Warfare & Tactics

Hi All,

I have noticed for a little while now that some militias seem to be more popular than others to join - even amongst those who have not experienced faction warfare yet.

I am noticing for example on these forums, the EVE Reddit and sources from EVE news sites that a lot of people consider joining Amarr militia. Some of the ex-corps of Spaceship Samurai recently nearly joined the Amarr apparently, plus other individual pilots post about it. Even one of the new corps in Minmatar Militia has said that their preference was to join Amarr militia but their standings were too low!

So what am I missing? What attracted you/your corp to join the militia you are in at the moment?

Myself I was torn between joining Caldari and Minmatar when I decided to do FW, as I like underdogs (plus I dislike religious lunatics (Amarr) and would have felt very un-english to join the 'french faction' as I thiught of it at the time (Gallente)). Ultimately I decided on Minmatar because they were doing worse than the Caldari at the time so I joined 'the most underdog' faction.

There was no choice to make. I go where the corp goes. I've been with them since before they joined FW and I'll (probably) be with them after they leave.

amarr cuz lasers op... plus their ships are the best looking in eve imo

Amarrian ships are painted by matari slaves peeing on them whilst Minmatar ships are dipped in a septic tank.

Mostly it has to do with the LP store. Certain Faction mods are more prevalent and useful then others as the meta shifts. Amarr have been at tier 4 for so long that their LP is soon crashing, so Minmatar will soon see an upswing, as the farmers flip back to their Minmatar alts. Preventing FW farmers from farming is the way to reach a more balanced system. Plus the Minmatar had an internal fail cascade that destroyed their player base about 6 months ago, before that they were top dog for a long time.

So that is why Amarr and Gallente is more popular right now, then people will join them.

My recent post on ending FW farming because it is a broken mechanic.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=413386&find=unread

Trust in the rust.

One whose name I forgot has argued that the majority of people would prefer to roleplay a dumb, arrogant space tyrant rather than a freedom fighter, due to the contrast between that and their real personality.

There is that, and the reputation of some of the corporations in the opposing militia does not paint a good picture of skill and quality. this is why those who choose Amarr see it as the better choice - the higher-level, winning side. the Minmatar militia is the underdog due to the overall reputation. I guess this is what happens after your militia is viewed as not much more than an ISK printer for a relatively long period of time.

I prefer Minmatar due to semi-RP reasons and hope, but do not expect, to see it make a turn for the better.

also rust is coming back.

Now, my personal opinion about FW in general is that it needs to be more focused on warfare between players and less about orbiting some tiny structure for a while, pew at a rat for a lil bit, and receive bacon.

The person who got me into the game had picked a Gallente character and was enrolled in Gallente faction war. So, naturally, when I joined the game even though I picked a Caldari character, I joined his corp in Gallente and have stayed ever since.

I didn't really join Gallente militia because of their position in the war. It was rather simple for me, I started as Gallente, I like drones, it didnt make sense from a roleplay stand point for my toon to not be Gallente, so I went with Gallente.

Not many pilots left who would recognise you really!

I would. And id join winmatar again .