Warfare & Tactics

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Anyway. Today is the day the 1.1 Wardec Changes finally hit. And all our allies have now been cleared away by Concord/CCP intervention so its time to take stock and have a look at the results of the war.

For the 5 week duration we've seen a general advantage for the heroic anti Goon fighters who have scored 166 kills against the most numerous alliance in New Eden while suffering 29 kills in exchange. Total value in isk destroyed by the defensive coalition as of this afternoon is 15,043,705.507 isk. Total value inflicted by the space fascists is 2,439,068,838. This marks the end of the formal Inferno war as CCP game changes have now priced effective defensive coalitions out of the market.

As promised I've contracted a Tempest Fleet Issue battleship to the most successful defensive ally (Freight Club) which can be picked up by their Naga pilot Snarkki.

Thanks very much Freight Club - I hope you go shooting bloated imperialists somewhere and somehow in New Eden.

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I note from a quick scan of the war marketplace this afternoon that Goonswarm has shed/evaded around 150 wars for free from this 1.1 change (probably the most bald-faced case of wardec evasion in the history of Eve Online) and will now presumably be able to return to the original mission of the "ministry of love" initiative in griefing the Mittani's greatest foes from the game. Perhaps now their numerical advantage is re-confirmed as 9000 to 70 they will be able to muster the courage to stay on grid with me long enough for the torpedoes to arm!

Going forwards we in Star Fraction will be happy to allow one free ally into the fight (will generally choose the largest and most active trade hub raiding entity) - others interested in fighting Goonswarm for their own reasons are free to propose assistence and we'll allow the joining for 2 week period in exchange for the concord fees charged. A conversation needs to be opened so you can get an accurate quote. Currently this is on a scale:

10
20
40
80
160
320
640

So for the first 8 defensive allies it will still be cheaper to pay us isk (which we then pay to concord on your behalf) rather than wardeccing directly. I'm not particularly convinced this is a compelling mechanic (the 2 week enforced limitation is very annoying) but the option is on the table if people want to take it.

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Anyway there it is.

Destruction Test of the Inferno 1.0 wardec system is concluded. It quite effectively destroyed Mittani's pride for a few weeks while ultimately CCP destroyed the mechanic with the deeply unpopular 1.1 clause. For the future large alliances can breathe a sigh of relief and go back to griefing their targets without large scale practical countermeasures.

But we pay a moment's respect for the Inferno 1.0 patch and its short but glorious life. For a little while Eve Online wasn't entirely dominated by moon-wealth-glutted fat-cats in their sovereign fortresses and like a sweet Saturnalia of carnage the brutalized stars sent their heroic sons and daughters to tear down the aristocracy from their golden chariots and beat them soundly to the common mud beneath all our feet. It was beautiful.

So a toast to the dead in cups made of the hollowed skulls of goon-freighter pilots!

Farewell Inferno 1.0

Star Fraction coalition 1
Goonswarm Federation 0

What CCP ignored was good player community suggestions to properly reform 1.0 resolving issues with permanent lock-ins and dogpiles on smaller aggressors to produce a competitive wardec system. Instead they rush-deployed a half-finished back of a beermat 1.1 patch in response to goon (and test) whining. But then you know this and you've been beaten around the head by hundreds of independent posters over the last few weeks trying to get the message through your skull - but perhaps unsurprisingly you as a agent of the largest and fattest alliance in the game didn't really want to hear about losing your advantage.

"turkey's vote against Christmas - more news at 11"

And I say you lie. And so it continues ad infinitum - on this issue CCP and CSM have very little credibility whatsoever and goons - as I said "turkeys voting against christmas - more news at 11".

The only reality here is that CCP have made changes to the game that specifically benefit the largest, loudest and best-connected alliance in the game to the detriment of all smaller corporations, alliances and independent players wishing to fight back.

But in the words of the famous prophetic singer Leonard Cohen on what the conspiracy is?

Well everybody knows

As I said, CCP and CSM have very little credibility on this issue. The quotes you provide above simply reveal Soniclover evading the argument with some off topic bluster and twostep being dishonest (bearing in mind his podcast some weeks earlier where he specifically talks about his concerns of large alliances being disadvantaged.)

You will not find any support for your propaganda in the old threads.

Some of the CSM are indeed telling fibs about aspects of this situation. I've been quite blunt in my criticism of the current CSM and I think they have a lot of responsibility for the fiasco to date. What I think about CCP's general handling of the situation is not printable on these forums. Suffice to say the interactions on the threads concerned show the principles in quite an unflattering light.

That's a lie we didn't stop being fat for one second

Careful, he'll tell you "your credibility it at an all-time low" soon if you're going to continue being mean to him like this. :(

"Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia."