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Posted - 2007.03.02 17:28:00 -
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 Originally by: Dekiri
Originally by: Tarace CEO
Originally by: Dekiri
I honestly would love an alliance like BoB in guerilla mode. Because that is NOT what they are good at. Not to mention they really do drop nicest loot.
Popping the right BoB ship might be worth several hundred million up to a billion in loot.
BoB are good at fleet combat, no doubt and they excell in logistics and many other fields, guerilla warfare is for sure not their way though.
I recommend you to check the history of bob corps. Most of them are born from wars and without holding any space.
I still remember how ATUK (or Dice) were mobile and never affraid to come and move during months inside a hostile core system. This is how Bob can be if it is free of space holding.
Guerrilla warfare not the hardest in pvp. Hit and runs, driving small engagements etc are the easiest imho. I dont think bob fc's like Tholarim, Farjung etc will be completly lost in guerrilla warfare :)
I says that, but it goes for many alliances. I mean, it's a general pov 
I don't need to check histories, because i have been fighting them for a good while. I know what they can and i also know what ex MC like Farjung can and/or are good at.
Saying that BoB excells at guerilla warfare is ridiculous. I know many other that are far better at that. The MC does not really shine to much there either.
The only ones that really earned my personal respect apart from TRI and especially exanimo is OMNOR, because those guys really know their stuff (except from some minor exceptions ofc).
BoB does have a couple of really awsome FC's, but the individual persons skill counts a lot more the smaller the engagements get. And i am not talking about SP here.
Individual discipline always counts for alot, and even in small, guerrilla-style engagements the commander can be just as important as in fleets (with the added safety net that individual members can "cover" for him should he fail in smaller engagements).
And guess what BoB has alot of? Most of the coalition forces are militias, navies formed when needed, whose general playstyle is often a good deal more relaxed than BoB's. BoB, in MMO parlance, is the hardcore raiding guild to the regular guild; those who prefer that playstyle gravitate to BoB, and as a result they have a strong base of dedicated people.
Given a short period of readjustment, BoB could easily excel at smaller-scale warfare, beyond that of most all other entities in EVE. This is because they have shown they have the will and discipline required, as a group, to adapt to any changes thrown at them.
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