Metagaming in EVE - Page 30

On May 13 2009 11:58 number1gog wrote:
The influence shows two systems in Querious switching back to KenZoku sov. Any word of a comeback?

On May 13 2009 13:42 Bill307 wrote:

Read my posts?

On May 13 2009 15:57 number1gog wrote:

Yes but.... I thought the bleeding was limited to just the weekend? They lost a ton of towers in what seems to be the holy ground of the former BoB empire (I'm assuming this based on how many major conflicts revolve around 49), but the very next update talks about huge improvements in the day to day struggle. But then the very next day they lose sov in two more systems. Which prompted me to ask: what the hell?

On May 14 2009 09:20 Phoned wrote:
Edit: Is there is a resource out there for newbies like me who don't understand the complicated battle report data? Where does Mittani make his public posts?

I pen this update while in a foul mood. While the last evening's efforts were positive, objectively speaking, a storm is gathering on the horizon. This weekend our enemies intend to blob up and have yet another 'big push' from Thursday through Sunday; if this morning is any indication, 8 goons will be there to stop them. What the ****, seriously.

In eurotime we lucked out because our enemies did nothing of consequence - they repped their towers, and apparently took some potshots at PL placeholder smalls, but no real strategic threat manifested. A Coven gang shot an alt-corp moon miner. That's about it.

In US time we did what we set out to do - we repped up our Q2 towers, we destroyed the 5:03 ROL tower in OGY, and we replaced PL placeholder smalls in Q2 with more GS larges. There was a ~good fight~ where Karttoon and Xttz repeatedly doomsdayed KenZoku, but it was a bizzare situation - goon titans were doomsdaying and not merely jumpbridging, but there were barely 70 goons in the us tz fleet.

PA-V lost its Sov4 status at downtime and will be spammed by KIA. Period Basis is almost done. That's the good news.

The bad news is that - perhaps because the Webway changed and no one knows where the **** our bridges are anymore - people aren't showing up on ops. If we don't change this trend ASAP, come Thursday we're ****ing hosed.

"If we don't change this trend ASAP, come Thursday we're ****ing hosed."

~heh~

So we lost a carrier fleet with like 20 carriers yesterday because while we had capitals - lots of them - we had no support at all. So our additional reinforcement capitals couldn't save the first group, as they couldn't clear off the dictors to get a warpin. Our fleet was tackled, helpless, for half an hour, then it died. Fun times. This was in OGY, trying to kill a hostile tower coming out of rf.

At downtime, in response to Zapawork's major hurf-blurf post, perhaps 60 goons logged in. 250 RKZ invaded I1Y, downed the jammed within minutes of their arrival (having thoughtfully had the warpin setup) meaning that we didn't even get the thing gunned before it was down. Which means no Titan support.

Meanwhile, ZXJ - a bridge system to Period Basis - and MKD - a critical bridge link in Querious - were spammed by Frontal Impact and Executive Outcomes, respectively.

I1Y has 18 friendly larges, 1 medium and 19 small placeholders. There are 5 hostile larges and 15 empty moons. The small placeholders got reinforced so quickly that many weren't timed at all. While we have blocked out more than 51% in this high-mooncount system, it is vulnerable due to the temporary nature of any small tower.

We must rally and capture control or they're going to kite I1Y all day. The enemy has called an all-weekend op - which is what Zapawork told everyone in his thread - and they plan on obliterating I1Y and other Querious stations in one massive push.

On May 15 2009 16:01 Bill307 wrote:
Follow-up:

http://evemaps.dotlan.net/system/I1Y-IU/kills (Querious)
Initially it looked like Goons + RAZOR + Allies were getting pounded, but at some point they got reinforcements (mainly from PL and Sons of Tangra) and the losses became more even. Their opponents were KenZoku + AAA + Allies (so much for the theory of AAA being uninterested in anything beyond 49-). Ultimately, one carrier was lost by KenZoku.