I trained max information warfare skills specifically for one Info Claymore fit for the AT. And then joined CCP before ever actually flying that ship on TQ.

Any thoughts on adding another level in the hierarchy so a fleet can hold 1,281. Granted I am not a fan of massive scale combat, but the game needs it. All wars are fought on a coalition level and the players have outgrown the current max numbers allowed in a fleet. This would also open up another level of bonuses where information (or a new version of it) could see use in large scale combat. Regulating them to a squad commander spot is impractical when you are only helping out ten people total. You are just better off bringing a combat ship.

why not four racial battlecruiser skills to V after patch if i have bc V?

Changing skill requirements for capital ships from Racial Battleships 5 to 4, but introducing or increasing other skills to keep the same overall training time requirements

I think this is a bad idea. Low end capital ships at the moment have very niche roles for a pretty big ISK outlay so making people still have to train forever to get into one after having a bigger grind to get to battleships strikes me as a little unfair. 30 days is a moot point if you're going for supercapitals anyway because all the other skills will take a year or more to train and the ISK investment is colossal.
It wouldn't have been so much of a problem pre supercarrier because capital ships were deployed a lot more but now it just seems like another nail in the coffin. It doesn't affect supercapital pilots or supercapital wannabes because they're going to have to invest in a year or more of other skills after they can sit in a capital ship anyway a 30 days difference isn't a huge deal if that's what they really want to do.

Especially when 16 supercarriers with a small support fleet can do the job of about seventy odd capital ships in olden times.

It won't affect me so much anyway because I am a supercarrier pilot, I just feel bad for the new people who see capital ships and think they're awesome on their first day.

However, let's throw a brainstorming concept out here just for fun: What if gang links worked a lot like warp disruption spheres?

Changing skill requirements for capital ships from Racial Battleships 5 to 4, but introducing or increasing other skills to keep the same overall training time requirements

However, let's throw a brainstorming concept out here just for fun: What if gang links worked a lot like warp disruption spheres?

It's still a nerf to the boost itself {...}

Problem with gamers on the internet--"nerf" has become synonymous with "reduction".

However, let's throw a brainstorming concept out here just for fun: What if gang links worked a lot like warp disruption spheres?

Would be cool if you fixed the HORRIBLE drone UI before you made half of the ships DRONEboats.

You're sure that you want the game designers monitoring this thread getting involved in a long outstanding UI issue?

There are better targets for that (5 y celebrating Karkur, Puncturis and "don't touch that button" Tuxford seems likely) and they appear to be well aware of it.

Let's focus our balancing wrath on Ytterbium and his game designer minions ;)

I like this idea. Offgrid boosting is hokey, even for miners.

I like where the whole devblog was going.

Er because it means that? Maybe you're confused with a reduction being a bad/negative thing for balance, or in some way implying nerfing involves instantly bringing something below average or competitive, rather than just down from too high a place?

But how would you feel if this increased skill would be shared across the capitals? Like JDO5 and JDC4? Like the BlackOps ships have?

Er because it means that? Maybe you're confused with a reduction being a bad/negative thing for balance, or in some way implying nerfing involves instantly bringing something below average or competitive, rather than just down from too high a place?

I wouldn't mind, Jump drive operation would be a good one for it since you need it to 5 before you can train the other useful skills. It would also save the headache of zero skill carrier pilots trying to hop on a logistics chain .

Jump calibration to 4 before you could sit in the ship is a bit harsh though, although it makes sense.

designer minions lol

You mentioned technical difficulties, is this really so hard to program?

Technically they're my minions