It isn't often that an undersized battlecruiser can take on a battleship head-to-head, but last night in Eve I did exactly that. My corporation was engaging in a great battle in a Tier 4 mission and we were facing off against numerous battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers and frigates. Near the end of one of the battles I found myself facing down a lone battleship firing torpedos at me. With newly upgraded shields and skills, I was able to face down the beast and prevail with minimal damage to my shields.

Tier 4 missions are currently the cream of the crop in Eve. They have great bounties, great payouts, and they often require a gang of friends to complete. Last night it took 3 battlecruisers from my corporation to win through the first two stages of the mission. We're holding off on stage 3 for another night (it was 12:30am when we finished stage 2). But so far we've made nearly 4 million ISK in bounties alone, which is quite a good haul.

Tier 4 missions are dangerous and require coordination as well as knowledge of your ship's capabilities and those of the other members of your gang. Voice chat helps, though it isn't required as we were able to make it through using just normal chat.

Wednesday should prove to be quite a good bit of fun as we try to close out the mission and face down a named pirate (worth 850k ISK alone!) and his numerous friends. Well, tats all for now. Back to the good fight!