Andre Vauban
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Posted - 2013.11.04 21:03:00 -
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ZheoTheThird wrote:
Trolling aside, this is a serious post.
Look, this might just be because I "grew up" in sov warfare and kills mean essentially nothing there, but could you please give me a reason why kills matter in the slightest in FW?
I have asked lots of galmil dudes on lots of occasions but I have never gotten a clear answer. Like, no reason at all, just the usual shittalk. So please answer me this simple question:
Why do KBstats matter in factional warfare or lowsec in general?
No hurf, no bragging, just a simple answer that helps me understand your mindset would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
The responses to this answered your question pretty well. Nothing matters in Eve, it is a sandbox game with no way to "win" the game. Things only matter, because that is what players decide matters to them. Gal Mil decided kills matter. It is the same thing in 0.0. AAA chose to value kills over territory, "Killboard is green". Others value the sov map. Solar Fleet also appears to value some thing else, as they lost all their space but lost hardly no members.
The historical nature of this decision of placing value on kills dates back to FW circa 2008. Back then, sov didn't have any implications at all other than a color on the map. It didn't impact docking rights or impact the only way to make LP at the time, missions. At that point in time, plexes spawned at downtime and when a plex closed, it attempted to respawn in the same constellation it was closed. However, if a Gallente plex tried to spawn in a Caldari occupied system, it became "stuck" and didn't respawn. This meant as the day went on, less and less plexes were available to the point as you got close to downtime there were almost no plexes left. This meant that whomever had superiority closest to downtime was in the best shape. It just so happened that the caldari had a very formable pvp/plexing groups in the Pervs, who dominated after downtime. It was literally impossible to undo the plex damage the Pervs did right after downtime unless the Gallente also had a after downtime group that could go head to head with them. The Gallente didn't have such a group and gave up on the Sov war as it was useless to fight the sov war in EU and US timezones.
Hence, Gallente redefined winning as "Killboard is green" because they could achieve it and were good at it. Caldari adopted defining winning as sov because they could achieve it (they were the first faction to 100% conqueror the warzone) and were good at it. |