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Incursion site and fleet preferences .
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xVx dreadnaught
modro
The Initiative.
#21 - 2012-05-16 20:49:20 UTC
Lustralis wrote:
Let me widen this out a little: How do you find a good FC and a good squad? It's pretty random IMHO if you're just X'ing up in any old fleet.



If you join one of the large main community channels that vet pilots and expel griefers you will be safer and have less likely-hood of landing in a poor run fleet,

Most FC's or even recruiters for bigger fleets will post stating what they are looking for. The quickest way to get a fleet is when you see someone advertising looking for DPS/Logi/T3/Sniper... I "X" up and link the fit for the ship I have for the job.

At the height of my Incursion activity I had my alt bring an Orca, I piloted the Battleship. I had a spare T3 DPS, Guardian and Oneiros inside the Orca. If I was in the Paladin or any of the logi's my alt would change the fit on the T3 to provide gagnlinks.

Primary Shield Channel: BTL pub
Primary Armor Channel: The Ditanian Fleet

There are sub-communities, but these are the biggest and generally most accepting channels
DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#22 - 2012-05-17 01:41:06 UTC
xVx dreadnaught wrote:
Kodavor wrote:

This was eradicated with the Escalation patch . Along with hundreads of pilots .


Only because there is a drop in numbers of active fleets.

I have no doubt that once the number of active incursion runners starts to climb again that the elite fleets will start being more aggressive in competing and "stealing" sites away from lesser fleets as a way to get completion times down and back towards their previous "post patch" isk/hour rates.



TBH the patch's mechanics I believe has put a steak thru the heart of competeing for sites. A legion fleet can no longer swoop a NCO & a mach/NM fleet can no longer swoop an OTA
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
xVx dreadnaught
modro
The Initiative.
#23 - 2012-05-17 06:28:03 UTC
DarthNefarius wrote:
xVx dreadnaught wrote:
Kodavor wrote:

This was eradicated with the Escalation patch . Along with hundreads of pilots .


Only because there is a drop in numbers of active fleets.

I have no doubt that once the number of active incursion runners starts to climb again that the elite fleets will start being more aggressive in competing and "stealing" sites away from lesser fleets as a way to get completion times down and back towards their previous "post patch" isk/hour rates.



TBH the patch's mechanics I believe has put a steak thru the heart of competeing for sites. A legion fleet can no longer swoop a NCO & a mach/NM fleet can no longer swoop an OTA


A mach/nm fleet would still put down more damage in an OTA against an Average fleet.

I only think because what would I do if I wanted to capitalize on it. If I saw a fleet doing OTA's in the same system as my OTA blitzing fleet. Even if they are hacking the sites. I'd chase them into the sites and win them out from under them, letting their guns assist us in finishing quicker.
Ymmi Stenson
Future Overlords
#24 - 2012-05-18 21:34:25 UTC
Kodavor wrote:
Greetings . Some of you folk may know me but most probably do not . I am 1/3 of ISN's management . I crunch the numbers for our pilots and assist with the fleet compositions and setups to balance the fleet out and maximize its performance .

As of late I have done Assaults more often then before and noticed that there is quite a difference in pilot behavior in larger fleets . I would guess that the same goes for HQ's . Many VG fleets , once set up , run for 2-3 hours without any changes . Nobody leaves and people chat a few if they wish to . Apart from the odd bio brake a VG fleet can run without any issues for quite a long time , granted a good FC and pilots . However all of the Assault fleets and HQ fleets that I have taken part of tend to lose pilots ever 30-40 minutes all the time . So I wodered :

What sites Do you , Pilots , prefer to do and for what reasons ? Pre and post Inferno .

Personally I like compact fleets . If I had to FC an assault fleet I would ( granted the necessary number of pilots to run it optimaly ) but I would not enjoy it . For me , the smaller the fleet , the closer I feel to the pilots that fly with me . That is what I like in VG fleets .

Regards
Lauris

Now imagine keeping 2000 drunken trigger happy capsuleers on hold for three hours at Saturday night waiting for enemy to show up.
Lyron-Baktos
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2012-05-18 21:39:51 UTC
ran a few HQ and assault fleets the last few days and about fell asleep doing them as they were so long and tedious. Another reason to stick to VG's
Kodavor
Iz Doge Korp .
#26 - 2012-05-18 21:42:46 UTC
Ymmi Stenson wrote:
Kodavor wrote:
Greetings . Some of you folk may know me but most probably do not . I am 1/3 of ISN's management . I crunch the numbers for our pilots and assist with the fleet compositions and setups to balance the fleet out and maximize its performance .

As of late I have done Assaults more often then before and noticed that there is quite a difference in pilot behavior in larger fleets . I would guess that the same goes for HQ's . Many VG fleets , once set up , run for 2-3 hours without any changes . Nobody leaves and people chat a few if they wish to . Apart from the odd bio brake a VG fleet can run without any issues for quite a long time , granted a good FC and pilots . However all of the Assault fleets and HQ fleets that I have taken part of tend to lose pilots ever 30-40 minutes all the time . So I wodered :

What sites Do you , Pilots , prefer to do and for what reasons ? Pre and post Inferno .

Personally I like compact fleets . If I had to FC an assault fleet I would ( granted the necessary number of pilots to run it optimaly ) but I would not enjoy it . For me , the smaller the fleet , the closer I feel to the pilots that fly with me . That is what I like in VG fleets .

Regards
Lauris

Now imagine keeping 2000 drunken trigger happy capsuleers on hold for three hours at Saturday night waiting for enemy to show up.


I can't . >.<
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