Warfare & Tactics

As I posted before, FW is totally dead and ****** up.

Gals are tlhe last to notice that.

I think CCP broke FW by Intention - because it was the best game content EVE had and thus threatend null sex.

Gratz to galmil

Just gonna give a quick synopsis from the calmil side of the last few months and a little explanation as to why things went the way they did.

Basically once galmil were able to ship into ishtars / other hacs / t2 logi consistently it was all over. Sure the warzone was still reasonably close at the time, but it was over right then. Most of calmil (both general mil and even within the major alliances) cannot fly many t2 ships and basically all out refuses to fly anything worth more than 50 mil (and even that is a stretch). Can't tell you how many times I asked for shinier or bigger ships and got condors. Its just amazing.

The only real counter we had was trying to pull in nullsec alliances to assist (which was hit or miss), informing snuff of when fights happened and hoping for the best in a 3 way, or dropping caps (yup that was my chimera ya'll saw in basically every fight for a solid 2 weeks, good on ya'll to finally get it when we screwed up a drop w/ RZR)

Along with the sheer inability to ship up you have basically Templis operating as their own entity, straight up refusing the rest of the militia into their fleets quite often. MBLOC could not care less about warzone control and while I love the guys, really can't fly much beyond frigs. Then you have the non-stop drama from GHIOT which has caused obscene amounts of infighting detracting from our ability to fight gals.

So anyway.... props to gals on taking over everything, the pressure ya'll applied really just kept calmil reeling and they couldn't ever recover post-innia. Really enjoyed running fleets against ya'll, don't really recall ever being headshotted while fc'ing at all.

Sorry for length:

TL:DR: Calmil shoots itself in foot, galmil applies pressure

i think if we had saved innia for last they MAY have all come together to fight for it. I viewed Innia as their version of our Eha, and we head-shotted it.

It's Robocraft now!



Some of us stopped playing for a reason, still follow the game from a distance and still know enough about the game to be able to form coherent opinions about what could make the game better.

Not defending anyone in particular, but making the point that someone who doesn't play much can still have valid input.

I am morally certain that if Innia was the last thing on the map then the first priority of the guys who live around Heydieles and Ladistier would have been the retaking of Heyd and Ladistier.

Can't help but wonder if it is time for Muhammed to go to the mountain since the mountain most definitely isn't going to come to Muhammed ...

Exactly. That is what many pilots gravitate towards. That's what we hunger for.

It's not about putting blame on us per se. But I think that we have to see ourselves as keepers of the flame...err the game. I guess there is a certain naivete in my statement. Afterall, we are conditioned to want to win at all cost and the idealogy of sportsmanship and going easy on your opponent makes me sound crazy and foolish in such a cutthroat game. But I know this game and FW is flawed and will never be perfect. Which is why I think it's important to see how our contributions impact the game as well rather than simply putting the burden on the enemy.

I have this great MinutemanKirk story that I'd like to share some other time about how we purposely downsized our fleet to fight a Bolsterbomb gang back in the day. It's a great lesson on restraint. One of the first lessons I learned when trying to FC.



We've heard this one for many years. Caldari has always been like this. In fact, as time passes by, I'm more inclined to believe it's not even how bad Caldari is, but how much we overachieve as a group. You could replace Blue Steel with the Golden Army or Trust In Rust, and I think the Green Machine would still win out. We are THAT organized.

I've heard talks over the year about certain FCs or leaders wanting to switch over to Caldari for the sake of GFs and reclaiming that exhilaration of the game and of fighting outnumbered. But everyone talks themself out of it because

A) They know it's more work than they want to put into it.
B) And that one person's contributions will have no impact on CalMil.
C) They're likely to get primaried right off the bat in any fight for being a turncoat

PS- I don't get the obsession with people getting angry about how QCATS dedicate their time to this game or lack thereof. Or what other games they play and the bitter passive aggressive vitriol people have had towards them for years. They are good people.

I came in when they were at their peak and started to slow down. It's like some big insecurity some of you have with them...that their casual playstyle and idealogies is so different from yours that people choose to ostracize them or those who share similar views. Not everyone is unemployed or has time to play 30 hours a week.

They were the pillar of GalMil for years. Their FC lineup was stellar. The ecosystem that Gallente has today is partly because of what they built. God forbid that I mention I play some other game or make an opinion contrary to the Gallente mainstream, and get ostracized for it in public or private.

Just thought I'd add in:

D) It's almost impossible to switch a corp over to Caldari and we don't want to lose our awesome BC ranking by switching to another corp.

I have no axe to grind with qcats and still fly with many of the active pilots closely as i have done for maybe years now. Making suggestions about the game is one thing, calling people polesmokers and idiots is quite another.

Also, the opinions deen posted about our push are not suggestions to improve the game, they are just an obsolete preference.

And thanks ronpaul, but im not trolling, and i am an *******!

Does the opinion of formerly active players matter in the slightest or not?

As a fairly new member to FW, I've on just scratched the surface of what can be achieved in Eve. I've flown with and fought some incredible pilots that make this game so enjoyable. Willing to share and answer questions, even if they are on the "opposite side." As well as some arrogant twats that quote "this is Eve" because that can get away with being twats.

So please understand when I say this: The reason why Galmil has conquered all of their FW space isn't because we are well organised, supplied or answer calls for help when needed. It's much more simple than that. We stick to our guns. Yes, some Galmil have left to become pirate or join a null sec corp for whatever reason. But the majority of us have made a decision to fight for and defend Gallente space, no matter what, and that's what we do. Simple as. Everything else is just gravy.