Warfare & Tactics

You should kill him back. Bring E-War. Lots and Lots of E-War.

Correct, and furthermore "strong" means corp morale more than skill points or powerful ships. Too many hi sec corp members have unrealistic expectations; rank and file members expect to be immune from attack in hi sec, and corp leaders expect never to see losses on their kill board. When these expectations are not met, the members quit or are kicked out and the corp falls apart.

If you join a corp, even a hi sec industrial corp, you've climbed up a notch on the risk/reward ladder and should expect to face more challenge from other players. You'll have to devote more effort to fighting/avoiding/outsmarting your war opponents to succeed even in purely industrial and PvE activities, but you also have access to more advanced levels of the game than you could have in an NPC corp.

If you lead a hi sec, industry-oriented corp, realize that war is inevitable in hi sec, and stop blaming your members for whatever you think they might have done to incite or prolong wars. Focus on how your corp can prosper in spite of war decs, rather than endless contortions of game play in the hope that the dec'ers won't bother you as much. Stop thinking that a war dec is an anomaly that means your corp has done something wrong. Wars are business as usual in hi sec, and periods of peace are the anomaly.

Ok, having read through this thread I can only say this:

EVE is broken...and it has been broken by the very people who control it.

Wars have a purpose. However, with all of the recent changes, CCP has made the entire wardec subject a mockery of gaming. Why do I say this? Because no more is it a matter of rationality...nor is it a matter of zone control. It's a matter of money. You can go online right now and find corps who have 20+ active wars and more pending. Why is this? Simply put, this is because CCP allows it in order to fill their coffers. We all know that these people are buying PLEX with real-world cash and selling them for ISK. This is a profit-line for CCP and shows what a lot of honest-to-goodness players have known for years - CCP has more concern for their bottom-line than they do about the gamers. People who don't want to play by the restrictions of where they can pew-pew...pay money so they can play wherever they want.

Now, I know the flamers are going to slam me for this and tell me things like "Go play here" or "Stop being a whiny-butt". However, the bottom line is that the wardec system - originally - was designed with purpose and not with the idea to make more money for the company. To those flamers, I say YOU are the ones who aren't real gamers...but posers.

CCP had - and still has - a great thing going. EVE is so far-reaching in it's scope that it's easy to become lost in the game. The broad expanse of what it covers - economy to combat to organization - allows for the most in-depth game in existence. This is exciting. EVE is so 'deep' that I personally know of people who have tried to play and decided that they can't because the scope is so large they can't wrap their head around it. This doesn't mean they are stupid...it's that it encompasses so much of real life attributes that it boggles the mind.

CCP, you need to be congratulated for creating and maintaining one of the best online experiences made. Yes, EVE is more of an experience than a game. However, by giving in to the almighty currency, you actually detract from the game itself. This is sad because I have seen many online games come and go...a lot of them gone because of greed. Please, don't let EVE disappear because of a line in the accounting books. The wardec system needs to be fixed. Let reality step in for a moment and show that corporations can't financially manage so many wardecs at once and incorporate that reality into the game which you have worked so hard to make as real as possible. Fix the system before it destroys the game.

Here is a wonderful idea. Go to nullsec no wardecs to worry about unless your bad and take JFs through nullsec highsec connections. But if your looking to sell compressed ore hit me up.

My war targets pay me to go away, and I do. Maybe you should just put your wallet where your mouth is.

I recently scouted down a corp with several assets in a system that looked vulnerable. We declared war and I asked the Corps CEO for 500 Million to go away. He refused (they do, about 80% of the time) and we extended the war for several weeks. He then put a total of 4 billion in bounty on my head and dissolved his Corp anyway.

Not only did he end up spending significantly more than my original request, in the end he lost his Corp anyway. If half of the high sec bears on this forum were more willing to negotiate they would be able to continue with business as usual.

Exception does not make the rule. True 90+ percent of the time.

The corps most likely to get dec'ed (Newbie Fun Time Miners and the like) are also the least able to afford mercenaries.

As a one time expense, 500 million is manageable. Wardecs are more like a monthly or even weekly occurrence though.

That works. So does playing during the aggressor's off hours (just look at the time zone on most of their kill mails), moving to low or null sec, clone jumping back and forth across the galaxy, joining an alliance, etc. There are plenty of tools available to war defenders.