tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456789637460064957.post8957340920848186499..comments2023-09-13T17:57:45.119+01:00Comments on Diaries of a Space Noob: Day 641 : Check checkCheradenine Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06822231437454134489noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456789637460064957.post-89199081789913082542014-03-18T15:08:51.725+00:002014-03-18T15:08:51.725+00:00This is the perfect response. Cheers! Already I...This is the perfect response. Cheers! Already I'm being swayed (it helps that ISK isn't a factor in anything I consider). I might set my med clone down there and so end up there the next time I get podded. Should get me back flight ready and down there. I can always jump clone back.<br /><br />So - no CTAs eh? I need to get my Muad'dib moves on.<br /><br />Thanks for the response!<br /><br /><br />Cheradenine Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06822231437454134489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456789637460064957.post-63353156880939905412014-03-18T15:04:00.588+00:002014-03-18T15:04:00.588+00:00holy shit that was way longer than I was expecting...holy shit that was way longer than I was expecting.Coresushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345821879629953980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456789637460064957.post-82657640273441425182014-03-18T14:46:54.729+00:002014-03-18T14:46:54.729+00:00Hi Space Noob. I'm also a Space Noob with TEST...Hi Space Noob. I'm also a Space Noob with TEST, who are Brave's allies in HERO. We would love to have you in Catch with us. You make a few points about why you think this'd be a bad idea so please, let me clear them up for you.<br /><br />"Less content available simply by undocking (unless by content you mean getting torched by a perma camp)."<br /><br />There is more content in Catch right now than in the whole of the rest of nullsec put together. Every major alliance in the game is sending regular fleets down here. We are fighting Black Legion, NC., PL, the CFC, anyone you care to name. Yes, there are generally people sitting on the undock, but that's what insta-undock bookmarks are for. We're still based in lowsec, so there's no bubbles or anything.<br /><br />Granted most of the content is fleet content so if that isn't your thing then you might not find so much to do.<br /><br />"Add to this though the logistic hassle of getting ships down there, or even buying down there while alliance level logistics is still hammered by demand and the market still in it's infancy."<br /><br />I can't deny that prices are a bit weird right now, but they're a lot better than they were a week ago. The market is improving.<br /><br />I don't know much about Brave logistics but from what I understand it is literally as simple as putting up a contract and picking the stuff up when it gets there. Yeah, it costs a bit, but everything does. If you have 10 billion liquid you can easily afford it.<br /><br />"Add to this my disdain and contempt for what I shall call the "legendarily amoral vocal tendencies" of certain partners comms in the HERO coalition."<br /><br />You mean TEST.<br /><br />"legendary" is exactly the right word. BNI were terrified that we'd be absolutely horrible and the coalition was doomed from the get-go. There are soundcloud clips of their comms discussing Sperg Squad and how you could literally murder someone on our tinychat and we would cheer for you.<br /><br />Guess what? It was all a myth. Despite some internal conflict on private TEST forums, it turned out that we actually could refrain from calling people n***ers and f*****s when we were guests on BRAVE comms.<br /><br />Since BRAVE is the leader of the coalition 90% of shared fleets are hosted on their comms and are therefore completely classy. If you join the remaining 10%, yeah, you might hear someone call someone else a dumb f*g. If that's a problem for you we have no chatter channels where you can only hear the FC, or you can just not join fleets hosted on TEST comms. Seriously. Please do not let preconceptions about how awful TEST is prevent you from joining HERO. People in TEST are incredibly friendly and helpful and you only have to visit /r/bravenewbies to see how happy BNI is in this relationship.<br /><br />"Add to this the old fear of the CTA."<br /><br />We don't have CTAs. Seriously. TEST has never, ever had a CTA or any kind of enforced participation. BRAVE has never called a CTA. HERO has never and absolutely will never hold a CTA. CTAs are anathema to TEST and we would not stand for them. I'm pretty sure that Lychton deciding that HERO would hold CTAs would destroy the coalition.<br /><br />How joining fleets works: when an FC creates a fleet, he sends out a ping that is received by everyone who is logged into Jabber. The ping includes details about the fleet like what doctrine is being flown, where it's going, what the objective is, how long it's going to last. If you want to join the fleet, you log in and join it. If you don't, you don't. That's it.<br /><br />Nobody in HERO will ever, *ever* tell you when you have to log in and play.<br /><br />I think that's everything.<br /><br />Seriously though, you don't even have to commit to moving. You can podjump down here, buy a caracal or something and join the next fleet. If you don't like it, that's like 20 million ISK wasted and you can go do something else.Coresushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345821879629953980noreply@blogger.com