CSM Campaigns

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1. -Devs- Again, drawing Dev attention away from Null to low sec and FW.
2. -Publicity- I think that being on the campaign road and the publicity for my faction go hand in hand. Whether it is for good or for bad, that remains to be seen. Publicity for any any faction is publicity for FW, and that is good.
3. -Warzone Favour- Being biased to my faction on the council would serve no purpose and be counter productive to what we all need to accomplish for FW.

In summary, a few specific items are, the revamping of low sec pvp mechanics between FW and non FW players in FW sites. Also adding content that promotes a more 'factional' dynamic. To TLF pilots I say, Stay frosty, stay loyal. Fight the good fight, for honor, for glory, for FW!

Mo

1) You don't think that the ability to run a lvl 4 mission that can net you 90,000 LP in tier 4 does not influence the war? You don't see how doing a single mission in t4 can help the 'winning' side spend the 10 minutes of a single mission to bump a passing lvl 0 system up to lvl 3 with a laugh instead of a grunt to a faction that cannot run these in a ship it takes 1 month to train into, cannot be easily caught, and can make it through the entire warzone safely, with a shrug to 30mil if it is lost. If you don't see how unbalanced this is for the winning side, I don't think you understand FW stabbed d-plex infuence, how tier affects alt FW missioners that jump from one alt to another to run these for the 'winning' side, how much market influence non-pvp'ers have on the items pvp'ers depend on also, or how ridiculous it is to tilt the scale back to the losing side against the large collective farming horde that sustains t4 through the measly donations of the few.

For the above to not be true, you would have to introduce a mechanic that forces dps to be on field for defensive plexing now too, and create a restriction to t2 hulls from entering FW mission complexes. Done. Mission spammers out, Caracals (which can be fought and caught and chased from system to system still viable) still in, SOLO pvp-avoidance LP gains also out.

This alone is the biggest failure of the southern FW zone, and how annoyed pvp'ers are at the failure of fellow militiamen to keep the plexing battle up.

This is one reason why Caldari can never sustain tier 4 for long. The majority of their players begin the mission life while Gallente keep bumping their systems down, as Gallente cannot run these in bombers, but only in ships worth over 100mil-1bil.

2) FW may be on track offensively plexing-wise, but not defensive plexing. Not when an empty frigate hull can hang on a button afk and wait on a timer, and not when a losing faction is getting the shaft on t1 rewards that dishearten the green and unfocused.


Please review what I think are facts CURRENTLY being seen in the warzone and review your answer. This option to fuel the war-effort, as you put it, should be availble across all factions? You may say, 'Yes, they already are!' but there is a reason nubs in Gallente milita get shut down when they ask for Bomber fits for missions. Create an alt and try and see what answers/laughs you get. This change will not only affect bombers, but doing them in t3's as well (which take quite a bit longer to skill into, and hurt much more to lose). It will hurt you as much as it will hurt us that do them in Ishtar's or strat. cruisers.

Well, one different approach to the system in use atm that i had in mind was to remove the donation of LP entirely and, in his place, substitute it with a permanent % detraction in LP from the total amount that you get from a mission,a FW site reward and from killing enemies...from the actual system you collect LPs, actually.
This way the TIERs bar would be tied to a more random effect instead of a constant donation of LPs from farmers to one side until the market flips, plus defending and capturing a site would have a meaning beyond the actual "LP farming+flip the system": it would be "LP farming+flip the system+LP contribution to keep and raise the TIERs level". Furthermore, the % of LP detracted from a player conquering or defending a site would decrease as the TIER level of his faction goes up, to a point that to obtain and keep TIER 5 would require a lot of manwork/farming/system control(PVP)/etc. for example.
Also, it would mean that all the factions could hold the same tier as long as they will have ppl actually fighting, capturing, defending, missioning, instead of the actual "one side only" system. I say "one side only" system, because once the farmers exploit the market enough from a single faction's LP items sell, they switch to the other side, and those that are there for the true meanings of FW (PVP with a lore underground) they simply don't count that much, even though they are those that fight the most/lose the more and flip systems more than the farmers...basically those that make the hard work (pos shooting, gate camping, roaming, you know the job)
I would also add more PVE random content honestly, for example packs of Amarr Coercers/Minmatar Thrashers trying to camp an enemy faction owned station/capture a site/etc.

It would be good to get a FW representative on the CSM, I am glad you are running.

How do you plan on enticing more groups to join FW? At the moment there is not a huge incentive for players to join FW outside of farming LP.

Do you have any Ideas about how to make system upgrades and tiers worth more than they currently are? At the moment a systems level means almost nothing and the tier just determines whether it is worth running missions or not.

In your opinion should the ability to run FW missions in a bomber be nerfed even harder? The initial intention was, as I understand it, to encourage players to fly PvE ships through lowsec to run these missions. In a bomber they are not only too safe to run, they are also not a very interesting target to hunt. Even if nothing else where changed other than an extra 3-5 light missile batteries at the warp-in for each site I would be happy.

Do you have any ideas on how to encourage people to fleet up in FW space?

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