Wesley Price
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.01.03 07:17:00 -
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As much as I dislike BoB (not hate, but dislike, its the smacktalking you do.) I must admit that it is their orginization that makes them deadly enemies. (Yes this is an alt, so sue me I'd rather not shaft myself or my corp because some hothead can't understand a statement for what it is.)
ASCN very well could have defeated BoB. In the early phases of the war ASCN had BoB on a backwards footing, I know I was there.
But failure to communicate, and the failure of intelligence on ASCN's part is what defeated them.
BoB is an extremely powerful alliance. They make themselves so by very strict methods of recruitment that ASCN did not employ, this left one side deathly vulnerable to infiltration and far worse, poor players.
BoB is not immortal, they CAN and WILL be defeated by someone who looks at the lessons of ASCN and puts them to good use. Fortunately for BoB, from the looks of it the people who have that ability are... well... in BoB.
That takes care of BoB. Now to this actual post.
You're complaining, that 100 guys can take over and control... what? 6 Regions? Effectively patrol, secure and use that space?
No.
You're complaining that these 100 guys have too much money? So what? On my main character a year and a half old I'm flat broke, the n00b who just joined 2 minutes ago? Yeah he's got more money than I do.
Monstrous profits for T2 BPO owners? Well-duh, its called an economy, it doesn't work if there's nobody at the top of the pyramid there buddy. Anything else is called Communism, or Socialism, take your pick neither can work in EvE.
EvE is a Capitalistic game, its built on the premise that work=money, the right work=lots of money. Money=fun. Therefor all you need to have fun in this game is to sit down, and actually think about how to make money.
Me? I rat, I run missions, I make enough money to buy a nice ship throw some cool guns on it and get it blown up, that's my fun. Because that's what EvE is, a game.
Nothing radical, if you do a giant radical shift in the economy all that's doing is removing someone from the top of the pyramid, and 20 minutes later some genius is gonna get right back on top.
That's life, that ingenuity. Quit whining.
Seeding T2 BPO's isn't gonna do squat other than make that Cerberus I really want a little bit cheaper.
That's...it.
Guess what bud, last time I counted BoB controls as much if not more space than all 4 Empire Factions, with more resources, and money than the 4 Empires could dream of.
And you'll never see a 200 man BoB Carrier fleet, or 200 man BoB Dreadnaught Fleet, or 200 BoB Titan fleet. Because BoB for all their faults are a bunch of good tacticians. They understand the logistics behind waging a war and they also understand that 200 carriers, can't do squat against a group of suicide hyper-tanked Scorpions with smartbombs.
200 Dreadnaughts? I'll laugh as a blob of frigates overwhelm and kill them, 'cause Dreads can't hit a fast moving T1 Frigate.
200 Titans? What're you gonna do? DD a POS to death? Even with 200 Titans its impractical.
No, Bob has achieved an effective fighting mixture in their forces, probably the best you can do with their current numbers.
And all it would take to defeat them, is the right kind of organization.
I personally view BoB as the Romans of EvE. They ain't the biggest, but their tactics are very very good.
Now, if they cleaned up the smacktalk a bit I might actually start liking them... but that's their perogative and unlikely to happen... 'cause it is kinda funny sometimes... and sometimes it goes too far.
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