Tried my best to refrain doing faction feedback publicly at all but I think the amount of independent players currently in the Red Hessian's might like to take note if they wish. I've taken a step back and just assessed myself before I pour on a litre of pure post-losing salt.
While the resurrection of the RHA is alright in my books along with the occasional home raid and so on., something has been leaving a sour taste with my previous 'interactions' with them. Especially with the system raids that are currently going on. While I'm not one to do raids myself and normally find myself on the defensive side. Its best I at least put down some reasons that might show why I'm biased:
- The BDM is too small that it lacks members for backup,
- The co-ordination of Rheinland lawful forces as of late is poor,
- and not to forget that almost every engagement I've had in the past few months myself have resulted in a loss.
But that should not effect how the RHA plays against us, but what should is this. Home system raids are something touchy people may or may not like them, but what they do generate is activity. But how it should be executed in the battle phase is different. This is my view.
Give people time to assemble, you already had an overwhelming force of 10+ on station what the other side were still trying to gather up on whats going on. (I may or may have not engaged the Hessian Cruiser at first so I'll take the blame for that.) But I've had other reports that a total steamrolling storm in the capital of Rheinland has been creating unwinnable scenarios of almost everyone. While combat events are fun, being "2-hours player dead" after 5 minutes of fighting against impossible odds aren't. I've had reports of 3 RHA fighters take on a lone RFP SHF, if i could read that from statistics, he barely had a chance and if i was in his position, barely even taking some sort of satisfaction that I had any sort of effect on the outcome even if I lost.
Its leaving the feeling of "That was a fun fight" that I enjoy, and recently my combat interactions with the Red Hessians aren't that. Its more of a "I guess I'm dead for 2hrs in my home system." feeling, something a lot more unpleasant without anything to take home. An uneventful fight that feels like another day down the toilet bowl. While I am logging to at least promote some resistance and at least something that can fight back, it ended up resulting in 2-hours of me not being able to complete another task that required me going through New-Berlin and leaving without any sort of satisfaction that others would carry on the fight.
People on the lawful side ended up docking or logging off because this home raid that resulted in just... Nothingness. Yeah RHA won, there was a shootout, but not a lot to take home from it other than being blocked out of your capital for 2-hours. There wasn't a "Big fight" or some nice engagement that lasted for 30 minutes with a great effort to go along with it. It was just log on, get blown up, and wait for 2-hours playing another game or stay on the forums.
