161: 40 Forts to Freedom

“What do you get when you remove the danger and the randomness? Highsec.”

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-Peace in our time! GOTG and Fraternity surrender to Imperial Legacy drawing a conclusion, or at least an extended pause, to the northern and southern fronts of EVE’s largest war.

Major balance patch incoming: 500MN HIC changes and controversy, ECM reworked: what’s strong now?, the future of the combat interceptor line

-Artimus has an epic fight in lowsec

160: Is This It?

“Cat ears for all!”

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-Shoutouts to the retiring Hugh Caswakk

-The Big War: Holy League withdraws, Legacy surges in the south, and Goons setup 2 big Keepstar showdowns up north

-Wild War 2: EBOLA comes to terms with Cure, POD: still getting their asses kicked, Templis CALSF moves in to GW, a huge 5 way melee in 7Q!

-CCP acquired by Pearl Abyss: Details on the purchase and accompanying statements, a look at who/what Pearl Abyss is, and the implications of both good and bad possible outcomes are explored

159: Couping

“Pigeons…?”

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-Update on the Big War as the trench lines are drawn

-AT finals! Zzzzz

-Wild update on Wild War 2. The end? Not likely…

-Artimus calls out Alek’s questionable branding sense, while Alek retorts with pity for Artimus’ deprived childhood

-Everything you ever wanted to know about flying and fighting Triglavian ships

158: X47 Gon Give It To Ya

“I am not pleased with this meta…”

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-The Big War: Each sides prospects for victory and what that could look like, The Battle of X47 (10 trillion in the dirt!), status check on the northern and southern fronts

-ATXVI: Review of the emerging metas and comp archetypes, Artimus pines for AT comps of old, some match highlights, and a look at next week’s brackets

-Wildlands War 2: Alek runs down a timeline of the major battles and developments in his home region of Great Wildlands over the past two weeks. Artimus and Alek share war stories from the front lines.