War

[eldaec]

So are we friends with -A- again now?

I really don't know anymore - my entire world was turned upside down the day I discovered we were ~elite pvp~ experts specialising in small ship combat with tight shot group and/or fleet composition supported by an unbreakable military spine.

 

[Kageru]

Wait why are they going to go piss off AAA when they already pissed off you guys?   Are they teaming up with the Reds?   I guess I'm still confused on the alliance makeup right now.

They're already red to -A- and have a grudge from -A- offensives during the northern war while they were killing the old NC.

... that and they're probably seen as a much softer target.

[Der Helm]

Fuck... urge to resub rising... 

[Miasma]

If it wasn't such a terrible game I would resub.

[Comstar]

I'm actually at the point or resubbing, instead of a time card. The Mittani has convinced me that CCP IS going to do something to nurf supercaps. And he's also convinced the NCDOTDOTPLDOT, which is one of the reasons they are running for the hills while they still can. The Goonswarm newbee drive will be occurring shortly, which would be a good time to resub. The Reconquestia of the North is beginning.

[Setanta]

My Little Eve: Spaceships are Magic. An animated video of the recent battle in VFK.

fluttershy FC'ing is so wrong.

You knowing that is.... so wrong 

[Comstar]

The Art of War in EVE Online by The Mittani. Someone didn't read or watch it.

"The Killing Blow:

After a series of small victories and slowly degrading the enemy. Sometimes it's wise to attempt a killing blow. This is massive and unsubtle move such as a trap which destroy's enemy super capitals, or a hell camp which locks down an enemy system 23/7.

These maneuvers are extremely risky and should only be attempted in the late stages of a war when you are increasingly certain of victory. If you attempt to deliver a killing blow too early and are repelled, the fact that the enemy defeated you can lead to a resurgence of their pride and spirit, as well as demoralizing your pilots."

-The Art of Nullsec War, The Mittani


Edit- from the TEST Forums:

[Stabs]

Didn't you guys start out by laughing at people who unironically referenced Sun Tzu?

[Gets]

Soon they'll hold against us our like for Game of Thrones references.

[TripleDES]

Didn't you guys start out by laughing at people who unironically referenced Sun Tzu?

There's a difference between "Serious" and "For shits'n'giggles".

[Comstar]

I was listening to this.

When I tackled this in my 20mil isk Interceptor. A 932mil isk Tech 3 Strategic Cruiser.


Outbreak had a gang running around VFK and DurHurrDur, of all people, got a Huggin webbing on the Tengu. But he wasn't getting bonuses...and the Tengu burned away from him, out of the i30 bubble, and out of his range.

I had warped in 200km above the gate and burnt down at 4.5km's straight down for 25 seconds...and got the tackle. The rest of the fleet warped in to my position, and the Tengu, worth 40 bux American Dollars...died. The pilot was podded, and he lost probably 20 5 days of training.

I felt absolutely awesome. I even saved DurrHurrDur too. Best Day Ever.

[Amaron]

The pilot was podded, and he lost probably 20 days of training.

Uhh you can't lose that much SP from losing a Tech 3.   Worst case it's like 4 days.   Anyone who PvP's in those things probably only trains offense to lvl 5 though so it'd be pretty rare to lose even that.

[Kitsune]

Nice, Comstar!  I'm always happy to see people make big contributions in small craft.

[Furiously]

Well... I just got a five days for free offer.....

[palmer_eldritch]

Bat Country is a very chill place to hang out at the moment, so you could just sign up for a few days and chat (no need to undock unless you want to).

[Setanta]

So I unsubbed my 3 accounts a little while back - get an email to an old 4th account with no chars on it asking if I wanted to try the game again.


I think I used that account for my SB pilot's training

[Slayerik]

I just logged into my account, and pasted this from a different account that received the offer.

https://secure.eveonline.com/Reactivate/?utm_source=reactivation1995bJuly2011&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reactivationJuly2011

So basically, 5 days for any old unsubbed account.

[Comstar]

http://www.evenews24.com/2011/07/22/solar-fleet-director-steals-up-to-900bil-in-new-edens-biggest-heist-ever/ - Solar Fleet Director steals enough goods between 600 to 900 Billion isk, should it be the bigger sum he mentioned this would be the equivalent of +2400 PLEX licenses (200 years of play time) and $42,000 cold hard cash value.

White Noise (who nows owns the far north) has declared Forever War vs AAA and announced "Catch will hold it's breath". You know who else said that when invading Russians.

Speaking of that kind of person, Ev0ke is running away from the north to return to Providence. I suspect they will be helping White Noise to secure space as far away as Goonswarm as possible.

While I was having fun playing at making Sonic Rainbooms in VFK, some *unknown* FC from FC took the cap fleet to attack a PL moon, and *nobody* told the 175 pilots in VFK what they were doing. We watched PL jump out to somewhere, and didn't find out about it till 11+ caps were already dead. We caught a tempest. Whelp. MrVee was not impressed.

[gimpyone]

The latest updates make me want to play again. I'd probably get as far as the login screen and then close the window.

[Sir T]

I think I'll DL the client and use the 5 free days to see what a load of fail ambulation is.

[Numtini]

I think I'll DL the client and use the 5 free days to see what a load of fail ambulation is.

That's definitely worth the price of admission.

[Comstar]

This sums up VFK the last week. We are now starting Day 5. Seige Engines are in postion, the rape cage is formed, the fleet is mobilized and the enemies starbases are going to die. In 3 days, look to the east.

[Stabs]

So is the Northern Coalition Dot now in full fail cascade mode?

[Kageru]

... I wouldn't imagine so. It's probably more like they don't really see the need for Sov warfare given they hold a huge and lucrative region already. Which was probably why the North eventually got fat and stupid. They're certainly not under any real Sov threat. Maybe if the super-capital nerf is massive it may be a consideration.

I've also realized half the reason Eve is fun is because it is so slow. In early EQ you'd clear a space, wait on respawns and just chat with your group. It was often dull but sometimes quite relaxing. Wow has gotten rid of that entirely to please the console generation of ADHD button spammers. Sitting in a VFK "something might happen, but probably not camp" and listening to people discuss movies, comcasts illicit traffic shaping and Eve politics took me back to that.

[Amaron]

Sitting in a VFK "something might happen, but probably not camp" and listening to people discuss movies, comcasts illicit traffic shaping and Eve politics took me back to that.

That's one of EvE's big problems too though.   Seems like if you don't know anyone playing you'd spend eons trying to find a corp where discussion didn't revolve around how many bowls X person just smoked.   The playerbase is in general a bit meh.

[eldaec]

I've also realized half the reason Eve is fun is because it is so slow.

They should introduce a system where you have to hang around watching entertainers in stations to heal mind wounds.

 

You are right ofc.

[Kageru]

I actually mis-phrased that somewhat. In general Eve is not a fun game. But a lot of what fun there is revolves around the social aspects. And yes, Eve in a bad corp is unthinkable.

[DLRiley]

EvE : Forums and chat rooms are free, but we charge you 15$ a month to talk to people you already know from the comfort of your SPACE SHIP!!

[Numtini]

EvE : Forums and chat rooms are free, but we charge you 15$ a month to talk to people you already know from the comfort of your SPACE SHIP!!

You could chat with them in your Captain's Quarters too!

[Setanta]

EvE : Forums and chat rooms are free, but we charge you 15$ a month to talk to people you already know from the comfort of your SPACE SHIP!!

"except we wont actually allow you to sit in your spaceship or even look at it when in station. Here, have a 9x9 room with a coffee table to bump into"

[Amaron]

I'm still trying to figure out why captain's quarters are on the station and not the ship.   

[Brolan]

I'm still trying to figure out why captain's quarters are on the station and not the ship.   

As far as I can tell from the quarters that coffin-looking thing is your sub-pod that got unloaded from the ship.  Apparently you just got out of it to stretch and do business.

[Amaron]

As far as I can tell from the quarters that coffin-looking thing is your sub-pod that got unloaded from the ship.  Apparently you just got out of it to stretch and do business.

I can understand piloting from the pod.   Those ships have accommodations for 100s of crew members though.

[Reg]

It makes more sense to me that I would have personal quarters on every ship I own than that I would have them on every station in the galaxy.

[Sir T]

yeah, but this is not really a discussion for the war thread.