Warfare & Tactics

My corp has been perma-dec'ed by some random 2 person corp. (going on 2 months). They are rarely on and never engage unless they catch one of our noobs (which has happened twice in about 2 months). If we do catch them on, they dock up and don't come out - obviously they are off playing on a second account or getting lunch. They do not respond or communicate with us. The mere fact that we are at war detracts from recruitment, though honestly that's about the extent of the effect it has on us. It is a laughable annoyance which we basically ignore, but somehow seems wrong that this can happen, and that there is no counter.

Any useful suggestions would be appreciated. Troll-posts are ok also, but only if they are amusing - not dumb stuff like 'u mad bro' and 'can i haz your stuff'! Put a little effort into it.

Fill your corp roster with blank alts (ie. the other 2 slots on account) .. get number high enough and it starts costing the lazies more ISK.

Bloat is the new Dec shield. Love it, or hate .. whatever floats your boat .. but abuse the snot out of it.

How do you fight someone who is rarely on and doesn't seem to want to fight? Why hire mercs? This is a nuisance, not a threat. Same with joining an npc corp. I think maybe you didn't really 'get' my issue here. We'd welcome fights, or interaction of almost any kind. It just seems weird that we have to permanently be 'at war' for no apparent reason.

Is that the answer? Load up the corp with worthless alts just to game the system? I guess we'll do that, but it seems kind of ridiculous.

Fill your corp up with alts and start a recruiting drive.

Making yourself more expensive to dec is the only defense against decs anymore.

Also consider joining an alliance (which every member in the alliance counts towards the wardec cost).

Indeed. In the future, I caution you against attempting to apply common sense to this game's mechanics.

If they aren't on to kill you and it deters bads then I don't understand your problem.

BuUt Its a Wardec! [/puberty]

From OP, they've lost some ships, so the attacking corp has fought.

Oh and and add them to your watchlist, atleast you will see when they are online and then run agent lcoators on them to see where they are and then get a claoky or npc scout on them

Strictly speaking, it sounds like you're doing fine - just teach your new players to watch local for war targets, and to report in corp when they see war targets. If it becomes more of a problem, you could even organize to scout where these two people are, as there are plenty of tools to know whether or not two people are a threat to you.

Another option is to open your corp up to allies. Plenty of people will join your war for free for more targets to shoot.

I guess what I'm saying is I don't see how you have a problem.