Faction warfare: Difference between revisions

There are two ways to join Factional Warfare (the game calls this "enlisting"): join as a solo player, or join as part of a player [[corporation]] or [[alliance]]. You do not need to be a part of Faction warfare to fight those who are enlisted.

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=== Joining as a solo player ===

[[File:FW-join.png|thumb|200px|Join Factional Warfare through the Militia Office window in a station belonging to the empire you wish to fight for (in this example, the Caldari).]]

You can enlist at any station belonging to the empire or pirate faction you wish to fight for by opening the "Militia Office" window (from the [[NeoCom#Factional_Warfare|NeoCom]] or the Station Services window) for empire militias, and by opening the Insurgencies window (from the Activities section of the Neocom) for pirate militias. Note that even though the Khanid Kingdom and the Ammatar Mandate are affiliated with the Amarr Empire, they do not count as being a part of it, and therefore you cannot join Factional Warfare from their stations.  

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| rowspan=2 | [[image:Logo_faction_amarr_empire.png|64px|link= Amarr Empire|Amarr Empire]]

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The name of a complex contains all information about its type. Names are formed as:

* NVY - Short for "Navy". Indicates site only allows T1 and Navy ships to enter, no pirate faction, T2, or T3.

* Rank/Size - Controls which ship sizes are allowed in, capture times, and the NPC defenders, according to the following table.

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| style="text-align:center;" | 10 min

| style="text-align:center;" | Frigate

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| style="text-align:center;" | 10 min

| style="text-align:center;" | Destroyer

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| style="text-align:center;" | 15 min  

| style="text-align:center;" | Cruiser

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| style="text-align:center;" | 15 min

| style="text-align:center;" | Battlecruiser

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| style="text-align:center;" | 15 min

| style="text-align:center;" | Battlecruiser

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While each type of complex contributes the same amount to capturing a system (measured in [[#Victory points|victory points]]), capturing larger complexes result in higher [[#Rewards|rewards]]. Additionally, capturing complexes in enemy-held systems (offensive plexing) gives higher rewards than capturing complexes in friendly-held systems (defensive plexing).  

Which systems have complexes and which complexes a system has available can both be found in the [[The Agency|Agency]] window under Encounters > Faction Warfare.

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| style="text-align:center;" | 25

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| style="text-align:center;" | 50

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| style="text-align:center;" | 75

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| style="text-align:center;" | 150

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| style="text-align:center;" | 175

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| style="text-align:center;" | 250

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| style="text-align:center;" | 300

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| style="text-align:center;" | 350

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==== Supply Caches ====

'''For Example''': If a Gallente Supply Cache is destroyed every pilot who damaged the Supply Cache will be granted the full LP payout and the Gallente faction will lose some advantage in the system.

* lower broker fees for contracts and market orders (-10% per system upgrade level)  

* lower costs for industry activities in NPC stations (-10% per upgrade level)<ref>Patch Notes: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/patch-notes-for-crius Crius 1.0] (2014)</ref>

When you donate LP, a part is lost as a "[[Tax#Maintenance_tax|maintenance tax]]" (for example, if you donate 1,000 LP, and the maintenance tax is 5%, then only 950 LP are actually counted towards upgrading the system). The maintenance tax starts at 0% and increases the higher their [[#Faction tier|faction's tier]] is, up to about 75%<ref name="PN inferno 1.3" /><ref>EVE Forums: [https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/message/3630457 maintenance tax] (2013)</ref>. The LP you donate is put into a pool with the LP donated by other players from your faction in that system, and the size of that pool determines the system's upgrade level. A system can be upgraded up to level 5.  

{{example|In the screenshot on the right, Caldari militia members have donated a total of 129,360 LP in that system, which equates to an upgrade level of 3. In order to each level 4, they would have to donate an additional 10,640 LP to bring the total to at least 140,000 LP.}}  

The amount of LP in a system's pool is reduced every time a player from the attacking faction captures a complex in that system; 10% of the LP [[#Rewards|reward]] they receive is subtracted from the system's LP pool<ref name="dev blog fast forward" />.  

If the amount of LP in the pool drops below the threshold required for the current system level, then the system's upgrade level will drop accordingly. The defending faction can counteract this by donating more LP to the pool; even if the system is at level 5, they can continue donating LP into a so-called "buffer" (i.e. more LP than is needed to reach level 5) to stop the system dropping to level 4 as soon as one enemy pilot captures a complex.

* Tier 5: +225% LP rewards

If you open the [[#Joining Factional Warfare|militia window]] in a station then you can see the tier of that faction's war zone (so the militia office at a Minmatar station would show the tiers in the Amarr-Minmatar war zone), as well as the number of systems (and their upgrade levels) currently controlled by that faction. [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/factionwarfare Dotlan] also shows the system occupancy and the [[#Capturing systems|system state]] (stable/contested/vulnerable), but not the system upgrade level or the faction tier.

== Rewards ==

=== Complexes and i-Hubs ===

If you capture a [[#Complex information|complex]] you are rewarded with [[loyalty points]] (for your faction's militia corporation, so a pilot flying for the Gallente would receive LP for the Federal Defense Union). The LP rewards for capturing a complex in an enemy-held system ("offensive plexing") depend on the size of the complex and on the system's status (Frontline, Command Operation or Rearguard)<ref name="PN Version 20.10" />. A Rearguard system has a -99% LP multiplier, while other status are shown in a table below. You have to be within the complex' capture radius at the moment it's completed (i.e. when the timer runs out) to receive a reward; if there are multiple pilots within the complex at the moment it's completed, the LP reward is split evenly between them (irrespective of how long they have been there). You get no rewards for partially completing a complex!  

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|10,000 LP

|15,000 LP

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|12,500 LP

|18,750 LP

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|15,000 LP

|22,500 LP

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|18,750 LP

|28,150 LP

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|17,500 LP

|26,250 LP

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|20,000 LP

|30,000 LP

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|20,000 LP

|30,000 LP

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|25,000 LP

|37,500 LP

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|25,000 LP

|37,500 LP

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|30,000 LP

|45,000 LP

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|25,000 LP

|37,500 LP

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|30,000 LP

|45,000 LP

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|25,000 LP

|37,500 LP

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|30,000 LP

|45,000 LP

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If you capture a complex in a friendly-held system ("defensive plexing"), you receive a reduced reward based on [[#Capturing systems|how contested the system is]]. The formula for this is<ref name="dev blog fast forward" />:

This means capturing a complex in a friendly-held system will pay out, at most, 75% as much as capturing an equivalent complex in an enemy-held system, and the closer the system is to "stable", the lower the reward.

The base reward for destroying an [[#Infrastructure Hub|infrastructure hub ("i-Hub")]] is 40,000 LP, split between all the pilots who damaged the i-Hub.  

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=== Destroying enemy player's ships ===

In addition to any loot you may recover from the wreck of any enemy player's ships you destroy, you will also receive loyalty points based on the value of the ship<ref>Dev blog: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/fw-dev-blog-1-1-1 Factional Warfare overhaul] (2012)</ref> you killed (including modules and the contents of their cargo bay):

As with capturing complexes, if several pilots are involved in killing a ship, the reward is shared equally between them<ref>Dev Blog: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/war-is-a-full-time-job "War is a full-time job"] (2009)</ref>. The LP reward scales with faction tier, but is capped at 50,000 LP per kill.   

The second of these restrict your movement through high-sec systems controlled by the enemy faction. If you enter one of these systems, you will get a text warning on your screen; if you don't leave the system promptly, you will be attacked by NPC faction navy ships. These ships are more powerful the higher the [[Security Rating|security rating]] of the system you are in, and will use [[electronic warfare]] against you (such as [[Capacitor warfare|neuts/nos]] and [[web]]s). They will not point you, but they will web you, meaning if you warp off immediately it requires a very slow ship to be caught. They also do not scram, so if you are caught, you can still MJD to escape. Unlike CONCORD, it's certainly feasible to survive encounters with them and with specifics fitting to sustain the NPC DPS it's even possible to "camp" in enemy space to catch opposing militia players - but they make travel through enemy-held high-sec a hassle at the least). The in-game star map (or a third-party site like [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map Dotlan]) can help you to plan safe routes.  

== Leaving Factional Warfare ==