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FFA Empire war -- who wins?
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Provence Tristram
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-01-16 12:27:01 UTC
Discounting the Jovians since, outside a few exceptions, players cannot fly their ships, let's say a hypothetical free-for-all breaks out between the 4 Empires of EVE (maybe as a 'we're closing EVE down' finale presented by CCP [heaven forbid]). And let's say that players are assigned to those Empires, not based on theoretical corp association, but on the racial affiliation of the ship they fly most frequently.

Who wins?

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Gallente, simply due to the sheer number of people I see hauling stuff in Federation boats (which, surely for a number of players, would count as their 'most flown' vessel, pushing them into the Gallente camp), thus giving them a numbers advantage.

... but is it possible that another race comes from out of nowhere and overcomes numbers to win just based on combat utility?
Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2015-01-16 12:28:55 UTC
Market stockists.
Solecist Project
#3 - 2015-01-16 12:34:47 UTC
The sex industry.

Bigtime.

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#4 - 2015-01-16 12:41:50 UTC
There should still be a huge surplus of Achuras around.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#5 - 2015-01-16 12:49:19 UTC
The Holy Empress will adorn her vessel with the spiked heads of her enemies. The wailing of the doomed will echo throughout the universe. Holy fire will purge the heretic and the apostate alike. The stars themselves with burn red with the blood spilled in her name.

TL;DR: Amarr Victor.

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#6 - 2015-01-16 12:49:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Alavaria Fera
Provence Tristram wrote:
Discounting the Jovians since, outside a few exceptions, players cannot fly their ships, let's say a hypothetical free-for-all breaks out between the 4 Empires of EVE (maybe as a 'we're closing EVE down' finale presented by CCP [heaven forbid]). And let's say that players are assigned to those Empires, not based on theoretical corp association, but on the racial affiliation of the ship they fly most frequently.

Who wins?

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Gallente, simply due to the sheer number of people I see hauling stuff in Federation boats (which, surely for a number of players, would count as their 'most flown' vessel, pushing them into the Gallente camp), thus giving them a numbers advantage.

... but is it possible that another race comes from out of nowhere and overcomes numbers to win just based on combat utility?

cynoibises and jita market alts probably mean more caldari characters are made

but we all know it will turn into rping and look what happened with the amarr confessor...


On the other hand, it also depends on how much isk the empires can put on the field

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Plug in Baby
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-01-16 12:50:49 UTC
Amarr cos Archon or Gallente cos Ishtar/nyx.

If the fight takes place in empire space then all of the above ships are super OP because no bombs.

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Aiyshimin
Shiva Furnace
#8 - 2015-01-16 13:10:51 UTC
It's Ishtars vs Tengus, and because Caldari has the biggest blob, they win.

Provence Tristram
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#9 - 2015-01-16 13:31:39 UTC
Discounting players, does any one Empire have a baseline advantage going in?
Nami Kumamato
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2015-01-16 13:47:12 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:


TL;DR: Amarr Victor.


Fancy - coming from a Minmatar...
Those years of enslavement payed off apparently.

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Nami Kumamato
Perkone
Caldari State
#11 - 2015-01-16 13:49:54 UTC
Provence Tristram wrote:
Discounting the Jovians since, outside a few exceptions, players cannot fly their ships, let's say a hypothetical free-for-all breaks out between the 4 Empires of EVE (maybe as a 'we're closing EVE down' finale presented by CCP [heaven forbid]). And let's say that players are assigned to those Empires, not based on theoretical corp association, but on the racial affiliation of the ship they fly most frequently.

Who wins?

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Gallente, simply due to the sheer number of people I see hauling stuff in Federation boats (which, surely for a number of players, would count as their 'most flown' vessel, pushing them into the Gallente camp), thus giving them a numbers advantage.

... but is it possible that another race comes from out of nowhere and overcomes numbers to win just based on combat utility?


If CCP ever does that it should have a cinematic intro with "War...war never changes..."

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2015-01-16 13:50:16 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
The forum will win.

As we all know that most people live on the forum.


Or ORE, cause of all those mindless AFK people with their ISB fleet of miners.

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Serene Repose
#13 - 2015-01-16 13:53:46 UTC
Gallente. Bwaaaa haaaa haaaa. Oh geez. Gallente.
Sheer numbers? The crackers have everyone else swamped.

Caldari by a HUGE HUGE HUGE number. Minmatar? A speck by comparison

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Aladar Dangerface
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2015-01-16 13:58:14 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
The sex industry.

Bigtime.

Is that all you think about? Shocked

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Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#15 - 2015-01-16 14:18:46 UTC
you cant go off of race, because ccp would have to use their lore which many of us intake sided with caldari during the gallente/caldari war and wree some of the fiercest fighters around.

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Dradis Aulmais
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2015-01-16 14:24:12 UTC
I don't care as long as GLaDOS sings " still alive " the entire time

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Amyclas Amatin
SUNDERING
Goonswarm Federation
#17 - 2015-01-16 15:20:47 UTC
Goons. There really is no way around this.

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Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#18 - 2015-01-16 15:45:45 UTC
Alavaria Fera wrote:
Provence Tristram wrote:
Discounting the Jovians since, outside a few exceptions, players cannot fly their ships, let's say a hypothetical free-for-all breaks out between the 4 Empires of EVE (maybe as a 'we're closing EVE down' finale presented by CCP [heaven forbid]). And let's say that players are assigned to those Empires, not based on theoretical corp association, but on the racial affiliation of the ship they fly most frequently.

Who wins?

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Gallente, simply due to the sheer number of people I see hauling stuff in Federation boats (which, surely for a number of players, would count as their 'most flown' vessel, pushing them into the Gallente camp), thus giving them a numbers advantage.

... but is it possible that another race comes from out of nowhere and overcomes numbers to win just based on combat utility?

cynoibises and jita market alts probably mean more caldari characters are made

but we all know it will turn into rping and look what happened with the amarr confessor...


On the other hand, it also depends on how much isk the empires can put on the field


If you count ISK in the balance, it would most likely be again caldari. Money is what the state is about.

I will go with caldari for another reasons. They are the one who had the balls to DD a CONCORD ship.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#19 - 2015-01-16 21:14:24 UTC
The Gallente, because with great (number of) Catalysts, comes great responsibility.




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Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#20 - 2015-01-16 21:20:53 UTC
Aladar Dangerface wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
The sex industry.

Bigtime.

Is that all you think about? Shocked

I think it's kind of her thing, so I'd wager yes.

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