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Should Nullsec War Be More Like FW War?
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SmokinJs Arthie
Jerkasaurus Wrecks Inc.
Sedition.
#21 - 2014-07-11 17:07:21 UTC
We shouldn't be known as just "militia." I do think privateers defines us better, we are just paid pirates. Pirate
Cearain
Plus 10 NV
#22 - 2014-07-11 18:17:31 UTC
I like faction warfare much more than sov warfare as well. But I think its better to keep them different, because many people prefer null sec.

Even in Huola both sides might get about 120 pilots in destroyers. Considering the numbers of players that show up for null sec war events, that is not really proof that most players prefer fw to null sec sov.

I thnk I that fw is better, but if anything I hope they make fw less like null sec. IMO to the extent fw is seen as" junior null sec" it will suffer.

Make faction war occupancy pvp instead of pve https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=53815&#post53815
Baron' Soontir Fel
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#23 - 2014-07-11 18:23:07 UTC
TBH, the only thing NS needs from FW is that small groups of players need a way to fight a bigger entity.
Which is currently impossible w/ hotdrops & jumpbridges & timers.
Rahelis
Doomheim
#24 - 2014-07-11 19:04:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Rahelis
Null sec suffers mostly from titan bridges and jump freigthers.

Without that null empire would fall down overnight.

Adding more content to null sov will destory the EVE null sex player base - they want it the way they have it - live in empty systems that are safer than high sec. Rat and mine untill dawn. That is what makes them happy. I want to fight.

That does not make me better - we could as easily split EVE into two parts and move all nullbears to the chinese server of eternal peace.

You see the null sex mentallity on the freqeuncy nullbears complain about cloaks. Nullbear use local as a protection from the evils of space.

The fun with FW space is that you have to fight in all sorts of ships - normally cross skilled in all 4 races - using every ship in the game.

Titan bridges deny us a big part of that (BC and BS and Cap) - blame CCP for that. They ruin their own income this way.

You can not compare the huola campaign we started with null sex battles - we have to make split second decisons on the go. Null bears never need that.

The huola campagin saw many ppl logging in just for the batlle so far - being day V.

CCP should pay us for the effort . . . .
Perkin Warbeck
Higher Than Everest
#25 - 2014-07-11 22:29:20 UTC
I think there are a couple of reasons why the OPs idea is a bad one.

First, FW sovereignty is utterly boring. You think null sovereignty mechanics are bad, try sitting in your home system for two hours every night deplexing it down without getting a single fight so you don't lose the system. Then do that every day for a year. That was my memory of FW even though I had many great fights and met some amazing people. Many FW corps no longer live in the warzone and deplexing against farmers is the major reason why. Null seccers don't have the option to base outside their home region. Yes, Huola and Arzad are fight fests but they are the exception rather than the rule. As in null those exceptions are driven by an attack on the remaining 'home' systems. A more accurate representation of the norm of FW is probably Tannaken or Anka. Put it simply, on average I get more fights in null than I ever did in FW. It just depends which part of null you live in.

Second, plexes restrict fight sizes and ship types. Just like FW now you would rarely see large battleship fights or escalation into caps as mobility to move across the warzone and the ability to enter all plexes is key. Many players like fighting in big fleets in big ships. It's a different play style that should be encouraged. Plexes also allow the defender to dictate the engagement range of the fight and the gate allows an both sides to see your fleet comp before fighting. Most fleets will just blue ball each other to be honest.

There are problems with the blue donut but as the recent fighting in Provi showed, null can just as exciting and just as vibrant as FW. CCP does need to introduce more drivers for conflict in null but an FW mechanic isn't it.
Zazu Prota
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2014-07-12 01:57:09 UTC
No because I'm scared of those super elite FW pilots taking my space Cry
SmokinJs Arthie
Jerkasaurus Wrecks Inc.
Sedition.
#27 - 2014-07-12 02:02:03 UTC
Fear the Gallente blue donut.Lol
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