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Definition of a small gang?
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Cletus Graeme
Shai Dorsai
#21 - 2012-01-26 08:37:56 UTC
Mfume Apocal wrote:
MIkhail Illiad wrote:
Just wondering what people thoughts are on how big a gang can be before it is considered to not be "small" anymore?
Would you class it by fleet numbers i.e a squad or wing or is it comparative to what you are engaging?


When I can fit everyone on my WL, it's a small-gang.


This. (CCP just increased the watchlist to 15 people but I think it still applies)

Roughly speaking:
Squad = small gang
Wing = big gang
Fleet = fleet! :)

It's not comparative. 50 pilots is still a large gang whether they gank somebody, blob a 10 man roaming squad or get blobbed by a fleet of 150.
Jack Dant
The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
#22 - 2012-01-26 08:48:04 UTC
To provide an alternative definition: If you have to count wrecks to see what you lost, you were not in a small gang.

What happens in lowsec, stays in lowsec, lowering the barrier to entry to lowsec PVP: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=476644&#post476644
Mfume Apocal
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2012-01-26 08:57:33 UTC
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
It's really a matter of perspective. My general rule of thumb is anything around 35% of your total Alliance/Corp without any capital support.


This leads to a ridiculous range of possible numbers, virtually all of them far larger than what most would consider a small gang. I'm in a small alliance (under 100 real people) and that would make 30 of us a small gang. No one (sane) considers that a small gang.
Raiz Nhell
State War Academy
Caldari State
#24 - 2012-01-26 09:30:30 UTC
Did I get reduced to component atoms? Huge fleet
Did I get reduced to structure? GF but they brought more logi/dps/drones
Did my tank melt but we won? Small gang, we beat it by skill
Did I not lose any tank? GF but you guys really sucked...

It's like time, all relative....if I'm in a fleet 50 strong a small gang might be 5 & podded... If I'm solo 5 is massive overkill and obviously unfair...

P.S. If your fighting fair your giving someone an unfair advantage...

There is no such thing as a fair fight...

If your fighting fair you have automatically put yourself at a disadvantage.
xplosiv
Doomheim
#25 - 2012-01-27 01:08:48 UTC
Small is relative. But both traditionally and practically i would say small gangs are 3-7 guys.
As two guys are hard to refer to as a gang and when you get to the 10 area it's starting to be only small in relation to other bigger gangs.


if a gang entered a system i was docked in. And i was on vent i would probably only say small gang at around 5 guys.
There is no set answer but i would say its when a gang meets the set criteria above you can class it as small.


There is some cross over though between fleet and gang for me. A large gang would be around 20 guys but this is also small fleet area.
I known a few guys over the years who scale gangs under 10 and fleets above.
Menardii
Doomheim
#26 - 2012-01-29 13:22:00 UTC
Keep in mind OP, we live in an age where a guy in a BS, with his falcon alt, guardian alt, and off-grid booster passes for "solo"

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