SO, SOMETIMES I DO GET BORED OF THE CONSTANT EBB AND FLOW OF STANDARD PIRATING... SEARCHING FOR FIGHTS, GETTING KILLS, SEARCHING FOR FIGHTS, GETTING BLOBBED, BUT MOSTLY, JUST PLAIN OLD JUMPING SYSTEM TO SYSTEM, SEARCHING FOR FIGHTS. SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY IN MY SLOW TIMEZONE, THIS GETS A BIT TOO MONOTONOUS, AND THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT I LOOK FOR SOMETHING A BIT MORE OUT OF THE BOX TO KEEP ME ENTERTAINED ON EVE.
SO WHILE PERFECTING MY UPSIDE-DOWN MANUAL-PILOTING TECHNIQUE AT A MISSION GATE, A LOCAL PIRATE ASKED ME FOR A 1V1 DUEL. WE WERE BOTH IN WOLVES, SO I COULDN'T DECLINE, I FLEETED WITH HIM, AND WE COMMENCED TO VIOLENCE EACH OTHERS SPACESHIPS AT A SAFE SPOT. BUT JUST TO MAKE A PRETTY VIDEO, I DECIDED TO PRESS CTRL+F9 (HIDE EVERYTHING). WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO IS WHAT I SAW WHILE FIGHTING, NO MODULES, NO HEALTH BARS, NO DISTANCE READOUTS, JUST ME FIGHTING ENTIRELY OFF HOTKEYS. THE SUSPENSE REALLY GOT MY ADRENALINE PUMPING, I HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS WINNING THE ENTIRE, UP UNTIL MY HULL STARTED FLAMING =P
KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE OTHER GUY HAD FULL CONTROL OVER HIS WOLF THE ENTIRE FIGHT, I CHICKENED OUT AROUND ABOUT THE TIME THAT I STARTED CHOKING ON THE FLAMES BILLOWING OUT THE SIDE OF MY WOLF'S ENGINES. SO I BROUGHT MY VIEW BACK, MAINLY BECAUSE I FIGURED I WAS ABOUT TO POP, AND AT LEAST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW CLOSE IT WAS. BUT IN REALITY, THIS VIDEO BECAME A REALLY NICE SHOWCASING OF THE VALUE OF ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE YOUR FUCKING MODS
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