I am going to speak from the view of a small corporation owner, but note that this is my view and not anyone else’s unless anyone else concurs.
I would personally have the energy to fight for a sector, because it comes with the guarantor that there has at least been combat involved and, therefore, an exercise of fun. People feel rewarded with the exercise of fighting for something and I’m certainly one of those people who feels that way; sure, there may be other corporations who would rather have their systems hand-served, but then you’re devaluing something and allowing others to think it’s okay to just float systems around as if it didn’t matter.
Here’s the truth. We want to be the ones on top and we want to be the people that are on level with the big people. Alliances with big people tie us down and push us deeper into the pit of low echelon corporations spawning from the midst of Tier 2 players who have no idea what they are doing, how to run or even recruit for a corporation. My approach, to avoid this, has been to give people the push to move up further without the need for politics and with the pure goal of “we want to shoot something therefore we kill”… And it’s a fun state of mind to have. At the end of the day, win or lose, two factions gain something, shake hands and keep battling until there’s nothing to battle over anymore.
So by just granting these small corporations systems and forming so many alliances so quickly, dealing so many favours within just days only to have the same situation come apart the very next day… Are you in this for yourselves or are you in this for the small corporations? Is spoon-feeding these people really what they need? Will these small corporations stay loyal to you while you are performing a Tier 4 dreadnought battle they do not even have the firepower for? Perhaps this is the strategy you need to think of. Not to spit in anyone’s face, but it sounds as if you’re trying to buy these people into your way and not all the time does it work. Most of the time, these people will just lose the assets they have because they aren’t strong enough.
Ultimately, what I’m saying to you is, you’re setting us up to fail. We’d rather you prepare us for future battles against people who aren’t gong to take us so lightly so that we can be prepared for the future. That way, we don’t have to be in a position where we are all going to lose everything because a corporation with completely maxed-out Tier 3 ships with purple upgrades, premium ships and ammunition will slaughter us when we’re still in the middle of growing.
Maybe you should be discussing that.
