First, let me tell you where IGÇÖm coming from.

I have been in the Minmatar militia for almost 7 months. Pre-Inferno I spent a good amount of time gate camping with my fellow TRIAD members, going on small to mediums size roams and doing the occasional handful of missions to make some quick isk. I never Plexed! In fact I had no clue how plexing worked until about a month before the patch when there was a sudden need to plex like mad before the new changes.

So how have things changed?

Post-Inferno has seen a huge difference in how I play. I am almost exclusively plexing. Running in small gangs and getting into lots of fights. Most of them are small in scale. And the best part of all of this is that the PVP and plexing have earned me a good chunk of LP without doing missions. I may never do another FW mission again as the plexing/PVP is actually generating isk for meGǪ A lot of isk.

Before the patch, plexing was boring and pointless. Now I get a fight almost every time I start plexing. Sometimes IGÇÖm run out by a bigger fish, other times I am able to hold my ground and get a kill in the process. Either way I now feel like I am in a war. There are clearly defined GÇ£front linesGÇ¥ where all the action is. The fights have been great and I am actually looking forward to logging on more than ever before.

I want to know how others feel. I know itGÇÖs only been 2 days but I canGÇÖt help but feel that CCP actually hit a home run with this patch. They may need to tweak a few things here or there but the warzone atmosphere right now is just awesome.

Am I way off base? How does everyone else feel?

Personally I'm not particularly keen on plex fighting, ship size limitations feel a little bit too much like "battlegrounds" to me. Much of the strategy is removed from combat and it becomes a game of either numbers or raw DPS / range. I prefer fights where it's possible to fight bigger numbers than youself and the thrill of not knowing what is going to warp / cyno in at any moment, much of this is removed inside plex's.

That said plex's are now meaningful to some degree and I'll do what I can to help hold them where previously I wouldnt have, so it has added an extra dimension to the game, I'm gonna have to relearn how to fly T1 dessies and cruisers again.

As to the actual FW changes, unless you rely on the militia LP store for your main source of income (I don't) I see it that little has changed. I eagerly await some more useful sov upgrades to the FW system (cyno jammers and such) otherwise as far as I'm concerned it's basically business as usual.

I think a lot of the "giant blob on the warp-in" problem could be solved if there were multiple entrances to a single plex deadspace zone.

I think a lot of the "giant blob on the warp-in" problem could be solved if there were multiple entrances to a single plex deadspace zone. I'm not sure how giant of a coding task this would be, but I think it would make Plex fighting a LOT more interesting. vOv

..Am I way off base? How does everyone else feel?

I think a lot of the "giant blob on the warp-in" problem could be solved if there were multiple entrances to a single plex deadspace zone. I'm not sure how giant of a coding task this would be, but I think it would make Plex fighting a LOT more interesting. vOv

One problem I see is the LP multiplier for the losing faction. Rich faggots like me don't care about the LP. But I've listened to a decent amount of people on comms talk about how they aren't sure if they'll be able to continue funding their losses via FW. The 4x multiplier Amarr started with pretty much made their LP useless. But we'll see. Again, doesn't really affect me but it will definitely impact newer/poorer players.

One problem I see is the LP multiplier for the losing faction. Rich faggots like me don't care about the LP. But I've listened to a decent amount of people on comms talk about how they aren't sure if they'll be able to continue funding their losses via FW. The 4x multiplier Amarr started with pretty much made their LP useless. But we'll see. Again, doesn't really affect me but it will definitely impact newer/poorer players.

In theory if you need more LP for the same object then the price for the object should rise over time which should compensate the higher need of LP. We will see how this will work out in practice for example on Slicer prices.

I think a lot of the "giant blob on the warp-in" problem could be solved if there were multiple entrances to a single plex deadspace zone. I'm not sure how giant of a coding task this would be, but I think it would make Plex fighting a LOT more interesting. vOv

Run four minors, buy a slicer. I think they can afford it. Anything bigger will be an issue.

And would like a GIANT Compound. Where even battleships can enter.

it's kind of like the loosing side wins.

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For example Nexx and his dang 110k cormorant. Well how do you combat that. Damps. We will be seeing lots of new strategies.

+1, massive numbers of fights. Let's hope it lasts.

Rewards based on being active. Being active leads to pew.

QFT now indoctrinate the nay sayers on this. I think some people are still just "Im not doing it and I dont care how good it is, this patch sucks mindset"

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To all the newer players out there. Gallente FW needs you! Join the FDU! 10k LP/ minor plex means you can buy 4 dual rep Incursus (these things are beasts) every 10 minutes!

I've been thinking about returning to faction warfare, because of these changes. I wont depend on it for pvp, but It will add to the mix. Caldari and Amarr side for sure. Maybe Minmatar.

I wonder if these changes have made farming faction warfare missions difficult?