There’s a freighter wreck on the field and I can see through the explosion it’s solid blue. Jackpot, the loot dropped. Real time begins to dilate. “Align… Align… hurry up and warp already!”, is all I can think. And then it happens…

The new system is a major step forward in Planetary Interaction. If you missed out on the first stab at this new time sink, check out my original guide. The biggest change to PI is instead of restarting multiple extractors that all do the same thing, you only need to restart one thing for each type of resource. Lets skip all the basics and get right to it.

If you’re looking to keep up with the soap opera in the Eve Online universe, look no further than EveNews24. As fast as alliances and coalitions are formed and destroyed, EveNews24 is there keeping score in the day-to-day fight. Battle Reports, Interviews, Videos, etc. it’s all there, but don’t miss out on the comments. Some of the best trash talking can be found here.

Tomorrow is the final day of the Eve Online Alliance Tournament. From dragged out tank-fests to bomber squadrons obliterating machariels and bhaalgorns, there have been quite a number of great matches thus far. If you’re looking to see how different ships work together, this is a great place to brush up on your knowledge.

You only get so much grid and cpu to work with. Make the most out of your extractors, processors, storage, and links. If you want to make a decent profit working with planets in high sec, go for the T3 products. T4′s are a lot of work shuttling product between planets, and T2 and under just isn’t worth the time. When you’re ready squeeze every last drop of productivity out of your planets, try these useful tips.

Where other games fall short after a few weeks or months, Eve’s developers, CCP, continue to astonish with their continuously ground breaking game design. Eve is inching toward the decade mark with a solid player base, both young and old – and has recently won top honors as the #1 MMORPG for 2010. Here’s a mix of beginner tips, strategic guides, calculators, and useful information for a few specific aspects of the game.

Here’s a good map of the current balance of power in EVE Online. Goonswarm definitely has the largest number of systems under their control, but there are plenty of others out there holding down the fort.