Intergalactic Summit

The Pod has drawn me back into space.

Definitely!

Space is great, isn't it?

I have to admit, I have missed it. The first moment flying out of the station in my Wolf was almost magic.

Stilleto? Claw?

Nothing wrong with a wolf, svipuls are pretty good though. Still prefer wolves but that's probably just sentimental value at this point...

Worms are great, though I have little experience with them. They're a different animal completely when it comes to tactics though. The svipul and wolf are relatively similar, depending on application of course.

Last very night, I thought to myself "Mummy, there is clearly a God, because only a God could have created something as magical as You." Of course, I think that often.

Sometime after thinking that, I thought, "while it is true Other Rabbit would withdraw into a dark, mostly artificial little boy mood, perhaps you should investigate alternate zombie carapace cracking utensils."

The Gila just reminds me too much of a water bird diving for fish... and I was never a good swimmer.

But the shortened long is: no, alternate zombie carapace cracking utensils are poor substitutes for marine poultry.

It's got a web range bonus, nothing too fancy. Useful as a fleet support ship, or as a solo combat vessel both. My preference is a brawler ab/scram fit, but that actually sort of ignores the real usefulness of the web range bonus which comes more into play in a MWD, longpoint, web and Javelin rockets kite fit. More vulnerable if you get caught in scramrange though, which is all too often in my particular neck of the woods.

These new Navy/Fleet versions of these frigates aren't quite the same as the EWAR platform equivalents, but more combat oriented and better in solo combat than their pure EWAR siblings. You still won't catch me flying ECM boats though. Relying on dice rolls and cheese just rubs me the wrong way. ISK efficiency and kill ratios matter little compared to getting some actual fights, win or lose.

I'm just rather surprised my Typhoon remains alive after all these weeks. Even bringing it into the large plexes in the neighboring AmarrMil staging system doesn't seem to get it killed. I guess I won't be losing it until another pirate gang breaks out the Vargurs and Machariels again.

Oh I wouldn't go so far as to paint all of AmarrMil yellow. That vexes me whenever I see it on either side. "Runmatar" they yell, and I can barely get someone to stay and fight when I enter a plex in a mid tier frigate. "Risk averse cowards!" our side yells, and someone comes along to throw their Myrmidon at my Typhoon, twice, when there's other MinMil in system as well.

Every side in the proxy wars have false bravado, aversion against being dropped on, or suicidal tactics, and a fair amount of cheese deployed vigorously. I try to avoid it if at all possible, but so do some pilots on the other side. Some of the bravest and most skilled pilots I've ever fought fights for the 24thIC, just like some of the bravest and most skilled pilots I've flown alongside carries the blue star. The same applies on the other side of the spectrum. Plenty of cowards, blowhards and ego-stroking arses on both sides.

Reserve the **** talking for individuals who have earned it, not an entire group of pilots spanning every spectrum you care to apply.

Not that fighting for the Amarr isn't pretty much a flat out statement of moral and ethical bankruptcy as long as the Empire persists in their barbaric customs and culture, but that's another discussion entirely and not related to their combat prowess.