Deor Explores EVE

Who am I?

I'm not going to fully answer the real-life side of this question except to say that I'm a 40ish nonbinary person working in STEM, who is enjoying their journey through EVE.

Deor L'Matisse is my main character in EVE Online. They are a member of Signal Cartel, a corporation of dedicated explorers seeking to plumb the depths of all New Eden and Anoikis - that is, all of EVE - has to offer. A brief aside about Signal Cartel -

Signal Cartel is staunchly neutral and non-PVP, not taking part in any major war or alliance. They also run some of the larger and more widely used community services in EVE, such as the Thera (and now Turnur) scanning service, and the Wormhole Search & Rescue Service. No matter who you are, we will help you, so long as doing so does not compromise our safety or neutrality or otherwise violate our Credo of nonaggression.

- now, back to me. This blog is going to be about my thoughts and experiences in exploring New Eden, both as a journal and a guidebook. I have been playing about four or five months at this point so am fairly new to EVE, but not at all new to games in general (and EVE is not all that exceptional as games go, except that it is designed about as unintuitively as it is possible to be so takes some getting used to). I pick up new systems quickly and have an analytical mind on account of being a scientist by day, so I think I have some useful things to say for newer players and some older ones alike. Join me on my journey.

What is going to be on this blog?

I don't fully know yet, to be honest, but my plan right now is to populate it with guides, commentary, exploration diaries, and pretty space pictures I take as I venture all across Anoikis and New Eden (the two galaxies in which EVE takes place). I'm likely to reblog relevant posts from other creators - though there aren't many talking about EVE here so not likely much of that, but oh well - and space stuff, as well as science stuff. I'm nonbinary so I care about all that as well. Anything political is strictly coming from me and should in no way be seen as to reflect on anyone else in or on Signal Cartel, by the way (since not talking politics is part of the Credo), but I'm not going to categorically not talk about that stuff here because I think it needs to be heard.

Why here, of all places?

Yes, I know there's almost no EVE Online community on Tumblr. It's strange for me to choose to put my travelog. I chose to do so for two main reasons.

First, I already have other blogs here (no, I won't share them). Being an experienced creator, it was just easier to use this option.

I am in Myyhera right now, and I have two accounts with three toons each up and running.

The second account has all three toons trained to do Planetary Interaction and Industry, and the main toon is capable of piloting Porpoises and Orcas to assist my other main when necessary. I have my planets set up in a lowsec system and regularly producing Wetware Mainframes, an average of 1/hr. That's 396 Million a week, or ~1.6 Billion a month. That's enough to Plex that account if I wanted to, honestly. But, I'm skimming some of that to actually play with and so that's not the direction I am heading. Also, I lose some of those profits to ganking and such over time, just as the nature of the game.

The primary account has the main character dedicated to Planetary Interaction and they are contributing to the aforementioned Wetware Mainframe scheme. However, on top of that I grind combat sites, Limited Sleeper Caches, Standard Sleeper Caches, Wormhole Data and Relic Sites (and soon to be C1-3 Combat sites as well), and pick up the Deadspace modules I get from those to either use or resell. I also have that and all of these accounts set up for manufacturing and industry, because I get a TON of salvage and I'd rather turn it into something useful than sell it at the market. I currently have a 3.5B stockpile of stuff on my hands that I'm not using, just waiting to get the proper T2 BPCs. I am researching that on my main, taking all of my BPOs to 10/20 and then copying and inventing on them. I am doing similar with my alts.

My two other characters I'm just getting started with. I presently have them set up to do industrial research, and am working to get them up to speed for Planetary Interaction. I will be making Ukomi Superconductors and Organic Mortar Applicators so that I can ultimately make Magpie Mobile Tractor Units and Packrat Mobile Tractor Units, as well as the base versions. I have a bunch of BPCs that I have acquired from my various adventures, and I want to use them rather than just selling them off for whatever ISK I can get.

I'm also finding the daily challenges really useful. I log on to my alts for like half an hour each day to complete the two challenges, and collect the Skill Points from the dailies, then I log out. It gives me an effective 6 hr of skill points every day, which with my skill queue paused is super nice and even with it moving is a good boost. Also, the ISK helps offset the base cost of PI, which comes from moving extractors about, import/export fees, and other such nonsense.