Ships & Modules

A lot of FCs will use two accounts, one cloaky scout and one command ship, or some other heavily tanked ship. The cloaky recon / covert ops is used for obvious recon before fight, and as a backup screen for target calling once the main goes down.

I would look into the Damnation...even a T2 only fit is a beefy tank.

Lets put it this way, I had two logis trying to keep me up and at the end of the fight the logis couldnt belive how bad they wanted me dead....

OFC and thats the point, but if we dont fly logi in a fleet it means Im dead LOL

Id rather not say hence the alt post.

So really it simply comes down to tanked out the balls ships only....

*sigh*

You didn't tell us the ships you can use, you didn't tell us the types of fleets you are flying in, you didn't tell us whether you are living in high/low/null sec. If you WANT help, start by being a bit more specific.

Doesnt matter where I live. I fly everything from Battleship down. We fly mostly Cruiser hull fleets (t2 cruisers down) as well as t3 bcs.

No it doesnt matter where I fight the problem is the same, but whatever Im not here to get in a pissing match...

We fly a mix of everything from CR, LR, etc. Its never static. As I said fleet types we normally take out are t3 bcs, and t2 cruiser hulls below. We do not normally fly t3s.

As for your question about numbers fleet sizes are normally between 20-30, Im not worried about small gang skirmishes because there is less fcing and more individual piloting. Its in fleets where it becomes issues.

Actually it doesnt matter where he lives or what his fleet compositions are (lr, sr, shield, armor etc,) it matters the size of the fleet and the structure of the fleet, (-20 or + 100)

Because of your small, (relatively) fleet sizes much of the post ive written doesnt really apply. but when you scale up past 50 or so it will. for your 20-30 ship fleets, I would run through all of the tactics you described, it seems the people that you are fighting are know to you and you to them, so intentionally over tanking a ship and flying like fc (but not being fc) is a really good choice if they are that determined to scrape you off the field. or cloaky ship for the added bonus of enemy confusion when they cant find you to target (but see you in local). Continually change your tactics to keep from stagnating.

Basically yes. FC's will be primary, using alts or other ships as anchors will help when you get alpha'ed to maintain positions and targets.
Role delegation is an important skill for any commander. and its something that you must learn if you wish to be successful in your position.

~ you will most likely be primary. this i believe you already know. so your job becomes that of a tank. as any other fitting will drop you out too fast (though in many fleet fights it simply does not matter what ship you are flying, alpha will kill you).
Your role is to get the damage ships to do damage.
~ trust your fleet exo, also not being the anchor will help maintain your fleets position after you are gone. and allow someone else to take over quickly when you can no longer see target ranges to call correct primaries and secondaries.
~ Some commanders charge with their men into the fight, some commanders have to see the entire picture. there are benefits and drawbacks to both approaches and times when one is better then the other. learn these.

But it all boils down to - you are no longer just "one of the men", you are the commander and your role responsibilities are different. A captain has many of the same roles as a major, but they are not the same.

I see no problem in overtanking like a boss if the enemy is allways determined to kill you first. Even if you do close to 0 dps its an advantage that you should exploit to your fleets benefit.

Fly a Proteus, Damnation, Vulture, or (in non-brawling situations) a Claymore. Fly a hictor and don't put your bubble up. You could also get clever by flying ships that aren't generally used by FCs.