Over the last 2 weeks, posting here has been slowed by a very hard effort in Eve to grow my corporation and to grow the alliance.

On the corporation front we’ve gone from 20 to about 50 members and activity is decent. A lot of new and energetic people wanting to face the challenges of eve together and asking questions and trying to fit ships I don’t even remember how to fly. It has been a great effort and going back to revisit T1 frigates and Cruisers has been a challenge and a learning experience for me and everyone involved.

It is funny, when I did low sec Piracy we had to do most of our work in T2 cruisers and Battle Cruisers because the majority of our fighting found itself on gates and stations. With sentries blazing tank was everything in those cases. The NPC null has brought frigates and t1 cruisers back into my playbook, and I am welcoming the change of pace.

0.0 PVP isn’t much different to low sec in most cases, but we’re still learning our area. Getting use to the locals and poking around is costly and an adventure for a growing and fledgeling group this is our biggest challenge. To put it simply, we are bad at pvp right now, our new guys aren’t mentally geared for it, but we’re getting them there. We are pleasantly taking guys into situations where winning isn’t possible.

Over just the last two days we had a small frigate roam titan bridged onto by a moderately large razor roam fleet. Some of us even survived. Today we found ourselves being chased by NPC Fountain Residents who decided our 5 man gang needed to be killed by their 10 man gang with x2 Falcons.

Despite losing and having a hard time, the members are learning a lot. They are learning the feeling of pvp. The greater we expose them to it, the more battle hardened, per-say, and capable they will be in any situation. Finding themselves outnumbered, out gunned, and having to observe and maneuver their way out of it is proving to be valuable.

The reality is with a small corp/alliance like we intend to develop, we will always be out numbered, our members have to know how to be on their feet and to snatch kills and victories from the jaws of defeat and overwhelming odds. These are the challenges we need to overcome. I believe in time our small corp and members will find their skills and talents in this department. Many of our younger players will hopefully grow up with us kiting with their frigates and in the future in their HACs and Logi.

Even though it looks bad statistically for us, there is no regrets of moving out here, there is a lot of good cheer and hope that what we are building will be successful. The key is to grow and to bring in both newer players and nurturing veterans who can help us keep things interesting.

Time is our ally, it is certainly not our enemy in these next few months.