Getting a feel for things again

So by now I created contracts for my stuff in Nullsec. I even jumped back and flew my Proteus out the hard way. Ok, it was configured cloaky / nully, so not a big deal. But still it was 20 jumps through hostile territory.
All went well though and it sits safely in Cat now. I flew some level 4 missions, just to get accustomed to Eve again. Know what? They are still awful.
My friend Zak also resubbed and he also likes the idea to live in a wormhole. So today in the evening and will resubscribe my second account and start looking for one. Time to get things going.

Enough WoT...back to EVE

In World of Tanks I have played 12.000 matches by now, mostly in my clan "Druckwelle". My rating is ok, I played clanwars, have 4 Tier 10 tanks and enjoyed the game a lot.
But more and more the cheating servers really annoy me. It is not ok, that the matchmaker / server starts to put you more and more as low tier and in bad teams when you perform well. And that it does that is a fact. I even think it tinkers with penetration / camo / hitrate. But I cannot prove that.
Whatever....

I decided to come back to EVE and resubscribed yesterday. On logging in I found my main account deep in Nullsec in the drone regions. With a lot of assets. In a hostile station.
After short consideration I clonejumped to empire. My assets in the drone regions will be sold for cheap cheap with contratcs.
I issued some Red Frog contracts for my other stuff, want it brought back to Cat in Essence, where it all started. I will consolidate a bit, resub my other account and then decide what to do.
Options are:
- find a C1 or C2 wormhole to live in (maybe with a friend)
- make a fortune in empire (probably not, I rather make one in RL)
- back to sov warfare
- join the militia

I don't know yet. Time will tell. Probably the wormhole :)

Performance and Efficiency rating

Generally I am pleased with the way my performance and efficiency ratings in World of Tanks change over time. But there is always ways to improve. And so I analyzed my last ~500 games to find hints how to do so.
And what I found is that I have quite some games where I perform exceptionally well. Most games I at least pull my own weight in damage and kills. But there is also a not marginal percentage of games where I really perform very very poorly. No damage and no other contribution. By avoiding those abysmal games I could improve a lot, because they really pull down the average.
And I die too often. Much too often in fact.
Obviously I play much to risky in random games. And I am always willing to sacrifice my tank when I feel it could win the game. In clan companies that works, but not in random games. Because the team mates are just not reliable.
So I will work on these two issues the next weeks and see if I manage to play it more carefully.

World of Tanks progress

I still have lots of fun playing World of Tanks. I even bought a new graphics card, which pushed my fps to around 80 in "High" settings. (And I still see tracers from enemy artillerie, some guys seem to have issues with that).
In the time since my last posting, I pushed my IS-3 to elite status and now could buy the Tier 9 IS-8.
But I am a million credits short.
My most favorite tank is still my VK2801 scout, I scored a whooping 2500 EP (not doubled or so) and got my Ace Tanker badge for it (I have it for 4 tanks now).
Speaking of which: the first weeks I played I was really really awful. Bad performance rating, bad winrate. My Super Pershing was down to 40% winrate!
Now the noobmeter shows me solidly in the "good" rating for the last 500 games. My overall winrate climbs and climbs (up to 49% now and climbing), some tanks are as high as 70% already. Yesterday I even got a topgun badge for the Super Pershing. Winrate of the tank is 45% now. Still bad, but it is solidly over 50% for the last 3 weeks.
Also I began to push for more Tier 8 tanks. With tank destroyers I am up to the Jagdpanther and will soon have the Tier 8 Jagdpanther II (I prefer it over the Ferdinand).
As an artillery I have a GW Panther, but I will probably stop there, because I don't like Arty much. A Tier 6 is a must have though, because of Tank Companies.
Also I have a T-43 which will soon be upgraded to the Tier 8 T-44. In the German tree I put the VK3601 to elite status and can go Panther and Tiger now. But I will stick with the VK. The tier 8 konisch gun is awesome using gold ammo. Very fast reloading, superb penetration and good damage with gold. As a high tier in a random game you always end up with a lot of experience points and the one or other Topgun badge :) I use the stock turret, the upgraded one turns too slow for my taste.
Last but not least I started the French light tree and bought an ELC AMX (skipped the first 4 tiers with free xp). I like the ELC, you can play classic scout or play it as TD if you prefer.
Also I researched the Chinese tree up to Tier 5 with free xp, but did not buy a tank yet.
Yes, I can play Tank Companies now, because I joined the famous Druckwelle clan and I am very proud to be a member!

No EvE motivation

obviously my motivation to play EvE is near zero. Ever since the blue blob pushed us out of Catch I was at a loss what to do. I really enjoyed living there and also the PvP.
For me it was not imaginable to ever not play EvE, I was really dedicated and had a lot of fun. Not so anymore. I relocated to the Drone regions with no problems, but never felt at home. And the blue blob is knocking at our doors yet again.
When I think "EvE" I get depressed and gloomy...so I log in less and less. Probably I will let my subscriptions run out. I am vaguely interested in faction warfare, but not to the point to burn all bridges and actually join up.
Long story short: I am on Eve hiatus for the time being. World of Tanks with my clan is just so much more fun....