tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068894994922552535.post5824525970408666976..comments2023-06-14T17:33:55.624+10:00Comments on Foo's Eve Musings: Reminder about Epithal flyingFoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444693774790165427noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068894994922552535.post-3682396635575183682013-11-30T12:42:26.656+11:002013-11-30T12:42:26.656+11:00Thanks anon; sometimes my writing style is a littl...Thanks anon; sometimes my writing style is a little too 'solid' and a little uninspired.<br /><br />As far as growing into your wormhole; well ... our approach is to fill wormholes and grow into additional ones. So far up to #3; when we out grow that; we will move into #4.<br /><br />We have essentially a recruiting wh; a solid C2 core and a growing c4 group. We will move into something more later.Foohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444693774790165427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068894994922552535.post-47232572358247478112013-11-29T21:55:37.997+11:002013-11-29T21:55:37.997+11:00If that was too long, the short version is conside...If that was too long, the short version is consider a C5>C4, you can grow into it. I'll add we did our first cap escalation after living here almost 4 months. It was a long growth period, and it couldn't be done in a C4>C4. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068894994922552535.post-52375927570691739712013-11-29T21:23:59.481+11:002013-11-29T21:23:59.481+11:00Hi there. I just found your blog and thoroughly en...Hi there. I just found your blog and thoroughly enjoyed the posts I've read; your writing style is solid.<br /><br />My corp recently went through a progression similar to yours. We moved from a C2 system to a C4>C2 in May and again to a C5>C4 three months ago. We were seriously considering a C4>C4. Although we were not quite ready to do C5 sites unescalated when we moved in, in hindsight we are really glad we went the C5>C4 route.<br /><br />We spent our first few months running sites in the C4 static, much like you are doing now with your K162s and what you'd be doing in a C4>C4. The extra traffic from k-space connectuons was worrisome at first, but wasn't as bad after we got used to them. It does add time and risk over a C4>C4. We can go days without a NS or LS connection or we might get three in a 24 hour period. NS K162s are the most common, but remarkably benign. They mostly originate from nullbears checking their system security or looking for a safe route out of NS. Solo/tiny null gangs are disproportionately afraid of the lack of local. We will often run sites in our C4 static with open NSs at home, often without a scout if they have few locals, are in renter space, or the NS is EOL. We arent so brazen when we are connected to LS; those people are crazy. We close these if at all possible, or watch it if we decide rolling it is too risky, but we want to run C4s. Sometimes these are close enough to HS to be useful. Direct HS's are uncommon but a welcome advantage over the C4>C4 system. We get a direct HS about every 1-2 weeks.<br /><br />As for incoming C5/6s, these are not too bad. Half of the time these open from someone scanning out which opens up the possibility of ninja'ing some C5/6 gas or sites later. Half of the time its a C5 corp looking for a group their size to engage, caps to gank on site, or they are looking to jump a carrier in and single escalate your sites with a T3 gang. If you are POS'd up, 95% of the time, all three groups will promptly roll the hole for better opportunities. If its not busy in there, put a small gang on the WH and close it with corp-insured Orca runs.<br /><br />Is there an increased risk of siege over a C4? Maybe. We haven't been sieged during our 3 month stay. Our POS would be tempting to me if I were in a larger PVP entity. Precautions include onlined POS hardeners, offlined defensive mods, and floating freighters/Orcas with a pilot for each. If you train an Orca/Freighter for emergency asset retention, do it on an alt that logs off in a fast frig. You may have to keep cargo logged off for weeks until you can anchor a new POS. If your main is in that freighter that will be inconvenient.<br /><br />Those are the downsides and they aren't that bad. The upsides you know about, cap escalations are a great source of isk. We built a Rorq and its nice taking the ore through direct HS for a perfect refine. It can be jumped into an empty NS/LS and clone vat used to bring in podded out pilots. It's nice knowing the caps we've built aren't stuck in here. And lastly, but most importantly, we didn't have to move from a C4 twice. C4s suck to move from.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com