Khetchi
Amarr
Multiverse Corporation
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Posted - 2007.02.27 01:21:00 -
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Edited by: Khetchi on 27/02/2007 01:17:54
 Originally by: Aceonfire
When an entire alliances sets in action a plan to exploit, what is without a doubt, the single biggest problem with this game, I feel someone should speak up.
Sadly, games such as this tend to reward those players who are able to find the loopholes and exploit them the quickest. These "exploits" are an integral part of this, or any other, MMO whether you like them or not.
Surely the devs will eventually find a way to close this exploit, but it won't take long before someone finds a new way to take advantage of the game mechanics to gain an advantage over others... and then the whole thing starts over again.
Howeverm the biggest selling point EVE had over other MMOs for me is the fact that there were no WTFUBERPWN players in the game. A player in eve couldn't become an unkillable God-like beong with the ability to slaughter 1000+ "newbies" at once with no risk whatsoever. Anybody, regardless of what skills they have or what ship they are flying, can be killed at any time.
Goonswarm is simply using the tactic that has been proven effective by Industrial Corps against PVP corps in the past, albeit on a much larger scale... Throwing a massive number of disposable ships against the expensive Capital ships and making it prohibitively expensive for the opposition to continue.
You may not like it. Heck, I wouldn't like being on the receiving end of it myself. However, you have to remember that BoB itself used this tactic repeatedly during their war with ASCN, sending massive Battleship/cruiser fleets against ASCN Dreadnaught/Carrier fleets. Goonswarm is just taking a tactic proven effective by BoB and taking it to the obvious next level.
As far as "closing" a system or "crashing" a node goes, again this is just an extension of tactics that have been used effectively in the past. How many times on the forums has it been pointed out that a corporation or alliance entered a system and immediatly began dumping jetcans in order to do this? Now Goonswarm is doing it more effectively with T1 frigates.
Of course I have to disagree with you that this is "the single biggest problem with this game." In my opinion, the biggest problem with this game is the fact that older, more experienced players and corporations can roll over "newbies" with impunity and then brag about their prowess... as if camping a station with a Fleet Recon and ganking newbies who can barely fly a Cruiser is some sort of accomplishment, or gatecamping with three Battleships and ganking newbies trying to run courier missions somehow makes you a "pirate".
This is why Goonswarm is getting so many new members every month... Think of it as "Revenge of the Noobs". After being walked over and griefed repeatedly in Highsec they are banding together and taking out their frustrations on those who have been laughing at them and giving them advice along the lines of "Stop being a Carebear and move to 0.0!" or "If you don't like it, go play WoW!" Well, they took your advice... They're no longer Carebears and have moved into 0.0, and they found out that they like going after uppity Elites and ganking them with frigates.
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