Warfare & Tactics

HED-GP proved the simple point. 700 dreads could only kill what, 8 archons?

The simple math proves that CCP is lying when they say there are hundreds of ships you can fit as you like and that new players can be useful in pvp. You can't.

If you cannot fly an archon, nyx, or interceptor, then there is no point playing in nullsec sov war any more. Sad, I missed the old days when t1 cruisers had a place in sov war too. Those days are gone.

And what is the core issue? Ship balance is one, but the critical issue is server stability. If you assign drones to someone, it does not matter if you are lagging horribly in TiDi (although even that breaks in 0.1 Tidi). You can still fight in an Archon, because the drones will do what they do no matter what.

Everything else that isn't an archon, Nyx or instant action ship (interceptors) - forget it. You simply cannot play once local numbers go past 600, the server starts to freak out at 1250 players, and at 2000+ there is a superb chance of 50 minute warps and outright subserver crashing. The subservers have been crashed at least twice in the Southern war so far, apparently at will by Pandemic to save their caps. And if you go past 4000? ... HED-GP happens. One side loses while not even able to see their own ships, or activate any modules, and unable to target and fire.

So basically, EVE is all about interceptors and drones now. Even the Sisters of EVE ships are drone boats. Oh and drones are immune to ECM, so that entire aspect of the game is pretty much dead, especailly in capital scale fleet warfare (which is any sov warfare now).

So yes, CCP rebalance dreads immediately, or change your advertising. About 500 players are potentially going to unsubscribe due to the debacle that is the state of nullsec warfare - and not on one side, either. It's boring to the nth power, but with the total inability of CCP to resolve the server stability issues with drone fleet doctrines, the blunt reality is that anything that isn't a drone ship is totally useless in nullsec sov war because they stop working first when the tidi hits, and the drones keep going at server speed.



Oh, and how to get the skills to fly an archon and the ship? Pay to play, of course. Change the business model to free to play rather than monthly sub if you insist on making pvp that matters capital ships only CCP. Because there are a lot of other pvp games out there using the free to play model right now, and guess what, they are more stable. When game like Star Citizen hit, EVE Online will be in deep trouble if you have not sorted out the utter disgrace that nullsec server stability and game performance has become. No excuses, you have had plenty of time to make lots of pretty expansions with items no-one uses because they were cute but fundamentally flawed in their design. Do something, or watch the Third Great War become the Last Great War.

HED-GP proved the simple point. 700 dreads could only kill what, 8 archons?

The simple math proves that CCP is lying when they say there are hundreds of ships you can fit as you like and that new players can be useful in pvp. You can't.

If you cannot fly an archon, nyx, or interceptor, then there is no point playing in nullsec sov war any more. Sad, I missed the old days when t1 cruisers had a place in sov war too. Those days are gone.

And what is the core issue? Ship balance is one, but the critical issue is server stability. If you assign drones to someone, it does not matter if you are lagging horribly in TiDi (although even that breaks in 0.1 Tidi). You can still fight in an Archon, because the drones will do what they do no matter what.

Everything else that isn't an archon, Nyx or instant action ship (interceptors) - forget it. You simply cannot play once local numbers go past 600, the server starts to freak out at 1250 players, and at 2000+ there is a superb chance of 50 minute warps and outright subserver crashing. The subservers have been crashed at least twice in the Southern war so far, apparently at will by Pandemic to save their caps. And if you go past 4000? ... HED-GP happens. One side loses while not even able to see their own ships, or activate any modules, and unable to target and fire.

So yes, CCP rebalance dreads immediately, or change your advertising. About 500 players are potentially going to unsubscribe due to the debacle that is the state of nullsec warfare - and not on one side, either. It's boring to the nth power, but with the total inability of CCP to resolve the server stability issues with drone fleet doctrines, the blunt reality is that anything that isn't a drone ship is totally useless in nullsec sov war because they stop working first when the tidi hits, and the drones keep going at server speed.

HED-GP proved the simple point. Cynoing 1500 ppl to grid with another 2500 is a bad idea.

Ill admit i do use boosts when fighting out numbered but when its me and one other guy and i know hes not boosted i wont use mine i keep it cloake

That is exactly why eve is stagnating with always the same players with more and more alts and no new players. Really if new players convo me sometimes wtf should I tell them? "Get alts, more alts and even more alts"?

Im not Colt. Im a new player and this is my only account. You seem to have xompletely lost touch with what a new player experiences in EVE and your advantages as a result of having played longer have gone to your head, and you take them for granted.

Its my genuine opinion, that what you are doing, is lame, and I agree with Colts assesment that this kind of multiboxing is rather sad. If you are going to gank someone with a cloaked boost in tow

And you are a liar when you claim you wouldnt deploy the boost to ensure a win.

Just a small correction here: Drones are NOT immune to ECM in general. They are immune to an ECM Burst but you can jam them with targeted ECM.