Dearwin
Gallente
Beagle Corp
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Posted - 2006.10.02 21:18:00 -
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Edited by: Dearwin on 02/10/2006 21:25:47
 Originally by: Vily
Mercenaries dont serve well for regional pushing and pulling. However when it comes to hitting an enemy is specific ways mercs can most seriously be a weapon of choice.
Since you're partially talking about small but exceptional PvP corps, I think this is very important to mention. The current limitations in some form of the games simply keep some things impossible. For example I would love to see any "elite" PvP/Merc corp think/try they could do any real damage to RA. The only times you'll ever run across them, they will either be 3 levels into a complex, in a POS, or docked. Theyre very good at simply not providing free targets. They use carriers at the ass end of night to fuel theyre POSs, And when they do organize to fight, they usually tend to be very well managed, compotent, and well numbered. So what can you do? Over the course of a few weeks you might manage to get a few kills, a mining barge or a few complexers, maybe even get a good fight in. But is that power? Not really, blowing up a few complexing ravens is not going to bring RA crumbling to its knees.
Does that mean the little PvP corps are powerless? Heck no, they still have incredible power. To beat my own drum, a little corp like Beagle regularly shuts down operations of one of the "NAP Everyone" alliances in the north. When you're talking about a handful of players ceasing the productivity of hundreds, I would say that yes thats power. But then again as much as I hate to admit it, I dont think any of the major northern alliances currently consider Beagle as a possible fatal enemy or as a contestant for its space.
When it comes to the "big" 0.0 powers, theres only so much a small "elite" corp can do. Once you start talking about bringing down POSs, yes you've entered another realm. You mention a hiring of multiple PvP corps, bringing them together under one contract? Wel I suppose that my question is with corps like KIA, KOS and all the others, why hasnt that already happened? Maybe its because theyre hasnt been a conflict worthy of it. Maybe its because it would be to much of a logistical nightmare, maybe its because the MC exits with no one to challenge its scale. I honestly think its largely because Alliances are proudful. Why should -V- or KOS or the rest of the motley hire Mercs? Especially when they think they should and can do it by themselves. I think alot of Alliance leaders look to big mercs as a sort of cop out, a sign of inferiority.
But who knows, with winter coming and the wars escalating, space could become very interesting, and knews steps taken.
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