You need to pick a PvP planet that isn’t populated by some of the most seasoned pvp vets on the server. Pcik a less populated planet, gather resources, and learn how intricate pvp is. Those HWS Doom Satellite things were very poorly designed bases if I recall correctly - also don’t forget that you can add offline protection so your bases don’t get instantly destroyed.
@CaptainJack you lasted much longer then 5 minutes that time. your towers were still poorly designed and placed and I called for backup to work through them instead of soloing them for the sheer amounts of turrets they had. I was slowed even further by your buddy replacing turrets, but that’s a stopgap measure compared to harassing my location with an hv/sv
I could still bob in and out of defilade without harassment.
and we can typically field about 8 guys to clear out visitors on GG
edit you guys are learning exponentially fast. looking forward to getting home to assault this latest base.
building close to the grene wall can be a mixed blessing though
Thanks for the open and fair answer.
Dont take me wrong, i have no doubt about your raiding skills and tactics.
What i try to show and point out : There is NO way for a small faction to set up a foothold/bridgehead on Golden Globe. Both GG are taken by big factions. These need 5 minutes to clear out WHATEVER defense we may set up. You did just admit that i am right. I discussed that fact with Rexxus and a very clear „STFU pussy“ as answer. That is ok for me. also in ARK the devs dont care about small tribes/single players but just do everything to comfort the biggest mega tribes (which are powerfull enough already, even without further dev input).
This is sad as it prevents interesting battles and sieges for power on GG. For small tribes there is no other choice but landing with a cheap HV, grabbing as much gold as possible in the night or early in the morning and leave.
This is sad, i would prefer interesting HV vs SV battles or even size1 CV battles… end all of them vs bases. But of course not vs bases that are down in 5 minutes without losses and efforts, what is the situation right now.
Just my 5 cent. My base builds are bad ? Maybe they are, but hey, size 7 is not giving more firepower over size 1, right ? As long as Eleon is not caring about that major Empyrion imbalance we are stuck.
I clearly have the resources to start major battles whereever you want, but i wont do that when i dont have a chance to win/achieve anything.
We actually prefer hit and run and not having permanent bases on GG. My faction is 2 man only and we attack almost daily. We take on larger forces and even go against multiple garage ships with just our own designs. Sure we are made fun of and called cheaters for no reason, but anyone with a brain should understand that 2 people can not put down bases and stand toe to toe with a 43 man faction allied with 4 other factions and wealthy from months/years of playing on HWS. Yet we are having fun SV PvP constantly and getting kills even. One of the last fights was 9 v 2 and we still fought them for 15 minutes before warping and surviving even though the 9 included 2 garage ships.
Fact is if you want to be small you can’t expect to have equal power/influence as the giant faction alliances, it would be broken if you did. But there is much fun to be had annoying them and still mining all the gold you need. In 1 month I have mined OCD from 1 to 5, maxed out OAMs, and have 40+ million in the bank. Al the while we spend more time attacking them than mining, it is more fun.
Last night was no exception for me; 4-5 TAW/ACP were attacking all bases on Homeworld because they were bored, and the majority of the time it was just me. Managed to mess up a few of their ships pretty good in the process, got some veggies out of a backpack and had a good time taunting / harassing them for their efforts. Was a good fight all around, even caused some good damage inside one of the CV sponges with a micro SV, blowing the core out at one point. With the removal of OP I can guarantee they will be counterattacked on GG much more frequently, whether they have greater numbers or not. In the end it’s a war of attrition.