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Damn pharisaism.

+1 for making me go look that up. And yes I agree. There's no reason to apply special treatment to miners. If they want the bonuses then the orca or whatever bonus giving ship should be fulfilling it's role by being on field.

I do not agree that fleet boost should be limited to on grid. actually with the number of systems in EVE the argument could be made it should extend to the hole constellation.

I do believe though that you should not be able to leave the booster ship sitting safe inside a POS shield and it still contributes to the PVP fight with no risk to itself.

Even the mining fleets generally leave the ORCA or Roqual safe inside the POS shields while the fleet is out mining. These ships were meant to be on grid with the mining fleet. that is why they get the tractor beam bonuses.

If gang links could not be activated inside a POS shield then it would add a whole new level to the role of fleet boosting in game. You could have it at a safe spot but there would be risk. ORCA would be used in the belt with the miners or not at all. Roqual could be kept inside the shield and used for compression but if you want to benefit from the fleet boosts you need to take it out of the POS.

Just my 0.02 isk, and for the record I do run mining fleets and usually have my ORCA in belt with the other ships. So much more efficient and a little risk reduces the boredom.

destroyer are now known for the extreme tanks and somewhat good speed. (sig radius rediction) in keeping with that i wouldnt at all suggest that a new destroyer either it be t2 hull or a completely new destroyer hull. i would never even suggest it have the horrible signarture it once had and the interdictor still does.

+1. Booster alts are so overpowered and prevalent these days in lowsec that you have to match them to even compete. Screw that, pvp is expensive enough as it is.

im getting really depressed that eve null sec is either completely empty - has too man ships for a solo pirate to do didly against, and when you get a system with 1-2 players in one is a booster ><

i like the idea of on-grid boosters but how about a compromise?

make pos shields negate any and all boosting effects while on grid with them. so if the boosters want to boost thats fine, but they have to be away from a POS - if they get worried about dying they can warp to a pos but their boosts become negated. simply set the activation so if your within say 300km from a POS they wont turn on?

so u can scan down the booster and do something to them instead of scan them down and watch them laugh at you thru a shield

Have someone probe down and kill the bonus link, no support here

I was in the system somewhere!

Suggest you learn the finer aspects of insta-probing.

1 cycle or 2 at max.

FOR THE LOVE OF PVP WOULD YOU ALL QUIT ASKING CCP TO MAKE THIS GAME DUMBER FOR YOU?

Seems like all you want in warfare is to line everyone up opposite each other and shoot. Reminds me of the way we did things before the American Revolution (where we invented guerrilla warfare).

If you really need game mechanics that dumb go to 0.0. Get your noobie level pvp done there. We lowsec dwellers thrive on the more skilled combat, and yes that entails the offgrid command ship.

Of course you want it on field so you can blob it to death. Morons!

I like this idea, but I think theres some compromise needed. People pay for alt accounts just to run booster on them. They invested billions in them, either in plex or char bazaar. You cant just take it away from them.

I would make it like that: leave boosters as they are (eventually nerf a little if needed - debatable), but increase their effectiveness by 100% if on grid.