Grab a Shotgun
…And man the porch.
Those were the simple orders from our corp leader yesterday when the CVA disband news broke. And that’s exactly what we did.
I won’t comment on the whole debacle as I think most of the EVE community is more or less in unison on the notion that a meta-game hack and the exploitation of a truly broken mechanic (sign this post to support a fix) is not real gameplay. CCP is returning sovereignty to CVA and closing the issue, but here’s hoping they learn from the mishap this time and send the repair bots to the one-click alliance disband button.
Regardless of whether it was going to get reversed or not, our corp, being part of the Paxton Federation—a holder of Providence space and friends of CVA—was not going to sit idly and wait for CCP to hit “undo”. I think it’s safe to say that CVA has enough enemies (good god you should see their reds list) to warrant concern over the flood of pilots that would be ready to take advantage of the confusion and concern apparent in Providence after the news.
So, we grabbed our shotguns and took a seat in our rocking chairs. It was kind of impressive really. Everyone seemed ready to do their part, fleets were forming left and right. The only problem, however, was that there were hardly any reds.
Of course, it would take 24 hours for CVA to actually lose their sovereignty, so perhaps pilots were biding their time, waiting to see what CCP would do, just as we were. Either way, it was surprisingly quiet—much less than the Alamo-style showdown I was expecting to log into.
I joined a roam early in the evening and stuck with it for a couple hours. A few reds were spotted. All of them were cloaks (nothing unusual for Providence). We bagged one. Unfortunately, I still wasn’t on the kill mail this time as the ship popped faster than I could lock and MWD in range. In another system, I was ordered by the FC to serve as bait to lure a ship out of cloak by innocently ratting in my Myrm. Unfortunately the ship didn’t bite, but at least I made some ISK ratting, right?
As much as I hate to see Providence get chaotic under these flawed conditions, I’d be lying if I said I wish the night wasn’t more chaotic. It’s probably just my trigger finger talking, as I’m still on the hunt for my whale (kill mail, whale mail, fail whale?), but the prospect of all-out war was a tiny bit interesting to me.
With that said, if you’re wondering why I haven’t been posting as regularly lately, it’s because I’ve made a small promise to myself to focus on in-game until I get that kill. For the time I’ve been in New Eden, the hunt for my first PVP win is getting kind of ridiculous, and it’s wearing me a little thin. So I may be light on posts until this happens. Wish me (better) luck.
