You might be right, we will keep a close eye on friendly fire from orbitals once we go live. Reducing the damage orbitals do to friendlies is definitely an option.

yes, they will get LP if they are in FW

I'm sure it's been mentioned but I didn't read the entire thread.

This is going to be a massive nerf to orbitals. Hear me out....

1) You have a squad, but there are 10 randoms on your team.
2) You switch to team chat, but only 3 of the randoms are on team chat.
3) You get orbital support and you are ready to drop your orbital on Bravo.
4) You repeat over and over and over to clear Bravo for the orbital.
5) They don't move. So no orbital
6) Okay lets drop it on A, nope there's a random there that's not on comms.
7) Sorry Eve pilot, you wasted your time.

I suspect after a few days of that the Eve pilots will stop showing up.

that...really makes this difficult.

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BOOM!


and the blueberries lose because they kept rushing in. holy crap, everyone will flee when we hear that deep whale-type sound now!

OMFG you mate are a real whiner are you, stop that most people will simply join team chat in FW because they can die from orbitals or FF
do you really think people are that stupid and will not adapt ???
as many people said FW is for experienced players
if they are experienced and one is a spy/mindless player you still will not be hurt by one guy if he suicide all the time jeez and i don't think that spy/mindless player will have an orbital support that often or all the time
still those guys on orbit can fight too if they see an enemy (not sure about this though not an eve player)
this is i don't know which post i see from you and you only spit unreasonable whine!
you find some unimaginable sporadic situation types and then you present that as a rule for 100% of situations
seriously you are not helping by only speculating all the time...
man it is not that in all matches you will have either a spy or some mindless guys i know that may occur but seriously don't assume, it is stupid, that it will happen all the time....
just stop the whine fest play with the changes and observe first
one more thing stop the mindless orbital strikes, you're not sure just don't call it then WTF you can think for yourself too right?
if you have an advantage to use, it does not mean you have to use it mindlessly all the time...

I really like the idea of flashing a red or orange area on the minimap when you're in range of an orbital....unfortunately it also may necessitate a longer delay timer for orbital strikes (ie 5 seconds between calling it in and allowing it to drop). Of course this also means griefers get a little extra warning to rush into the zone....Even if it was just flashed up as the squad leader calls it in that would be better than nothing.