Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Fleet warps look cool. Formations look cool. Formations landing somewhere looks even cooler. Formations all the time wouldn't work, that would be dumb. But formations in warp. That would be cool. Formations good. Warp good. Fleet warp, take cool looking formation, land in formation like a boss. It's so simple. You know you want it. Don't even be like "blah blah blah rabble rabble", all like it's not awesome. You can't argue this.

If I was like, "Hey let's have formations all the time" you could be like "that is a legitimately stupid idea." But in warp, now that... that would be awesome. Especially if you can set between a few formations or no formation in fleet options.

There's obviously some kind of sorting going on already, but it's like, just a dumb ball. That's not a formation, that's a ball. And it's unacceptable. We have to stand up, together, and demand... warp formations. FFS I've been putting alright suggestions in here for years. Okay some of them were ridiculous in retrospect, but this would be spectacular and probably not that hard to implement. Imagine the screenshots. Wow. So desirable. Get hype. <3 <3 ♥

Nooooooooo just during the fleet warp process. You can't really gather people up any other time without otherwise controlling them. It's like, the only time it would be appropriate to implement formations.



Nuh uh it's like, when you're partway through the warp sometimes people will all just regroup into a more ball like shape probably so they all land on the destination reasonably close to each other. It's so boring. So so boring.



I think repositioning people into a predetermined pattern during the warp process is more feasible and desirable. Particularly sorted by size. Then it'll be like in the movies when BOOM PHALANX OF SHIPS ZOOMS/SPLASHES IN. EPIC

Seriously I'm envisioning it now it'd be so amazing, especially with the way you can see people pop in now with the flash and sound. And it could be that way. All the time. And EVE would be better for it.



Yes, probe formations good. We love probe formations. Let's have fleet warp formations. But only during fleet warp. That's basically the only to have it without really changing the game as it is.

Yasssss I mean it can risk people not landing in jump range or colliding with obstacles, but that happens anyways and its up to people to use the tools intelligently.

Yeah but that don't mean we can't do it in style when we do it

Omg yes it so is! :D

Why do you want EVERY ship in your fleet slowed downed to the warp speed of the slowest just to have a formation because they MIGHT look cool?

I do not know about you folks but the FC I fly with count on having ships arrive at different times and use that to our advantage.
This formations thingy would destroy that ability. So overall I have to say No to this idea.


Wondering why you think fleet warps are going to be a rare thing in the near future?

you know, if a fleet enters warp at the exact same time (such as if everyone is aligned) they already slow to the speed of the slowest ship?

how do we make faster ships arrive ahead of the fleet currently? they warp themselves, that's how.

get a friend in a BS, and yourself in a frigate. both align to the same point. when you're both up to speed, initiate a squad warp. check your speed while in warp against your friend in the BS. you'll match his speed.

it's hell when you're in warp with a freighter

you may land just before the battleship, due to warp deceleration? that'll be my guess.

if you're in the fleet warp with a battleship or something though, you'll slow to their speed.