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Syndicate:
In addition to Finfleet joining IT Alliance yesterday I had also forgotten to note that Nex Exercitus (NEXE - a former S-W, EXE and CoW corp) had joined up and that Destructive Infuence (DICE) was actively living in the same area as the other corps. Well today DICE has officially joined IT and one of the largest formerly petted corporations, ANZAC Alliance, has left Mostly Harmless and will likely be joining as well. Oh and in actual shooting at stuff news IT has been going after Neodymium moons, heh. I wonder if they are selling any of the stuff now or waiting til after the patch. I imagine they need isk still but at the same time want to push everything off until the boost after the patch? Well either way I imagine the moons won't remain theirs long after getting profitable again.
You know, I get the point that numbers help out big time and that Sir Molle doesn't exactly have pick of the litter rights anymore but ANZAC? Come on, those guys are terrible. Might as well do your recruiting straight out of the newb zones because thats about as much tactical ability you will get out of them. I've never really followed NEXE's exploits but they are big, have history with BoB/RKZ and were members of what I'll generously call "okay" pets so I guess that they aren't as bad. Who knows, maybe ANZAC was brought in for timezone reasons, thats the only reason I could think of.
Info came from dotlan and kugutsumen.com
The North:
Well, as I had said, ANZAC Alliance has left Mostly Harmless. R.A.G.E and Elysium. have both conquered more territory with Atropos. having lost all sov and Circle Of Two coming close to that point as well. CO2 are getting space in the drone regions from their fellow slavs so they won't be stuck in limbo for a few months and then die but at the same time they seem a bit bitter about all that has happened. Atropos. has seen all of its corporations, except for the holding corp, leave it so the alliance can be though of as being inactive for now.
Info came from the automatic map, dotlan and kugutsumen.com.
The Southwest:
With the evacuation of assets from Esoteria still ongoing the coalition forces have taken to defending their own territory. They have reinforced all seven of the alliance's towers on the Paragon Soul front (as compared to having eight unreinforced Zenith Affinity towers of their own to claim sov with) and it is starting to look as if the war has ended as quickly as it began. Sorry if that's boring but this makes it look like we might be going back to biweekly updates again until Dominition arrives.
Info came from Goonfleet.
Who's Next?:
So, IT Alliance is still recruiting new groups in which leads to the question, who's next? Well here are a few groups that I have considered along with their pros, cons and overall likelihood.
Name: ANZAC Alliance
Size: 444
Stability: Relatively stable when considering their size.
History: The former executors of the alliance, Southern Cross Alliance, ANZAC has a long history of being allied to BoB starting way back in 2006 when they switched sides during the ASCN war. Until today ANZAC has spent the past several months nominally fighting against IT Alliance as part of Mostly Harmless but they have just now left the alliance.
Pros: Long history of being allies, large size, rare timezone
Cons: They're basically the exact opposite of an elite alliance in terms of recruiting, PVP ability, casualness of memberbase, etc
Likelihood: 95% They will probably be in by tomorrow.
Name: Pilots Of Honour / Ashen Lion Mining and Production Consortium
Size: 78 and 97, respectively
Stability: -PH- is very stable, ALMPC is also pretty stable but not as much so
History: These two corporations were members of Axiom Empire who formed their own GBC member alliance after AXE went independent. They are currently flying with IT Alliance.
Pros: When merged they are of a decent (though slightly small) size, they remain loyal to BoB to this day, were members of two of the "better" pets
Cons: Just not all that great, might not be willing to merge
Likelihood: 40% They might not be all that good but they are currently flying with IT and that's all that matters to me.
Name: North Star Networks
Size: 131
Stability: Pretty stable.
History: A former Swedish MC corporation that later fought with Triumvirate and EXE and is now part of Systemic Chaos.
Pros: Long and good history, has a sense of honououor while not being idiots about it, fun to fly with, very skilled
Cons: Kind of small
Likelihood: 30% They are still pretty new to SYS-K and to be honest that alliance is in my opinion beneath them, they have a bit to gain by joining and IT has a bit to gain by asking.
Name: Beach Boys
Size: 227
Stability: Very stable.
History: A group that enjoys roaming gangs more than cap fleets, Beachboys is a long time member of the GBC where it distinguished itself by being one of the few corps to actually be deemed "useful" on BoB ops.
Pros: Good membership, good leadership, very loyal, decently large size
Cons: Already in a good alliance/might not be interested, don't care much about pos fights
Likelihood: 25% Lets not kid ourselves here, they've been asked, now its up to them to decide yes or no if they haven't already turned the proposal down.
Name: CHON
Size: 115
Stability: Very stable but recently started growing.
History: CHON is a very old eastern European corporation that has been part of NORAD, RISE., R.U.R. and The Ronin in the past. They have occasionally wandered to various parts of the universe and were long-time GBC members but we all know that a description of CHON is incomplete without a mention of Outer Ring- a region they have spent years dominating.
Pros: Quality players, leaders have stepped up to the plate before, worked well with BoB in the past, live in crappy space right now
Cons: They really like their crappy space, growing or not they are kind of small
Likelihood: 20% The fact that they have recently started recruiting has easily doubled their likelihood, in my opinion
Name: Cardshark Influence
Size: 134
Stability: Very stable.
History: Cardshark Influence is some kind of French speaking DICE alt corp that founded its own alliance and seems to have an independent existence fighting in Curse as part of Quarantine Zone.
Pros: Long GBC/BoB history, has more than a few friends to absorb into the group if necessary, good but not great PVPers
Cons: Kind of small, might be better being an independent force than an official IT member
Likelihood: 20% Certain signs point to them joining but others do not.
Name: HUN Corp.
Size: 78
Stability: Extremely stable.
History: Hun Corp. is a very old Hungarian corp that fought with Destructive Influence during the good old days. They were reborn over two years ago and have spent that time as a well respected GBC member. They also become one of the few alliances to ever win a tournament.
Pros: Tournament win, great memberbase, long history of cooperation
Cons:small size
Likelihood: 15% If what has been said on scrapheap is true then only large (over a hundred members and preferably more than that) corps have a shot of getting in so they would have to recruit some of the other HUN Reloaded members to be viable. No clue on if an organization like that is willing to dilute itself in such a fashion or even wants to join up.
Name: Enterprise Estonia
Size: 133
Stability: Very stable historically but growing a bit now
History: .EE were members of Veritas Immortalis back during its golden age and have since then been members of several good PVP alliances the most notable of which is Cult of War, which they have played a leading role in. Looking at their dotlan pages it looks like they recently absorbed some Art of War (corp with a similar history) players. Oh, and as the name suggests they are Estonians.
Pros: Nice timezone though really not that special, very strong corp, corp seems willing to expand its memberbase, corp leaders have stepped up to the plate in the past and have also proven themselves to be loyal individuals
Cons: Might be unwilling to give up running CoW, not exactly fans of sov warfare
Likelihood: 10% I'm really torn on this one with parts of me saying its a great idea and others saying it will never happen
Name: Princeps Corp
Size: 218
Stability: Decently stable.
History: Princeps Corp were members of YouWhat and Tercios before joining Atlas Alliance, where they have been for a year. They are probably the premiere Spanish speaking corporation in the game (and the only one that anyone has ever heard of)
Pros: Long GBC history, okay pilots, good corp size-though it could be a little bigger
Cons: Been in Atlas for like ten months now
Likelihood: 10%
Name: The Maverick Navy
Size: 206
Stability: Decently stable.
History: A former Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate corporation that then spent a few months in the GBC, a few as part of Puppet Masters and a few in Atlas Alliance.
Pros: Good size, okay corp history, former GBC members
Cons: Kind of bleh all around to be honest, might not want to leave Atlas
Likelihood: 5% I'd really be surprised if they make it in, hell I'd be surprised if they even want to be in as they have no long standing loyalty to BoB.
Name: Domination.
Size: 117
Stability: Not very stable.
History: They've been members of nine alliances over the past two or so years, the most notable of which are Goodfellas, Puppet Masters and The Klingons.
Pros: Several of the alliances they were in were okay, have over a hundred members, could absorb other KLING members before joining up
Cons: Like an even worse version of The Maverick Navy taht is only half its size.
Likelihood: 5% Its less likely that they would get a call up but more likely that they would take it if offered.
Name: The All-Seeing Eye
Size: 117
Stability: Decently stable.
History: A large Hungarian corp that were formerly part of Executive Outcomes and Goodfellas and are now part of Atlas Alliance.
Pros: Speak an unusual language, long history of being part of "pretty good" alliances, never showed disloyalty
Cons: Have been in Atlas for almost eight months now, kind of small
Likelihood: 2% There's really no way that I see these guys leaving Atlas but who knows, maybe they're huuuuge idiots!
Name: Fallen Angel's / Hakata Group
Size: 74 and 61, respectively
Stability: Not very stable.
History: The two founders of Blade. Angels and Hakata are former Xelas alliances leaders who go back pretty far with BoB and were able to, when given a second chance, found a pretty long lasting pet that has continued to exist to this day
Pros: A good way of increasing members, willing to come crawling back even after getting betrayed as Xelas leaders and thus extremely loyal, have a long history of working together
Cons: Small even when merged- would have to get even more CUT members into the combined corp to make it worth it, not exactly world reknowned PVPers, leadership isn't that great, might not be willing to merge
Likelihood: 2% If it comes to this BoB is desperate.
Name: Quam Singulari
Size: 174
Stability: Decently stable.
History: Former Lotka Volterra, Triumvirate and Puppet Masters (and also F4T4L Alliance?) members who are currently part of Cult of War.
Pros: Long history of being proBoB, decent size, decent pilots, dislike most of the coalition
Cons: A pretty meh group on the whole, their leadership has never really stepped up and led
Likelihood: 2% You'd have to think that they would have joined around the same time as NEXE did if they were going to join
Name: Silver Snake Enterprise
Size: 158
Stability: Bot really stable
History: SSE were members of Brutally Clever Empire and Skunk-Works before becoming part of SYS-K
Pros: Decent (but kind of small) corp size, spent a bit of time fighting with BoB
Cons: Their time of departure from S-W hints at possible drama between them and the people in NEXE, of all the corps in here they are probably the "meh"est
Likelihood: 2% I can't really see this happening, to be honest.
Name: Evoke. / Steelvipers / Catacyslm Enterprises
Size: 181, 100 and 77, respectively
Stability: Pretty stable
History: All of these corporations trace their roots back to Band of Brothers' ancient enemy, D2. However in recent years they have all left the north and at this point have all (except for maybe CE) worked with BoB pilots to a varying degree.
Pros: Good PVPers, good organization, leaders have stepped up to the plate before, they've done a pretty good job of burning their bridges in the north
Cons: Whatever the recent history says these guys have spent years fighting BoB and were once its greatest opponents, also they don't like sov warfare, apparently.
Likelihood: 1% I'd really be surprised, they don't seem to be working with IT at all despite living pretty close to each other.
Name: Interstellar eXodus
Size: 311
Stability: Pretty stable
History: IE-EX has been part of both Atlas Alliance and Minor Threat before becoming Brick Squad big shots.
Pros: large corp, okay member-base
Cons: They don't have any actual history of flying with BoB and might actually dislike them, currently "allied" with Goonswarm (and others,) Scooter isn't exactly the best leader-though he could be worse
Likelihood: 1% I don't see a single thing pointing to this happening.
Name: Volition Cult
Size: 246
Stability: Not all that stable.
History: Volition Cult has a long history of existing and some of their alliancemates have gone on to join okay groups , that's basically all I know.
Pros: lots of members, alliance leadership experience
Cons: No GBC history, no real 0.0 history, not widely renowned PVPers
Likelihood: 1% Volition Cult can accomplish more than it has so far but this just isn't it.
Originally Posted by BobbyAtlas
. As for MT, you don't have a clue and neither does anyone in this thread.
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