I usually run my games using Wine and Linux, but there are occasions where I want to play RoM on OSX. Here are the general steps I used to get it running on an x86 MacBook.
RoM on OSX
August 27, 2010
How to Run Runes of Magic on OSX
August 25, 2010
Back in Runes of Magic
After being in the dark, gritty universe of EVE, moving back to Runes of Magic is an interesting experience. The first thing I notice is that I seem to have a pile of gold, a pile of diamonds, and a free skill reset. The second thing I noticed is the company’s (Frogster’s) apparent hostility to scammers. There are still scammers, but not like Jita local.
Traveling Back in Time
One Billion Dollars!
I finally reached one billion isk in liquid cash (not including assets). Now that I’m in a stable place, I’m going to take a few weeks break from EVE and move back into Runes of Magic. I feel like being a carebear without a concern.
August 18, 2010
Standings Grind Complete
My standings grind for R&D agents is complete. Both of my main toons are running 5 good quality R&D agents. It looks like just these toons will pull in more then 130 million ISK per month in data cores. I probably will collect them every 3 months or so to make the pile of cash seem bigger. My next goal is to finally hit 1 billion ISK in the bank. To this end, I’ll run a few level 4 missions for a nice quality agent. Once I hit a billion, I plan to find a home in 0.0 Maybe I’ll take a trip to the Great Wildlands. I hear it’s nice there in the summer.
August 16, 2010
Standings Grinds Unfun
I am almost done with the standings grinds I need for R&D agents. Now I understand why many pilots don’t attempt datacore farming. It’s a hard grind to get standings for level 4 R&D agents. Many of the R&D corps don’t have solid high level combat agents, so one has to suffer through a lot of courier and mining missions.
The Pain!
August 3, 2010
The life of a Nomad
With my standings grind to get my research agents up and running comes a different lifestyle. Currently, I have no home. I’m living out of my van (transport ship) as I move from place to place experimenting with different types of agents.
Homeless… homeless…
July 26, 2010
Inspired by Images…
There is a writing contest over at Starfleet Comms. The aim is to write a short piece inspired by the image of a Taranis warping through space. I don’t usually write fiction, but I figured I’d give it a shot since I’ve spent a lot of time in the Ares and Taranis. Find my story below the fold.
Bad Fiction Follows
EVE: The Great Standings Grind of Summer 2010
If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you’ll know that I am working on increasing my standings with several R&D corps. I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting and I’ve wasted a lot of time doing things inefficiently.
Pushing a Stone Uphill
July 19, 2010
How to Make a Datacore Miner for Fun and Profit
Now that my two main characters are close to starting their datacore farming careers, I’m looking into what is needed to press my mostly unused toons into service farming datacores. The question I must answer before going down this path is, Will the passive income be worth the month and a half of skill training (and two weeks of grinding or more) required to bring the toon up to speed?
Datacore Alts
July 14, 2010
The Quest For Better R&D Agents
Now that I have the goal to build some passive streams of ISK, I’ve started at the top of my list at research agents. My main already has standings to use level 4 research agents in one corp, but they only have two good agents. As I get more skilled, I will need more high quality agents. This means I have to gain standings with other research corps.
The Great Standings Grind of 2010