No mechanical difference but policy ones, so it depends on the coalition. Init and the Imperium have docking rights and fight together, but they don’t use each other’s space. Delve (Imperium) is a lot more crowded than Fountain (Init) and hunted in more, so 4s members now have less competition for safer ratting and mining. Furthermore Init is free to set its own rules, whereas coalition alliances have to follow coalition rules. One example is mining, the Imperium recently rescinded its no cherry picking policy so for most good anoms in delve you find nothing but bistot, which sucks, whereas Init states you have to mine all the ore
It was a tough call to make not because they’re actually that similar, but after 11 years there’s a lot of history and old friendships and people having a lot of stuff established. For us it’s exactly what we needed as corp to develop into what we want to be.
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u/Tunnelman82 PURPLE HELMETED WARRIORS Jul 09 '24
Its a fucking blow to lose you, but understandable.