Pandi V
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Posted - 2011.10.11 15:14:00 -
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Cool changes, especially that logging out can no longer save your ship, something that should've never been possible in the first place
In regards to supercarriers
I think a lot of people are forgetting that Supercarriers and Titans are supposed to be alliance assets not player assets, which means that whether you can successfully field them or not, should be an indication of the strength of your alliance as a whole in terms of manpower, resources, leadership and organizational efficiency.
Example: Lets say Denmark suddenly decides it wants to be a great naval power and builds 5 brand new aircraft carriers but because of lack of funds and manpower it doesn't build any other ships to support them. In their first encounter with the Britsh fleet, which currently only has one aircraft carrier, they subsequently get their ass handed to them. Why? Because the smaller and much more numerous British vessels would just be able to sail right up to the aircraft carriers and pound them to bits, because there were no Danish ships to protect them.
Denmark was too small and weak a nation to properly field aircraft carriers, and were subsequently thrown back to highsec because they had no business playing with the big boys (Britain).
If a major alliance of 2000 or so pilots has so few active pilots available that it's unable to muster a fleet of 50-200 subcaps to support each Supercarrier, then they should not be able to effectively use those Supercarriers.
In fact if they can't even manage to scramble together a rescue fleet for a ratting-Supercarrier in need, then they deserve to not just lose that Supercarrier, but also all of their space as well! They should be getting their asses kicked and be thrown out of nullsec and not be able to come back until they get alliance leadership that's actually able to motivate them to log on.
All in all, this change will help to bring down a lot of the paper-tiger-alliances that have around 1500 pilots, but of which 95% are inactive or alts, and only a fraction of the remaining 5% actually show up to defend their space, and does so in Supercarriers and Titans, which makes defeating them impossible, despite that fact that there are no support fleets for them to count on.
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