[JackOften]

Originally Posted by Luke

huh? In the 2 or so years we played there were no squads or pilots who closed the gap. Well there were a few select players but they just joined us. And then there was Rollio, though his skillset was of a different kind. Only -DSA- was starting to get close with their steadily improving teamwork but they trained by themselves and by fighting against us. With equal numbers there was no squad on either server that could match Nazgul, period.

At the end I remember DSA, OMEGA, and some other pilots being able to inflict casualties on us (well, not you luke) and while they wouldn't necessarily win the fight, it was a far cry from the same squad that took down 16 OEC with 3 pilots (no losses) back in beta. Granted everything from the shield increase to the uber-tensity to scout pack support played some roll in that as well.

... but no, I can't recall ever getting our ass handed to us (losing with equal numbers)

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

That was in your sol account .

True true, Quant too a little, but not as much since I was always in the bomber.

In my first (Oct) Account i was more of the "Launch into gankfest over and over tactic.....tell ya what though, I got pretty good at loading out my nix pretty fast.

Originally Posted by Tritian

i'm not a fan of Rix. He defines 'egotistical prick'.

Have you ever been on Voice Comms with Rix? Some of the best laughing I've ever done. Yes he was ego filled, but at the same time, you could easily piss him off just by saying "eh"

[JackOften]

Originally Posted by netburnr

Have you ever been on Voice Comms with Rix? Some of the best laughing I've ever done. Yes he was ego filled, but at the same time, you could easily piss him off just by saying "eh"

Anyone ever listen to Innominate over Bcom? wow. His balls never dropped.

[Tritian]

yes, i've been on TS with Rix many times.

He doesn't hold a candle to NatGun/Berzerker/Liet/G.Rasp as far as making me laugh.

[netburnr]

I was only on comms with Liet once and he called me mean names

[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by JackOften

Anyone ever listen to Innominate over Bcom? wow. His balls never dropped.

and he always had a fan or something going in the background...or maybe it was just his comp

[Luke]

Speaking of comms. You should have heard JackOften breathing into the microphone constantly

[Algore]

Originally Posted by Luke

We came to EU after OV's been a pure pvp squad for like 2 or 3 years and they had no pilots able to challenge us. Yes, including you and Fellblade We were rusty too, came back after like a year long break.

I was a trader when you guys appeared. I occasionally shot stuff towards the end, like half the squad.
I'm just stating facts here, I'm not having a go. Anyone that PvP'ed in beta had 500 easy targets for the 1st year+ of retail. I think it is only fair or people that were not there that read these kind of threads to get a balanced view.
I've posted somewhere before that you guys were very good at what you did. I've never questioned that. You were indeed very good for back then.

Regards
Al

[SingleShot]

Have people gotten any better in the last couple years?

[Luke]

A major portion of our targets were in beta with us or even before us (like me, I only joined mid beta). We played for uhhh, dunno, 3 years or retail? Beta wasn't 15 years of training, it was a few short months with different settings too. It took like a fricken month of work to level up to a fighter too.

[MadJackal]

Not sure if anyone remembers him, but there was a pilot by the name of Ulysses. I remember him for being the first pilot who was specifically targeted by all solrain pilots during a Wake siege because he was too deadly to be left alone. I remember hopping in my light fighter, launching out and targeting him as well I could, feeling the thrill of actually helping in a fight. When he turned and shot at me just before he podded, I was scarred out of my fucking mind.

That guy made me want to be a better pilot, to be someone that was targeted because he posed a threat.

Other than that, its the standard list of villains.

Ixholla for EEA and general dickery
Rollio for supreme dickery
Nazgul/name du jour for being the jocks of piracy

Can't think of any good guys who managed serverwide influence. Seems like it was easiest to gain notoriety through inviting contempt.

[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by MadJackal

Can't think of any good guys who managed serverwide influence. Seems like it was easiest to gain notoriety through inviting contempt.

Brutus, meepl..and someone registered here as Uly and seemed it might be him..and we targeted first because he was a noob civver more than he was any good.