Tista
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Posted - 2009.12.13 01:36:00 -
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The concept of a command ship fills 2 roles, the first is that they provide defined bonuses to a gang without even entering combat, The second of which is to provide advanced high power combat ability and to tackle even the biggest of ships whilst sustaining a tank and dishing out amazing damage.
Now, there are many issues with this ship class and I will attempt to address all of them.
The first is the fact that these ship classes are known to be extremely powerful, they are known to hold the potential to turn the tide of combat and due to this command ships destroy their advantage.
The second of which is their price tag, this will come into play later.
In a fleet of sustancial size a command ship will almost always be primaried, this is due to the fact that in fleet combat of such a size a single kill counts for nothing.. so why not skip the biggest threats (since there are usually no single ships threatening enough to worry an experienced FC) and move straight onto the ones that will provide nice juicey killmails for your killboard.
Hence one of the issues with command ships.
So in large combat situations your command ship will be at great risk, now for smaller engagments.
Usually in small gang combat command ships are often seen as a huge threat, the big daddy of small fleet warfare.. the one ship you want backing you.. or the one ship you do not want to see.
So here comes the "flee for your life" factor of command ships, they are a huge threat.. and everybody knows it.. so when you see that bugger on the field you know to get your ass outa there.. or primary it.
So there is another issue.. people run from your exponentially powerful ship.
Now back to the cost of your command ship.. here comes the real kick in the balls for those command ship pilots.. who will almost ALL agree with me when I say that teir 2 battlecruisers more than make up for the slight bonuses of tech 2 battlecruisers with their low cost and high versitility.
So you have the option.. spend 120-200mil on your command ship with highly increased bonuses, or stick to your bog standard 30mil... less threatening.. understated teir 2 battlecruiser.
I find the con's far outweigh the pro's of this ship in the sense that they are very very very good ships.. yet it is their biggest downfall.. they are too good and thus they are evaded, or taken down far too quickly to be useful.
That is.. only my opinon.. and I could indeed be a million miles off but I thought I'd try to explain the issue in words.
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"this is the templar fighter used by carriers"
Originaly quoted by Shania Eria.
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