Warfare & Tactics

Hey All.

I am thinking of giving FW a shot. im about 42msp. Im tired of null sec and strat ops and pap links etc.



For me, i would like to log in and get a few decent fights in and not have to spend an hour or two trying to get a fight in the sea of blues. Will FW be a good fit in this sense?

What do you feel the pros and cons of FW are? Are there higher SP players that enjoy FW?

A review from Bienator II is as good as you can get when asking about FW.

For my part I am in FW precisely because you can get "good times" from as little as 45mins game time. It is the only place for casual gameplay in Eve, albeit not perfect (yet).

Yes.

Interesting topic for me since lately I am having these thoughts about the same question.
Thinking of trying FW after being in RvB a while.
My main target side is Caldari since I would like to retain access to RvB space.

And my sub question on the topic subject: What would be the pros and cons of being the underdog (which Calmil seems to be atm)?

CCP HATES GALLENTE! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COMPETE WHEN EVERY NEW PLAYER WANTS TO KEEP ACCESS TO JITA??!!!

ok, done. Just thought I'd throw that out there for trolling purposes.

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pros: my 300k sp alt is making 500m-3b isk per day
cons: i need to replace my 140m isk ship once per week or two :D

Pro's :

Nope. No pro's flying in FW though there have been unconfirmed rumours that Galmil have started pimping themselves out recently in an effort to hold on to tier 2.
Current rate, from unconfirmed sources, is 100k LP/hour for a massage with extra's to be negotiated with the player in question.
Folks with more "exotic" tastes are encouraged to contact Crosi Wesdo directly.

Con's :

Yup, FW is a complete con.
Who wants to have isk and plentiful low cost PVP served up to them on a plate?
Silly idea. Don't know what CCP are thinking.


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I highly disagree on being limited to cheap ships. It depends on what you want to do and how. If your billion isk ship is torn apart by 4 frigates, you took a fight you shouldn't have in a ship that couldn't deal with what was coming. Whether the frigates are 10 million isk a piece or 200 doesn't really matter.

CSSYN flies expensive stuff all the time. Cynabals, Orthruses, Gilas, Scimitars. We may not be out on the front lines of the fight in massive blobs, but we enjoy our small gang and it works out quite well for us. It's just a matter of finding a group that does what you want. Want to fly Ishtars all the time? Join a group that does that like Bohica or Spaceship Samurai. Want to fly huge amounts of cheap frigates, destroyers, logi and AF's and such? Join a different group, like GHIOT, BLOC, Rapid Withdrawal, Aideron, Templis etc. There is something for everyone in Faction Warfare you just have to find the right group to fly with.

To say you're "limited" to cheap ships is flat out wrong. Nobody is forcing you to fly them. It is however the most commonly found thing in Faction Warfare. You can make incredibly effective ships for quite a low cost, so in a lot of cases there isn't a need to go big unless you're specifically trying to fight outnumbered.

When in FW the stations owned by a faction in the contestable lowsec systems refuse docking access to enemy players in opposing factions.

However this does not prevent docking games of a sort if you camp enemy stations. So technically it does not prevent docking games, it just prevents them from being done by enemies in YOUR systems.