[Official Event] Operation Pesticide

[Sally]

So I was correct when I was ree'ing in-game, claiming that the event was rigged. As @Goddess Astra pointed out, morale was low on the Zoners' side.

The thing that annoyed me the most was the developers' unrelenting desire not to let the LNS-Alma be destroyed by what was essentially the remaining very large fleet of Zoners. The "miscommunication" excuse by @Haste was simply an attempt to cover up the fact that there was no communication at all. The whole point of PvP is that ships are not permanently destroyed, right? They are put out of action. I fail to see why... Oh, never mind, the CNS post just confirmed that it was 100% rigged and from the beginning

In short: The developers wanted the story to go one way and disguised it so that players would think they could have an impact on it. The fact that players logged in en masse for this while believing what I wrote above, should be listed as the "scam" of the century. There was no real choice, even if we fought tooth and nail on the Zoners' side. I'm not even angry, certainly not like I was during the event; I am simply disappointed that everyone, including all participants, were mere pawns in this questionable development of the story.

Thank you for the event, again, it's obviously a lot of work, but this is as questionable as it gets. Having the usual walls of text from everyone doesn't help. Especially from the devs.

To believe that a bunch of Zoners with little to zero combat experience and no competent military training and equipment could face a House Navy battlegroup and somehow not only escape with most of their numbers intact (which is what happened), but also shoot down a dreadnought, would've been moronic writing and a truly rigged event to be honest, and I was on the Zoners side, I think the outcome was still a big win for Zoners considering who were they facing.

I do wonder if the Zoner Militant ID will get reworked and get ZoI on Pennsylvania now, that could be fun shenanigans.



That being said, I also think the player's actions should influence story events, but this one was far from a good one for such scenario.

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"I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute." - RMS