Re: Seek (or yarr!) your fortune on the lovely (alpha2) isle of Shinjalar!

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Re: Seek (or yarr!) your fortune on the lovely (alpha2) isle of Shinjalar!

So it's neat seeing how shinj has changed since we moved there.

When NEX first moved in, we were the only folks around for the most part. Other people occasionally did stuff, but it was generally empty of non corpies. The market was zombie. And the adjacent beta islands were so quiet that we'd mine in silence all day.

Now? You will see someone when you wander about. The market is showing signs of serious life (especially in our corp market!) although it still has a ways to go. And the adjacent betas have gone from sleepy backwaters to warzones!

Do we still list stuff on the a1 islands? Oh yeah. It's just easier if you need to list specialist gear. But I've been hearing from market makers that our brand new hub can't be ignored if you want to make a good profit. That makes me happy because it's something we've created out of thin air.

Shinj as been good to us, and I'm sure we'll be hitting it for pve and market long after we've gotten our own beta.

Re: Seek (or yarr!) your fortune on the lovely (alpha2) isle of Shinjalar!

the Alpha2 islands are the market place for beta corpies. When outposts system changes, and even the bigger pvp powerblocks cannot simply do their "alpha mining" days without leaving their outposts undefended.

sure CIR can do... but others?

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Re: Seek (or yarr!) your fortune on the lovely (alpha2) isle of Shinjalar!

From what I'm hearing Shinj is now a Perp boomtown, crowded with people to the point that we can't really form up outside anymore for PVP.

A few weeks ago we were hauling stuff out there and the highway was empty for miles. Now it's packed! People off of it on every side killing stuff and mining and what not.

Anyone around who's peeking at the market, I'd love it if you could give me an update on how it looks out there.

Re: Seek (or yarr!) your fortune on the lovely (alpha2) isle of Shinjalar!

Annihilator wrote:

the Alpha2 islands are the market place for beta corpies. When outposts system changes, and even the bigger pvp powerblocks cannot simply do their "alpha mining" days without leaving their outposts undefended.

sure CIR can do... but others?

There should be nothing stopping any pvp corps from having their alpha mining at a reasonable level, what with multiple accounts and all.

When we're on our prime time in CIR, theres usually 40-50 accounts working for the greater good of the Union. All it takes is 4 accounts on gates to know who and what is coming. smile

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