Why is NC so Popular? - Page 15

Sabot · 2012-06-16, 12:20 PM

No, the NC are like... the French during WW2. Similarites can be found all over, especially in how they fight... i.e, running away most of the time. But also in their equipment and vehicles... out-dated junkyard crap. And if I'm not mistaken they're almost exlusively funded by hand outs.

Trafalgar · 2012-06-16, 12:29 PM

The right? They're a faction of mad scientists, and the right HATES science.

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Originally Posted by Sabot

No, the NC are like... the French during WW2. Similarites can be found all over, especially in how they fight... i.e, running away most of the time. But also in their equipment and vehicles... out-dated junkyard crap. And if I'm not mistaken they're almost exlusively funded by hand outs.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the NC's tanks actually keep working after being driven around for a while without engaging in any battles, yeah? As in they don't spontaneously break down due to driving through mud and on dirt roads and the like? I'm not buying the comparison.

Thoreaux · 2012-06-16, 12:35 PM

The NC is like the Tea Party: fighting against the big evil government for freedom of powerful corporations.

archaonn · 2012-06-16, 12:35 PM

How do you know how they fight? beside playing with real people. And using out dated weapons, or basically anything they can find its something a lot of guerrillas did. Like the Ukrainian Black Army, when they fought the bolsheviks.

The link between the NC and the companies was destroyed with the wormhole, apparently.

Trafalgar · 2012-06-16, 12:40 PM

Considering the previews which showed how the weapons worked and how they were made of parts by various corporations, I'm sure some of the corporate executives came along and are still alive to run their companies (or branches of them, like the TR is a branch or evil clone of the Earth TR).

So who wants to play an NC corporate executive who doesn't do any fighting? Eh? Eh? You know you want to!

Zar · 2012-06-16, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Thoreaux

The NC is like the Tea Party: fighting against the big evil government for freedom of powerful corporations.

thats pretty right but you forgot they do it by lies and fear mongering =P

HenchAnt · 2012-06-16, 12:55 PM

Forget about politics, it's the food. NC simply sounds like the faction with the real food, wether that would be poulet rôti or T-bone steaks.

No wonder the TR with their stale army rations and the VS with their bland nutri gel are so mad about the NC.

archaonn · 2012-06-16, 01:00 PM

But I like politics...and now im hungry.

Trafalgar · 2012-06-16, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Zar

thats pretty right but you forgot they do it by lies and fear mongering =P

You mean the Tea Party, right?

Seagoon · 2012-06-16, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by HenchAnt

Forget about politics, it's the food. NC simply sounds like the faction with the real food, wether that would be poulet rôti or T-bone steaks.

No wonder the TR with their stale army rations and the VS with their bland nutri gel are so mad about the NC.

I think you would find that the VS have Heston Blumenthal on their side :P

ketarakh · 2012-06-16, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by archaonn

How do you know how they fight? beside playing with real people. And using out dated weapons, or basically anything they can find its something a lot of guerrillas did. Like the Ukrainian Black Army, when they fought the bolsheviks..

And NC empire colors are the same as colors of flag of modern Ukraine, blue an yellow.
Unintended reference?

Santiak · 2012-06-16, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by archaonn

Lol, small dedicated left? They are more like a bunch of posivists, that tends to the right.

But like someone said, the lore gives a lot freedom.

Theres some people that think the NC are the americans. I think their ranks are full of union workers fighting for a better future, something like anarchism.

Theres a lot of people a think the TR are facists, I think they are more of a "communist" republic.

And, theres a lot of people that think the Vanu are some mad men, while I think they are a bunch of Technocratic dudes that want more the power than the knowledge.

Tieing one specific empire to a real world nation is just .. wrong.
Granted, i might be biased because i'm NC, but not American, and in no way see the NC goals (which i consider aligned with my own morals), as particularly american, or asian or european, etc. :P

In my opinion, it all depends on whether you ask someone who's a member of the empire, or someone who's opposed to it, what their views are - as any proper lore should be set up.

Ask a TR about the TR, and they're the peacekeepers, and have been for centuries.
Ask anyone else, and they're soldiers blindly following a few power-hungry leaders, a corrupted version of the government they take their name from.

Ask a NC about the NC, and they're fighting for the people, those that are denied their rights.
Ask anyone else, and they're terrorists, fighting for egotistical reasons alone.

Ask the VS about the VS, and they're fighting for the betterment of the human race, a utopia.
Ask anyone else, and they're fanatics, putting all of their faith and hopes in prophecy.

And in the end, unless there is a huge difference in population, i don't think it'll have an impact on which empire actually feels more of an underdog, except for the psychological aspect of it.
Granted, the most populated empire will be able to have fronts on more continents, and will be more likely to have groups of skilled players, but with ~666 - 1000 slots for players per empire, the general distribution will be more or less the same. Again, the only difference being - to some extent - psychological.

Edit: Oh, and general population statistics are not always representative of performance. There was a web-based challenge a month or two ago involving the upcoming "The Secret World" MMO.
The team that were the most populated, fared worse than the remaining 2, and really it shifted greatly who had the upper hand. So "underdog" status can't be assumed based on population counts alone, but i reckon the word has become synonymous with population - not performance.

velleity · 2012-06-16, 06:00 PM

Inbreeds are attracted to each other.

Zar · 2012-06-16, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Trafalgar

You mean the Tea Party, right?

yes >.<.... and the nc >.>

Badjuju · 2012-06-16, 06:11 PM

I got to say I disagree with the NC being the good guys/rebels. They seem like hypocrites who are just as oppressive as the TR. They want the freedom to live free based on their values yet they are the ones that declared war on the VS, because they didn't agree with theirs. That dose not scream good guy to me, but hypocrite instead. However I guess this would coincide with the American way in this day in age.