Formation combat is the topic of the latest Eve Online Peek of the Week (Eve Online, as you know, being an upcoming futuristic MMORPG). Here's a bit:
Even if there have been no major wars for decades in the world of EVE there is no lack of skirmishes and minor encounters. Some are based around political struggle, such as the one between the Minmatar Republic and the Ammatars, but most involve law enforcers versus bandits of one sort or another. One of the main consequences is the combat experience that most major factions are slowly gaining, by constantly fighting one or more of their perceived foes. Furthermore, as bandits can be encountered anywhere where empire presence is weak, has led to miners, explorers and traders plying their trade on the fringes of empire space to augment their defenses and other combat abilities simply to stay alive. |