EVE General Discussion

This whole drama is just for pure entertainment value. There will be no war (unless the caveat at the bottom of the post is filled), for several reasons that equate with the real world.

1. Both Test/HBC and goons/CFC are just about tapped out, logistically speaking. Ask the Romans, or the British, or the Soviets, or the americans, what it was like maintaining an empire that spanned vast distances. A war would weaken both sides, and the weakened winner is then expected to not only maintain their current territory, but captured territory? Not happening.

2. An all out bloc war would mean attacking each other's cash flow. And there is zero chance Test or goons would jeopardize OTEC. Far, far too much power is generated by those moons' cash flow, and these guys orgasm over how much power they wield.

3. I could suggest that RMT operations would be impacted severely if a large percentage of null sec became a war zone, but because no one in null sec RMT's now, or ever will again, that point is moot.

4. Given that both major powers would be weakened, and given point 1, the only null sec winners in an all out bloc war would be alliances like PL, who undoubtedly would acquire choice territory (assuming they wanted it) when goons fell (or if they switch sides and Test fell). Neither goons nor Test want to strengthen future potential enemies and challengers.

One thing that can be said about the HBC/CFC control of null sec is they have created a new paradigm within null.
It may be boring, but they have made it more profitable than it ever has before in Eve's history.
And I find it incredibly unlikely that either side wants to mess with that.

Unless, or course, the leaders' wealth is so extreme, and their boredom so extreme, that their need for entertainment (beyond the current forum skirmishes) over-rides their craving of wealth and power.
If the ego's and individual desires of the leadership supercedes their commitment to their alliances' rank and file, then we could have war.

Pilots signed up to fight. I saw a 30 man Test roam get smashed by BrB in Genesis last week. They are bored, they don't like each other, and Delve wasn't a GF it was a head ache. I'm surprised this has taken so long to happen tbh.

I bet they fight to a standstill with no clear winner, unless PL goes all in with Test, but I dont think that will happen. Grath said something like "I think I'm going to sit back and let the kids sort this one out themselves."

Or if they bring all of their mining gear into highsec and try to outmine the bears in their own belts. That would be kind of cool.

Posting in my first CAOD threa---


Hey, wait a second!!!

I think someone would rather unsub with everything in their name before relinquishing it to see "what would happen if...".

It's just one of those "I'd rather destroy it than see it in your hands" type of pompous crap.

I would sign up for this if we could get a Boat vs DHD sing-off.

I wonder what Mag's would think about a module that could pipe voice into local ambiance sound.

Uh, what drama?

I think the trap has already sprung. Montolio now has the choice of getting down on one knee and publicly apologizing to FA and Mittani or going to war. An apology that will indicate the pecking order that Mittani had planned to make clear from the beginning of their "alliance".

I just saw someone bump a 2 page thread to the top, trying to hype some kind of drama. Is that what you're talking about?

Seems like someone is trying awfully hard to suddenly manufacture drama today, but there's still no sign of actual drama, and the majority of people are clearly more interested in other topics.

test need to just invade goons already.

i'm fed up of reading about boring year old drama excuses about fa and beadle or whatever the ticker was. some one just go and shoot some one already.