Once.
Once is "fine".
Once is "nice".
Once is "a good start".
But we are only talking about ONCE here.
Kudos will be delivered when it's "often".
Peoples opinion will start to change when it is "common".
Respect will be earned when it is "the norm".
But once?
Don't get me wrong,
I applaud what they did.
BUT I can't help but get a huge deja vu about all this.
A few years back (4-5yrs or so) a thread similar to this one was created.
One of the large muti-wing squads tossed out a challenge for anybody to try and stop them during their squad night.
They ran a mission in the MA, announced their target, and were only met by small force (4 to 1 ish) and rolled over 'em.
They then gloated for a week on the BBS about their "superior tactics" and such.
The following week a few more players got involved and met this squad in the MA on their squad night with them announcing the base they will attack with roughly 1/2 their numbers. (60 to 30 maybe? 40 to 20? I forget)
The large muti-wing squad did not capture a single base that night.
They were trounced fairly convincingly.
All of this has been done before.
Nothing about any of this is unique or new.
Not even the calling out the base beforehand bit..
And just like last time if anybody is able to mount even a "decent" defence (1/2 their numbers) they will be trounced. (just like last time)
It really is amazing how similar this thread and other recent threads are to what was happening in the community 4-5 years ago.
I find it interesting how this game tends to cycle.