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On grid boosters - Discussion Topic

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Sephiroth Clone VII
Brothers of Tyr
Goonswarm Federation
#81 - 2016-06-30 05:22:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Sephiroth Clone VII
Thinking of every science fiction drama, the command ship is typically with the fleet, screen by other things but still in the thick of them. Having off grid boasts would only be good in a sci-fi story would be a comical parody of one.

And for pvp with people doing solo pvp with off grid boasts the examples people have mentioned is cheap.

The command BC's do have some fighting bonuses that make them used for things other than boasts so they can do it, and fc's in real big fleets and go do tatics to try and protect them adding a new sort of meta game.

I feel for orca and roaq's which would be crazy to ever put in a belt, but still would be worth it to remove the creasyness of every other offgrid boaster. Mabey could have it be like how industral ships and freighers with jump fatuge are realsticly or unrealsticaly able to ignore jump fatige that totaly affects combat ships, so if you want to be a coward off grid boasting you can do it, you can olny do it with minning boasts in a roaq or orca : D
Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#82 - 2016-06-30 17:06:32 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:
Cade Windstalker wrote:

Besides all of this though, just the fact that you consider Boosts to be so powerful says that they should be on-grid and under direct risk of getting shot rather than off-grid, hidden, and quite safe (you know, in comparison).


you know as good as I do, that they arent going to be on grid. People will stop using them or just in fleet warfare when they can be protected.

Sonya Corvinus wrote:

If you're afraid to PvP without boosts, you're risk averse enough that I'd say good riddance.

im not afraid to pvp without boosts, I'm just saying I can engage in far less fights.


We run boosts about half the time. We pvp w/ a fair amount of command ships. Guy throw 1 or 2 links on some of them.

I really think that there are 2 issues that are being addressed.

1. Frustration - not being able to legitimately engage a ship that is doing a lot to take you out.
2. The shitfit 6 link boat off grid boosting allows.

Let's be honest here - if there was a reasonable way to engage off grid boosters their fitting wouldn't consist of links, cpu modules and command processors. The mechanic is as garbage as the fits utilizing it. It's time has come and gone. Good riddance.
GsyBoy
Doomheim
#83 - 2016-08-02 14:42:32 UTC
I dont care what happens to boosts, on/off,increase/decrease, include bells...no cares, let people do what they want to do.

One request though - we need effects or 'bonus tag' (similar to crim tag) that shows that an individual is under their effects.

Thought i was shitter than I was and fits not right until realised peeps were soloing with bonuses, maintain a list now of known pilots and refuse to engage.

Must be even more fustrating for newer players.

Either that or make on-grid.

Do something asap please.

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