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Share your favourite lesser-known subreddits!

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I have a combo for this one: r/battlestations is great for inspiration. Because if we spend so much time on our desks, we may at least make them nice places.

And while you are improving your place, you can always have a look or post at r/shittybattlestations and be glad, it's not that bad! :D

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Skill up! Tell us all about skills!

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Almost any bigger ship intended for combat can wield at least one flight of Drones. That makes the skillset valuable in many scenarios. So here is a list of the most important skills to look at that improve the handling of Drones:

  1. Drones
    It’s essential to get this at level 5 since it allows you to field +1 drone per level. Five drones are also the maximum most ships can handle at once. It’s also required for tech 2 drones.

  2. Light and Medium Drone Operation
    Increases the damage by +5% per skill level. It should both be at 4 ASAP and 5 is required for tech 2 which should be goal mid-term. Any drone ship will use lights and mediums and starting out they’re the bread and butter.

  3. Drone Interfacing
    Take this to 4. Get it to 5 as soon as you get a chance. It will give your drones +10% damage per level. This is a lot!

  4. Drone Navigation
    Gives your drones +5% maximum velocity. Faster drones take less damage and get to reach their targets faster.

  5. Drone Avionics
    This increases the control range of your drones by 5000 meters per skill level. This is helpful when kiting NPCs but not crucial when you are just starting.

  6. Drone Durability
    Increases the overall tank ability of your drones by 5% (shield, armor, and hull). Especially on faction drones combined with Guristas ships, this can make your drones pretty tank.

  7. Amarr/Caldari/Gallente/Minmatar Drone Specialization
    Increases the damage by +2% for every drone requiring this skill and is needed for T2. This can be skilled late when you have already most other skills high up.

  8. Sentry Drone Interfacing
    +5% Damage for Sentry drones. This gets interesting when you can effectively fly a ship that has bonuses for sentry drones like the Dominix or the Isthar.

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Obscure lore: share a cool and lesser-known piece of EVE lore!

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Otro Gariushi had one of the most impressive careers in New Eden. From the son of a drug dealer to Guristas pirate to capsuleer and finally CEO of the Ishukone mega-corporation.

The Broker had to ram a Nyx, a super carrier-class vessel, into a station to end this man's run.*

*That part can be read in the novel THE EMPYREAN AGE by Tony Gonzales.
ISBN 978-07653-6390-944 - I greatly recommend it.

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Tell us the story of an in-game item with sentimental value!

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In Thera, there is an Osprey Navy Issue docked up that is special to me. It was acquired via contract and delivered via the corporation's hauling service.
It still has the hull and module damage from its last engagement, only a half-filled drone bay, and an assortment of random loot in its cargo.

It's named 'Bane of 4MY-AB', and was the last ship I flew as a mercenary for Noir., deployed into the name-giving constellation. It's a dead-end of a couple of systems in Immensea. A great place to PvE undisturbed - unless someone puts a bounty on you and sends a bunch of mercs after you. It was the ship of choice as it was easy to restock out in space. It only needed cap charges, some nanite paste, and a handful of extra missiles to keep going. That is important because we had no option to dock up during this deployment. 

I think we were there for about a month during which I collected around 25 kill marks. The ship escaped some hairy situations and got me many good fights. Now it serves as a fond memory in my assets.

And I made one of my best PvP videos so far flying it. 

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