Septem Mortuus
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.07.05 01:45:00 -
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Love the idea of the war, hope you guys get it off the ground and make some noise in New Eden. It would be great for the game.
But take this as a freindly warning - you have NO idea what you are doing.
Now I'm not saying that to knock, you obviously know your gun-game and have some experience at this.
I'm saying it so you go into this with your eyes open.
(Note also, this isn't about Goon, this refers to ANY large Alliance in EvE)
People keep telling you that Corps in EvE are the "Clans" or "Guilds" from other games right?
And you've been in or led clans to victory in the past right?
So you can do it again here same as you used to right?
Wrong.
Here's where you can scream "BUT I IS L337 AND WILL OWN ALL WIF MY GUN_GAME!!1!"
And here's why you are wrong.
Because unlike every other shooter, where you can challenge another clan and you go off and fight somewhere, someone wins, Youtube vids are posted and much Lulz are had at the losers, here there are consequences.
A Clan is basically just people who like to play together and who are prepared to log in at the same time and work together to win a match or battle.
A Corp in EvE is people who do that, and who are prepared to organise with thousands of other players over the course of years to produce equipment, ships, titans, star-bases, ammo, weapons, hold territory, arrange on-going thousand-member engagements on a routine basis. They are prepared to grind their opponents down through outright battle, spies, economic warfare or slow attrition. These are things that no FPS has ever had to deal with.
You will win battles, and many, many of them. But unlike MAG, or CoD, that just doesn't matter. Because this my friends is WAR. True, ugly, all-out, persistent, WAR.
So you can kick butt against anyone 1v1? How about 5v1? 10v1?
So there's a 32 player limit in a battle you say? How many battles can you fight at a time then? 1? 5? 10?
How many can you fight in a row? 10? 20? 50?
So you can kill 10 for every death? What if they are budgeting on losing 15-1?
How will you afford it is another good question?
Because when you're defending your own territory, or making your own attacks, you have to PAY for it! No ISKies just for battle (Only in the PVE and Beta battles - otherwise you get paid as a Merc, you act for yourselves, you pay for yourselves.)
Can you afford to max the vehicle quota on T2 fit Marauders EVERY SINGLE GAME? Because your enemies can.
In MAG/CoD/Whatever, you can't be beaten if you aren't playing, you have to be there to lose, here you don't. You'll get attacked relentlessly until you log out, and then they'll take your stuff.
Gun-Game is THE most important thing in most FPS's, but here it's only half the equation.
Take that on board and plan accordingly and you might actually make a dent in someone! :)
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