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Posted - 2012.12.29 12:47:00 -
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The main problem isn't the efficiency of small gangs vs. large ones but the lack of any meaningful objectives for small gangs.
A smaller gang of comparable ships should always lose when engaged by a bigger gang (assuming the FCs and pilots being on par), but there's hardly a siutuation where a small gang would be the better tool for accomplishing a task than a blob.
In RL (yes - bad reference when it comes to internet spaceships), using a small task force offers huge advantages in terms of cost, logistics, flexibility and maneuverability. Eve mitigates these advantages to a large extent and even if there are things that may be accomplished with a small gang, there's no reason to not bring a blob and achieve the same thing faster and easier if you can muster it.
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Posted - 2012.12.29 13:05:00 -
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Gillia Winddancer wrote:
A small gang would be preferred if you for instance want to quickly go behind enemy lines, attack industrial ships and then fly off. A big blob would be quite more noticeable.
Well - and what would be the downside of just bridging in a blob on top of them? You kill them quicker, the likelihood of someone getting away is smaller and if the blob is big enough, you could care less if you're noticed or not because the defender can do jack about it.
Yes - you need to muster them, but if you have a bored blob and a titan at your disposal, there's no major reason to not bring it.
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Posted - 2012.12.29 17:28:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:
The truth is some people can't deal with their own failures (in this case, their failure to make friends and generate a following) in an MMO.
No - the truth is that I and many people I know don't enjoy large scale engagements.
- When two comparable fleets fight each other, the bigger one should usually win.
- When a large alliance fights a smaller one, the larger one will in most cases eventually win (as Ruby Porto pointed out).
Noone would seriously want to change that.
I wouldn't have issues joining a large alliance if it wasn't usually associated with mind-numbingly boring blob-style warfare and as long as it's usually better to move around in one big blob instead of fielding 10 small gangs due to a complete lack of objectives for the latter, that wont change.
Small gangs don't need some artificial boost, they need a purpose (and no I don't call 'Killmails' a purpose). |
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Posted - 2012.12.29 23:30:00 -
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Alavaria Fera wrote:Name Family Name wrote:
Small gangs [...] need a purpose
Shooting structures isn't a great purpose for small gang either.
Yes - they don't serve any meaningful one (killmails and gudfites aren't).
It's what I implied by mentioning they are in need of one. |
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