Originally by: Mike Yagon

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I'd love to see level 5s finally being the group missions. Where standing is shared, as well as the reward. Ofcourse, how to make this nice and balanced, hard to solo and fun to do is hard. Capital ships would definitely be interesting, but I think it needs more than just really strong/deadly targets. I'm thinking along the lines of several objectives that need to be accomplished simultaneously. A bit like the "Push these two buttons at the same time to open that door" solution you see in FPS games.

For example, your target is to destroy an Angel Capital Shipyard, which exists in a two-pocket Deadspace zone. They recently built a new Nidhoggur and it's testing itself against Minmatar Republic Fleet ships. They are in trouble and you have to help them out, as well as take out the shipyard. You get two bookmarks. One to the Shipyard and one to the battlefield with the Carrier fighting the Matari ships. Additionally, you are informed that there is a secret passageway to the Shipyard, if you can find it you can avoid the first Pocket which has a lot of defense. But to find this secret passage way you have to scan the system, and possibly hack the gate. (Finally some use for Hacking outside COSMOS)

Once you attack the Shipyard, the Nidhoggur pulls back its fighters and tries to return to the Shipyard to reinforce it. Hence you need a few guys attacking the carrier, keeping it occupied with the Matari fleet while the others assault the Shipyard. The other group can choose to go straight through the defensive pocket, or have a scout figure out the secret entrance and hack the gate to open it. If the Nidhoggur gets out and manages to reinforce the Shipyard prepare for a big battle. ;)

I reckon that would be a good group idea for the mission. A few crazy people can still try and solo it, taking the shortcut straight into the shipyard, where they first take out the remaining defenses and then the fighters once the Nidhoggur arrives.

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