Crime & Punishment

You obviously don't know me. I'm always serious. (especially the part about the full blown deluxe unicorn outfit)

29 trillion, but thank you.


I had my issues with Sol in the passed, but appointing him to be the Archetype ceo was a smart move. A job he seems to do well.

PL was my serious answer. I know they dont operate in highsec( at least to my knowledge) but i have fought against them several times. I have a lot of respect for their abilities. They are quite effective and successful when it comes to mercing. IMO, what i consider the best merc group in the game should have at least an honorable mention.

My funny answer was "Asking who is the best merc group in high sec is like asking who is the best swimmer in the kiddie pool." Even though i poke fun at high sec pvp, i consider it a service and necessary. Without high sec mercs/gankers/etc. there would be no encouragement for people to get out of highsec and it would be a completely risk free environment. And no one really wants WoW in space except maybe WoW players.

The general impression is that null fighting is a bunch of pushing F1 while a FC screams at you. First if you have an FC that is screaming, he isnt a good FC. The normal response out of people who are being yelled at is to ignore the person doing the yelling. No one wants to hear that especially in video game. So a screaming FC is going to be less effective than one that doesnt need anger management.

Sov fighting, bashing structures large fleet fights with caps etc is only a tiny part of null warfare. Basically in null we do everything that pvpers in high and lowsec do, we just arent restricted by game mechanics when we do them. Small and medium gangs are a lot more common than large CTA fleets. We have no issues killing 4 day old characters just like high sec pvpers. In fact how many days you have been playing or how many SP you have is completely irrelevant. There is risk when you undock and you consent to this risk regardless of if your 4 days old or 4 years old, whether you undock in null or highsec. If pvpers spent their time checking how newb someone is they would die a lot more and let a lot more targets get away.

I am sure high sec pvpers are not just about ganking and killing mining noobs and null corp members on shopping trips. While its not for me, im sure they enjoy trying to catch unaware players. people who dont pay attention to their wardec list. That decide its ok to rat in their deadspace fit golem because no war targets in system., etc.

At the end of the day, to me anyway, it doesnt matter why you pvp or who you are pvping against, just that you pvp, even if your currently putting me into hull.

My number one fear for Eve is that it will become WoW in space.

I personally dont enjoy hitting the carebears, its the merc vs merc wars i enjoy. Catching people who know they are being watched 24/7, but still managing to put kills on the board. The nice thing of fighting merc v merc is that there's allot of mindgames involved.

Oh and i cant stand f1 monkey battles (spent most of my days in null), i pref to be able to make a difference in a fight; ie small gang/solo over massive battles.

I agree. The group i fly with now is awesome but ive had some FC/groups that just made me cringe, some that were so full of drama that i didnt even bother going out with, CTA or not.

And not all alliances do a large selection of pvp. Some only do CTAs and its easier to get a mining fleet 10 minutes before DT than a small roam at peak. I had a hard time finding a reason to login in those alliances. No point in making your wallet fat if your not going to ever spend it on anything.



I love small gang work. I just prefer it in null where i dont have to worry about wardecs, concord, station games and hide and seek. Just blitz through a region catching who you can. Sometimes you end up with a few MTUs and sometimes you catch a carrier with his pants down and no one to rescue him:)

"The general impression is that null fighting is a bunch of pushing F1 while a FC screams at you. First if you have an FC that is screaming, he isnt a good FC. The normal response out of people who are being yelled at is to ignore the person doing the yelling. No one wants to hear that especially in video game. So a screaming FC is going to be less effective than one that doesnt need anger management."


Please google 'armor hacs eve' then get back to me

Carbon Fury deserved to get yelled at for bad target calling.

Also- Shadoo hasn't actually played in years.

*looks at Tora*

orly?

Have at you, sir.

Nullsec is only f1 pushing if you don't step up, which most people don't. I used to have a similar mindset until I decided to give it a serious shot and now I am often quad boxing as a Logi fc, dread alt, links and a scout, not to mention very regularly managing entosis wings and coordinating nodes and there are still a ton of things I could be doing ontop of that like using an alt dictor or combat probing. Outside of battles there is heaps of planning and coordination that goes into wars, taking into account jump ranges and constellation layouts. Eve is as easy or as hard as you want to make it.

To answer the question though. I don't think it's possible to crown any one group as the best. Too many groups have existed over the years that do too many different things better than their competition to ever pick one best one.

Edit: wew my laptop somehow completely messed my post up. Fixed