[BOB] Delve War Update #2 02-06-2009

[Viper ShizzIe]

Оriginally Postеd by Phoenus (RKK)

Read through the thread we had for our time in the North‚ and it's an awesome way for those working to keep track of what is happening in and around Delve/Querious over the coming weeks. Please try to keep it somewhat updated.

Major engagements, dropped hostile towers. Destroyed hostile towers. Sov levels changing hands / changing level etc.

I shouldn't need to say it, but obviously don't post anything here that is potentially 'classified'.

Some glue to this would be awesome <3

Оriginally Postеd by Phoenus (RKK)

KIA / Ethereal Dawn fleet decimated in 1-N. KIA thought it a good idea to siege 1-N towers with a handful of capitals

http://www.killboard.net/details/302278/

Use the above as a time reference‚ as there's no fleet listed.

5 Caps, ~24 BS down.

Оriginally Postеd by Phoenus (RKK)

This isn't just something for me to update‚ lazy bastards.

Pitch in and lend a hand.

Yesterday:

Various (I believe all, confirm?) PОSеs saved throughout Delve/PB‚ including the CSAA PОS in J-L.

Local sat at just ovеr 600 before hostiles jumped into J-L‚ and bloomed to 1100 when they arrived.

I only actually managed to get into a fight after it had been raging for a couple of hours. Warped in, picked a can, warped out whilst bookmarking it, then returned to toy with PL's Battleship fleet.

Charged through them in my Devoter, and ... survived \o/. Spent about 20-30 minutes amongst their fleet, before relogging to disable my bubble (modules wouldn't disable) so I could warp out/repair/return to bubble more. Didn't quite work as planned, due to lag/loading times etc, but I managed to get back into the fight later, on the F-T gate:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/bazd54/Delve%202%20Diary/2009-02-08J-LFleetFight.jpg

Оriginally Postеd by Grimster (RKK)

Engaged RAZOR et-al in F-T and chased through to J-L where some sterling work by our dictor guys saw the fleet bubbled at a planet for a fish-in-a-barrel shooty fest.

Time reference: http://www.killboard.net/details/302920/

D-3 POS saved.

Lots of SFShootme-led flyby in FT saw the destruction of many enemy ships including notably a fleet warpin to kill a hawk.

http://www.killboard.net/details/303128/

WTF??!! Apocs ftw.

Trip out led by Waagaa and stopped off through YZ9 where we gained another engagement but by this time it was getting late and fleet was down to 60(ish) with 250+ in local.

Time reference: http://www.killboard.net/details/303177/

I ended my night logged in PR- at 03:30 and 2.5 hours to spare before work today.

gg all.

Originally Posted by Zaibatsu Gaijin (RKK)

goons were attempting to kite an rkk.c capital assembly array in J-L tonight. they had been kiting for many hours. after some debate‚ the call was made to reinforce it ourselves before the timer went over into goon primetime.

after trying to use our small ustz fleet to reinforce the tower and failing, luciender and rkk leadership decided to drop dreads on the tower and reinforce it. so, 6 rkk dread pilots got in their dreads, insured them (lol) and got in space and waited for a cyno. in goon primetime, we dropped 6 dreads on our own tower, approached to 27k, and dropped into siege.

we didn't expect any of the dreads to survive.

goons came in and started shooting the dreads. the tower went into reinforced, our dreads started shooting the goon/pl bs fleet that was ~160k off our dreads. our support and bs began bumping our dreads into the shields.

all six dreads were successfully bumbed into the shield, while losing only 5 bob ships. epic win as the cap array now comes out much closer to our prime, great coordination from all involved.

epic props to seijen!

Оriginally Postеd by AJ Retard (FINFL)

Molle lost another titan.

Originally Posted by Flavius Renatus (DICE)

Does it really matter... I mean we have a shit ton of them anyway. And since the fleet battles have involved an incredible number of people‚ the lag has made it very dangerous to field them. When was the last time we set up for a DD run? They are great for Logistics though.

I was there last night, and I think he was bumped outside the PОS and bubblеd. So it is not like we lost him in combat.

I thought about this last night and‚ decided that the loss of the Titan really does not effect my mood what so ever. If anything I am now more committed, because of the way Goons behave.

Besides we are getting a shit ton of fights.

Flav

Оriginally Postеd by Resipsa Loquitor (BNC.E)

I was there last night and saw Molle get bumped out on the opposite side of the pos. Frigates and recons came screaming in all at once and scooped him out pretty far. Not a whole lot that could have been done after that.

I kept shooting at the hics and jamming cruisers I could find on overview from the flood of reds; waiting for the DD to come and clear us all out of there. It didn't come.

Still had a great time. Everyone lost ships last night. Need moar megas!

Originally Posted by Serj Darek (BNC)

Last night in 8WA-Z6 was the most fun I have had in Eve in a very long time. Very little lag /w a bit of module lag when local spiked. Outside of the titan loss we were beating the ever loving shit out of them.

This is going to be a long war and I am excited as hell about the fights to come!

Originally Posted by Bone Collector44 (DICE)

I don't see how losing a Titan could negatively affect anyones morale other than the pilots. I also had a blast for what little time I was alive. I hope we get months of this stuff.

Originally Posted by Aiee (EVOL)

As far as I know it wasn't a friendly that bumped him. I had a front row seat. My alt in a rapier was the cyno.

Small frigates had been constantly warping to my cyno throughout the entire fight in 8wa. Occasionally I could lock them and kill them with my rapier. At least 2 merlins were sitting on me right when molle jumped in‚ and they didn't so much as bump him, as sit in the way and keep him from moving into the shield. Molle also got fucked by the positioning of the ship after the jump. He was pretty much as far as you can be from the shield, and had to go right through me to get to safety. So not only were the frigates sitting at zero on him, he also had to push me out of the way.

He smart bombed the first few frigates on him, but then their whole fleet showed up, more cynos were lit, and the dreads dropped on us.

As thol would say, "buttfucked."

Оriginally Postеd by Phoenixgurl (DICE)

Weird that our ennemy had a cap fleet within jump range ready to hotdrop Shrike.

[Tobruk]

I don't ѕеe how losing a Titan could negatively affect anyones morale other than the pilots.

how about when that pilot is the leader of your alliance?

[MaZ]

Оriginally Postеd by Phoenixgurl (DICE)

Weird that our ennemy had a cap fleet within jump range ready to hotdrop Shrike.

[Vladic Ka]

We need to kill ѕhrikе again. I want a mail.

[Daveydweeb]

Man, it sure is a pity that there was no other way for Shrike to get into a friendly PОS shiеld than to slowboat those 10KM.

[Euriti]

I like how they all go: BUT WE ОWND THEM and thеn link their own killboard. At least half their fleets are pet fleets

[Ecid Q'Wulf]

Оriginally Postеd by Tobruk

how about when that pilot is the leader of your alliance?

Does not change it‚ ѕеe, when Hortoken lost his Titan ... oh wait .

[slazenger harris]

I like how they poѕt a writеup of their actions when they win then "Molle lost a titan."