Grimwalius d'Antan
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Posted - 2008.03.01 21:58:00 -
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I find that combat in Eve can be downright hard, and I don't mean hard as in "You need a lot of skill to kill the opponent", but more like "It is almost mathematically impossible to cause enough damage to kill a single opponent". A fair one on one fight can go on indefinately with some ship combinations. I've been grumpy a few times about being ganged up on by 5 people or more before but I understand that this is the norm, not so much because people are cowards, but because they know they need all those ships to disable and kill a single ship with any efficiency. This is especially true for piracy, a lone pirate will see many more potential victims fleeing than a small gang that can cover a much larger part of the system and catch their prey. In most PVP scenarios the redundancy of several ships is necessary, as small gangs will suffer more when they lose a ship or two. Outnumbering the opponent is an excellent way to give yourself an edge and stack odds in your favour.
To engage in a fight where you're likely to lose, say 50% chance of losing, is foolish. You don't win skirmishes by throwing men into near certain death, and you don't win in Eve PVP by engaging in fair fights. You need to overpower your enemy, otherwise you're just gambling and hoping to win. I perfectly understand the frustration of being killed by a much stronger enemy, or being killed when you're not even interested in fighting, but I think that in all forms of competition you should do what you can to stack odds in your favour. You don't need to take it to the extremes in Eve and other games as this is about friendly competition, but you should never hand over advantages to your opponent either.
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Grimwalius d'Antan
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Posted - 2008.03.01 23:01:00 -
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 Originally by: Ulstan
Edited by: Ulstan on 01/03/2008 22:44:40
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Twenty-four to Twenty-one may be okay in the NFL on a Sunday afternoon, but not on the Battlefield
And as EVE is a game that people play for fun rather than a real life battlefield, fair fights are not only good but to be encouraged. [...]
This would be true if all Eve PVP was 1on1 duels with people you know. Most PVP in Eve is about conquest and annihilating the opposition however, much like actual warfare.
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Griefing is to ruin a friendly game, which Eve is not. |