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Posted - 2012.11.07 03:58:00 -
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Raziel Tyrael wrote:
I don't know about you guys, but to be honest I never saw RL general giving boost to his fleet on the front line :)
In which case you should look at history a bit more.
What do Generals do these days? They are politicians and strategists, they have very little to do with co-ordinating military manoeuvres.
So who really leads from the field? Well most armies have regiments lead by a Colonel level equivalent, with the ranks of Lt. Colonel and Major carrying out more managerial sides of running a regiment and Captains being the highest rank that frequently sees combat. Then you need to think about perspective. These high ranking officials ARE on the front line. They don't run in front of everyone with their sabres anymore, but they most certainly are in a place where an attack on their life is possible.
Even then though the scale of men you are talking about here is extreme. Assuming the British army uses Platoons of roughly 50 men, and 5 platoons reporting to a captain you're talking 250 men, the same amount of people in a EVE fleet. So actually if you look at say Goonswarm or Test, The Mittani/Montolio are like the Prime Minister/President making final decisions in terms of strategy, their senior FCs/Sky Team/Whatever being the generals (who generally don;t FC a massive amount) and then people like DBRB and Dingo GS being Senior Field Officers (i.e. Captain, Major, Lt Colonel) who do FC a lot.
Of course this only matters if you look at recent history. A general that didn't lead from the front was traditionally labelled a coward. There are plenty of stories of kings and generals leading horseback charges. Even in WWI there were plenty of stories of platoon commanders leading their men over the trenches, leading, into machine gun fire.
Then of course there's the fact that you're comparing the wrong rank. What you SHOULD be comparing to is the Navy as we are flying ships not walking on the ground. In which case proper Admirals (i.e. the ones on boats) actually DO sail with the rest of the fleet in a position where they can be attacked. We fly capital ships in EVE, you know where the phrase comes from? Big massive naval vessels, such as aircraft carriers and battleships which are usually where the admiral is. Traditionally the Admiral was in the biggest ship, with the most guns (e.g. the HMS Victory) however these days the Admirals generally pick slightly smaller and faster ships then the rest of the fleet to ensure they don't put themselves in a position they can't be protected by the rest of the fleet (they are still with them you'll note).
TL;DR
Your argument is stupid, the comparison is stupid and off grid boosting is stupid.
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Posted - 2012.11.08 12:47:00 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:
So mindlinks providing a modest bonus would be fine, but the bonus is too big a part of the overal picture at the moment, we'd like to move some of that bonus elsewhere.
Don't get me wrong I'm not a games developer, but surely the easy option is to nerf mindlinks and boost bonuses?
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