Declarations of War: Recent Episodes
Alekseyev Karrde
Drag and drop your way to glory at the CSM Voting Page! Not sure who to vote for? Here’s our picks for CSM20: Honorable Mentions: Rots Mijnwerker (if Gideon and Puce weren’t running he’d be in their spots) Drake Iddon … Continue reading →
The fiery upstarts looking to bring new blood to the CSM! For this panel we are joined by: -Itaer -Gideon Zendikar -Janstina Urthadar -ThePuce Moose Call outs are named, spice flows and/or projects, and cases made why these candidates deserve … Continue reading →
An all-star cast of CSM Reps running for reelection, featuring: Join us as we discuss the track record of CSM19, their relationship to CCP and to the CSM as a role, as well as get some lively discussion around game … Continue reading →
A guest-packed episode dissecting the fall of one of EVE’s oldest WH freeports, Tennyson -CSM Alumni, EVE Rookies CEO, and Wormlife Freeport CEO Kshal Aideron is joined by Wormlife FC Chimeries as our special guests -Noir. pilot Astor Iris makes … Continue reading →
Are we the baddies? -Sierra Sin, one of the executors of LinkNet AKA Provi’s second largest landholding alliance, joins us to give the non-AO defender perspective from the Absolute Rehabilitation War -We’ve heard from WinterCo/Rehab, we’ve heard from the inside … Continue reading →
Inspiring leadership -Kind of a part 2 from last episode, we are joined by former Absolute Order FC and leadership team member Tess Quinn -Tess’ EVE journey, how she ended up in Absolute Order, and what life is like in … Continue reading →
“Our manifesto is not questionable.” -Reddit crusader and organizer of the Rehabilitation Discord/campaign JB Hitmarker joins the show -Who is Absolute Order and how did Providence get here? -WinterCo. JB, and the Rehabilitation campaign -Campaign Breakdown: Noir. deploys to Misaba … Continue reading →
Excellent branding -Will CCP’s sale help or hurt the game? -The founder of BBQ BOIS join the show and gives an insight into their unique mercenary specialty -The Alliance Tournament returns, Zeero previews the rules, prizes, and points changes -Lowsec … Continue reading →
“Imperium and Horde are quite busy with each other” -Graham Gold, FC for Black Rabbits., joins the show -Did the Merc Task Force eat shit? Yes and no. -CCP/EVE listed for sale by Pearl Abyss -The Imperium war machine marches … Continue reading →
“Pochven is now officially Pspace” -An all-CSM-guest edition of the show to talk the lead up to, launch, and future beyond the Legion expansion -CSMs running for office vs serving in office -What’s going on in Pochven these days and … Continue reading →
“It warms my heart in some really weird way” -Noir. FC Marlowe Conrad joins the show for a first hand account of this years FanFest -Also joining us, the developer of EVE OS Luke Kabbash! -Our reaction to all the … Continue reading →
It’s remarkable that we have three generations of EVE players here. In this landmark episode, our illustrious guest Brisc Rubal flips the script and interviews the Declarations of War cast about Noir.’s founding, it’s history, death/rebirth, and greatest contracts. Along … Continue reading →
-This is it! DoW’s in depth break down of the lead up to and consequences of the 2025 Equinox Update -Special Guests: EVE Game Design Director CCP Okami, EVE QA Analyst CCP Kestrel, and author of I Wanna be a … Continue reading →
“I think I had a hand in that” -The Omist war continues to rage as both side continues to escalate and innovate, with BOSS establishing a clear advantage in this phase of the campaign -An economic patch! The crew analyzes … Continue reading →
“One of the most even small coalition wars I’ve ever seen.” -Contract Update: Omist! Trench warfare on the far edge of space -Fishing comes to EVE! -ATXX Feeders come to a close as the pod looks on to the main … Continue reading →
“Looks like they’re starting an eviction” -A few words on the passing of CSM Rep and titan of the EVE Community, Innominate -A slew of Contract Updates including hype for upcoming episodes covering our campaign in Omist -A bit of … Continue reading →
“I think there were a lot of mistakes on their part” -Jimmy Michaels, Hard Knocks, and the intricacies of WH Warfare -Imperium and PandaFam clash with Keepstars on the line (Discord lost some audio here, did our best to salvage!) … Continue reading →
“Lowsec is alive and well” -Round 2 of Equinox adjustments as CCP responds to a rare united front by nullsec coalition leaders -CYNO vs EVE Uni grinds on, and on, and on -A meme war in Providence gets real serious … Continue reading →
“Hoo boy” -Spicy Contract Update: Noir.CALSF vs PARABELLUM in Metropolis, inc. a huge lowsec bloodbath -Nullsec outrage over Equinox nerfs: is it justified? -CCP Burger’s Director Letter -Carrier MJD seeing some use but still underwhelming as a tool -Fraternity gets … Continue reading →
“You COULD say that!” -Federation Frontline Report represents as Samson joins the cast -Samson’s rise from recon grunt to top tier salt miner -The Fallout of Equinox: Patch problems from SKINR to nullsec to FW changes -State of the Gal/Cal/Guri … Continue reading →
“By God I am taking credit for Micro Jump Drives on Carriers” -Legendary Best Guest/CSM Rep Brisc Rubal joins us for a jam packed patch notes episode! -SKINR: What’s fair and unfair to criticize about the long asked for but … Continue reading →
“Reeks of microtransactions” -Pirate, industrialist, and podcaster Random McNally joins us for a great interview and a timely episode -Which MC corp is best? The People have spoken -SYNDE surrenders the WH war in a shocking turn of events -Custom … Continue reading →
Best MC corp? -MC veteran, podcasting legend, and recent Noir. recruit Crovan joins us for a show over 15 years in the making -Crovan’s journey through EVE and the relaunch of The Drone Bay -WH War 2024: Things go south … Continue reading →
“This story will have an end.” -A wild Bill Dingha Cynabal appears on the show to discuss his epic Corvette-to-Cynabal challenge -What has Bill learned from this challenge? What should CCP learn? -Wormhole War ’24 continues as both sides trade … Continue reading →
“We decided we’re going to do something about it and we started planning.” -Cyrus Kurush of SYNDE joins us for a first hand account of the largest war in wormhole space in EVE history -The dynamics of C5/C6 WH space … Continue reading →
“That’s a bit more than EVE O Preview” -Contract Update: WH POS/POCOs, FW Farmers, highsec Azbel, and Noir.’s first week in Guristas Faction Warfare-Imperium and PandaFam square up in Catch and highsec-SRS Fortizars become the latest high profile highsec war … Continue reading →
I’m taking it a little personally! -Poll: Deflation vs Inflation -Major announcement about the future of Noir. and The Network. -Shenanigans! Highsec wardec alliances lose multiple HQs but find controversial ways to stay in business -EVE University continues to process … Continue reading →
“One of the most productive CSM Summits ever” -The Oz returns to accept his Best Guest of 2023 Award -Oz gives a (NDA compliant) insiders view of the 2024 CSM Summit -An analysis of the Jan 2024 economic report and … Continue reading →
“I didn’t get a f*ckin thing today!” -GalMil makes history as the first Faction Militia to win an Insurgency and take down a Pirate Forward Operating Base -2023 Black Mark winners revealed! Shocking results! Discussions about the meta!!! Is Alek … Continue reading →
“It took a toll on me, to be fair.” -WE FORM VOLTA leader StarFleetCommander joins the show for an interview and a history lesson -VOLTA’s early days in wormholes and the rise/fall of their nullsec empire -In the Tunnels of … Continue reading →
269? Nice. -The full story of EVE Uni’s WH Campus corp theft and eviction -SNUFF wrecks GalMil’s Network infrastructure on Christmas Eve -The 2023 Black Mark Awards are on! We break down the nominations. Vote here! -A recent Noir. Academy … Continue reading →
“Weeeo weeeo” -The DoW audience weighs in on whether to preemptive strike or turtle up -Alek and Zeero playtest EVE: Vanguard during the First Strike event -Contract Updates: The Battle for Minerva (Jspace faceoff), Aborting a TRI Athanor in Wicked … Continue reading →
“They’ve switched to Ishtars” -CSM elections come to a close. What candidates stood out and what kind of CSM will we see this year? -Contract Update: A C1 WH Astra results in a merc tug of war! -Triumvirate rises again … Continue reading →
Vote vote vote! The voting period for the 2023 CSM election has begun and will continue till Sept 11. Thanks to our Single Transferrable Vote system, even if your top choice doesn’t have enough support it that vote trickles down … Continue reading →
Featuring Amelia Duskspace, Cael Caderu, and Gideon Zendikar -Conflict Drivers: Balancing challenges of passive income and whether the best incentives are for individuals or organizations -Force Projection: How do you evaluate the effect of changes to jump bridges and what … Continue reading →
Featuring The Oz, Yondu Quill, and (eventually) Angry Mustache -BoosterGate: The business case against Gold Ammo, and what happens when CCP crosses The Line -Is CCP too interventionist in the EVE market? -CSM’s level of influence in CCP’s business decisions … Continue reading →
“Kind of a big deal” -Longtime Noir. director and FC ikeo58 makes his first DoW appearance -Contract Wrap Up: The Defense of Sujarento -Noir. Academy relaunched?! Ikeo gives us the scoop and you can get involved here -Fraternity makes history … Continue reading →
Not going to be as pitch-forky as I initially thought -BoosterGate -Noir. Contract Update: Sujarento -The problems with Carriers -Patch Notes: FW Complex Rebalance -T2 Dreads: Bane of Jump Freighters -What are the best pirate implants for small gang warfare? … Continue reading →
“Wouldn’t count on that” -Leader of new merc alliance Blood Eagle Syndicate, Kanari Xadi, joins the show to discuss their experiences in FW and the merc biz -Contract: Burn Kor-Azor -Faction Warzone updates -EVEPraisal shuts its doors -CSM18 election details … Continue reading →
“Not our best commercial, unfortunately” -Sabbat Saint, host of the Triglavian Times, joins the show to talk Pochven, the AT, and more! -Pochven the early years plus an overview of the current big players in Triglavian space -End of an … Continue reading →
Friendship Ended with Imperium -Alek and Zeero salivate for the new Lance Dreadnaughts and wax malevolently about their potential tactical applications -SKINS for rent; we are not pleased -INIT leaves The Imperium. While standings remain blue, the long term implications … Continue reading →
“I was young” -Former Noir. FC and currnet leader of Asymmetric-Warfare alliance Asar Kardde joins the show for a look into the politics of southeastern nullsec -The South Eastern Agreement: player, pawns, and pwnage -Key Horde FCs defect to Goonswarm … Continue reading →
“Looking forward to blowing them all up” -EVE Online’s 20th Anniversary: Laeve and Alek reminisce -Upcoming Patch; T2 Capital ships, corp LP tax, and station heraldry -FW: Caldari completed the first shipcaster in EVE. -Imperium vs FRT: the great pause … Continue reading →
“There’s no amount of spin for this” -Fraternity forced out of Pure Blind as the X-74 Keepstar falls in spectacular fashion. A first-hand account of the fighting and a look at where this conflict goes next -Pandemic Horde’s no good … Continue reading →
They had to pick one -War of the Rents: Both sides claim wins as FRT defends a key strategic point but at a price. Both sides take heavy losses in large scale fighting. Is FRT officially on the backfoot? -Contract … Continue reading →
It is what it is. -Is Renting the new Big Bad? TTT, South Eastern Agreement, and the next big war -Imperium rides north! Asher’s first major campaign as Head of the Swarm seems them join B3 vs WinterCo/Horde -Campaign update: … Continue reading →
Our 6th Annual Awards Show! -Winners of the 2022 Black Mark Awards revealed! -The Man for the Job: Brisc Rubal earns himself a special(er) place in DoW history -An update on the TISHU vs Galmil war -Speculation on shipcasters and … Continue reading →
Late, as is tradition! The Black Marks are Noir. and Declarations of War’s year-end awards program. While purely for shits n giggles, it’s our way of celebrating and recognizing the most awesome people and things in EVE that made 2022 … Continue reading →
“Who knew they had friends?” Declarations of War heads out into space for our 250th episode featuring hosts Alek, Laeve, Zeero with returning guests Anulia and Zia! We reflect back on our first moments with the show, the ongoing conflict … Continue reading →
“They shat a collective brick.” -The Network. expands as Horngry and QCATS join Noir. to make a FW merc powerhouse -Zeero and Alek break down how the alliance came to be and how it’s all going to work -Contract Update: … Continue reading →
And you didn’t ping me!!! -The show is visited by hosts of Christmas past, present, and who knows maybe future: Zeero and Artimus return! With special guests, Noir. FCs Anulia and Zia -A holiday break recap -2022 Year in Review … Continue reading →
Hello everyone! Alek here wishing all of our listeners a fun and festive holiday season, with the Happiest of New Years. Our next episode is scheduled to record on Jan 4. Looking forward to recapping the year, a very cool … Continue reading →
“Hard to call Uprising anything but a success” -Rixx Javix joins the show to discuss his art, EVE’s 2022, and A Band Apart -Warzone Update: Noir.’s successful rearguard action focuses Gal/Cal warzone into 2 fronts. We breakdown the action and … Continue reading →
One of the most dominant finals performances in AT history -Alek and Laeve break down the final brackets and matches of the 18th Alliance Tournament -Review of the new Battlefields feature that rolled out for Faction Warfare -Contract Update: Gallente … Continue reading →
Whoever loses, we all win -Senior leaders of the Caldari and Gallente militia showdown on the eve of the Uprising patch -The boring stuff out of the way: Which new ships do the militias have their eyes on to have … Continue reading →
Missed the dev blog by like 2 days -Network knocked out of the feeder rounds of the AT. The shame! -Alek and Laeve review the latest reveals and rumors coming out of EVE Vegas -Contract Update: Noir. joins Gallente Militia
“We ran the numbers.” -Fraternity.’s permabanned-but-still-playing alliance exec gets scammed for 100b trying to take the easy way out vs BRAVE -Contract Update: Athanors and Raitarus in Great Wildlands
“The State of EVE is meh” -Newly promoted CEO of Push X, Psy Asterus, brings an often unexplored hauler’s perspective to the show -What is Push X, how does it work, how does it differ from competitors like Red Frog, … Continue reading →
“It defies the conventional wisdom of nullsec” -BRAVE diplomat Wolfy Alexstrasza gives an inside account of BRAVE at war -The circumstances in, around, before, and during the invasion of Fraternity., plus what may lay ahead -1 trillion ISK and TEST’s … Continue reading →
“FRT will have failed where so many others have succeeded” -We do our best to recap the scandals swirling, the community backlash, and where both EVE and The Imperium go from here -Fraternity bleeds but does not progress against BRAVE … Continue reading →
The people have spoken -CSM17 election has closed, our panel analyzes the results and the fortunes of their favorite candidates. What do non-bloc people or communities need to do to get on the CSM? (Shoutout TAGN: https://tagn.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/introducing-your-csm17-representatives/) -Contract Breakdown: Immensea … Continue reading →
Morb on over to the polls Before you head on over to cast your vote be sure to check out our CSM17 candidate roundtables featuring 7 very worthy candidates engaging with each other on the hot issues of this election … Continue reading →
-Stitch Kaneland, Arsia Elkin, and Phantomite join us for a very special lowsec edition of the CSM roundtables -With no Alek in sight, Zeero and Diamond put these three candidates through their paces on lowsec, force projection, and how well … Continue reading →
Featuring: Brisc Rubal, Pando, Gideon Zendikar, and keacte -Breaking the ice with BjornBee bromance -Meet the candidates, their playstles, and their goals if elected -The Spice Must Flow: Brisc and Gideon’s fiery clash over jump bridges highlights an enduring contrast … Continue reading →
4 Guests, 2 Hosts, 1 Puzzle -Possibly the most guests we’ve ever had: Brisc Rubal, Frost Ees OP, the returning Jin’Taan, and Golden Elite member Mark Havoc -All the guests went to FanFest, as did Alek. Zeero and Laeve (who … Continue reading →
“It’s like all other conversations instantly stopped.” CCP raises monthly subscription prices from $15 to $20 and we feel a certain type of way about it.
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Zeeroak Ool and Diamond Fury join the show as regular hosts -Noir. pilots Diamond Fury and Zeeroak Ool join Alek (and the cast in general) for a packed show -The EVE community thanks the newly minted CCP Kestrel for all … Continue reading →
Our Solitude contract went better than expected -Alek is joined by alliance leadership types Martin Lockheart of Hardly Competent, blogger Xuixien of Solar Wind Security Solutions, and Henrick Suzaku of the Caldari Militia’s SPD -Contract Update: Solitude turns on a … Continue reading →
“Triple boxing itself” -Battle of the Bergurs and Laeve’s thoughts on the recent DoW interviews -The Invasion of Ukraine -Noir. goes on contract in Solitude -Noir. launches an NPSI program with initial events for EVE Uni and a public roam … Continue reading →
Disclaimer: Technically not 120 minutes -Fanfest is coming!!! What should people expect out of this event 3 years in the making? -Mining NPE and the most effective metrics for new player retention -No more ninja POCOs: gantry now have timers … Continue reading →
“Devs replying to you on Reddit isn’t a God given right either.” -CCP Swift and CCP Rattati join the show for an in-depth, no holds barred interview -Scarcity, the Age of Prosperity, their rollouts/marketing, and what the data is telling … Continue reading →
“Two Forts enter, one Fort leaves!” -The Mittani’s interview has improved his image; Andy gives his thoughts -Review of the Winter Nexus event 2021 -Mining patch! Scarcity is “officially” “over” How good/bad was its final form and how is it … Continue reading →
“That guy Remedial knew from Lordless” The Mittani sends his regards to the Declarations of War faithful as Alek goes one on one with the King of Space himself. This epic interview spans the length and breadth of Mittani’s +15 … Continue reading →
“I believe a ship boundary violated…” Alek, Andy, and Laeve are joined by Noir. EU director Robert Mason and The Network AT captain Ovyx Tilleren to recount and relive NET’s first and extremely memorable alliance tournament run. For the <10 … Continue reading →
“Salt After Dark” -An assessment of BRAVE’s capabilities divides the DoW community -Alek gives the highlights and lowlights of the first post-pandemic EVE Vegas -Dreadbomb experiences more setbacks in Tenerifis as FIRE continues their offensive -A coup within NSH leads … Continue reading →
“A couple days turned into a couple weeks. You can tell BRAVE isn’t looking for jobs…” -Checking in on BRAVE’s relocation from Geminate to Pure Blind -Dreadbomb “relocates” staging back to Tenerifis after losing/sacrificing a key invasion Fortizar -Pochven residents … Continue reading →
“Speaking of good fights….” -Want a partner skin? Give us your best comment: https://youtu.be/pzfiMUQ_qcs -Contract Wrap Up: Great Wildlands vs EBOLA/GameTheory -A new CRABbing tool: Horde Mode -Developments in nullsec: RC and FIRE move closer to all-out-war while BRAVE moves … Continue reading →
“I’m not going to edit that.” -EVE_NT OG’s Bei Artjay and General Stargazer give a behind the scenes look at the Alliance Tournament -The improbable story behind the first AT that EVE_NT got involved with producing -This year’s feeder rounds … Continue reading →
“Had a real casual vibe going on” -Numerous contract updates including some balls to the wall WH fights -Alliance Tournament Feeder Rounds feature interesting comps, thrilling upsets, and Alek on commentary! -Rorquals and whaling return in a big way as … Continue reading →