Cors
It's A Trap
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Posted - 2009.11.07 00:15:00 -
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Edited by: Cors on 07/11/2009 00:16:24
The only REAL way to counteract the "blob" form of combat, is to make it so individuals can become vastly more powerful then others.
Example. Back when BOB first took over Delve, and they were the powerhouse on the block, the reason they were so powerful is their individual players were more experienced/coordinated/had better ship fittings then anyone else they came up against.
Their BS fleets would be mostly "vetrans" with 15-30 mil sp players in T2 fit ships would come up against "noob" fleets with 0-15mil sp in T1 and T2 fleets with poor coordination.
They had a clear and concise advantage over others. They were able to take on more opponents then they had members, fighting "against the odds" as it were becuase their fleet had a noticable advantage over their opponents.
Fast forward to today, where you have Goon fleets of "veterans" with 50+ Mil sp vs AAA fleets of "Veterans" with 50+ Mil sp, all in T2/Faction fit ships, all with "Usually" experienced FC's, using standardised tactics.. There is no clear advantage for one fleet over another other then in ships(Caps vs Subcaps, T2 vs T1) or in numbers(Blobs). And seeing as it's easier to get a bigger blob via allies then it is to increase the quality of your fleet significantly, the all mighty blob wins out.
Maybe make it so we have skills that go from lvl 1-10, with VERY long skill training time for the higher skill levels, with LARGE advantages, THEN you might see quality over quantity again. But when everyone is homoginized into T2 fit fleets with similar tactics, the BLOB wins out.
Thing is, most lvl 5 skills give you only about a 20% bonus to that skill's affect. if we extended it out to 10 skill levels, upping that effect to say 100% at lvl 10(Which may take 6 months to train) THEN you'll see fleets of HIGH skill pilots defeating larger fleets of less skilled pilots. But that'll only last for a few more years till everyone has trained to lvl 8-9, then it'll be the same issue all over agian.
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