EVE General Discussion

Hey wait, the way you quoted that makes it look like I'm arguing with myself.

I might mumble to myself, but we never argue....

More often it's blob-on-structure.

What about links that increase damage against large immovable targets?

I like you to point out the obvious first, makes it more fun.

I am ashamed my ALT is blue to your corp. your a complete idiot. do you see the ******* general to the front line of combat (unless he is a complete idiot)? Hell No! Maybe you should be instructed in command structure

Combat Squad Member = Look pretty and shoot guns odered by squad commander
Logistic Squad Member = Remote Repair said combat folks
Squad commander = Tell Monkeys in squad what to do
Wing Command = tell half ass monkey pooh tossing Commanders what to do
Fleet commander = Hide in a position to orchestrate and keep track of what going on in system and next door. too busy to on the grid so he hides to do his job.

Now as for the Strategic Cruisers giving out bonuses higher then a command ship is BS!! this needs to be fixed.

personally i think you are just butt hurt over the fact your corp/alliance does not have an awesome offgrid booster. have you considered taking CCP up on the offer they got going on...you know the one "Power of 2" and train up the new alt to be a booster? sheesh i swear you PVP whiners need to be lead by the hand

My take has been to have BC, Command Ship, and T3 boosters having to be on-grid and Capitals can be off-grid. Also to raise the CPU requirements of Command Processor so that only Capitals can use them. Solves the Roqual issue and, since Carriers can operate off-grid anyway then it also fits their role. Also makes Fleet Command ships better at fleet boosting than T3.

Which is more obvious, the whine where you try and justify your stance by making a (always a bad idea) comparison to how combat works in reality to prove your "point"... or the whine where you attempt to say that because someone made a thread about something it can therefore have no merit?

Now that the trivial stuff is out of the way, still waiting for you to explain how a Command Ship boosting a fleet from the safety of a POS is a better game play mechanic than requiring all ships that can significantly affect combat to actually be present on the field.

Fair point, and I have less of an issue with off grid boosting, although at the very least a range restriction might be in order. In general though allowing an off grid Command Ship to boost a fleet is little different that it would be to allow logistics ships to do repair work (or cap tranfer, or tracking boosting) from off grid.

I guess I'm old school, I just believe any ship that has a significant affect on a battle should also have to be at significant risk IN the battle.

Boosts from off grid is fine-ish, although system-wide is potentially pushing it. Cut it down to within scan range and we can talk. Should not work through pos shields, though. And yeah, command ships need to be better at their one specialised role than the supposed jack of all trades t3.

Fun idea could be to have links have higher strength based on proximity. Stick them half way across system, make up fluff piece about solar interference and cut a third off the effect. Or get closer for full boost.

Make command modules:

- Mid slots
- Fit on frigates
- no effect visible

Got yourself a solution that would mean command bonus ships don't need to warp away ... until then, that dedicated ship and pilot being -1 DPS you brought to the fight is a waste space and should never undock ever again .. except for 12 vs 12 fights .. because these are the norm .. derp.

Since you insist on ignoring points you don't like, couldn't we just skip to the part where you actually justify your stance... 'cause up til now all you've done is basically belch in the thread. If not, the rest of us will just move on around you.