Commander Jemy had this to say on Reddit:
"I am commander Jemy Murphy, pledged to Zemina Torval, member of Protectores Zemina Nostri, Imperial High Command and the Torval Strategy Team. I have published and updated Reddit strategy posts for Zemina Torval since cycle 7, kept our spreadsheets updated, founded and gathered Torvalians to our strategy board and lead other cooperative efforts both within and outside Zemina Torval.
Based on tonight's 5th column attack that used Zemina Torval to damage ALD and potentially Aisling Duval I am about to resign at least some of my duties but I am at least going to update or provide the fortification plan and continue to do fortifications. I am working out the rest of the ramifications during the day.
Annwn and Kalana are SCRAP targets. More about this later.
For the past weeks Zemina Torval have been plagued by handling preparation grinders preparing poor systems. During cycle 22 Zemina Torval worked extra on her regular fortification plan to be able to afford an end-of-cycle preparation of Olelbis and Juipedi to defeat the 4CC system Bridi that is often prepared by grinders. Due to our increased effort we were sucessful at almost fulfilling our fortifications one day early. Even if we were attacked by Zachary Hudson during the week it had almost no impact as if they hurled some spears at us after the fortress had already been built.
Tonight at 4:16 UCT I had stood up (5:16 in Sweden) and made sure that the list had Juipedi at 9272 and Olelbis at 9214 at the top of our list. At the time Kalana was at 9102 while Annwn were way behind. These were the preparation targets we had and that PZN had worked on. At the end of the cycle Bridi stayed at 7634 and was thus defeated. However, at 6:40 UCT Annwn had been put in lead at 13885 with Kalana second at 12274.
Annwn is a 7CC system that contest 10 systems from ALD. It was prepared with roughly 5-6k within the final 2-3 hours. How this action was carried out and where it was carried out make it evident that Annwn is a 5th column attack aimed to use Zemina Torval in order to strike at ALD. Kalana may look like a good system at first glance. But it is located 107 light years from Zemina Torvals headquarters Synteini and by the look of it it's chosen to off Aisling Duval who worked on acquiring Kalana in the past. It was prepared with 3k within the final 2-3 hours.
My frustration with this have built up over time and tonight's event was just the final drop. I have despised the preparation system since before cycle 7 when I took position as the Reddit strategy poster for Zemina Torval. Defeating dedicated and interested players is one thing. Having the federation undermining our systems is just part of the game and the bickering back and forth just for fun. Defeating ignorant and uninterested players pledged to Zemina Torval is another. Recent weeks the competition between Zachary Hudson and Zemina Torval have been downscaled, instead defeating preparation grinders have been the central weekly effort.
5th column undermining is an activity I know most of the community despise as it doesn't use regular power-vs-power gameplay provided by the system, but instead abuse it's less thought out components to damage a power from within with an ease and damage that the regular gameplay doesn't provide. I doubt that any official strategists from Zachary Hudson or Archon Delaine were aware or responsible for this. Despite the in-game competition that Zemina Torval may have with Zachary Hudson I know they condemn 5th column activities as much as everybody else. I also know that despite the potential grudge that Archon Delaine may have with ALD they would not destroy Zemina Torval in the process. I would not mind for spokespeople of Felicia Winters to address this event and whether or not they are prepared to use 5th columning-tactics in the way they do things. Using 5th-column tactics to abuse one power to strike against two others in a war is a low blow I know most players in the powerplay community find disgusting and an offense against us all.
For me, the extra work, stress and even sleep-loss caused by the preparation-effort to defeat ignorant Bridi-grinders was almost too much. To have it all blasted with ease by possibly a single or a few pilot within 2-3 hours thanks to the broken preparation system is the nail in the coffin for me. I will no longer allow an uncontrollable, broken game system that haven't been updated for months control my life anymore. Neither do I want to feel any responsibility for things I cannot control.
"
For myself. I actually quit before reading what he wrote. You can forget about Horisons if this isn't fixed in the next patch. Bye, Bye.
"I am commander Jemy Murphy, pledged to Zemina Torval, member of Protectores Zemina Nostri, Imperial High Command and the Torval Strategy Team. I have published and updated Reddit strategy posts for Zemina Torval since cycle 7, kept our spreadsheets updated, founded and gathered Torvalians to our strategy board and lead other cooperative efforts both within and outside Zemina Torval.
Based on tonight's 5th column attack that used Zemina Torval to damage ALD and potentially Aisling Duval I am about to resign at least some of my duties but I am at least going to update or provide the fortification plan and continue to do fortifications. I am working out the rest of the ramifications during the day.
Annwn and Kalana are SCRAP targets. More about this later.
For the past weeks Zemina Torval have been plagued by handling preparation grinders preparing poor systems. During cycle 22 Zemina Torval worked extra on her regular fortification plan to be able to afford an end-of-cycle preparation of Olelbis and Juipedi to defeat the 4CC system Bridi that is often prepared by grinders. Due to our increased effort we were sucessful at almost fulfilling our fortifications one day early. Even if we were attacked by Zachary Hudson during the week it had almost no impact as if they hurled some spears at us after the fortress had already been built.
Tonight at 4:16 UCT I had stood up (5:16 in Sweden) and made sure that the list had Juipedi at 9272 and Olelbis at 9214 at the top of our list. At the time Kalana was at 9102 while Annwn were way behind. These were the preparation targets we had and that PZN had worked on. At the end of the cycle Bridi stayed at 7634 and was thus defeated. However, at 6:40 UCT Annwn had been put in lead at 13885 with Kalana second at 12274.
Annwn is a 7CC system that contest 10 systems from ALD. It was prepared with roughly 5-6k within the final 2-3 hours. How this action was carried out and where it was carried out make it evident that Annwn is a 5th column attack aimed to use Zemina Torval in order to strike at ALD. Kalana may look like a good system at first glance. But it is located 107 light years from Zemina Torvals headquarters Synteini and by the look of it it's chosen to off Aisling Duval who worked on acquiring Kalana in the past. It was prepared with 3k within the final 2-3 hours.
My frustration with this have built up over time and tonight's event was just the final drop. I have despised the preparation system since before cycle 7 when I took position as the Reddit strategy poster for Zemina Torval. Defeating dedicated and interested players is one thing. Having the federation undermining our systems is just part of the game and the bickering back and forth just for fun. Defeating ignorant and uninterested players pledged to Zemina Torval is another. Recent weeks the competition between Zachary Hudson and Zemina Torval have been downscaled, instead defeating preparation grinders have been the central weekly effort.
5th column undermining is an activity I know most of the community despise as it doesn't use regular power-vs-power gameplay provided by the system, but instead abuse it's less thought out components to damage a power from within with an ease and damage that the regular gameplay doesn't provide. I doubt that any official strategists from Zachary Hudson or Archon Delaine were aware or responsible for this. Despite the in-game competition that Zemina Torval may have with Zachary Hudson I know they condemn 5th column activities as much as everybody else. I also know that despite the potential grudge that Archon Delaine may have with ALD they would not destroy Zemina Torval in the process. I would not mind for spokespeople of Felicia Winters to address this event and whether or not they are prepared to use 5th columning-tactics in the way they do things. Using 5th-column tactics to abuse one power to strike against two others in a war is a low blow I know most players in the powerplay community find disgusting and an offense against us all.
For me, the extra work, stress and even sleep-loss caused by the preparation-effort to defeat ignorant Bridi-grinders was almost too much. To have it all blasted with ease by possibly a single or a few pilot within 2-3 hours thanks to the broken preparation system is the nail in the coffin for me. I will no longer allow an uncontrollable, broken game system that haven't been updated for months control my life anymore. Neither do I want to feel any responsibility for things I cannot control.
"
For myself. I actually quit before reading what he wrote. You can forget about Horisons if this isn't fixed in the next patch. Bye, Bye.
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