Let's make a comprehensive list of everyone who wants to fight for the Minmatar. That way, we could squad with them or even possibly sync multiple squads.

Please fill out this quick info sheet

Role: (Logi, assault, scout, sentinel, or commando)

Lifetime Skill Points: Found on character sheet in Dust

Lifetime War Points: Same as above

Kill/Death Ratio: Same as above

Let's make a comprehensive list of everyone who wants to fight for the Minmatar. That way, we could squad with them or even possibly sync multiple squads.

Role: Logi, Heavy, Tanks, Gunner

Lifetime Skill Points: 18.5M

Lifetime War Points: ~900K

Kill/Death Ratio: 0.96

Why do you need the data? The role should be enough. Granted it saves having to look it up in game but for this list I didn't see the need. Either way, there it is.

KR

Pffff, you Minmatar scum may have the AFK Farmers on your side in EVE, but don't think you can so easily win the battle on the ground. :]

For those that don't know:

Minmatar control 99% of sovereignty in FW because of the absolutely abysmal FW system devised in EVE. Basically people go into systems and activate these things called "Plexes" where in they destroy a few NPC ships and then proceed to hang out around a capture point for 15-30 minutes. If they control it for the allotted time without anyone coming in to scare them off, they get Loyalty Points for that faction as well as move the sovereignty slider for that system a little bit. So one Plex may move the slider from 40% to 43%, for example, and after it hits 51% for your faction you gain control and are able to access space stations in that system.

Thing is, after controlling a certain number of systems a faction can move up in "Tiers" which basically just gives a boost to loyalty Point rewards (which can be used to buy nifty faction loot). So Tier 1 is 50% LP, Tier 2 is 100% LP, Tier 3 is 150%, and Tier 4 is 200%. Minmatar are currently Tier 4 and Amarr are Tier 1.

What does this all mean?

Basically because Minmatar get a huge boost to LP and Amarr actually get their LP stifled, all the farmers (people who Plex unpopulated systems but run away at the first sign of trouble) jumped over to Minmatar in order to profit. The actual PvP in space has little effect on faction control, it's all Plexes that move the slider. So in essence FW is run by a bunch of AFK farmers that farm 24/7 and thus perpetually keep a faction in Tier 4 and the opposing in Tier 1. No one ends up wanting to play for the losers because they get LESS reward for being the underdog and fighting back, while the ones stomping the dead horse into the ground get MORE reward. And actually, having 100% control would be bad because them farmers wouldn't have anything to farm. So any system taken back by the Amarr is quickly taken back by the AFK farmers thus putting us in this perpetual deadlock where one faction has complete control all the time.

It's a crappy system that rewards people for doing nothing while giving absolutely no incentive for people to fight back. So in DUST if you're winning Minmatar battles you are actually deterring from the farmers in space because they have less systems to Plex while anyone fighting for Amarr and taking systems back actually helps the Minmatar in space because they can quickly take it back for huge rewards. Talk about convoluted eh?

Pffff, you Minmatar scum may have the AFK Farmers on your side in EVE, but don't think you can so easily win the battle on the ground. :]

For those that don't know:

Minmatar control 99% of sovereignty in FW because of the absolutely abysmal FW system devised in EVE. Basically people go into systems and activate these things called "Plexes" where in they destroy a few NPC ships and then proceed to hang out around a capture point for 15-30 minutes. If they control it for the allotted time without anyone coming in to scare them off, they get Loyalty Points for that faction as well as move the sovereignty slider for that system a little bit. So one Plex may move the slider from 40% to 43%, for example, and after it hits 51% for your faction you gain control and are able to access space stations in that system.

Thing is, after controlling a certain number of systems a faction can move up in "Tiers" which basically just gives a boost to loyalty Point rewards (which can be used to buy nifty faction loot). So Tier 1 is 50% LP, Tier 2 is 100% LP, Tier 3 is 150%, and Tier 4 is 200%. Minmatar are currently Tier 4 and Amarr are Tier 1.

What does this all mean?

Basically because Minmatar get a huge boost to LP and Amarr actually get their LP stifled, all the farmers (people who Plex unpopulated systems but run away at the first sign of trouble) jumped over to Minmatar in order to profit. The actual PvP in space has little effect on faction control, it's all Plexes that move the slider. So in essence FW is run by a bunch of AFK farmers that farm 24/7 and thus perpetually keep a faction in Tier 4 and the opposing in Tier 1. No one ends up wanting to play for the losers because they get LESS reward for being the underdog and fighting back, while the ones stomping the dead horse into the ground get MORE reward. And actually, having 100% control would be bad because them farmers wouldn't have anything to farm. So any system taken back by the Amarr is quickly taken back by the AFK farmers thus putting us in this perpetual deadlock where one faction has complete control all the time.

It's a crappy system that rewards people for doing nothing while giving absolutely no incentive for people to fight back. So in DUST if you're winning Minmatar battles you are actually deterring from the farmers in space because they have less systems to Plex while anyone fighting for Amarr and taking systems back actually helps the Minmatar in space because they can quickly take it back for huge rewards. Talk about convoluted eh?

Pffff, you Minmatar scum may have the AFK Farmers on your side in EVE, but don't think you can so easily win the battle on the ground. :] For those that don't know: ....Minmatar control 99% of sovereignty in FW .... ....after it hits 51% for your faction you gain control and are able to access space stations in that system. ... ....Minmatar are currently Tier 4 and Amarr are Tier 1....

Edit: In regards to the OP, I was of the notion that tribal supporters were in no short supply.

Edit: In regards to the OP, I was of the notion that tribal supporters were in no short supply.

You said "Minmatar scum," Mr.Whale, so I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that:
Minmatar control only 68% of the warzone, down from the 99% they had 3 weeks ago. Space side, the Amarr are back on an upswing, but that's because the mechanics allow it (unlike the new DUST side mechanics).

Also, the Minmatar were pushed down to Tier 2 a couple of weeks ago and haven't bothered to go back up, despite having the number of systems and (certainly) the LP to do so. Likewise, however, the Amarr haven't bothered to upgrade themselves up from T1 despite having the systems.

However, you're a bit mistaken on the contestation mechanics. Contestation needs to reach 100% and then a structure called the "ihub" becomes vulnerable. It is only after shooting this structure that the system changes hands.

Edit: In regards to the OP, I was of the notion that tribal supporters were in no short supply.

Not where I'm looking. In fact, one of the directors of my corp is fighting for the Amarr

This Amarr loving corporation Black Phoenix destroyed our team 3 times in a row.

I don't know about you, but I definitely need help from an organized squad.

OKAY EVERYBODY we've got some very tough competition fighting for the Amarr

I would like to form a squad

It will be scheduled to begin at a certain time like a PC, and we will run as many matches as possible for the Minmatar

Please post all dates/times that work for you

I will pick a time that fits into as many people's schedules as possible

Then I will add everyone who is participating as a contact, and invite them to our squad.

Hopefully we can get two squads and sync them, and form comprehensive strategies and be well organized.

I think I may have managed to squeeze 50% wins, but by a very thin margin.

It's pretty bad for morale that everyone who's good at this game is whoring for the Amarr.

I been playing for minmater this evening, played about 15 games id guess, think we won 2 lol

Each match i been in Its been nothing but stacked squads for amarr vs no squads with npc corps minmaters

One game had a squad or more of teamplayers, and they also had some randoms vs 3 of us on the minmater side, by the time our team filled up, everything was red and pretty much no one wanted to play

Its pretty much been like this every game i've joined, oh and then theres the joys of joining a game thats just about over with the mcc at half amour or less

meh, been a pretty **** night

This is good to see, not siding with anyone on this comment, but this is what PIE GD, PIE Inc, and I hope a lot of players who have been following our postings, etc have been waiting for, Amarr have been winning fights for the last month, now we have dozens of awesome corps joining the fights and we are beginning I see to be turning things around.

I hope we reach 50% across 2x regions so I can check my theory about FW mechanics.

"I think we can put our differences behind us... for science... you monster. "

Thanks I want FW in dust to be a pendulum swinging, the best factions wins affair not some broken game mode where one team cannot get out of a system made ditch.