This is a pretty interesting topic, I can only talk from my experience but when I play FW with my corp we win I would say more than 90% of our battles for minmatar in our time zone (Aus), so to me it really does feel like were winning all the time. However you do raise an interesting point in that because you don't have many districts anymore anything you do take back is instantly swarmed and lost because there are so few targets for us to attack so your basically stuck.

Im gunna go with option 2

Wait, I thought that other guy from your corp (I forget his name) was saying not too long ago that he wants more players to step up to the challenge of winning more minmatar battles as he keeps dominating the minmatar...?

I'm confused.

Wait, I thought that other guy from your corp (I forget his name) was saying not too long ago that he wants more players to step up to the challenge of winning more minmatar battles as he keeps dominating the minmatar...?

I'm confused.

That was the whole reason we even started FW and now we do it almost exclusively

Oh hey, Science for Death. We did face you one time last night, and did beat you pretty handily if I do recall correctly

Ok, ok, let's not turn this into a smack talk thread. Stay on topic people! However, since I did take a jab at you I will allow you one as well

wait for faction rewards... lasers... lasers EVERYWHERE!!!!

Bloody American time zone letting us down jks jks, I don't think I have ever seen PIE inc in game before, maybe I need to do a 24 hour seesion My eyes may fall out of my head but the games will be worth it

I'm curious, who are the most active faction warfare corps and who do they fight for? I barely touch it so have no idea. This might also help answer the OPs question, if it turns out there are loads of corps fighting for Min/Gal. So far we have:

PIE inc - Amarr
Science for Death - Minmatar

When you look at the star map in Dust and switch to the faction warfare tab, what you are looking at is who controls the districts Dust-side. Something some of you may have noticed since Uprising 1.4 hit is that the Minmatar and Gallente have held over 99% of the districts for what is now nearly a month.

Before I continue, let me get the elephant out of the room. Yes, I'm a known Amarr supporter. Please do not take this as me making excuses for the Amarr doing poorly in holding districts. I simply want to discuss this topic with an open mind, so please leave all snide comments at the door.

So, many people are playing FW near exclusively now. And by most accounts I have seen, whenever you play you seem to win practically every time, regardless for which faction you support. So assuming that both sides of the affair have a roughly equal number of corporations supporting them, which seems to be the case, then it must come down to the random blueberries who fight for on our behalf when we are not there. However, does it seem logical to assume that these blueberries are winning 99% of the time while on the Minmatar or Gallente side?

I've been discussing this with some people and here's a few theories we came up with, though of course with no way to prove them:

1) A dev said something around the launch of 1.4 that they were afraid Minmatar and Gallente FW matchmaking may get broken because they have no districts to attack. So this may imply that each faction is constantly pushing out contracts to attack other districts, and then the other matching that contract with a defense. So if the number of say Amarr or Caldari attack contracts are equal to the number of Minmatar or Gallente attack contracts, with so little districts for the Minmatar or Gallente to attack they will constantly be attacking the same district until it flips over, and as soon as the Amarr or Caldari gain a new district it will be relentlessly attacked until they lose it again. So it's not so much a case of the Minmatar and Gallente winning 99% of all battles, but the Amarr and Caldari simply stuck in a hole.

2) The matchmaking looks at various qualifications for who attacks and defends, taking the higher skill point players to do attacks while the lower skill point players defend. This would result in the Amarr and Caldari gaining districts, but unable to hold them for any length of time. I do notice that every time my squad takes over a district, usually within 20 to 40 minutes (1 to 2 matches) it is lost again, and that my squad almost never gets defense contracts.

3) Amarr and Caldari random bluedots are simply scrubs while Minmatar and Gallente random bluedots are actually intelligent.

Or maybe it's none of these. I'm not sure. Though I do think it would be appropriate for CCP to do a small investigation on the matter, even something as simply as looking at which side is winning what percent of the battles and relating that to the ownership percent of the districts. I know some say it doesn't really matter, but Dust-side control of FW districts does impact EVE to an extent.

Again, I am not trying to make excuses for my preferred factions status in FW, I am simply suggesting that with a mode controlled by random teaming, it is a bit suspicious that one side can hold control of over 99% of districts for so many consecutive days. If there is some proof given out that Minmatar and Gallente really are winning 99% of all FW battles then I will accept that.

I agree, I did an amarr contract. Got into a half finished match. Want to know were my team was? In our redline trying to figure out wich side of a gun the bullet comes out of.

I went to work, captured a cannon, destroyed some protos using a MLT scout and some RE.

Seriously though, matchmaking for FW needs to be looked at.

Well if you think about it, the average FPS player who has no knowledge of the EVE Universe whatsoever will probably support the Minmatar or Gallente. Those ideals of strength, rebellion and freedom simply appeal to someone who just wants to shoot people.

As opposed to the corporate, industrial Caldari which no one cares about in DUST because everything is bought from an NPC store at the moment, and the Amarr who're probably shallowly interpreted as religious fanatics by those with a narrow view of the lore and at best, slavemasters. The first thing I personally learnt about the Amarr, and I'm sure this applies to many new members of CCP's universe, is that they had took the Minmatar as slaves, and I was opposed already.

Obviously, this is not the full picture. But first impressions count, and that's what I got, and that's most likely what another average player felt.

Definitely agree that first impressions are a big deal and that a lot of people read Amarr and slavery and instantly hate them, even though they are not quite the bad guys first impressions would lead you to believe. Of course PIE is working on a way to better inform new Dusters on who the Amarr are before they make up their minds, because people like you are already pretty locked in your belief against Amarr which is totally fine!

Still, there are plenty of players supporting all sides so I would not suspect this to be the root of the problem in FW.

Definitely agree that first impressions are a big deal and that a lot of people read Amarr and slavery and instantly hate them, even though they are not quite the bad guys first impressions would lead you to believe. Of course PIE is working on a way to better inform new Dusters on who the Amarr are before they make up their minds, because people like you are already pretty locked in your belief against Amarr which is totally fine!

Still, there are plenty of players supporting all sides so I would not suspect this to be the root of the problem in FW.

Well if you think about it, the average FPS player who has no knowledge of the EVE Universe whatsoever will probably support the Minmatar or Gallente. Those ideals of strength, rebellion and freedom simply appeal to someone who just wants to shoot people.

As opposed to the corporate, industrial Caldari which no one cares about in DUST because everything is bought from an NPC store at the moment, and the Amarr who're probably shallowly interpreted as religious fanatics by those with a narrow view of the lore and at best, slavemasters. The first thing I personally learnt about the Amarr, and I'm sure this applies to many new members of CCP's universe, is that they had took the Minmatar as slaves, and I was opposed already.

Obviously, this is not the full picture. But first impressions count, and that's what I got, and that's most likely what another average player felt.

And yeah it's a shame, I don't know why all these guys don't join PIE, a premiere Amarr RP corp and the 3rd oldest surviving EVE corp, a lot of history here and a lot of good management. Nonetheless, as long as they are supporting us, squading with us, and having fun then what more could I ask for!

Is this an invite?

I have to say that I did consider joining PIE before joining my current Corporation. I didn't apply because, although I am loyal to Amarr and love it's suits and weapons, and I even like the RP aspect of your corp (that's why I stick in PIE Public even with the Ground Deployment Channel), although all that, I couldn't part away from my SMG. Simple as that, I just couldn't.

It's already too intensive to aim with the Scrambler Rifle at medium ranges, if I also had to use a precision gun at short range, with no bonus to armor damage on top of it, I would go nuts. It's just so relaxing to swap to a SMG and melt people in close quarters that I couldn't give it up.

To contribute a little to the question at hand though, I will tell you my experience when I play alone in FW for Amarr. I lose pretty much every time. I do finish in 1st way more often than not but it simply isn't enough to carry the whole match. Sometimes it's clear that there is an organized squad at the other side. Other times it just feels that the Minmatar side is overall less stupid. Evidence is inconclusive but it's such a pain to play alone that I'm hardly willing to go back there again to gather more "data" (and by data I mean bullets and explosives from all sides and not a hint of support from the team).

You're darned tootin' we are.

Especially when I'm playing.


Munch

The indoctrination runs deep in this one. But since he's been granted immortality, he may have time to see through the lies and adopt a life that has conscious meaning.

Until them we'll just keep putting him down. I like to think of it as tough love.

I mean it is odd. Many of the matches PIE Ground Deployment squad enter end with EVE support and the win, yet we never gain ground.

Sadly I feel there are only 30ish players who actively make a difference to Amarr FW.

The FW map is all determining how it looks on EVE. Even if amarr had won 100% of every FW match in the past 3 months and the EVE side of Amarr FW did nothing that map would look the same.

The thing that Dust does is make it easier for the EVE players to take systems.

You should of seen some of the ridiculous efforts PIE and company put together for Amarr FW while you were gone. Look, if the rest of those who support Amarr is FW are simply terribad then I'm upset but I can accept that, so long as our efforts make some impact. We went above and beyond the call, many straight hours of victories for Amarr day-in-day-out, with multiple squads searching for multiple battles, yet at the end of the day our opposition still holds 99%.

The indoctrination runs deep in this one. But since he's been granted immortality, he may have time to see through the lies and adopt a life that has conscious meaning.

Until them we'll just keep putting him down. I like to think of it as tough love.

I think that CCP needs to implement a lobby server instead of straight match making and allow a commander to take whole corps or just allied squads together into battle. That way if you want to defend the area you just took you can single it out and defend it. As it stands you are just getting sent willy nilly all over the universe and there is no real attraction to keeping a certain side in your playlist. Personally I just sync up for either Cal mil/ Amarr or do Minny / Gal mil. And if I really don't care i just sync up all 4 empires and fight for whoever, I am a merc after all.

My corp plays fw about 90% of the time and the teams are always us vs npc corps or us vs two of you pie guys. Rarely do you ever have organized support on the Amarr side. At least on the minmatar side we seem to get a fair amount of competent solo or small squads.

I don't mean anything insulting about my comment. My apologies if it seemed that way. You guys always do well no argument there. You can tell when you've got a full squad. Only one squad can do so much though. I'm just saying that in the game of who gets stuck with a bunch of Bambi's it's usually the Amarr. Which is a shame. Every now and again team players fight for the Amarr and those are awesome fights. I really wish fw had more of these intense fights. They're often too one sided.

Perhaps FW corps EVE side can lay out corporate contracts for specific corps and groups to fight in. This might even allow corps to make a difference or encourage other corps to start trying to make a difference.

Dead six initiative always fight for the Caldari, we do however accept all races as allies, as this is only pragmatic.

To be honest I'm happy that more people want to participate in FW, however I do believe FW needs some mild restrictions as many of the players I come across really should be doing public contracts a little more. In fairness, CCP doesn't really do a good job explaining to people what FW is and how it differs from Public contracts. When so many players are using FW as matchmaking 2.0, it can be hard for any group to make any real impact since, unlike EVE, there is a limit to how many people can attack or defend a specific spot at one time.

My corp primarily does Caldari FW and rarely lose

so EVE side caldari FW need to get their **** together cause we're doing our part

I've noticed that Caldari and Amarrian FW players's gun game is lacking. It's pretty easy to keep my HAV's alive.

That's a joke, gotta say the minnies are terrible shots.

Sept that Damn Reav Hanamari.

A pity we never go against eachother so you can feel my shotgun :)

@OP better question would be to ask do ppl actually care about FW??????

20 minutes ago my squad attacked Lantorn IV District 6 and took over control. Literally not even a minute later our second squad reported to be defending Lantorn IV District 6, the very same district. Are you serious? After owning the district for not even a single minute it is already under attack? Come on CCP!!!!

I don't have to worry about that mate. I drive a tank. PLus you aren't even Matari Mr Mechoj Caldaripants.

20 minutes ago my squad attacked Lantorn IV District 6 and took over control. Literally not even a minute later our second squad reported to be defending Lantorn IV District 6, the very same district. Are you serious? After owning the district for not even a single minute it is already under attack? Come on CCP!!!!

The good news is all you will need is a simple 10 minute lock but on the district. Though they will likely have to reset the planets now :-(

@OP better question would be to ask do ppl actually care about FW??????

^Good info, but not the appropriate thread for this. Please stay on topic!

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

I disagree.
I think these back stories are the reasons which cause players to choose their FW allegiance.
RP as you will -but people (not so hard for politicians) from 1st and 2nd world nations have a hard time supporting factions (even imaginary ones) which support slavery or fascism. Little as I actually invest (RP wise) into my character. I would never fight for Amarr or Caldari for those reasons alone.

You can blame matchmaking or farming or whatever you like. The fact is that Amarr and Caldari lost, and will continue to lose because those factions are unpopular -Not because the game treats them unfairly.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

Expect it in 1.9

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts

we started fighting for the caldar and amarr for a while to bring them up in wins as well. but seems that most ppl want it the easy way.
but owell as long as theres an underdog we will fight for it.

Foxfour confirms Gallente and Winmatar better than Kalamari and Amarr.

Say it with me everyone.

Trust. In. DAT RUST.

You can blame matchmaking or farming or whatever you like. The fact is that Amarr and Caldari lost, and will continue to lose because those factions are unpopular -Not because the game treats them unfairly.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

Thanks for the response, but it still doesn't really explain how we can organize multiple squads to do a marathon for Amarr FW and win nearly every single match, yet unable to make any difference on the star map.

Fox Four is a scrub and has nothing on Wolfman.

Dirty Liberalist..... and to think I used to like Fox four.

I'm curious, who are the most active faction warfare corps and who do they fight for? I barely touch it so have no idea. This might also help answer the OPs question, if it turns out there are loads of corps fighting for Min/Gal. So far we have:

PIE inc - Amarr
Science for Death - Minmatar

Only read the first page of this thread but would like to point out in case no one has stepped up and said it already:

The Covert Intervention alliance has just finished a month long FW campaign for Gallente in both EVE and DUST.

Our alliance supports Gallente in EVE and so this carries over to all corporations in DUST (although I have seen some members ignoring this obligation). Throughout this FW campaign and even outside of it we try to q-sync as much as possible and near enough always win.

If you are still adding to that list you can find 13 for Gallente >here<

Yes, someone has stepped up and said this . . . in the very first post! Look man, I acknowledged that there are corporations and alliances making big pushes in Dust FW winning most there matches. Hey guess what? PIE, PIE supporters, and EoN has made a push all this month for Amarr FW and won well over 90% of those matches! You know what, I'm sure there's a ton of squads out there supporting their faction and winning most there matches.

What I'm saying is, something really weird is happening outside of these matches. I mean, if someone were asked to draw a conclusion on the status of FW after only watching matches I've been in, they would say that Amarr holds the vast majority of districts.

I disagree.
I think these back stories are the reasons which cause players to choose their FW allegiance.
RP as you will -but people (not so hard for politicians) from 1st and 2nd world nations have a hard time supporting factions (even imaginary ones) which support slavery or fascism. Little as I actually invest (RP wise) into my character. I would never fight for Amarr or Caldari for those reasons alone.

You can blame matchmaking or farming or whatever you like. The fact is that Amarr and Caldari lost, and will continue to lose because those factions are unpopular -Not because the game treats them unfairly.

You said that Covert Intervention has been on a month long FW campaign? Damn, I must have overlooked that. FYI that is what I was referring to when I wrote "if no one has stepped up and said it already" - to clarify.

And yes, I can see what you are saying.

+1

The moment I heard "slaves" I was turned away from the Amarr.

Though I cannot understand why since this is only a game....

Plus I find players who follow the word democracy or freedom boring and generally not worth engaging in RPing with.... the occasional few I do are very knowledgeable and tend to be more unique than the standard "American hero" archetype.

I mean gods sake this is new eden, you could be anything, you could be a pirate, you could be a criminal, you could be a soldier pressed into service bitter against his own nation but still loyal to the cause..... there are so many things people can be in New Eden but they choose not to for no other reason than to follow the crowd.

+1

The moment I heard "slaves" I was turned away from the Amarr.

Yeah, it is just a game but I'm not heavily invested in RP and so any game character I create will ultimately reflect myself.

Fair enough, though I started to wonder recently what it is about Dust and EVE that makes people create characters that reflect themselves or better versions of themselves.

It's not just dust and eve, that happens everywhere. And people do it because it's easy. You don't need to think about your race's background or some lore somebody else made up. You can just be yourself. It's pretty simple.

So you support Corruption and (Can't remeber the bad thing about the minmatar)?

So I have authority issues.

And domestic violence issues.

If I play FW on this character, which happens to be a Heavy, the teams I usually get placed in end up losing terribly.

However, on my MinLogi alt, things go much more smoothly, especially when I squad up with some of my corp members from OSG.

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

How about I tell you about the Gallente Federation whose politicians have corrupted the government, able to stay in office as long as they please. The upper class with prestige standards of living while everyone else lives in slums? A economical system where it is made extremely easy for those with high standing to push others off the success ladder as soon as they begin making progress? A drug culture where a substantial majority of civilians are taking life-damaging drugs harming countless innocent lives, and a government who refuses to intervene because the illegal drug trade is the only thing keeping the Gallente economy from crashing? Heck, the whole situation with the Caldari is primarily because of what the Caldari bring to the Federation economy. Even though the Caldari wish to leave the Federation in peace, the Gallente won't allow it because they need them.

Yeah, that Gallente Federation? Have fun fighting for corrupt megalomaniacs and drug lords!

Except, again, when you assume you understand some race and that it reflects who you are, but missed some pretty big aspects of that race that aren't so great. Go back a couple posts to see the lovely details Gallente players seem to overlook. I could make similarly bad accusations about the Minmatar Republic.

Better than being a slaver.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

I didn't assume anything. None of these races are great enough to reflect me. They all have flaws unlike me. But the minmatar are the closest to reflecting me.

And please, stop judging other people for overlooking their race's flaws. Especially when you devote so much effort on overlooking the Amarr's flaws. You want everyone to acknowledge their own faults but ignore yours.

That is debatable.

Also there are plenty of very bad things about the Gallente and Minmatar as well as many good aspects of Amarr and Caldari. Just because you choose to look at the empires with a very shallow perspective does not mean that's how it is. Personally I find the Gallente a lot more dangerous to humanity than any of the rest, but if you don't actually look into the lore and see why I can understand why you'd say, "But Gallente are freedom and Amarr are slavery!" There's a lot more to it.

Strawman aside -Couldnt agree more.
But the Caldari are a facsist state whose governing power derives from the role of the CEO. The CEO cares about control, nothing more.
Amarrians worship a woman who by birth was declared a goddess and suffers from the dueling Other residing in her brain and a Vitoc enslavement by her number one officer.

Corrupt governments can be overthrown.The control centers of Tribalism are much more fluid as the strongest rules the day.
You cannot overthrow a permanent entity such as a Corporation, they must be forced out by another entity without soul.
You cannot overthrow a goddess which 1/3 of an empire (and nearly half population wise) would gladly give their lives for.

Shallow or not, you are defending your ideology (or that of your character) and our opinions are meaningless.
Who wins is decided by the districts which are conquered.

And your side lost.

And your side lost.

That will likely come about less from our words on the forums, than our actions on the battlefield.

I am amazed how statements of fact can be interpreted as meaningless bravado.
And how statements of meaningless bravado can be derived from interpretations of fact.
I concede FW will change, possibly even be swung in favor of the Caldari.

That will likely come about less from our words on the forums, than our actions on the battlefield.

So all your meaningless gripes will be nothing more then lost concerns that hold little weight within the grand design which is Dust 514.

FW seems to be one of those aspects to the game that has been greatly under appreciated. It is currently the only true link to both games. Debate can be made about what is wrong or right, but facts encompass all in which we define our own personal reality. The truth is, that there has not been any real organized focus within Dust to appropriate a concern where FW is involved. It simply doesn't have enough interested parties to be relevant within the dust community outside of a few. This is the same within Eve as well.

We have yet to see any real use of political meta gaming in Dust in any way shape or form. Control of territories are meaningless to Eve players in PC. Even though FW has actual effects in Eve it is not being taken seriously by Eve FW corporations. I mean..maybe there are a couple out there.

My point is that as much as people are upset about the state of the game in one way or another. It is us, the players, who have the ability to make so much more out of the game then we are currently. CCP has left so many things open for us to deal, cross deal, infiltrate, dismantle and backstab our way into oblivion. Narrowing your vision solely on the FPS factor is a grave mistake. In Time the Eve player will turn their eye to our humble little game and everything will change. So all your meaningless gripes will be nothing more then lost concerns that hold little weight within the grand design which is Dust 514.

2. EVE based support however much better than regular OB support does not make enough difference to encourage players to go out of their way to aid the ground troops nor make a massive difference to ground Ops.

Hmm, perhaps if an EVE player is connected to the district you can gain some sort of bonus besides the OB. Perhaps something like the EVE player can be carrying an extra stock of clones or perhaps, given a certain number of warpoints, could trigger some long range remote armor repair/shield transport for the MCC? Make it so everyone wants to have EVE support.

Active battlefield scanners, turret drops, single turret strikes on battlefield assets, perhaps even possible denial of RDV drops of a couple of seconds making enemy vehicle deployment a few crucial seconds slower.

Revived, this is clearly still an issue.

Yeah but it our issue now. Regardless of the system being broken we proved CCP wrong and did end up unbreaking the system

Not trying to belittle the Amarr and Caldari efforts at all, they did a great job getting themselves out of this massive hole. But still, now we are going to benefit from this design flaw for how long before they change it? Even if its us benefiting, in the spirit of competition it just feels wrong.

Well Bojo, really quickly

1) Amarr are the good guys
2) There is still a flaw in the design of Dust FW. Believe me, unless CCP fixes the FW system then Amarr and Caldari will hold this 99% majority long after this week ends.

"I do say Aero that battle for Penak IV was exhilarating, I couldn't prevent my Scrambler from overheating"
"Indeed good chap" sips tea. "It appears that Devoid, is ... devoid of any action, am I right good sir?"
"Quite so"
"Indeed" puffs on pipe

Not that you guys talk like Victorian Nobility.

1) Amarr are the good guys

That is exactly how we talk.

"Oh Aero I do say have you read that new novelisation of the Scriptures yet, it is ever such good reading my dear man."
"Why no Adamance I have not yet, I was busy last weekend on the Estate with Lord Admiral Gavin, you see, such a fine man, making a right royal game of Wickets"
"Oh sir I do protest to your weekend debaucheries with Lord Gavin, those iced teas and Gallentean post cards with corrupt your souls."

Ok

The main point was District Selection, did that register at all with you guys (in all seriousness)?

Secondly, Angel Eyes was a bad guy

That was definitely a TT-3 Assault Pistol right there.

I did edit my post quickly after posting to address that point of your post, not sure if you caught it. Should of waited to add that in before I posted.

You were all too busy being Victorian, good sir

You were all too busy being Victorian, good sir

OK:

1) Corps shouldn't be in charge of Contracts
---I was merely using you guys as a group for example. I should have made that a little more clear. What I am saying is that the Faction poops out the contracts, but at least you have a selection of pooped-contracts to sort through. I am not saying that individuals should be able to initiate contracts.

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Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

its for that reason we need to section players into groups based on skillpoints accumulated! even out the playing field

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)