Patch Day

Quantum Rise is released today. So there’s no mining or anything else for a whole 24 hours. What else is there to do?
It seems a lot of pod pilots have found the solution is to browse through the web looking for EVE-blogs. Because I’ve had more readers in the last 48 hours than at any point since I started writing.
I haven’t formed an opinion yet about Quantum Rise. Like all patches, there’s the usual ranting on the forums of how EVE’s been ruined. But realistically, I don’t think it’ll make a lot of difference. The biggest problem I think the CCP gods have with EVE is the isk-farming. And QR doesn’t seem to address that. Would I leave though? Hardly likely. Especially since I fly my pod primarily for social reasons.
Speaking of social reasons, I posted something to the forums this morning suggesting the time and venue forthe next meeting of the local chapter of the Pod Pilots Association. Haven’t had one of these meets since February, so it’ll be nice to meet up with, and chat to, some of the pilots I’ve met in-EVE since then.

Ambulation
Reading several blogs tonight, as I am doing along with many other pod pilots, I see there’s still a lot of babbling about Ambulation going on. When I first read of it, I thought “That’s just for the people who want to be more like World of Warcraft” and I didn’t like it. Someone later explained to me though that with all those pilots online, but faffing around in their stations, the lag monster will be much less of a problem.
So for that reason, I’m all in favour of it. It’ll let half the pilots waste their time in ways that wont hinder my pilotting, and that’s got to be a good thing.