal

POD Splatter — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:00:25 +0000

This is a fit I am going to take down to 0.0 with me next time. It is tanked for the rats there and seems fun, I really like the range, that is the real key to the tank.

[Caracal, PVE]

5x ‘Malkuth’ Heavy Missile Launcher I (Scourge Heavy Missile)

Ballistic Deflection Field II

Heat Dissipation Field II

Medium Shield Booster II

2x Medium Shield Extender II

Capacitor Flux Coil II

Ballistic Control System II

3x Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I

2x Warrior II

[Statistics - Namroc Smith]

Effective HP: 19,400

Tank Ability: 149.07 DPS

Damage Profile – Guristas (EM: 0.00%, Ex: 0.00%, Ki: 83.63%, Th: 16.37%)

Shield Resists – EM: 0.00%, Ex: 50.00%, Ki: 73.00%, Th: 64.00%

Armor Resists – EM: 50.00%, Ex: 10.00%, Ki: 25.00%, Th: 45.00%

Capacitor: Lasts 9m 51s

Volley Damage: 1,511.25

DPS: 163.46

Cerberus – Two Ways To Die

POD Splatter — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:11:35 +0000

A very handy ship to have around. The first variant is a long range sniper, with this fit you get a little tank and you can fire out to 154k:

[Cerberus, PVP (Long Range)]

5x Heavy Missile Launcher II (Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile)

F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines
10MN Afterburner II
Invulnerability Field II
Photon Scattering Field II
Large Shield Extender II

Signal Amplifier II
3x Ballistic Control System II

2x Medium Bay Loading Accelerator I

[Statistics - Namroc Smith]

Effective HP: 27,046
Tank Ability: 60.93 DPS
Damage Profile – (EM: 25.00%, Ex: 25.00%, Ki: 25.00%, Th: 25.00%)
Shield Resists – EM: 66.73%, Ex: 65.00%, Ki: 79.00%, Th: 86.00%
Armor Resists – EM: 50.00%, Ex: 10.00%, Ki: 62.50%, Th: 86.25%

Capacitor: Stable at 50.14%

Volley Damage: 1,834.12
DPS: 320.25

This is the in your face version. The active tank supports taking fire and not being an insta-pop, and at my current skills this is stable w/o the NOS running. I can still lob shots out to 37k, but without a point I am relying on having a fleet with me so keep that in mind. You could also drop a drag bubble an camp it with this.

[Cerberus, PVP (Close Range)]

5x ‘Arbalest’ Heavy Assault Missile Launcher I (Caldari Navy Terror Assault Missile)

Small Nosferatu II

2x Invulnerability Field II

Photon Scattering Field II

Large Shield Extender II

10MN Afterburner II

Damage Control II

3x Ballistic Control System II

2x Medium Core Defence Field Purger I

[Statistics - Namroc Smith]

Effective HP: 41,046
Tank Ability: 141.64 DPS
Damage Profile – (EM: 25.00%, Ex: 25.00%, Ki: 25.00%, Th: 25.00%)
Shield Resists – EM: 75.87%, Ex: 77.36%, Ki: 86.42%, Th: 90.94%
Armor Resists – EM: 57.50%, Ex: 23.50%, Ki: 68.13%, Th: 88.31%

Capacitor: Stable at 30.03%

Volley Damage: 1,128.20
DPS: 345.32

Tower Down Repeat Tower Down

POD Splatter — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:12:57 +0000

Just wanted to let everyone know our tower was unanchored today without issue.

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