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Sean Faust
Gallente
Swarm of Angry Bees
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Posted - 2009.12.30 16:43:00 -
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Edited by: Sean Faust on 30/12/2009 16:45:44
So far I've tried out FW on Gallente side. Fights were somewhat hard to find because of the fact that Caldari run their missions and plexes primarily in stealth bombers (thanks to the mechanics of Gallente NPCs) so they cloak up at the first sight of a fight. Not only that but there seems to be very few of them as even in Tama, which is supposed to be their home FW lowsec system, it is mostly filled with Gallente pilots all the time. Not saying there aren't fights, usually they're against trigger-happy noobs who made the mistake of engaging you in an inferior ship because they don't know jack about the game to begin with.
Is Amarr vs. Minmatar FW just as bad? Is it horribly imbalanced in favor of one side, either due to mechanics or just sheer numbers?
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Ralnik
Mutineers
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Posted - 2009.12.30 18:14:00 -
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Edited by: Ralnik on 30/12/2009 18:16:09
The Minmatar vs Amarr fight is a bit stirred up right now, with a lot of factors mixing in. Mostly outside factors.
There are fights and lots of things to kill. However it's pretty close to what you describe with the Cal vs Gal war. Amarr tend to stay in high sec and don't come out with out a blob and Minmatar typically stay in low sec and blob about.
Overall I'm more favorable to the Minmatar, because if we can't find WT's to shoot we are killing pirates or raiding providence. Meaning there is always something to kill.
Amarr have RP reasons to like CVA and friends so they don't do FW raids out there and seem to ignore pirates if they can. However being there are many more Minmatar in low sec on average they always have targets.
It sometimes sucks on the Minmatar side with the WT factor, because the WT's often go missing for hours at a time doing who knows what in high sec. Luckily we have lots of flashy targets to fill the gaps..
Stealth Bombers are a the most common mission running ship for both sides, so no change there.
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Dyphorus
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Posted - 2009.12.30 23:50:00 -
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The Cal/Gal front is a mess at the moment.
A significant portion of the competent/active PvP pilots in the Caldari militia are leaving for nullsec. It's to the point we're having to take T1 frigs to get more than 10-15 pilots in a gang a lot of the time. On the other hand Gals are more active than I have seen them since I got into FW. They're having no issues putting together 30-40 man fleets during both EU and US time zones.
The talk above about Cal all being cloaked up in mission running SBs is not so true since Dominion came along with the FW mission nerf. Most of the people that were farming them have vacated the militia, further reducing the pool of pilots we have to pull from for fleets.
It will even out with time, just not the happiest situation at the moment.
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Sokniw
Caldari
Super Friends Club
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Posted - 2009.12.31 02:26:00 -
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i like when FW first came out and it was Blobs on Militia members just roaming about looking for another Blob of the opposing faction to kill.
"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
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Dallenn
Minmatar
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2009.12.31 12:38:00 -
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Min vs Amarr FW has been pretty active, with different kinds of fights to be had every now and then. There's also been non-militia corps and alliances like No Mercy, Star Fraction etc who have chipped in, and lately some big PoS fights you could have got into. Time to time the Gallente or Caldari militia fleets come over to pay a visit. It's not perfect, it has many of the same symptoms, but there's certainly some action to be had and it all changes time to time as the situation fluctuates - sometimes one party is going really strong and sometimes it's the other side that seems to be winning time and again.
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Baneken
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.01.01 17:18:00 -
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 Originally by: Ralnik
Edited by: Ralnik on 30/12/2009 18:16:09
Amarr have RP reasons to like CVA and friends so they don't do FW raids out there and seem to ignore pirates if they can. However being there are many more Minmatar in low sec on average they always have targets.
Screw the RP reason it's the risk of getting your self on KOS list what keeps Amarr militia away from Providence and since many Amarr militia members have ties to providence region it's quite obvious why you don't want to get your name on a KOS list. 
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Lost InCogneto
Amarrian Retribution
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Posted - 2010.01.01 23:55:00 -
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Ralnik which what time zone are you ??
I respect what you see from the Minmatar side but check the killboards on both sides mate. It is true that both sides form are large fleets but as a whole Minmatar have had the upper hand with numbers latley as the active pvpers on the Amarr side seem to be on holidays. And has been this way for a couple of months now.
Check both killboards to get a better perspective on how the A vs M war is going.
I would say as Minmatar numbers are more active atm so there are more targets to kill but getting the numbers to even the odds or getting a good figtht is the question.
To answer your question I would say yes for the monment.
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Bashiri
No.Mercy
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Posted - 2010.01.01 23:58:00 -
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Originally by: Baneken
Originally by: Ralnik
Edited by: Ralnik on 30/12/2009 18:16:09
Amarr have RP reasons to like CVA and friends so they don't do FW raids out there and seem to ignore pirates if they can. However being there are many more Minmatar in low sec on average they always have targets.
Screw the RP reason it's the risk of getting your self on KOS list what keeps Amarr militia away from Providence and since many Amarr militia members have ties to providence region it's quite obvious why you don't want to get your name on a KOS list.
to start most of the amarr corps are kos dont listen to people outside views on a faction when there not in it.
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GoingOffRoading
Gallente
Quantum Cats Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.01.03 01:29:00 -
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Join the Caldari FW... I need more targets to shoot
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Vikarion
Caldari
Chorus of Nephilim
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Posted - 2010.01.03 02:46:00 -
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Edited by: Vikarion on 03/01/2010 02:48:27
Chori is recruiting. 
Anyway, there are more people active in the Galmil than the Caldari, if you want targets, joining the Caldari is the way to go. Same goes for the Amarr/minnies - there are tons of minnies, few amarr.
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2010.01.04 13:54:00 -
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Originally by: Bashiri
Originally by: Baneken
Originally by: Ralnik
Edited by: Ralnik on 30/12/2009 18:16:09
Amarr have RP reasons to like CVA and friends so they don't do FW raids out there and seem to ignore pirates if they can. However being there are many more Minmatar in low sec on average they always have targets.
Screw the RP reason it's the risk of getting your self on KOS list what keeps Amarr militia away from Providence and since many Amarr militia members have ties to providence region it's quite obvious why you don't want to get your name on a KOS list.
to start most of the amarr corps are kos dont listen to people outside views on a faction when there not in it.
I find that hard to believe.
Even No.Mercy are not KOS to the CVA at the moment.
Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori.
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Mutnin
Amarr
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.01.05 19:03:00 -
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Edited by: Mutnin on 05/01/2010 19:05:19
Originally by: Rodj Blake
I find that hard to believe.
Even No.Mercy are not KOS to the CVA at the moment.
Pilot, now you are starting to see the hypocrisy that is the Amarr Empire & Co. 
Hence the reason I left in my early months, fresh out of the Academy..
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LHA Tarawa
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Posted - 2010.01.05 23:57:00 -
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In my opinion, there is entirely too much spying, double dealing... etc.
Yeah, it's war. Yeah, all is fair in war (well, all not labeled as an exploit by ccp). Yeah, spying is an intentional part of the game.
BUT..... is it fun?
Saturday, I'm in a fairly large cruiser-down fleet that was chasing down Amarr. We're getting info on how they are trying to rally reinforcements. Then, oh, they're no X size. The we get "info" that they have put together a BC heavy fleet and have Kamella camped.
So, our FC is like "Align to gate x". 2 seconds later, "wt gang aligning to gate x, tackle in warp."
So, our FC changes, "align to gate Y". 2 seconds later, "wt ganging aligning to gate Y. Additional tackle in warp.
"Okay", says FC, let's align gate z." Sure enough, 2 seconds laters... "wt gang aligning z, all reserve tacle in route."
Now, don't get me wrong. We Minmatar are JUST AS GUILTY as Amarr. They were getting the ship info and destinations from having a spy in our fleet, and we were getting the same from having a spy in theirs.
As a result, we virtually always know what the other has. When we have more, we go out looking for a fight; and when we have less, we're always looking to avoid a fight. The result is, one side is almost always looking to avoid a fight. Lots of flying around looking for an advantage, but very little actual pew pew.
At the few times we're evenly matched, it uaually works out that one side is sniper fit and the other is short-range fit. We sit on opposite sides of a gate, each waiting for the other to jump to them. Lots of sitting and waiting.... very little pew pew.
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