Warfare & Tactics

Amarr have been winning fights long before Nulli even whispered the word militia. It was not long ago the minmatar would respond to cruiser fleets with BS and logi. Now they ***** when someone has a falcon. How the tables have turned.


Its ok though, we still get some good fights and have fun. Thats what really matters right? Also if Amarr does take Kourm then Huola where will LNA move to? They can't go to Egg, I'd have way to much fun writting the blog about how Hans retreated and should have fought harder!

"Two, these vulnerable systems, once under Amarr control, the Minmatar can start offensive plexing them, which would mean loyalty point gains, while the Amarr would have to defensive plex to keep them under their control..."

Or we could place a few plexing ships there and shoot you when you try to o-plex them back. After we thank you for letting us know who all your amarr alt spies are that is.

Its an often talked about idea to try to flip your own systems but I think in the end its a bad idea. By flipping the systems early that means you will no longer be able to hit tier 5. Once its clear you can no longer hit tier five all those minamatar alts plexing in caldari space will dry up and likely start plexing amarr or caldari!

Its hard to predict how this will work out in the end. But for my part I think what will happen is there will be cyclical large flips all at once. And then the side that has the system advantage will periodically hit tier 5 and do cash outs while they are in the lead.

They will want to preserve that lead as long as possible so they can continue to cash out the lp they get for pvp and the lp they get for plexing the few remaining systems. (for example minmatar could always plex sahtogas and kamela and its likely that amarr will cash out before taking every single minmatar system.)

Yes it will likely be inevitable that the tides will change again but the side that wins would be best served by defending their space through pvp as long as they can. Lots of times people confuse "defending a system" with "defensive plexing." Defensive plexing is only one way to defend a system. Most often it is the pve way. Let me explain:

Defending a system through pvp = Stop the enemy from capturing o-plexes when they try to oplex by either chasing them out or by killing them.

Defending systems through pve = letting the enemy capture o-plexes and then trying to defensive plex when they leave.

Because you don't get paid to defensive plex and it takes much longer the current mechanics favor defending your space through pvp. At the begginning of faction war minmatar were very aggressively defending systems in pvp. I would get fights in dal and kourm very quickly if I tried to plex those systems and I would often be driven out. But lately it has been more rare for minmatar to aggressively defend their systems through pvp. (to be fair I was actually driven out of huola this morning but overall this is becoming more rare)

This is one reason why so many systems are becoming vulnerable to start with. The main fight has to be to prevent the system from becoming contested and ultimately vulnerable to begin with. If your system is vulnerable its because you failed to protect it.

We all have an incentive to hold the systems as long as possible because money now is always better than money later. That is minmatar will want to stay within reach of tier 5 as long as you can because you will then be able to cash out. Once you lose he ability to hit tier 5, you know you are looking at a relatively long wait. Plus you help your allied militia quite a bit.

The big advantage to this system is that the people who actually help to regain soveriegnty get a big payday when their militia hits tier 5. Those who come later get little rewards unless they run missions (which will likely need to have their lp nerfed when ccp adjusts the plexing mechanics)

But one thing I agree on, is that it is interesting to see how this plays out. Because I do think Amarr are currently employing the best plexing strategies under the current mechanics. Amarr is proving that they can adapt pretty well. No longer are we hearing amarr complain that we are currently at tier 1. The average soldier is able to see the overall picture much better. Soon hopefully it will be the minmatar's turn to show if they can adapt to adversity and a space rich amarr militia.

No, they just have more numbers and more available plexes. As soon as amarr take all their systems the shoe is on the other foot. Faction war has become a pendulum of success. I just hope people remember to pvp while they are farming.

Le sigh. How many times do I have to tell you we had already moved to Oto to get away from Huola! Huola is a rat infested **** hole no one wants to live in.

Besides you have yet to beat MY fleets in a fight where caps are involved Silence. Always remember that.

I was referring to Hans's comments on how I.law retreated fom Arzad and said we should have fought harder to keep it. We did flip it but Iron Oxide flipped it back in record time. With Inferno approaching we moved to a system where we could still dock and ya know, fight minnies......

It's not like we don't deal with 100s of caldari alts in stabbed merlins already. Just new nameless faces I guess.

I will solo your cap fleet

did ccp realize they created blobfest farmville for hordes of alts ? btw very effective defence is dualbox and use cheap alts in militia to sit on buttons as scouts while u pvp. altfarming advanced.

Amarr Victor!

The minnies just hit T5 again 30 minutes ago - there's plenty of ISK to be made.

The funny part is watching all the carebears complain about slipping to T4. Every other militia would LOVE to have the ability to hit T4 with the ease of the minmatar.

"Time ot make an amarr alt" was what a lot were saying at 79.8% :D:D:D