RavenTesio
Liandri Corporation
Liandri Covenant
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Posted - 2013.01.14 04:20:00 -
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Juliade wrote:
Do you have anything else to add to the argument besides "lol gallente blob"? We do, but that's hardly all we do. I've seen it happen lots of times where we had around 15 people and squid fleets with similar size and composition just ran away. It even happened to a fleet I was FCing and I'm not exactly the most experienced one around.
So stop generalizing over the same issue over and over again and bring something new and actually relevant to the table.
I actually have some local chat from Okkamon that I found funny concerning one of your pilots Kaaki who was complaining about the Caldari blobbing.
That amused me slightly as we've gone up to Heydelies or such before, literally waited 15 minutes while rather than them coming at us with what they had on gate; they've sat there, got exact numbers brought 2x as many with the exact ships to counter then been confused why we refuse to engage.
In my opinion any Fleet Commander who simply Leeroy's their fleet in to another one without making an educated decision about if it can be won or if the losses are worth it should NOT FC.
I mean look at like this... you have 2 Fleets of say 15 Pilots each side.
Caldari will often be flying small nowadays, simply because it's more cost effective - we don't exactly have an abundance of seasoned pilots in our ranks right now.
They will usually be flying without implants again for the same reason.
And often we don't have Off-Grid boosters, as frankly most of us don't have multiple accounts skilled to do such things.
In-fact I actually dislike that tactic as a whole; because a Fleet Booster should ALWAYS be on-grid imo - if you can't bring it on-grid then you shouldn't get the bonus'
I know I'm in a minority with this thinking and we should take every advantage we can get, but feels too much like cheating which is sad if you have to resort to it to win.
While obviously the Gallente Fleets might bring equal numbers, but they will always be in often out-ship us (Faction/Pirate) as much as possible, with full implant sets and Neutral Fleet Off-Grid Boosting. In-fact it has been a considerably LONG time since I've seen the Gallente roll out without a Neutral Booster.
Don't take this the wrong way... I am not complaining or whining about this; just stating the facts as to what factors in with our Decisions to Engage / Retreat from a Field.
Who the FC for the enemy is, even IF we had accurate intel about who it is; honestly comes very low on the priority list.
Especially given when you Primary an FC usually it results in the fight being over and very quickly returning said Fleet back to a boring white-wash engagement or waiting while one side reships and tries to out-blob the other.
I mean I will also tell you know, that I simply refuse to play the "Escalation" game ... as I know without a shadow of a doubt that the Gallente will win that game every damn time for the moment. That just comes from knowing your own pilots limitations be that skill or wallet size vs your enemies.
On the whole the Gallente are known for either Out-Shipping or Out-Blobbing us, it is unavoidable for the time being.
Sometimes we suffer some annoying losses due to this, sometimes we have some we have some good success that makes everyone feel good - in either case though EVE is a game regardless of however much you want to attach yourself to it, and this is all about the fun we have playing it.
To me most of the posts within this area of the forum seem to be little more than all sides swinging their e-peen and selective memories around, to make themselves sound better than they really are.
You guys feel free to keep doing this, but reailty is honestly what I've outlined above.
If you actually want good fights; then do so on equal terms, there will be more engagements. If I knew we could trust the Gallente not to instantly call some 3rd party in to Hot-Drop, which imo you shouldn't need to do with the assets at your disposal; then right now we could be having some good fights in ships other than Frigates, Destroyers and Cruisers.
Honestly I'd love to see this war go back to just Caldari vs Gallente... we should be killing ALL of the pirates not sleeping with them, groups like Pandemic Legion shouldn't be on the batphone of a batphone, they should be actively hunted down for the juicy damn kills they can give us. |