Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if am EVE pilot is already connected to the district at the start of the battle they get a free orbital as soon as the battle starts?
This seems like a dumb idea to be honest, we've had this a few times against us and we've dropped a few of our own as the battle starts. Is this working as intended?
I'm not against the idea of an EVE orbital every 3 minutes, in contested space this seems to be a pretty good/fun idea, and gives the EVE guys something to do, but surely that orbital at the very beginning of the match is a mistake?
The first orbital being available at the 3rd minute would at least let people set up as opposed to trolling the people that have spawned on the ground.

This isn't a rant thread by the way, would just like to know whether the EVE orbitals are supposed to work like this.

Cheers :)

Yeah, our PC battle yesterday was us just dropping orbitals the whole time. Every time some one started hacking and the letter starts blinking, you know it's coming.

I wouldn't mind if orbitals cost ISK that is paid to the pilot who dropped it. SLs wouldn't just drop the one after the other, waiting for better opportunities so infantry can frag each other before being vaporized.

Isk needs to be given out more, but also required to do more tasks. We need more of the basic RPG mechanics. I'd love to change up my merc quarters more to my tastes and characters theme. Statues, weapons racks and the like.

I think making certain actions if not all come with a price tag will make every step feel more integrating.

How many OBs would we be dropping if they cost 750k or more?