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Command ships / T3 boosting.
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Bloutok
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-07-21 03:57:12 UTC
In a risk VS reward game, why are the command ships and or T3 not on the battlefield ?
Lady Spank
Get Out Nasty Face
#2 - 2012-07-21 03:59:02 UTC
So they can be utilised by smaller entities versus larger ones. You can still probe them out and take them out of the fight that way.

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Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#3 - 2012-07-21 03:59:23 UTC
Because the risk goes up to 9000, while the reward does not change?
Suqq Madiq
#4 - 2012-07-21 03:59:56 UTC
Probin' ain't easy.

edit: oh wait, yes it is.
Tarsus Zateki
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-07-21 04:29:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarsus Zateki
Its remarkable how cyclical the whining on this forum is. One day its miners being ganked, the next its goons, the next its technitium, then its command ships.

Command ships are slow, poorly maneuvering ships that need to sacrifice survivability to their jobs on top of having a huge signature radius. If they were on grid they would die almost immediately. I'm sure you wouldn't have any difficultly probing them out given their massive signatures.

Neutral warfare link ships on the other hand are annoying in highsec warfare. It would be nice if they were flagged as aggressive if they turn on their links while in a fleet with members who are involved in a war.

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MinefieldS
1 Sick Duck Standss on something
#6 - 2012-07-21 06:27:37 UTC
Do you see generals running around with rifles?



No, they sit somewhere safe and ... command.
Goremageddon Box
Guerrilla Flotilla
#7 - 2012-07-21 06:31:49 UTC
MinefieldS wrote:
Do you see generals running around with rifles?



No, they sit somewhere safe and ... command.


and sip on tea and eat crumpets.
Tarsus Zateki
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2012-07-21 06:55:02 UTC
And get ambushed by stealth bombers.

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Suddenly Forums ForumKings
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-07-21 06:57:46 UTC
Goremageddon Box wrote:
MinefieldS wrote:
Do you see generals running around with rifles?



No, they sit somewhere safe and ... command.


and sip on tea and eat crumpets.


No, fleet commanders are typically on the battlefield with their fleet and in the thick of it with everyone else.
R0ot
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-07-21 07:27:59 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
So they can be utilised by smaller entities versus larger ones. You can still probe them out and take them out of the fight that way.


Should really be allowed to run Gang Links inside a pos imo either.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#11 - 2012-07-21 07:33:04 UTC
Off-grid boosting only appeals to "solo" PvPers who insist on having an off-grid tengu and loki boosting them before they'll take on that roaming Wolf while flying a Myrmidon.

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Suddenly Forums ForumKings
Doomheim
#12 - 2012-07-21 07:36:23 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
Off-grid boosting only appeals to "solo" PvPers who insist on having an off-grid tengu and loki boosting them before they'll take on that roaming Wolf while flying a Myrmidon.


You forgot the 1-3 cloaked falcon alts.
Richard Desturned
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2012-07-21 07:46:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Richard Desturned
if you're dealing with some guy with off-grid boosters and falcon alts and all that nonsense, call some friends in

i hear playing this multiplayer game with other players grants you an inherent advantage over others

npc alts have no opinions worth consideration
Tallianna Avenkarde
Pyre of Gods
#14 - 2012-07-21 07:50:19 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
Off-grid boosting only appeals to "solo" PvPers who insist on having an off-grid tengu and loki boosting them before they'll take on that roaming Wolf while flying a Myrmidon.


Wouldn't that be a legion and loki?

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#15 - 2012-07-21 08:02:17 UTC
Tallianna Avenkarde wrote:
Mara Rinn wrote:
Off-grid boosting only appeals to "solo" PvPers who insist on having an off-grid tengu and loki boosting them before they'll take on that roaming Wolf while flying a Myrmidon.


Wouldn't that be a legion and loki?


Why not include a proteus to boost the falcons?

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Manar Detri
#16 - 2012-07-21 09:48:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Manar Detri
Mara Rinn wrote:
Off-grid boosting only appeals to "solo" PvPers who insist on having an off-grid legion and loki boosting them before they'll take on that roaming ibis while flying a Vindicator.


Fixed it for ya
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#17 - 2012-07-21 11:07:13 UTC
I shield tank everything.

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Dorian Wylde
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#18 - 2012-07-21 11:55:48 UTC
You can't boost from inside a station, or from another system. The grid is not the battlefield.

Not saying I agree with off-grid boosting, I welcomed happily the destruction of unprobable T3's. But your argument is unfortunately not sound.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#19 - 2012-07-21 11:58:07 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
So they can be utilised by smaller entities versus larger ones. You can still probe them out and take them out of the fight that way.


Yep, this happens far more often than you'd think.

This is usually what bomber wings are doing before lining up a proper bomb run on the hostile fleet.
Togg Bott
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-07-21 12:10:08 UTC
there are 2 basic types of command ship... the Fleet Command (the big Booster) and the Field command(the big damage). just depends on the play style of the people your going against or are with.
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