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Traynor Youngs
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.07.05 13:53:00 -
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At Fanfest, the lead designers said that the commander flies the MCC, has the view of the 3D map that you use when you spawn in, and can call down installations and such onto the battlefield.
The Commander is also able to set objectives that pop up on everyones map and HUD. Being on voice coms at the same time.
So I imagine it would work something like this:
Commander keeps the MCC back and out of range of the missile turrets in the rear while giving order for one squad to board the dropship that he has already called down and go behind enemy lines.
The other squads, he orders to assault one objective, and as soon as the objective is hacked, he calls down a couple of small turrets to help defend it till its done. Then he orders the squads to move on, but orders a couple of heavies to sit and defend the objective if he needs to.
Commander orders scouts to locate the enemy and call in orbital strikes to keep them pinned down while the bulk of the force is traversing the map to assault them.
All the while he is flying the MCC in a way that avoids as much damage as possible.
The games we are playing right now would only happen with a brand new commander who doesn't know much, in a corp that can't afford to deploy much and we are just rushing the outpost and hoping for the best. |
Traynor Youngs
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
287
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Posted - 2012.07.05 14:08:00 -
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Commander Xtreme wrote:I'd love to see only the best people being commanders aswell, i.e. commander isn't voted, or isn't highest SP, but rather is selected via Corp leader in corp battles - that way, if your CEO chooses crappy commander, then it doesn't matter as much, as oppose to some random guy joining auto filling commander slot due to highest SP
Any ideas on how commanders will take control (over other players?)
Commander will be decided before the battle starts and only in corp matches, there are no commanders for the battle moons.
The commander will be like the FC in Eve, telling you where to go over voice comms and broadcasting objectives through their interface.
There will never be a commander role for a pick up battle of people who don't know each other. |
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