Warfare & Tactics

the even funnier thing about khan is that after he was done getting stomped by galmil he ran off to highsec stuff for a bit, following the main incursion groups

he then came back and briefly joined galmil and proceeded to SHOOT AT HIS FORMER ALLIES

he then left because (to paraphrase from an interview with him) "killing cal mil is so easy that its boring"

let me repeat that: someone who got wrecked by galmil didnt want to be in galmil because killing calmil was TOO EASY

Truth is found in the strangest places.

And an excellent piece it was.

Props to the core CalMil groups for taking a hard look at how they were doing business and adapting to the times. You're going through the same process GalMil did back in the day, and coming to similar conclusions.

Looking forward to seeing what you all can do with this newfound energy.

Jesus. This thread is so aweful.

Fine. I will join Caldari if it gets everyone to shut up here and stop posting. Please get those nano hacs ready to go by next week. Let's do this.

#ItsGoTime

If you run Nano Ishtar fleets I'll supply them for my alliance. Let's do this.

In all seriousness though, aside from the things already stated in this thread, there is also the constant issue of Civil Wars in Caldari. There is another one brewing right now, Heiian is currently at war with another group using shady tactics to AWOX, we have Amarr firing at us, constant drama. People are wary of trusting each other, and building that trust is a long process. Add to that, like mentioned, easy Jita access makes this the standard choice for a militia to join, and you get a lot of inexperienced pilots, trolls, and people looking to AWOX Caldari for ***** and giggles. You still get that over in Gallente, but to a lesser extent. People are far less likely to join a side just to AWOX when it cuts them off from Jita access and makes life more difficult.

The coalition in Caldari right now is strong. The leaders all know each other, we bullshit frequently, hang out on comms, and respond to each others requests for help in as timely manner as possible. However, many of the groups are also new. My alliance grew quickly, and as such is having growing pains. We have disparate groups wanting to run Armor and Shields, and while we have doctrines, not everyone can fly them, Caldari pilots still hate logi, and it's difficult to get things solidified. We simply don't have the response time established Gallente groups have. We have the numbers, the pilots, and the SP to fly these high end fleets, but getting them together in a short period of time is something we, and many groups in Caldari, lack.

Templis can pull this kind of stuff off, but that's just one member of the Coalition. A great example is the fact that during our fiasco last night where HECON lost two dreads, Templis was shipped up and heading our way almost immediately. Had the tables turned, it likely would have taken us longer to pull it off. This is something we need to fix for sure but we haven't even been around long enough to get our icon yet. Add in to that dealing with constant diplomatic issues, frequent awoxing, incidents involving our blues (and losses of them), and having to part ways with the largest corporation in the alliance, and you can see why over the last 4 months we've had some stumbling blocks preventing us from hitting this potential sooner.

Time will tell how things go though. Not since years ago has a Coalition truly existed in the Caldari militia. Liandri used to run one, and it gradually got less and less usage as various corps got bored, went to null, Amarr etc. I rebooted the Coalition with new channels and mailing lists and so far it's been a great success. Over time the groups inside have grown to trust each other, work on doctrines together, and make huge strides towards actually turning things around. Things can only get better from here, and I greatly look forward to the future when instead of flying blobs of Kestrels and Cormorants everywhere we can start smashing T2 cruiser and Battleship fleets into the Gallente for some truly epic battles, more often than the once a month at best we see now.

sigh

X G is completely passive and never rages, and while Val Erian has a veto, he never uses it. Other than that, this is an accurate outline of the process.

Loren doesnt need to see the physical votes to count them, or even have access to an eve account. He knows the outcome ahead of time and has a macherial nextdoor to any tackled carrier and an incursus in warp to every novice.

If they had 4-5 pilots ship into shield logistics they would have not lost 2 dreads, or at least would have had a potiential of 5 dread kills on top of their 2 losses.. Simple fact. While people are unwilling to do so, be unwilling to undock a fleet. Though i have seen caldari fleets with significant logistics.

Weird. Pretty much any GalMil FC worth his salt will fly T2 Logi at the drop of a hat under any other GalMil FC. Kinda hard for your line members to whine when FCs will step up like that when needed.