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Tornii
Infinite Point
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Posted - 2015.11.29 10:16:47 -
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I remember my forum question about four years ago regarding if CCP was still interested in developing a fleet formations feature saw a reply from a dev saying they were indeed still looking into the possibility. Is this still the case or is the idea done and dusted?
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Lugh Crow-Slave
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Posted - 2015.11.29 13:22:44 -
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Soon(tm)
Fuel block colors? Missiles for Caldari T3? Corp Stasis
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Dolorous Tremmens
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.11.29 15:30:29 -
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Fleet formations are for sheep. Sheep go baa. Baa you formation flying sheep, baa..
And a moo thrown in for good measure for the fc.
It would look nice in commercials, esp with new dd weapons slicing them to bits.
I don't see submarines flying in formation, and for space... Well check out honeworld to see how irritating it would be for the guy in middle with the little lowest speed and transversal. Would you stay in formation when you'll be the most obvious easiest target to pop?
Only if you want to look cool. Oh yeah that was the entire point of formation flying.
Get some Eve. Make it yours.
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Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat
FETID
1948
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Posted - 2015.11.30 12:04:02 -
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Like Tackle warp to 0, dps warp to 20 and logi warp to 60?
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Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.11.30 12:08:11 -
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So if a fleet goes into formation, what speed do they move at? Different skills will mean different speeds, your line DPS ships will be different to your logi, your recons, your support etc...
What do you see formations actually doing, besides making you a bomb target? |
Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat
FETID
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Posted - 2015.11.30 12:10:22 -
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Danika Princip wrote:So if a fleet goes into formation, what speed do they move at? Different skills will mean different speeds, your line DPS ships will be different to your logi, your recons, your support etc...
What do you see formations actually doing, besides making you a bomb target?
Pretty to look at when you doing mining fleets :)
however who decides the formation anyway? fc says what formation and my **** automatically aligns into this formation, i dont even need to move my ship manually? i can just press f1? 
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Tornii
Infinite Point
DARKNESS.
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Posted - 2015.12.01 18:15:20 -
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There are numerous different ways the system could be implemented. Formations could be used for certain situations (e.g. a fleet's DPS wing shooting a citadel gaining damage/range bonus when set up in formation), or for certain ship classes (e.g. anchoring formations for logistics), etc. There were some ideas floated around when the feature was first discussed on these forums years ago, and I'm just asking the devs to know if they're still thinking about it.
The point of introducing fleet formations in EVE would be making actual gameplay look more like what the game claims to be. When you promote yourself as representing this, but what you actually have is this, that's not really inspiring.
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Markus Reese
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.12.01 18:55:08 -
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Formations at best could be done as a passive thing if side effect aoes existed such as damage reduction, more speed, etc. But would ned to be doable without removing active pilot input.
To quote Lfod Shi
The ratting itself is PvE. Getting away with it is PvP.
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Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
3993
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Posted - 2015.12.01 22:22:49 -
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Tornii wrote:There are numerous different ways the system could be implemented. Formations could be used for certain situations (e.g. a fleet's DPS wing shooting a citadel gaining damage/range bonus when set up in formation), or for certain ship classes (e.g. anchoring formations for logistics), etc. There were some ideas floated around when the feature was first discussed on these forums years ago, and I'm just asking the devs to know if they're still thinking about it. The point of introducing fleet formations in EVE would be making actual gameplay look more like what the game claims to be. When you promote yourself as representing this, but what you actually have is this, that's not really inspiring.
Again, what decides how fast a ship is going in formation? Who controls this? What advantage does it provide that the current practices don't? What controls which ships are in which subformation, is this just a huge pile of admin work for the FC?
Does anyone actually play zoomed in in big fleet fights? |
Tornii
Infinite Point
DARKNESS.
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Posted - 2015.12.01 22:29:43 -
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Danika Princip wrote:Tornii wrote:There are numerous different ways the system could be implemented. Formations could be used for certain situations (e.g. a fleet's DPS wing shooting a citadel gaining damage/range bonus when set up in formation), or for certain ship classes (e.g. anchoring formations for logistics), etc. There were some ideas floated around when the feature was first discussed on these forums years ago, and I'm just asking the devs to know if they're still thinking about it. The point of introducing fleet formations in EVE would be making actual gameplay look more like what the game claims to be. When you promote yourself as representing this, but what you actually have is this, that's not really inspiring. Again, what decides how fast a ship is going in formation? Who controls this? What advantage does it provide that the current practices don't? What controls which ships are in which subformation, is this just a huge pile of admin work for the FC? Does anyone actually play zoomed in in big fleet fights?
re: advantage - I noted possible bonuses in my previous post.
re: the rest - I'm not sure if you read the OP where I said fleet formations were loosely mentioned years ago as a future possibility. It was never reviewed in that level of detail.
re: fleet fight zooming level - yes, some of us do use closer zoom levels; plus some fleet situations (like structure bashing) don't require zoomed out tactical view; plus the possibility of fleet formations is not only about large fleets.
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Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
3993
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Posted - 2015.12.01 23:20:46 -
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If you're not willing to actually discuss the idea, why did you make a thread?
if you're sitting on a structure in a formation, are you moving or are you painting a gaint 'please bomb me' target on your face? If the former, what decides your speed, if the latter, why would anyone actually do it for anything other than an unopposed structure bash, which will always be a lot quicker to just bring in some dreads for. |
Tornii
Infinite Point
DARKNESS.
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Posted - 2015.12.02 05:33:56 -
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Danika Princip wrote:If you're not willing to actually discuss the idea, why did you make a thread?
I think I made it pretty clear that I opened this thread to ask CCP whether a feature I had received feedback on some time ago was still thought about. My ideas about FF were not at the forefront of discussion the last time and I'd let those more proficient at brainstorming raise technical points about it this time as well. I'm only intending to hear whether CCP has abandoned the hope of making actual gameplay look like what the game strives to be.
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Hopelesshobo
Tactical Nuclear Penguin's
507
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Posted - 2015.12.04 01:00:49 -
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Just going to drop this here ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjiCv2jPdU
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Tiddle Jr
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
654
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Posted - 2015.12.04 03:13:45 -
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nice one  is your fc Emilio Estavez and your call yorself mighty pinguinz ? haha really good one |
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
683
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Posted - 2015.12.04 03:42:05 -
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Eh...the Russikiye Vityazi (please tell me I remembered how to spell that one correctly) would still do it better anyways. Leave formation flying to the pros, please.
Besides, have any of you peeps actually seen the way those guys fly...those Flanker pilots are f'ing nuts! Props, Russia, props.
"Tomahawks?"
"----in' A, right?"
"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."
"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
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