Podex, on 24 December 2014 - 08:40 PM, said:
I want to fight beside the FRR, but we are so tied up with Davion that it's hard to break away. Even with the Christmas ceasefire, rogue Steiner merc units are taking pot shots at our border. Hopefully we can win Asuncion back and get some kind of break on another border. The clans need to be stopped, and it's going to take a combined effort to do it.
Edit: With the immeasurable brutality that took place on Wazan, both the FWLM and Davion have an abundance of very seasoned veterans. It would serve the FRR well to broker a peace deal between the two to shift focus to the clans.
Funny. Davion leaders approached the Marik leadership multiple times trying to broker some form of cease-fire, and Asuncion was actually offered back to Marik uncontested, but they refused.
I think if Davion can take the planet Marik from the FWL, we might get a good bargaining chip for a peace treaty where we give back Marik to the FWL. We might do the same with Dieron for Kurita. Those are big name planets that those factions should want to keep control of.
It's kinda sad that the only way for us to get the other houses (aside from Steiner) to work with us, is by attacking them, and pushing them into an unfavorable position, and THEN sit at the table to negotiate with them.
However, I agree. If we can get our pilots dirt-side in the FRR, we can do serious damage to the clans. Our forces would be more than capable of stopping them dead in their tracks, while the FRR, Steiner, and Kurita go on the offensive, and start reclaiming their worlds.
Abivard, on 24 December 2014 - 10:45 PM, said:
Umm they are not rogue units. Those attacks are sanctioned by Steiner High Command.
Most of the Davion units attacking the IS were wearing Clan Ghost bear Colors last week.
If you want to really fight the clans, Get a contract with the FRR or Kurtia... Steiner does not attack clans and is at present allied to Clan Wolf.
Community warfare should focus on Clan vs IS. I feel that it would be better for now if there were only 3 IS factions that could be chosen. FRR,DCMS and the Steiner's LCAF. these are the three Factions that border the clans. The 4 clan factions need not change.
The ability of these three factions to fight among themselves should be left intact, Each also have a long border with the other two. But that is for a future date, but we don't have to WAIT for PGI to make that so.
There is nothing forcing anyone to choose Marik, Liao or Davion but by doing so you will NOT be able to attack and capture clan planets only IS, if you want to capture IS planets why not simply play as clanners?
What reason do IS pilots really have for not choosing an IS faction that has a clan border?
Sorry buddy, but no House Davion unit joined a clan to fight against the IS. Mercenaries are their own thing (such as merc star which had a contract with CGB, it ended, they joined Davion, and their contract with us is about to end very soon, and I think they are going back to CGB, for another contract)
As for IS pilots choosing IS factions that don't have clan borders, it has to do with our loyalty to that house. Plus, we don't care about capturing clan planets. We can just defend yours, while you worry about the capturing, or we can take out the other factions, absorb them, and move our borders closer and closer to the clan borders, and fight them ourselves. More chaotic, more bloody, but very doable.
As for Steiner, they had been butting heads with CJF for quite a while now. They formed a cease fire with CW recently, and still carry hostile action against the FRR and the FWL, but they are fighting the clans. Also, I believe Podex was talking about the attacks happening right now, during the holiday cease-fire. Those are attacks by rogue players, and pugs. No unit deployments in offense are being done through the 26th. Unless that deployment is on clan borders, to defend the FRR, Kurita, or Steiner.
Edited by IraqiWalker, 25 December 2014 - 03:59 AM.