Paul Castrin
Gallente
Shiva
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.04.09 18:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Ki An
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Of these 69 wars, 50 are against alliances, the vast bulk of which are 0.0 alliances. 8 are against Empire industrial corps.
Nice list Ki An, very interesting.
I'll admit I was one of the "omg griefers!" group when it came to Privateer members but I've calmed down a bit since. Most are just taking advantage of the war'dec system and many (and yes I know a few and even call them friends) prey mostly on those that really should be able to fight or at lease fight back. In other words not all are hauler gankers. Of course they wouldn't be CALLED privateers if they didn't raid commerce. 
But I would like to point out two things that came to my mind after reading your post:
1) noticeably lacking from the above list are any true PvP only alliances or merc outfits. I find this especially interesting in that the two most powerful PvP alliances are not in that list, namely MC and BoB. That is not to say there aren't other allies of both there but it struck me as an interesting omission on the part of the Privateers. Perhaps the list was between war'decs but there is no way of confirming that with any real accuracy.
2) that most people in those alliances (yes I'm in one) should really be able to adjust to dealing with Privateers. It's not really hard after all and you don't need multiple accounts to, you just need, gasp, teamwork. If an alliance is scattered to the four corners of EVE then it's time that alliance’s HC start getting more organized.
One last point: I do still feel that the war'dec system is broken in a way. There should be consequences when you are war dec'ing corps and alliances in such high numbers. Increasing the cost is a possible fix but I doubt that will do a thing. Maybe a neg modifier to the alliance’s standing to Empires that have pos standings to the dec'd corps/alliances? Would be interesting but I doubt CCP would be willing to make anything like war dec's have actual consequences.
Anyway, nice list and thanks for putting the effort into it.
Peace.
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