Well Corey (this might be a little to "internal" for the rest of the viewers), but a good FC would not leeroy into a gatecamp.. Loose ship and pod, then make a 2 page mail in "roleplay-mode" about how unjust it was..."bla...bla...bla..." and that the Corp is set KOS by CVA..."bla bla bla bla"...

A good FC would have that gatecamp scouted out, then he would a) go around it if he could not muster up the right fleet-comp to take it on. b) Break the camp with hes superior knowledge and tactics or c) welp the hell out of the fleet for funs and giggles

Thanks for the corp-mail btw.... i dont think i have heard quite that many grown men laugh so long and hard ever before on our comms

Roleplayers

Well Corey (this might be a little to "internal" for the rest of the viewers), but a good FC would not leeroy into a gatecamp.. Loose ship and pod, then make a 2 page mail in "roleplay-mode" about how unjust it was..."bla...bla...bla..." and that the Corp is set KOS by CVA..."bla bla bla bla"...

A good FC would have that gatecamp scouted out, then he would a) go around it if he could not muster up the right fleet-comp to take it on. b) Break the camp with hes superior knowledge and tactics or c) welp the hell out of the fleet for funs and giggles

Thanks for the corp-mail btw.... i dont think i have heard quite that many grown men laugh so long and hard ever before on our comms

Roleplayers

I know of an alliance that could use your expertise, if not a whole coalition.

DBRB is a top tier FC not because he is particularly good at FC'ing, it's because he's tireless. He doesn't really burn out, so he just churns the enemy down.

Flexibility.


The ability to adapt your tactics on the fly to meet a changing situation. Far too many FC's I have seen who wait and wait and wait for the enemy to do exactly what they want and then get flustered when they do not. These people lack the aggressiveness to press an enemy when they are on the back foot and as such are always fighting on the back foot.

When I was in my last alliance we had an FC like this. Decent ship and comp knowledge (most of the time) but indecisive and timid.

Communication

You could well have the finest tactical mind ever to grace this game but if you can't communicate your wishes in a concise manner to your fleet you are useless. Fc's who can't pronounce words or names or who ramble on get the fleet killed.

Decisiveness

Often a poor choice carried out well yields a better result than no choice at all. FC's who freeze or fail to make the choice to commit or withdraw and lose ships in dribs and drabs to a fleeing enemy or lose too many dancing around before committing to lose the fight before it begins.

Self Reflection

"What can I do better" "What went wrong" "Why did that ship die"

In defeat you have to be able to reflect on your mistakes and figure out how to rectify them in future. Even in victory a good FC will reflect on how things could have been made better.

Resilience

Losses and defeats happen. Do not allow yourself to be demoralised. I have seen FC's with great talent resign their tags and even leave the game after even moderate losses.

Aggression

For all the dancing and positioning sometimes it can be the best tactic to go hard at an enemy with little finesse. Most effective against inexperienced FC's who tend to crumble under pressure. You tend to perhaps lose one or two more at the beginning of a fight but once the enemy crumbles it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Know thy enemy

Some FC's in the game have a massive ego. Some I have FC'd against are even spacefamous for this reason. For this I shall provide an example. The first is Supertwinkey 69 of NCdot fame. When fighting him in kalavela he brought a rokh fleet to fight our ragtag battlecruiser gang. Earlier in the campaign another FC hid 60 battlecruisers from 13 t2 frigs. So I made a show of running away. They gave chase. It did not take long for their fleet to get spread out. I then turned my fleet around and warped back to their tail end. I pretty much got to free fire on several of their ships before the bulk of their fleet arrived. And in their rush to help their mates they warped in line to the gate getting pulled into one of our dictor bubbles. These rokhs were now forced into a brawling fight. It did not end well.

It was his own overconfidence I exploited. The correct thing would be for him to stand his ground and deny the space and safe the system.


The ability to say NO

Often members of an alliances command will pressure an FC to engage when it is inappropriate to do so. Too often they will accept this and go in and die. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valour.

Well this is my little addendum. Ho

From my experiences, the best FCs are those who can give a clear and comprehensible order in just the right number of words. Anything too lengthy or too short leads to confusion. When people are confused they screw up and if enough people are screwing up your fleet dies.

Just be clear and concise, only say what you need to say but make sure you actually say it.

Of course, this is from the perspective of a typical grunt who has never FCed anything in his life.

3-¦ Don't sing or make us listen your **** music.

I Disagree with alot of those. For example voice discipline. Fleets are meant for fun, if we wanted one person droning orders for us all to follow we would be in the army.

whelping into fleets tht you cant win - wrong again. firstly every fleet is beatable if you play it smartly. 2ndly, whelping fleets whilst taking many ppl with you and enjoying it whilst dying is also fun (game remember?!) for example DnD/FATE suicide dropping dreads in k3 onto cfc dasboot camp.


TLDR: ur advocating a good fc is one that only FC's ganks in controlled environments with no risk to own fleet. You are everything that is wrong with EVE and a fundementally flawed human being.

3-¦ Don't sing or make us listen your **** music.