Garresh
Team Chicken and Waffles
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Posted - 2013.05.23 10:32:00 -
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I'll give my opinion from the perspective of a Minmatar solo/small gang pilot.
Every time I see Caldari, it's always in a huge group trying to bait single players into engaging so they can collapse with 10 people. It's also usually terribly obvious. I have not really met any skilled Caldari solo pilots, and every fleet of them I've seen has been stupidly large, to the point of where we never really had any reason/chance to engage. My experience with them is therefore limited, but my contact has not reflected highly on them.
Amarr are a mixed bag. They have hardly any solo pilots, but the solo pilots they do have are *excellent*. They're pretty coordinated with their fleet ops, and they have some decently skilled pilots just because of how long they've been fighting without plex income. But as a result, they're also stupidly risk averse. You pretty much have to set a trap to get a decent fight. As a result you won't get a ton of fights vs them. When I'm out plexing I say probably 60-70% of my fights are vs solo pirates, with Amarr focusing mainly on sieging key systems. Again, this is probably due to a cultural shift as a result of the Minmatar farmer issue. Every time I've gotten into a fleet that got into a pitched battle, we've won. But the Amarr are skilled. It's always been stupidly close. Their ability to select targets is excellent, and they're pretty good at trapping. Again, risk averse. Meh.
The Minmatar militia is, amusingly, a mirror image of their ship design. Scattered and ramshackle, but somehow still strong. Our reputation has been somewhat tarnished by the farmer fleets that used to settle in our militia. But the incredible LP gains we got from those farmers has allowed many of our pilots to throw away ships left and right. This has, ironically, made many of us much better at PvP because we were allowed to replace our losses and therefore take many stupid fights and learn a lot in a shorter time. We're probably the most disorganized militia on the whole, but in small gangs and solo we have some truly excellent pilots and fleets. Whenever I see large fleets form up(which is rare) they're usually heavily disorganized, but they still somehow come out ahead if they get into large fights. But our lack of organization cripples us in regards to warzone control. We seem to have issues in mid sized fleets and in general sieging and strategy.
Gallente militia I have little experience with, as I mostly stay in Minmatar and Amarr lowsec.
This is just my experience. YMMV. I've gained this perspective mostly from soloing and pub fleets, but given the collapse our farmer fleets and the current push by the Amarr, I'd say it's a fairly accurate assessment.
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