What do you call "Caps"? Gunboats?
I don't think gunboats are classified as caps.
What I think is, if you let the target get to a base, if you attacked him where he could call backup, you just didn't do your job right. Your attack failed.
And as already mentioned, you think it's all about your fun? How about the fun you destroy when killing your target?
But I don't want to complain about that now. You are working on your own, you have to do much more planning before an attack. That's not our fault. I know it sucks not to get what you want, but sometimes, well ... sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
It isn't always easy. It can't be. It should be fun for all at all times, but if it was, it would become boring after a while. We need to have a bad day to see what's good again. And sometimes even the attacker has to feel what it means to have a bad day. Just retreat when you see your attack leads nowhere.
But keep in mind, we aren't PvPers. You are. You chose to PvP as your gamestyle. We chose to try to avoid PvP as most of us aren't top gamers at that.
Your complaint about Caps is unjustified, IMG| owns almost no Caps. If you call GBs "Caps", I think you are mistaken.
And put yourself in our shoes. As we aren't good at PvP we will get attacked often if we don't take advantage in numbers. I'm sorry that we can't all be good at 1on1 or have fun in a 1on1. If you want to ease our pain of losing, think about how we feel when we're kicked out of a system for 4 hours after losing.
I think I don't have to mention what ganks we had to endure all the time in the Taus.
This might be sound a bit whiny, but, I just want you to think about what your target feels, when you attack him. Fun is based on both sides. Most times one side comes short in PvP.
But still, ganking shouldn't go to far. Just don't expect to be greeter with friendliness, chasing someone to their homebase.