Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So i know the idea has been tossed around a bit in the past and no viable solution has been found, but i still love the idea of actually being able to have a fleet formation like whats shown in the CCP trailers.

I think i have a reasonable solution.

Provide a 3D tactical window, which operates similarly to probes.
This window allows the Commander of each tier of a fleet to layout the relative positions of one tier below.
Fleet Commander can layout Wing positions, Wing commanders can layout squad positions, Squad Commanders can layout member positions.The axis would be in orientation to the anchor of each group.

For instance:
A squad commander wants his HIC to be point. He flags the HIC as the warp anchor. The axis align with the anchor. He wants his two BCs to be rear of the HIC by 20km spread in an over-under formation, so he selects one ghost and drags it back by 20km and up by 10km, the second he drags back by 20km and down by 10km. He clicks accept. When he squad warps to a location, on arrival, each ship will be in its appropriate position relative to the anchor ship.

Similarly, wing commanders would be able to drag ghosts of squads (showing the layout of the ships within) into relative positions. The squad center would be the anchor of that squad. He would select a squad as the wing anchor, which would then adopt that squads anchor as the wing anchor. On a wing warp the squads would arrive in relation to the anchor of the anchor squad.

The same applies for Fleet Commander and wings. So on a fleet warp to zero, the fleet would arrive with the HIC at 0 and everyone else in position around it.

Not only would this allow for a cleaner method to FC (primarily with group warps) and allow for a cleaner battlefield(no more blob of purple), but it would look pretty damn sweet.

This wouldnt break mechanics either, as (with much more hassle) the same outcome can be achieved if each squad warps to their optimal.

A second, related idea would be to make this overview available only to ships with a special high slot module, forcing the commander to sacrifice DPS for better fleet management. Call it a "Warp Drive Synchronization Processor" or something.

Creating your own fleet formations would change the way bombing runs are conducted. It might even make them less effective.