Warfare & Tactics

Wouldn't bother, no.

If the changes go through as proposed Faction War will be allot more like sov null sec. It used to be a great option for casual players who liked to pvp. It might possibly still be, but it definitely is becoming more "serious business" for people who want "hard core."

edit: I do allot of solo pvp too and it is becoming much worse for that - but we are so rare no one cares about our opinion hence the cycle of fewer and fewer solo pvp options will continue. If you are joining now you may want to move yoru stuff outside of the actual faction war zone so you don't have to move it again with an alt.

I would say it depends. If you are going to live in lowsec, then sure give it a try and see how you like it. If you are still going to do a lot of stuff in highsec and don't have alts, then don't bother. It is too much hassle to always look over your shoulder and being effectively cut off from half of highsec is a pain without alts.

It's worth the experience, but so is pure piracy or simply going it alone and fighting in lower empire.

FW and piracy can go hand in hand :)

It is much tougher to be a trader in FW unless you just trade with one empire. The opposing navy shoots you and you will lose faction standing when you gain your promotions in militia (every 1.0 base standing with your militia corp) and when you shoot enemy structures running FW missions.

Normal missions may become less risky after the expansion if the station lockouts apply in hi sec. Right now, you have to be careful to not get ganked running them.

But the LP rewards they want to add and the increase in targets make up for it, in my opinion.

I wouldn't say joining "solo" is a "bad" idea. If you do, just don't expect the red carpet rolled out for you just because you are now "in the militia".

Just like any other corp/alliance - those in FW have been flying together for a while and have certain expectations so the chances of a complete "noob" to FW being allowed "in" is slim to none. There are corps that specifically look for new players to teach them FW - but there is a lot more to it than "missions and orange stars"...

There's a lot of talk about what is/is not "broken" with FW - but one thing that is often overlooked is that regardless of the RP/dull-sec inspired mechanics, FW is a free, 24/7 Eve-wide wardec against 2 factions. Can't be beat for GCC-free pvp anywhere at anytime (and you can still go pie as much as you want or roam/dabble in dull-sec ). But, like I said above, FW corps are no different than any other, so don't think that you will just roll around all day with some false utopian experience of perfect "1v1" fights at the flip of a coin. You still need to know your target and your systems just like everywhere else. There are 1v1's to be had, but FW corpies have friends too - even the squids .

One thing I would caution though is with the recent updates that may be coming FW's way - i.e. the horribly flawed station docking denial mechanic. With that coming - I would probably hold off on any moves into lo-sec (as a member of FW) until you get a better picture of how things will play out/stabilize. Would be a massive pain to move into a nice lo-sec choke point only to have to move right after this "update" hits...

I think this will likely be the case. Now that ccp made fw worse for those who aren't interested in blobsec, npc null sec just became a relatively better option.


Seriously op I would say that if you are not interested in blob warfare eve is not for you.