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Rogatien Merc
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Posted - 2013.08.22 19:57:00 -
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First, mad respect to all of the organizations involved in this attack. There have been some fun battles, and much ISK was made (and spent  ) EoN. asked for this attack repeatedly, and in no way, shape, or form have I seen anyone in EoN. complaining about these attacks. We're all about WAAARRRRRR!!! dude :-)
Anyway, there is a correlation between the number of participants involved in a battle and the level of coordination required to be successful in said battle... the contention that larger-scale conflict will favor non-EoN. participants is laughable. The PC map could be 20 times larger and the situation would be similar to the status quo. Because we have some of the best logicians and field commanders in the game.
... why do you think TP is the powerhouse it is? Besides being awesome in general at the individual level, their FCs have a solid grasp of tactical play, strategic/meta play, and game mechanics, and they are the ~25 dudes with the longest running track record of operating TOGETHER as a close-knit group in high level competition at this point in the game. They have worked hard to be where they are and if you're looking for a roadmap to success, those three key points are your waypoints to success, and your starting point is getting along with your bros who share a common vision and are as or more committed to the organization in the long-term than to the game itself.
In broader terms, this applies to EoN. as well. There is no organization out there that has more PC experience overall than the EoN. playerbase. The depth and strength in the alliance is actually rarely appreciated for what it really is. From the ground up recruitment of corps and members was based on quality, ensuring players can generally win the 1v1s that are the heart of battle. Beyond that, the alliance is a beautiful blend of strong corporations that can stand alone with solid FCs, as well as the ability to immediately call for assistance in times of need.
Over time, this has facilitated extremely smooth integration when players from different corps play for another corporation's FC, as well as ties of loyalty to the broader organization as individuals play with others throughout the alliance - you even see people moving from one EoN. corp to another for various reasons and this rarely causes problems. ****, I'm getting a kitten just thinking about this. Mad bro love up in here. <3 
Just grabbing 16 players from 10 different corporations and saying "hey, let's go fight!!!" is nothing but an unorganized pub match with more people screaming into the mic. It takes more than that to be successful in a competitive team-oriented game.
The Anti-Eon Coalition needs to start from the ground up. Recover from this loss in this war and actually form an alliance. You guys need a solid Leader who can put this alliance together. He is the new Messiah and I'm not sure who he is yet. Get over individual pride and start working to build something before you try to destroy something else. But seriously, the list of "Anti-EoN" organizations is laughably long and just demonstrates how un-integrated you guys are. ROFL? LOI? CRONOS? Why are you not flying the same flag at this point if you truly want to contest control of Molden Heath?
Team-queued faction warfare is going to be a great training ground. Spend several months forging your alliance membership into a cohesive entity, train up squad leaders and field commanders, and then come at us with an actual battle plan whereby the premise is something other than overwhelming timers and hoping for no-shows.
Good Luck. |
Rogatien Merc
Red Star.
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.08.22 20:00:00 -
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Killar-12 wrote:The idea of a quantity v quality relies in numbers, the idea behind it is that it will be 60-70 EoN vs 128 community if EoN is stretched across multiple battles.
I'll say 128 EoN vs 128 Average community EoN wins.
but the Idea of increasing battle size is to strech you out further and further until you'd snap, whether you'd snap or not is a whole different question...
This presumes EoN. would over-reach and allow itself to be put in such a situation... or that such a situation would even pose an existential threat. I also question whether "The Community" would be able to even put together 200+ people for attacks like that... a focused 128 EoN could respond to multiple uncoordinated attacks from outside; it's the coordination and cohesion that needs to be worked on. That starts at the squad level and you move UP... relying on RTS zerg strategies is going to fail because you have nothing to hold your army together in the Long Term. |
Rogatien Merc
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EoN.
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Posted - 2013.08.22 20:02:00 -
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Rogatien Merc wrote:Wall Of Text
Holy **** that was longer than it was meant to be. Oops. |
Rogatien Merc
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Posted - 2013.08.22 20:25:00 -
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Roy Ventus wrote:I appreciate the effort but you gotta gtfoh with that Alliance business. I say this for one reason and one reason only. We'll end up JUST like you guys. What's the damn purpose if we end up making ourselves into a big bad alliance instead of having our own indie corps? I don't want to join Lol, Cronos, or any other alliance in here not because I don't respect them, far from it actually, but because I'd rather be independent.
>inb4 General Tso's Alliance
Tso's is a casual alliance, not a hardcore PC one.
Back on topic. It's going against all our efforts and history repeating for us to form up :I. I'd rather we all learn from this whether win or lose and begin to develop our corporations further along to the point where we're truly independent. I personally want to aid in making non-PC corps to help diversify the game but that's a bridge that has to be crossed when I get there.
I'm very much in favor of casual corporations. That is actually what the majority of the player base hangs out in IMO. Hop on, grab a few pub matches with friends, log off and go watch netflix with the wife and kiddos. KEWL! That's an awesome way to enjoy Dust.
But if you ARE in a "casual" corp/alliance, quit bitching that you can't compete with organizations that put more effort into the game.
It's like me getting all  "Rawwr!!! Coca Cola is the evil empire!!! FU!!!!" and hanging that sign on my lemonade stand on the street corner. |
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