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Leadership Skills - Damage Output

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Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#1 - 2012-09-18 16:27:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Arduemont
I propose the addition of Leadership Warfare skills that increase damage output. The reason I say this, is to fix something that has always annoyed me about PvE.

In PvE it is rarely more profitable to run anomalies, missions or complexes in a group. In fact, if your the highest damage dealer in a fleet, then your income is being directly hampered by the others. A small boost to damage from leadership skills would mean that running in a group meant killing things faster and therefore more bounties, and it would stop elitists from A) losing ISK when helping others, and B) just not running in groups. Eve is an incredibly social game and so it should be rewarding people more for working together.

Obviously, the implications of these skills would have very widespread implications, but I think that so long as the bonuses were small, it shouldn't be a problem. Any thoughts?

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf

kerradeph
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-09-18 17:12:04 UTC
well, if the bonuses were small, I don't see it helping with the PVE factor you were talking about. but I also see it being min-maxxed in order to make PVP even more unbalanaced to the people that don't have fleet boosters.
Alx Warlord
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-09-18 19:39:26 UTC
hmm... no...

Sometimes it is good to PVE in fleet, especially with sniper fleet. so you can One volley everything really fast and move on... it saves you of frigate issues and allow you to focus the dps where you will get the good income.

If the fleet is good everyone wins...
Davon Mandra'thin
Das Collective
#4 - 2012-09-22 15:16:04 UTC
I actually quite like this idea. I dont see why there arn't fleet damage bonuses anyway, but I never thought about it in regards to PvE. It would promote co-operation.
Recoil IV
The Silver Wing
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#5 - 2012-09-22 15:59:35 UTC
yes!
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#6 - 2012-09-22 16:05:46 UTC
nothing should change regarding fleet based buffs until the offgrid issue is solved

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value