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Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#1 - 2013-11-13 21:28:03 UTC
Wouldn't it be fun if New Eden fleets had flagships? I'm not talking about a new class of ships. More ilike n every fleet, one ship could be picked to be the flagship for that fleet. It would get unique bonues, plus maybe give unique fleet bonuses depending on the ship class.

Input please.
Master Kansene
I-Choose-You
The Initiative.
#2 - 2013-11-13 21:29:17 UTC
Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:
Wouldn't it be fun if New Eden fleets had flagships? I'm not talking about a new class of ships. More ilike n every fleet, one ship could be picked to be the flagship for that fleet. It would get unique bonues, plus maybe give unique fleet bonuses depending on the ship class.

Input please.


Titan.

That is all.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#3 - 2013-11-13 21:29:47 UTC
Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:

Input please.



You really don't want to know what I think about that idea.

Mr Epeen Cool
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2013-11-13 21:30:50 UTC
Now theres Features & Ideas in my GD!



Officer Reeses is going to have a field day today.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Abulurd Boniface
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-11-13 21:31:09 UTC
It should get a change in the color scheme to make it stand out in the crowd.

I like the flag ship idea. If it can be done, it should be done.
Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#6 - 2013-11-13 21:33:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Thaddeus Eggeras
I don't think it only has to be Titans, I think any ship could be, and the class up ship would determine what fleet bonuses it would give as the flagship.

It should get a special sign in the over view for sure. I think ALL ships should have your Corp and/or alliance on them anymore anyway.
Tauranon
Weeesearch
CAStabouts
#7 - 2013-11-13 21:34:02 UTC
As soon as you have 1 ship doing a critical task, it will become the first primary.
Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#8 - 2013-11-13 21:36:07 UTC
It will get primaried, but maybe that should be it's bonus or one of it's bonuses for being picked as the flag ship, osmething to help it's defense in one way or another.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#9 - 2013-11-13 21:36:32 UTC
Give it any tangible advantage over "normal" ships and people will just make multiple fleets to have many of them on the field.

Also... why do so many people seem to have this fetish with "one super special 'bawss' ship that leads all the others"??
Weren't Titans supposed to fill this position in the first place and then people started to build them en mass and spam them.... resulting in nerf after nerf to them?

How did you Veterans start?
Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-11-13 21:39:02 UTC
If only there was some special class of these "command ships", which would give additional bonuses to the entire fleet. Give them a big tank bonus so that they're not so easily killed. Perhaps battlecruiser-sized.
Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#11 - 2013-11-13 21:41:43 UTC
Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:
Wouldn't it be fun if New Eden fleets had flagships? I'm not talking about a new class of ships. More ilike n every fleet, one ship could be picked to be the flagship for that fleet. It would get unique bonues, plus maybe give unique fleet bonuses depending on the ship class.

Input please.



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That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
Rekkr Nordgard
Steelforge Heavy Industries
#12 - 2013-11-13 22:02:09 UTC
There have been some good discussions about a possible T2 Battleship class of command ships, "flagships" if you will, however the way you describe it - no, hard no.
Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#13 - 2013-11-13 22:04:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Thaddeus Eggeras
I don't want a super special ship, I'm looking for what most EVERY fleet in human history has always had, and that is a flagship. I don't care if it's just a ship with a special over view sign, or a ship that also gets special bonuses and gives it's fleet special bonuses.

If these makes it so their are more fleets per battle, so what, that only makes for me interesting battles, and a new way for large fleets to engage. And maybe having a flagship will depend on the size of the fleet. Only fleets with so many in it can have a flag ship. Or maybe different sizes of fleets help decide the bonuses or the amount of the bonuses that are giving to the fleet also.

And I don't think a special call of ships should be a flagship, I think per fleet a ship should be picked for the role, now if some ships aren't allowed to be flags ships, fine. But I see it more as any class of ship can become a flagship, and the class of ship will decide what bonuses that flag ship gives to the fleet.

Even in the last Alliance tourament, CCP asked every team what their flagship was. So why not take that little further and give fleets flagships.
Iudicium Vastus
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-11-13 22:11:33 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
Give it any tangible advantage over "normal" ships and people will just make multiple fleets to have many of them on the field.

Also... why do so many people seem to have this fetish with "one super special 'bawss' ship that leads all the others"??
Weren't Titans supposed to fill this position in the first place and then people started to build them en mass and spam them.... resulting in nerf after nerf to them?


Just too bad they're so rarely committed to battle. Maybe if the other talks in F&I like making anything bridging also have to jump come to more light and notice we can get that happening.

[u]Nerf stabs/cloaks in FW?[/u] No, just.. -Fit more points -Fit faction points -Bring a friend or two with points (an alt is fine too)
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#15 - 2013-11-13 22:34:47 UTC
If only there were some skills which, if the pilot in a position of leadership in the fleet had them trained, would provide the fleet with some special bonuses...

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#16 - 2013-11-13 22:52:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Thaddeus Eggeras
Like in Leadership skills flagship was a skill to train also, I like it. Should be a high training skill too, a skill that you already should have a few key skilled trained in leadership, and it be like a x8 or above training.
Tauranon
Weeesearch
CAStabouts
#17 - 2013-11-13 22:59:02 UTC
Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:
Like in Leadership flagship was a skill to train also, I like it


The skill already exists.
Search for "command ships".

Specialised flag ships already exist, see eos and damnation for armor examples - which give extra bonuses to leadership skills.

They also have some of the best tanks on subcaps in the game, should you brick them.
Thaddeus Eggeras
Urkrathos Corp
#18 - 2013-11-13 23:04:21 UTC
Those are command ships, not "flagships" flagships would be more a ship only the fleet commander can have, no one else in fleet, and can be any ship in EVE. It would get a defense bonus for the ship it's self, and a unique bonuses for the whole fleet depending on which type of class you the using. It would be a new skill in leadership you'd have to train up to get also. And depending how high the flagship skill is and the size of the fleet would depend how much the bonus to fleet helped.
Plug in Baby
Family Tipes
#19 - 2013-11-13 23:32:45 UTC
Thaddeus Eggeras wrote:
And depending how high the flagship skill is and the size of the fleet would depend how much the bonus to fleet helped.



Dude you only have a T3 booster alt for solo PVP? I solo PVP in my flagship with 100 trial alts in fleet. +100% tank bonus +20% damage

This is not a forum alt, this is a forum main.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#20 - 2013-11-13 23:36:51 UTC
The fleets I'm in tend to always have a flagship.
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