Del Mare
Gemeinschaft interstellarer Soeldner
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2010.07.18 22:34:00 -
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Well, I've been into this contract for a few days. A few days of waiting... waiting for hours and hours to trace the members of REPO, to observe them with scouts, to lure them out of their stations... and sometimes, after waiting 6 or more hours: to fight them. 6 or more hours of someones so called 'leisure time'. I am a dedicated player, but I am still doing this for... 'fun'.
But while I've read this thread, I took notice that nearly in every second post there are accusations. Accusations of beeing not professional, of acting newbie-like, and to be very honest, I disagree strongly with nearby all of the content that has been discussed so far.
This thread is about a war between the mercs. Not a war raised out of the urge to diminish anyones competition, but a war caused by the demands of our business itself: We fought because that's we've got paid for. It's a contract. It is nothing personal.
As a competitor of REPO, I have to admit that they have done everyting correct under the certain circumstances. They've faced impressive superior numbers and avoided the majority of fights that would have been on their disadvantage. That's no sign of weakness, but of professionalism. They made themselfs hard to catch, made it inevitable for us to trace every single member down and lure them for hours. The stats of this war are merely an indication of how long it took until someone lost his temper, some called to be brave, others less so.
I was surprised by some posts in this thread, regarding the way we've fought each other. To settle this 'matter' - or maybe 'romantically idealized idea' - no one in this war had the urge to fight in a way decent 1vs1'ers might call 'fair'. We are mercenaries, paid for getting a certain taks deliberately done. As would do any mercs, we are not interested in fighting at even chances. We fight when we are certain to win, because we got paid for kills and not to compensate our losses.
If you want to see beautiful PvPing of two forces with comparable fleet strenghts, you should aks some carebears owning a ****load of spare ISK. If you want to get the dirty work done, call mercs. A contract is successful when the client is satisfied. And that is the only thing that matters for a mercenary. Live with that.
As usual - that's just my two cents.
If you want to tl;dr this - go ahead kiddie.
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