Notice: Bretonia and Kusari factions

[Hastings]

This is the core of the problem. For both sides.

You bring a large force to counter a gank, and in the process you end up ganking them. They then use that same mentality and in the future ensure they have superior numbers at all times, thus ganking you.

If you want to bring enough forces to stop any gank you think might happen, fine do it. Just control your force if you don't encounter that gank you were prepared for. Tell some of your extra men to wait in reserve instead of letting everyone attack thinking that a million BAF caps will undock and gank you. Let your extras enter the fray as BAF adds people to its side.

The problem is two sided here. Both sides are justifying having overwhelming numbers to counter a gank from the other side. If you don't want it done to you, don't do it to them. If it happens to you, go do something else. Its not like getting killed in this game hurts or anything. Let the faction leader of the other side know, and don't return the favor. By returning the favor you only worsening the problem.

And the problem with that, as always, is being able to control indies (if such a thing exists).

Like I said, both sides have to meet each other halfway rather than putting the burden on one group, since both sides are at fault.

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