Warfare & Tactics

Hello i want to try FW and i lean towards the caldari because i've lived most of my time in empire in caldari space. but before i take the plunge i want to know, if there is a site or guide where i can read recent information about FW, because were ever i look, in blogs, in Google, in this very boards all i see is FUD. either that or very old info. the kind of info i'm looking for is where are the main staging systems, main corps, what are the most common ships used, tactics, how do you make isk, so yeah if you know of a place where i can inform myself with relevant up to date info on that i would really appreciate it.

I also wouldn't mind hearing about Caldari FW corps that base out of low sec and are active in the EU TZ. A corp that focuses on a mix of small to mid fleet ops and FW missions to fund pvp would be nice.

Thanks for the helpful info, didn't expect that from a Galente

First you must understand that Caldari over the last few months has been in rebuilding process, so we fight more of a guerilla warfare at this time. Meaning you will find many more small gangs then larger 20 to 30 man gangs, however I've noticed a few more of those happening lately.

As far as bases a good place to start would likely be Ichoriya or Onnamon to get your feet wet and give you a chance to see what corps are active in your TZ..

There are several corps that are starting to gain a bit of momentum, but I'd suggest before picking anyone of them, that you should do a bit of research to see who is online most often when you are. I'd also suggest joining one of the larger corps to help them better bolster their numbers rather than just joining some random 5 man corp.

The more powerful the larger corps are the better access you will have to form up larger gangs but also will still have lots of small gang action..

Off top of my head I'll toss a few out there in no special order..

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Inglorious-Basterds
Black Rise Guerilla Forces
Dark Circle Enforcement
Nasranite Watch
Project Cerberus
1st MC

..and of course I'll toss in a plug for my own corp SQUIDS. We recruit a lot of newer players along with non bitter vets. We also have open door policy, so if you join and don't like the corp, or we aren't active when you fly it's not a big deal to us if you move to another corp. We won't get all bitter & emo at you if you move on, we just want "active" members.

There are probably others but my suggestion is try to find some of the larger corps to help buff them up as it will help Caldari Militia more in the long run to have stronger main corps than loads of little 5 & 10 man corps as we have right now. Not to say that some of those 5 & 10 man corps aren't active or killing a lot, but Caldari militia need a bit more organization at the moment and some stronger bulked up corps.

I'm not in Factional Warfare but I have considered joining Caldari.

But from an outsiders perspective reading other recent threads, it is actually rather embarrassing that the Caldari can only field thrasher fleets....or at least that's the perception. I'm sure there are pilots who fly above this but some of the recent threads where people on the Caldari side keep harping on about their Thrasher gangs is pretty embarrassing. If that is all you can fly due to attrition on your side or lack of skilled pilots, then it's tough to ask for new pilots to stand a chance against Gallente or even stronger pirate gangs in the area. Heck, even the Amarr didn't batphone the Caldari for the Huola fight. But some GAllente corps were in on the fighting for the Minnies!

Perhaps that trolling thread was right. There is only 3 relevant militias? :(

I think you read far too much into what a few Gallente forum trolls post. Caldari Militia has it's problems but we are still out killing stuff day in and out. We just don't blob around in 30 man gangs hiding behind numbers. Our Militia does a lot of small gang PVP as a whole.

Alliances do not show up on respective (eve-kill) militia killboards atm. So that's actually not all that helpful...but you already knew that...didn't you?

Everyone blobs. The way you assert your statement makes it sound like you made a conscience choice not to blob. But it isn't. It's simply you don't have the numbers to field a fleet against Gallente so you're forced to stick with fighting outnumbered and blobbing something smaller. Whether it's them going 30 vs 15 against you or you going 5 vs 3 against someone else, it's all just blobbing.

My corp has just signed up for the Militia, so hopefully it won't be too much of a lull!

Feel free to shop around with in your militia corps. The big plunge is what SIDE you pick(and the damage you take to standings of its enemy's). If you look a lot of caldari and gall pilots have been in multiple corps with in there faction. Bear in mind that different corps have different culture, play styles, time zones, resource gathering dogmas, and ideology's. You also must take forum talk with a grain of salt. The only thing I can say with serenity for caldari is to stay clear of Dumar, and grow a thick skin.