My 2 cents
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:30 pm
Although I will stand behind Lexx's decision to go to war, in retrospect I see several problems with the way it's gone so far. I know I am a total n00b in pvp, but I think some things are obvious.
#1 and most importantly- We should NEVER have gone to war without Amaroo, who as far as I know, is in charge of our ground forces. Putting a temporary substitute in charge of people who have been in the guild was a big mistake (and I see he's bailed on us already). Amaroo would have given us more confidence, and probably better leadership. I didn't see anything special from this new guy beyond rehashing obvious info. There was no real strategy, there was no preperation of the battlefield and even though we were divided into two groups there was no attempt at even the most basic strategies of crossfire, flanking, battlelines, or reserves. Lexx have more faith in your people, and if you have to bring in new talent, try to get someone who actually knows how to win.
#2- Attacking them in their city after griefing them was a huge mistake. We gave them every advantage by doing this. By declaring war and then sitting in that house, we let them gather forces, make a battleplan knowing exactly where we were, and accept only when they were fully prepared. We lost one of our lvl 90 players in the hour long wait while DS prepared.
#3- DS is an arm of the local guild that only accepts members who have worked their way thru training with their main guild as I understand it. So we are guaranteed to be facing nothing but lvl 90, and I would bet their only crafters are alts of the lvl 90 fighters.
#4- Calling a meeting and then going after them right after was a mistake as well. It gave us no time to set up a battlefield, or fully mobilize our best troops. We went with who we had on-line, so you end up with lvl 83 humps like me on the front lines. I know that RID is no democracy, but putting all of our asses on the line for who knows how long is unfair to those of us who don't pvp much and are bound to be ganked over and over until this thing ends. There should have been some discussion and planning beforehand.
#5-(Withdrawn because I stand corrected) Intelligence was flawed at best. At the meeting we were initially told that they had 2-4 players on-line at a time. That was way off. This is going to be a war of gank squads from here on out, where weaker players like me will be forced to either stand around and wait with lvl 90 players or get ganked over and over. And even when we do stick with the lvl 90s, DS will soon have our number and take us out immediately. What do you think the odds of a lvl 83 medic surviving the first minute of a battle are?
#6- I can tell you from personal experience, a team with comms will always beat a team without comms with all other things being equal (which they are not). The stated strategy was kill medics, then all other non-jedi, then jedi. TOO VAGUE. They can call targets and concentrate fire on the fly. We do not have the ability to do the same. There is no way to type in called targets in the heat of battle unless you have a spy outside the conflict directing fire. With them concentrating fire on one after another of us, we had no chance without doing the same. Until this is remedied we will continue to lose any large scale battles we attempt.
#7- Don't grief people in the forums if we are doing the same thing. Case in point was when someone complained about getting hit by 2 DS at the same time, when our publicly (ugggh) stated strategy was to isolate and destroy them with bigger numbers.
#8- DS says that someone from RID showed them some mail stating we lost 10 members due to this war. I know that is over-inflated, but if it is true that anyone from RID showed guild mails to any DS, or for that matter any non-RID, they should be immediately dishonorably discharged, perma-banned from all RID cities, and strung up by their genitals. Finding this leak should be highest priority. Admittedly, this may be a ruse by DS to stir up dissent within our ranks, but we will never win with a traitor in our midst.
I DO NOT want to be temporarily removed for the duration of the war. I will consider it a personal insult and will not return if you do, I just wanted my voice heard. Also all this is just my opinion, feel free to post if you disagree, but no flames please.
#1 and most importantly- We should NEVER have gone to war without Amaroo, who as far as I know, is in charge of our ground forces. Putting a temporary substitute in charge of people who have been in the guild was a big mistake (and I see he's bailed on us already). Amaroo would have given us more confidence, and probably better leadership. I didn't see anything special from this new guy beyond rehashing obvious info. There was no real strategy, there was no preperation of the battlefield and even though we were divided into two groups there was no attempt at even the most basic strategies of crossfire, flanking, battlelines, or reserves. Lexx have more faith in your people, and if you have to bring in new talent, try to get someone who actually knows how to win.
#2- Attacking them in their city after griefing them was a huge mistake. We gave them every advantage by doing this. By declaring war and then sitting in that house, we let them gather forces, make a battleplan knowing exactly where we were, and accept only when they were fully prepared. We lost one of our lvl 90 players in the hour long wait while DS prepared.
#3- DS is an arm of the local guild that only accepts members who have worked their way thru training with their main guild as I understand it. So we are guaranteed to be facing nothing but lvl 90, and I would bet their only crafters are alts of the lvl 90 fighters.
#4- Calling a meeting and then going after them right after was a mistake as well. It gave us no time to set up a battlefield, or fully mobilize our best troops. We went with who we had on-line, so you end up with lvl 83 humps like me on the front lines. I know that RID is no democracy, but putting all of our asses on the line for who knows how long is unfair to those of us who don't pvp much and are bound to be ganked over and over until this thing ends. There should have been some discussion and planning beforehand.
#5-(Withdrawn because I stand corrected) Intelligence was flawed at best. At the meeting we were initially told that they had 2-4 players on-line at a time. That was way off. This is going to be a war of gank squads from here on out, where weaker players like me will be forced to either stand around and wait with lvl 90 players or get ganked over and over. And even when we do stick with the lvl 90s, DS will soon have our number and take us out immediately. What do you think the odds of a lvl 83 medic surviving the first minute of a battle are?
#6- I can tell you from personal experience, a team with comms will always beat a team without comms with all other things being equal (which they are not). The stated strategy was kill medics, then all other non-jedi, then jedi. TOO VAGUE. They can call targets and concentrate fire on the fly. We do not have the ability to do the same. There is no way to type in called targets in the heat of battle unless you have a spy outside the conflict directing fire. With them concentrating fire on one after another of us, we had no chance without doing the same. Until this is remedied we will continue to lose any large scale battles we attempt.
#7- Don't grief people in the forums if we are doing the same thing. Case in point was when someone complained about getting hit by 2 DS at the same time, when our publicly (ugggh) stated strategy was to isolate and destroy them with bigger numbers.
#8- DS says that someone from RID showed them some mail stating we lost 10 members due to this war. I know that is over-inflated, but if it is true that anyone from RID showed guild mails to any DS, or for that matter any non-RID, they should be immediately dishonorably discharged, perma-banned from all RID cities, and strung up by their genitals. Finding this leak should be highest priority. Admittedly, this may be a ruse by DS to stir up dissent within our ranks, but we will never win with a traitor in our midst.
I DO NOT want to be temporarily removed for the duration of the war. I will consider it a personal insult and will not return if you do, I just wanted my voice heard. Also all this is just my opinion, feel free to post if you disagree, but no flames please.
