I think that flight would have a hard time if Earth pulled in more than a third of what that flight gets in OOF supoort. And that's never possible, because OOF support is always roughly even for both sides. Even when it's skewed towards the underdog, it's never that much.
A flight would have to beat Earth with their internal exalts. Theoretically, without OOF it should be possible, imo, but "no OOF" is both bad PR (everyone will complain they cant profit normally and won't be given any compensation) and unenforceable, as you can't stop people from buying mercs from the AH with their own money.
With the gap that OOF support opens, Earth's not going to be a feasible opponent anytime soon. I will be surprised if they get another opponent after this in a long while.
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I think that flight would have a hard time if Earth pulled in more than a third of what that flight gets in OOF supoort. And that's never possible, because OOF support is always roughly even for both sides. Even when it's skewed towards the underdog, it's never that much.
A flight would have to beat Earth with their internal exalts. Theoretically, without OOF it should be possible, imo, but "no OOF" is both bad PR (everyone will complain they cant profit normally and won't be given any compensation) and unenforceable, as you can't stop people from buying mercs from the AH with their own money.
With the gap that OOF support opens, Earth's not going to be a feasible opponent anytime soon. I will be surprised if they get another opponent after this in a long while.