Robert Caldera seems to forget that we can use the slowcat blob, and you'll have no chance of taking our sov if we do.

Of course, it's another npc corp alt

Because it's not very good offensively. It's limited in mobility. It's best used as a defensive tool.

goon tears on eveo

Still not enough and we would be losing one mega every cycle or two of the sentry drones.

If it was as simple as throwing a few hundred mega at the problem we wouldn't be working on getting dreads that do have the firepower to alpha them

There's a lot of people in this thread who make me laugh, as their arguments towards an idea of what they think EVE should be about is just as bias as anyone they are arguing against, but refuse to see it.

The people on the "N3/NCDot/PL Side" of the debate basically say there's not a problem with anything at all and they think it's fine for 300 guys to be easily be able to take on about 600 other guys and win. Their arguments for this are always the same, counters that don't exist (or allegedly do exist, but refuse to explain what they are) or counters that are ridiculous (Why don't you just bring 600 Battleships into a node that keeps crashing every time you get 600 people into it?) or even just think it's fine due to cash/SP investment in capital ships.

What it boils down to is they don't like the fact the CFC has grown in size so large that no other single entity in the game can stand up to it in terms of numbers. I'm not saying every fight in the history of EVE has to be won on numbers, but generally if you're outnumbered 2:1 you should get your arse kicked.

The counter to capitals ships is, of course, capital ships according to these people. So they don't want a world where the numerical superiority of subcaps wins, but instead want a world where the numerical superiority of capitals win.

Unless you're actually in NCDot/N3/PL I struggle to see why you would want their playstyle to triumph. The CFC is held together by a good leadership team within GSF and across the CFC alliances, and that is what provides it it's strength (numbers). The moment those links start breaking and falling apart, the whole thing will become a free for all. It may take a while but it will probably happen some day.

The more "elite" view of the world though means anyone not already in the lead will get left well behind, the rental income from NCdot, PL and N3 will keep them well ahead of the rest of the galaxy in terms of capital and super capital numbers, and no-one will be able to challenge them. It would take outside intervention from CCP to change that balance.

Personally if I were on the fences if I had to pick between one group or the other dominating nullsec politics I'd pick the one that could fall apart if everyone starts arguing amongst themselves rather than the ones that will retain their position indefinitely through bizarre mechanics. I've played a game before where players were able to "level up" to infinite levels and the distance over a few years of playing they could put between themselves and the starting players was so huge it killed any real PvP action in the game.

Yeah, I'm sure that's what he actually said.

The people on the "N3/NCDot/PL Side" of the debate basically say there's not a problem with anything at all and they think it's fine for 300 guys to be easily be able to take on about 600 other guys and win