tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072295959847306495.post8222283078259103980..comments2023-07-31T03:25:30.986-07:00Comments on Letrange's EvE Blog: A T1 probing solutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072295959847306495.post-62883925620866424532008-08-25T10:07:00.000-07:002008-08-25T10:07:00.000-07:00If you'll notice I didn't say I was going to do FW...If you'll notice I didn't say I was going to do FW for 3-6 months, just for the first part while certain skills get up to snuff (namely T2 cruisers and the ability to fly a BS without totally embarrassing myself).<BR/><BR/>I must admit that the more I think about it the longer term things look. Besides if we eventually aim for 0.0 presence, keeping the PvP'ers busy is not usually a problem.<BR/><BR/>I've seen a few 0.0 PvP burn out cases to know that the opposite is usually the case. We'll see what comes.<BR/><BR/>Mercs have their place but they are pretty much never part of a long term solution. As Tortuga found out the hard way. Past a certain point it's a numbers game. The trick is to get to the point where you get enough senior pilots to act as the core of an alliance to get to the point where you can get the numbers to be effective. Although useful for those with deep pockets as strike forces, they are rarely able to lend themselves to any form of integrated solution. Besides I doubt that any alliance with sovereignty aspirations is ever a good home for mercs. Best not to get into bad habits of depending on them.Letrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433319509081349521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072295959847306495.post-91259273713496121572008-08-25T09:37:00.000-07:002008-08-25T09:37:00.000-07:00First let me say nice blog. Second, wanted to giv...First let me say nice blog. Second, wanted to give you my .02 on some of your recent plans.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that joining FW for 3-6 months is going to achieve your aim of finding more pvp players for your alliance. The thing is, pvpr's want to be doing pvp. Joining an alliance in hi/low sec as a pvpr can mean weeks that go by without any action. This makes the industrialist happy, but causes the pvpr's to look for a new corp.<BR/><BR/>Here is my suggestion. Find an established contract merc corp, a true one, not just griefers, and figure out if you all can come to some arrangement. I'd suggest a situation where you do not form/join an alliance with them, but have a mutual support arrangement. You all provide them with access to low cost ships/mods, they jump in and destroy anyone that ever war decs you. This way, you don’t get caught up in the merc corps normal war dec contracts, and you'd have a big stick to beat the griefers with. <BR/>To make this attractive to the merc corp, you'd probably have to have decent T2 invention/production capability. If you look at the kill boards of a decent size merc corp, they go through a lot of ships. Being able to offer them a wide range of at cost supplies would be beneficial to them. <BR/><BR/>Another possibility would be getting a merc corp on retainer. In a typical war dec, you’ll probably loose several 100MM isk in ships, plus your lost profit opportunities from sitting in station most of the time. If you spend a week a month under war dec, it would probably be worth paying a retainer. I’ve seen a lot of situations where a well known and capable merc corp just needs to convo the griefer and link their killboard to get them to drop the dec.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Not 100% sure, just seems like a possible solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com