Exdios Jar'go
Steel Fleet
Phoenix Company Alliance
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Posted - 2016.03.18 15:55:15 -
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It makes me laugh when I read the comments here, its so easy to see ego and smite coming out in some of the replies rather than actual meaningful discussion.
Having been on both sides of the Entosis Mechanic with several alliances, I hate the bloody thing. I used to enjoy getting involved in the system bash, where proper fleets engaged over system timers. This "Hacking" of Timers just isn't Sov Warfare. Yes systems have become easier to attack, yes Defenders now have a reason to actually use the system, All good points, however we are seeing more and more harassment than actual warfare.
The mechanic has gone from one of large scale alliance warfare where fleets were put head to head against each other and both attackers and defenders each had to commit forces to the field to force the objective, to one where defenders have everything to loose and attackers have nothing and the game mechanic has switched from warfare to Trolling and Tear farming.
No matter what Alliance is defending, Campers, multiple single attackers, and Entosis saturation will wear down ANY Alliance, It will drive down ADM's, it will increase the vulnerability windows and eventually lead to the system being threatened, that is a given. However as the OP originally in a round about way pointed out, it also leads to burnout and frustration.
Half the time now when these situations start, I just log off, not because I'm lazy or incompetent, but because I honestly have better things to do than sit here spending my limited hours of the day on Eve doing nothing but chasing single attackers away every 5 minutes. This system lends its support to the small gang attacker whos sole interest is to feed internet trolls and has no interest in Sov, no reason to use it, but to create harassment and feed the Reddit war because they get Tears. More immaturity than actual game play.
What I want to see is proper warfare over systems again, Yes the old system favored the Big alliances and Coalitions, and ideally wasn't the best thing, but atleast it was fun and enjoyable and gave a reason to log in!, The current system while having good points, equals nothing but frustration, boredom and eventually leads to people logging off, or ignoring the timers until the point comes where they MUST show up to the timer to save the system, hence throwing overwhelming numbers just to saturate the system.
I welcomed the new Sov mechanic when it arrived, because it was different and it offered an interesting change, however after fighting it from both sides for months I gave up on it, and stopped involving myself in it. I'm a Nullsec pilot, I have zero interest in highsec and Lowsec, I enjoy the Null environment however I'm finding myself logging into comms and ignoring the game more and more.
My 2 cents.
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