Warfare & Tactics

This. I don't mind that people use them, but I don't do it myself.

Now, honestly I fully trained my hauler alt for both Falcon and Links. Just have never used them. Like you said, it's some kind of strange personality quirk. I just typically don't cheat or bend the rules, even when no one is looking. It's kinda stupid actually. /shrug

I don't think any big alliances are really loudly complaining about command links. They're commonly used and accepted in alliance warfare. It's mostly the "I want a 1v1 but I want it to be on MY terms and I want CCP to enforce MY terms for me" crowd.

Clarify 1v1?

1 person v 1 person

or

1 ship v 1 ship

If it isn't explicitly the latter, assume the former.

I agree about 1 vs. 1's that's why I said I get into fleet with people, but otherwise I don't understand why some people's dislike boosting alts .

And yes there is some chatter regarding boosting alts among the bigger alliances, as discussed in the cCSM meeting.

I disagree - I often use implants, but the difference is that these assets are present in the fight. If my pod gets killed I'm 2.x billion isk poorer. Granted, the likelihood of my pod getting killed is miniscule in lowsec, but running into some smarbombing BS whilst podding it home bears way more risk than doing it in a cloaky T3.

Concerning boosters: They have side effects, so either you make a fit that isn't susceptible to any of the possible side-effects or you'll have some drawback. When CCP thought about boosting them by removing the side effects entirely, people rightfully argued that if they only offer benefits, they'd become a pure necessity.

CCP realized the problem and canceled their plans.

Now off-grid boosters - once the initial investment has been made - are a a risk free bonus without any drawback (and don't tell me there's a risk - make a few proper safes, set D-scan-range according to your ships signature radius, hit it every now and then and if probes appear, warp to the next safe - rinse and repeat - the people getting their booster alts killed must be complete clodpoles).




Agreed - that's why it should be taken out of the game.



First you say you use them as a counter to blobby alliances and then you mention they should be able to upgrade their space with offgrid booster jammers? Hello? Anybody home?

In general, I think 'the other side is blobbing so I use an exploit a flawed game mechanic' is just a bad excuse for bad PvP players who carebeared their way up to be able to buy a risk-free advantage, which will soon be a necessity.

It discourages young players from grabbing their ft1 frig and go out on their own to shoot things because every other guy they encounter has an offgrid booster

Luckily, CCP has stated they want it gone on numerous occasions and have shown they will enforce such things if they are detrimental to gameplay (see the falcon nerf as an example - whilst still being used by some, their use is far less rampant than it was pre-nerf and I guess a lot of falcon alts were unsubbed back then).

I haven't had any agreed 1v1s in a while but it used to be very rare thta people would violate the agreement. But yes a booster ship plus another ship is not one ship.

This is Eve, there is no such thing as a 1v1. Anytime you engage another player expect an entire fleet to swoop in on you.

It's overkill to use them since you field 3:1

No offense

I think it's fine. It's just something you plan for, and deal with. If you're careful, it's fairly easy to tell who has an off-grid boost before you commit to a fight. And if they catch you off-guard, you can remember them for next time and prepare accordingly.

All that said, I'd love to see boosting characters show up on killmails.