Gungankllr
Caldari
Celestial Horizon Corp.
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.11.23 11:20:00 -
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Quite a bit has occurred since my last post on the subject. Band of Brothers took the Paragon Soul region, and are moving on the core Feythabolis systems.
I'm proud of what we did here. We took one of the worst regions in Eve- Mineral, Moon and NPC, and made it into its own "0.0 Empire".
Our members worked so very hard for this dream, I had to stop for a second and let them know that their contributions were not in vain.
What we built here is the stuff of legends, and no matter whose name is on the stations you guys are the ones that did it.
For a while, we were a shining example of what a motivated group of like-minded players can do.
We built the first outpost, we built the first Titan. You can't go more than 5 jumps in any direction in Feythabolis without meeting an outpost. (Well, except for the AZN > RIT Pipe)
That being said, if Kali doesn't bring some sweeping changes to the game, and ASCN does not have some massive epiphany as to how to defeat BoB, I see an eventual end to ASCN. It won't be an overnight thing, but a long, dragged out butchery of fun and freedom.
Everything we've thrown at BoB has been repelled. TPAR, TCAG, GQ2, H8, 3PPT, you name it, we've lost.
In the battles where we brought out our dreadnoughts, so much action in those areas brought the nodes down, and siege mode + node crash = lose.
We went to old friends, and even a few old enemies, and found ourselves pretty much alone in Eve.
We asked Mercenary Coalition to name their price, and they turned us down.
A lot of stuff which was thought initially to be true was said in private, in an attempt to motivate our guys to fight harder.
Do I think BoB has a node crash button? No, I just think it's the Eve server system unable to cope with the amount of stress we're putting on it.
Do I think the Core membership of BoB is leaving for Burning Sea when it comes out? No, but I think a lot of folks are going to go try it at least.
Do I think that GM's moved the BoB fleet around? To this day I don't know how this came up, and I really don't know. Probably not.
John, CYVOK, Pyrex, and a few others did and do everything they can to motivate everyone to fight.
BoB is very good at what they do, they've proven it time and time again.
We're very good at building stuff, although not as flashy what we did will remain for a long time as either a testament to our work, or as a tombstone to our failures.
After us, I doubt any alliance or entity will try to do what we did here, it's just too heartbreaking to see your pride and joy rendered to ashes.
When Goonfleet finishes training their 400 dread pilots, that will be a scary thing indeed. (Yes, we know about it.)
Anyhow, I've a lot more to say, but work calls.
Perhaps I've said too much already.
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