Sabriz,
I cannot completely agree with that. I used to love fighting a fleet of cheap ships.
If you look at my KB on 10 Jul, 2011. You will see 12 kills against Sphere Industries in Osvestmunnir. No limit Soldier and I did this.
As I recall, we had several kills on Nolimit’s killboard that were not on mine (his range was much greater than mine), but I think the actual fleet we were fighting was about 25 ships (we didn’t bag any battleships… didn’t have the DPS for it). My memory says we killed 17, I didn’t bother checking his kB to see if it’s different… we didn’t use zkill back then and he hasn’t logged in for years, they may or may not be listed there.
The fight ended when our opponents finally retired from the field.
My compatriot and I fielded a Tengu and Hurricane… we killed 2 falcons, a hound, a myrmidon, 2 hurricanes, a hawk, a kitsune, a bantam, someone’s pod, a prophecy, and a drake. (That’s just what is listed on my kB, I suspect 5 kills to be missing)
The entire fight, we were on the verge of losing our ships. In my opinion, this is how you are supposed to fly. If you aren’t pushing yourself to the edge of what you can do, are you really playing?
They did kill me the next day.
I would never have left Osvest if I thought they would keep fielding that fleet and I’d go back down there today if it was still there.
A concerted effort of trained people would have just killed my ship 3 or 4 times… that’s what it took to get rid of me. I don’t personally believe in deterrence. If you want me gone, beat me.
Simply: “There is no substitute for victory” - D MacArthur.
I don’t know much about structure wardecs in the current system, if there is something that needs to be added, please add it.
I don’t know if speed games (the style of play we used in this fight) are played the same as they were back then, and I consider those techniques to be very challenging for new pvp’ers, but I can cover those if anyone is interested.
Thabks,
Mo