Expect this to devolve from here.

:) Now who dares write an Amarr vs Minnie article.

And people still think that all these changes like ninja patch have not been deliberate acts by CCP's employees propping up their favourite militias.

you could go to tier 5 if you want, but you dont do it because you will show how broke the balance is[/u]...

Crap, I told chatgris that guy on comms in our daily plexing strategy meeting was a spy. Did anybody listen? nope... *sigh*

Wonder if anyone's ever tried to apply theories of combat fatigue to a videogame.

Constant warfare, day in, day out, can really grind away at one's spirit, one's sanity, one's problematic soul. It's draining, and I'm pretty sure there are studies showing that keeping combat units on the front line for too long without relief will eventually render them ineffective.

Well, you outnumber us so badly you can have 100 man alliance relocate because of a one man. I of course refer to Sp-r here. They denied it of course but have admitted by now they moved over only because of Damar. Oh and lets not forget one has to add about 50 neutral logi/link guys from their alt corp Trident BMK to that.

And of course they have Shadow Cartel to help them too:

Akturous > gall fed and shadow are tight, bro
Akturous > we sit around in a circle jerk alll day just thinking about how we can help each other out more

"100 man alliance relocate because of a one man"
"Oh and lets not forget one has to add about 50 neutral logi/link guys"
"And of course they have Shadow Cartel to help them too"

However, as the they approach tier 5 status, things will become progressively more difficult for the Gallente. Reduced to fewer systems, Gallente plexers will be unable to hide their presence to Caldari patrols, who will be much more concentrated. Furthermore, the LP cost to raise systems goes up as a faction gets closer to total dominance. At some point Caldari will gain enough traction to hold ground, and likely push back.

If the cals work together instead of as individual entities they could really ruin our day.

You mean, "I want all Caldari go to same place so it's easier for us to blob them since yes, we do outnumber them 2:1 at all given times".

Also, another of your miltiia members saw it courteous enough to call me a pedophile today (Recnarion from Lusitan Initiative). I wonder if CCP takes any action from petition. Most likely not, probably gives him some SP for a job well done.

.... a one man...

Souless- You said consistently field 50ish. You're linking me fringe BRs and/or ganks. I can link similar BRs. Ganks happen everywhere.

Need I remind you that between Kraken, Happy, and Templis, that's 3 alliances with 300 pilots per. That's 900 pilots right there regardless of inactivity as happens with all organizations. This also doesn't include the pirate gangs like Exodus, OMS Pies and whatnot who constantly have to come to help you guys.

Cal Mil has this constant persecution complex for some reason. It's never your fault. It's always Gallente.

Fact of the matter is that alot of you guys are just bad and you don't hold yourself accountable for it. It's not that Gallente is l77t pvpers. It's just many of the Cal Mil pvp corps are really really bad. I remember when I, along with a few other people helped organize the Kinakka Eviction campaign for the T5 push. Alot of the fights were pretty even and MG would lead the fights. Somehow, we'd amazingly win some of these fights by wide margins. Mostly because there's no discipline in your fleets, you don't have secondary target callers and the leeroy mentality is huge.

Gallente does blob sometimes. But part of the issue is that our fleets consist of many corps and alliances who try their hardest to form some semblance of a doctrine to counter an alliance who already has an existing doctrine. Unfortunately, it rarely happens so you get these kitchen sink blobs to fight some of your decent shield nano gangs. Between the amount of time it takes to form the fleet, the constant gibberish on comms, and the final outcome (either blueballed or blobbed) , I personally make the decision to stick to smaller gang pew because I find it more fun and challenging. And quite frankly, less of a hassle.

I wish you luck in nullsec. But I don't think much will change for your alliance. You may get some bigger fights but many of your pilots will simply learn to be F1 monkeys rather than excellent small gang PVPers. You'll come back to Cal Mil and nothing will change.

And now they know about the daily plexing strategy meetings. Dude. Next you'll blow the whistle on the weekly meeting with pirates, and the every Tuesday ccp gallente hosted meeting where we sip mojitos and play world of tanks while cackling at the squids.

I didn't want to post this yet, but here we go.

People discuss stats without knowing what they are talking about.

Here is the Fac War stats raw off the feed: http://facwarstats.appspot.com/

This was the stats I built my spreadsheet that I posted here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai-Di2DS6zcTdFktVjhWVFU2bVJjb2syd2hybUhIMkE#gid=0

As you can see, there are more Caldari then Gallente. If you cannot motivate or work with the people you DO have, that is a failure of leadership, not recruiting.

I really hope Happy Endings stay, I HOPE Caldari use this as a rallying point, instead of a chance to make excuses and wine. When Gallente was "behind" we HTFU and banded together. The results is what you see today. We are not that difficult to stop I promise, we have done some boneheaded things too.

But most of all, please stop using numbers as an excuse. I was ganked the other day 3 v probably around 15 by Caldari who all boasted how leet they are. Ganks are ganks, fights are fights.

I HOPE Caldari use this as a rallying point, instead of a chance to make excuses and wine. When Gallente was "behind" we HTFU and banded together.

Wonder if anyone's ever tried to apply theories of combat fatigue to a videogame.

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The application would be a bit of a stretch since it's, well, a video game. People play video games for enjoyment and to unwind. Relatively few people experience moral qualms about doing violence to pixels. Death is a transitory game state rather than an existential end that heightens stress levels. You can stop playing at any time.

If people 'burn out' of EVE, it's generally because they get tired of the game, not because of stress-induced mental breakdown. Often, they come back after playing other games.

Except I've seen Damar say he hates factional warfare and isn't playing for fun - if this is true, then maybe he's staying out of some sense of loyalty, and his behaviour over the years is possibly some kind of virtual stress induced mental breakdown?

I mean, US soldiers get this, and they are a volunteer army. It's not a completely implausible explanation.

Then again, I Am Not A Psychologist, but I thought the point that he doesn't actually seem to play for fun may be relevant since you do seem to know what you are talking about.

The numbers aren't a excuse they are fact just live in Black Rise for a month and actually look at gangs going around from caldari and gal's. There is a huge difference, you keep pulling numbers off a chart and ill say it again they are not actual numbers. The numbers you have provided just show the amount of people in a certain militia not the amount of active pvpers in low sec.

7. I've never been to null sec, what should I expect? There are some key differences that will be addressed in forthcoming mails and instructional fleets, stay tuned. As a PvP'er you will be pleased to find that the fights we have had in Black Rise are likely MUCH more difficult than those we will be encountering at our destination. To be blunt, I personally feel safer in null sec than low sec.

The numbers aren't a excuse they are fact just live in Black Rise for a month and actually look at gangs going around from caldari and gal's. There is a huge difference, you keep pulling numbers off a chart and ill say it again they are not actual numbers. The numbers you have provided just show the amount of people in a certain militia not the amount of active pvpers in low sec.

I dont usually post but was following this thread and thought of adding my 2 cents..

I am not speaking on behalf of my alliance but just as an EVE player whos only been playing Since March 2012.
I think FW is great and it has defenitly been fun. The main reason I joined was to PVP and there is defenitly a lot of it.
With the recent changes to FW you cant deny that there is a differnce in active GAL and CAL militia numbers (ACTIVE).
The guys that I fly with are not in FW to make ISK so we usually get on and try to get some good fights. Everyone knows where
we are based out off and in all honestly it was pretty good till a few weeks ago. Besides our alliance members it seems like
everyones dropped out of Cal mil or has just become in active. One alliance alone cant flip systems or try to maintain any sort of balance. Maye this is the reason other alliances also left FW but I cant be sure. For anyone that says GAL MIL hasnt grown is on
drugs. I am also pretty sure that a lot of CAL MIL guys created GAL alts to take advantage of the T4 LP. I have never seen so many active GAL militia members since I have been playing (Only a few months I know). For eg. yesterday evening I went to every plex in Rakapas, PYNE, Retisato each one has 2-3 gals running it. While before the patch we would wait outside NEN station for hours to get a fight. At some point you realize its just not worth loosing your ship and you dock back up and I think thats the current state of CAL Mil the ones that stuck around dont see the benefit of giving GAL's easy kills. I think this will remain the case until CAL Mil grows again or GAL's hit T5 and get bored of farming.

Anways its still fun though I might have to make some ISK if I want to keep loosing ships :)

Fly Safe.

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The application would be a bit of a stretch since it's, well, a video game. People play video games for enjoyment and to unwind.