Deterrence OF application

[James Greed]

Does "incoming torpedo" count as a warning

I'm not sure if this is a meme that I have missed or what. But that sounds like what the problem is here. Too much posturing and assumptions. I know it's hard for some people here, but just talk to people.

That happened to be humor. I had no clue about any event, nor was I told. I saw some man in a cruiser getting piled, so I tried to alleviate pressure by pestering caps, hoping it'll turn into something enjoyable. Guess I was naive.



Right, let me chime in with some actual pseudo-seriousness.

.....causing a public drama for all to see.

Or would you prefer it to be sent in a hermetically sealed container? Ought to make sure the OF creation thread remains pristine. You know, the place that helps out the badmins to see what you lot are up to. If you don't mind, I'll look past that PR paragraph.

I think some people are being needlessly but very strongly emotional for something that can be resolved logically and quite easily.

Starting to resemble the usual feedback threads. I'm always right, done nothing wrong, here's a soyjak. Gotcha.

As a general point, I continue to be baffled by a few arguments being brought to our attention - that we use our numbers to our advantage.

1) If you see that the enemy have clearly numerological advantage - why would you attack with the certainty and expectation that your enemy would not use that? How is that RP-sound? We are all trying to RP in here right?

Classic argument of "I RP with guns." Let me flip that around on you then. Why hug capitals and run away at the slightest opposition? Aren't you a corsair? How is that RP-sound? We are all trying to RP in here right?

Hope you can see how that one sounds now. I admit, it is problematic to balance such a fight. That however requires you to try balancing it, and not just say "we did it" while solaris cruisers rain down on lone bombers/snubs.

2) Why do you expect us to always limit our numbers but not yourselves? We've done so in the past - give the enemy a fair fight which nets the enemy kills, until said enemies then log more people and now we are suddenly at a huge disadvantage. Why would we constantly limit ourselves tactically? I've seen plenty of times when people have attacked us without any problem while having more ships than we do.

There is some merit in this. The numbers wouldn't be that much of a problem, save for the fact that most of the ships were caps. Cruising up and trying for cheap shots on a fleeing bomber who is already shot at by 2-3 snubs/bombers. Now that's some gameplay.

3) Why are you only accounting for numbers and not accounting for player skill which is actually the most important factor when determining battle fairness? I've seen people boast freely that they can take on 4-5 DTRs single-handedly without a problem. In fact, I've also seen plenty of times people take on many of us and win due to combat inexperience. I am not sure why this is never brought up in this conversation.

I agree with this point, however this also doesn't justify throwing a bunch of cruisers at ships you perceive to be better. A bit of a catch 22.

4) Why are you expecting from DTR to be constantly a match-making service for you? It's a real battle, and battle is often chaotic.

My real battle in the 2003 arcade space shooter game freelancer. Plenty factions are at least trying to be a dreadful match-making service.

I am not even going to talk about tech advantage because that will get even murkier but no one seems to mention that.

Please enlighten me about that one. I'm sure it'll be a knee slapper.


tldr

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