Warfare & Tactics

Way before T3 came out I took the time to train up all of the command ships and their mindlinks. During those days if I told someone I could bring any command ship with any links they wanted I was gold because pilots that sank 10 months into doing so were rare. During those days I was always in the fight, usually acting as bait and i was loved for it.

Now I tell people I can do that and I am told to **** off that my role has been filled by a t3 cruiser in an alt.

It is really disheartening to think I sank so much time into being a specialized and once valued commodity that has been replaced by the safety of off grid alts doing the boosting. Nothing was more thrilling then sitting in a super tanked command ship and taking a pounding while my allies worked hard to keep my alive. I miss those days.

you are new here aren't you?

Nothing to fix with ogb tbh
only thing needs fixing is the amount of whineing players on these forums that cry change this change that

i dont deny command ships need bit ov love but ogb is fine

The game is 10 years old. They had no clue that people would multibox everything they possibly could as much as they possibly could. Once they realized I think they welcomed it as additional revenue and took steps to make it easier (multiple clients on the same machine, PLEX for ISK, Power of Two, etc, etc). I think original design intent was for people to skill up "Fleet Leader" and be more valuable as group leaders because of the stat boosts they gave out.

The problem is that being a "pure booster" is a very very boring job fitting only for an AFK, gunless ship. They've created a role that's so easy it can be done completely AFK, so boring that nobody would actually want to do it full time, and so passive that there's zero reason for boosting ships to be piloted anyway.

I still like the On-Grid only idea, but with a specific range limit (let's say 40km). They could also redesign gang boost modules so there's only ONE boost module, and it uses scripts to change which boost it gives out. Suddenly it makes sense for a boost frigate to accompany your tackle to make them faster, or to swap scripts and help it tank better or tackle further away. If they did it alongside the BC rebalance they could revisit the fitting requirements of gang booster mods and the BC bonus to them.

Whatever they do (if anything) should make boosting an ACTIVE role in a fleet, with actual risks and decision making involved. Making it a job for AFK alts is insulting, and CCP should find it embarrassing.

Amen to that


Countless times I have seen the OGB alts jumping into system with there mains. Some people simply can't fight without 2-3 alts boosting them.

Does people really think this is
A) fun?
B) real?
C) great skills?

This argument is getting tired fast. Its very simple really. Just remove boosts altogether. Make everyone equally skilled by removing skill points and have 4 kinds of ships in the entire game, one for each race. Level the playing field so much so that no one anywhere ever can have the advantage unless they bring more numbers. Oh but then there will be tears from one race that their ship isn't good enough.... Ok then just have one ship in the game, yea thats it.

I think that pretty much solves it.


Now would you all STFU already, bunch of whiny babies!!!!!