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[damn_tall_marine]

Ok, i had another idea for an ability for the supercarrier. It is a fleet buff, but hear me out.

So, from what ive been thinking, the Supercarrier is usually going to be the flagship of your fleet, or at least the fleet centerpiece. Therefore, wouldnt it make sense to give it a buff that improves the overall effectiveness of all of the ships in the fleet?

Here is what im proposing: a non stackable buff that gives a few improvements to all allied ships in the gravity well, such as improved turning rate, weapon damage/weapon cooldown (one or the other), or hull point restoration (maybe 1 or 2 points per second). Again, this would be a non stacking buff, so it would not work to make 16 supercarriers and expect this buff to be multiplied. Also, the numbers i am talking about for these buffs would be small, around 10% to 15%.

Now for the canon explanation as to why this would make sense. UNSC Supercarriers could have been like the spartans in a sense that they brought morale to the UNSC when they were around. These ships could have made the rest of the UNSC fleet believe they might have a fighting chance (im assuming this, i dont have actual solid proof). So, it makes sense that a supercarrier would bring a lot of help to its fleet, hence this buff, which could fittingly be called "Morale Boost".

This is more or less me rambling about an idea i came up with in 10 minutes, any thoughts/suggestions are welcome, as well as ways to balance this ability if it is considered to be used.

Oh, and one more thing. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY MEANT TO REPLACE THE ION BOLT ABILITY lol

Well I don't know about morale boost but It would make sense if the Supercarrier had a smart AI aboard like Roland on Infinity, and the AI can boost the ships, within broadcast area, the boosts that you described?

[KhevaKins]

The Charon's have an AI based ability that gives a buff. I think it is called Smart AI and it coordinates the fleet together or something like that.

[Defender0]

Well I don't know about morale boost but It would make sense if the Supercarrier had a smart AI aboard like Roland on Infinity, and the AI can boost the ships, within broadcast area, the boosts that you described?

just so you know, the supercarrier now has a buff like this, its based heavily off of my idea in the "new supercarrier ability" thread.

[damn_tall_marine]

just so you know, the supercarrier now has a buff like this, its based heavily off of my idea in the "new supercarrier ability" thread.

Ah well now I look like a total retard, face palm

[sloosecannon]

Ah well now I look like a total retard, face palm

Meh, you didn't know... not an issue

[Defender0]

Ah well now I look like a total retard, face palm

In your defense, it was implemented just last night

[damn_tall_marine]

In your defense, it was implemented just last night

Ohhhhhh I see how it is pick on the new guy! Haha well I can't wait for the next patch then this game just gets better and better, so did they to with your idea of morale boost as the name? Or are they still working that out?

[Defender0]

The name is "Fleet Command", and right now, im trying to get it to work on my version, so i can tell someone how to change it, because right now, it isnt working correctly lol

[Defender0]

Why? Its name fits the role it fills

[damn_tall_marine]

Hey if you create a fleet does it come with a bonus? Cause I think if you organize your fleet and have a chain of command you should get a 1 to 2% across the board?

[Defender0]

Hey if you create a fleet does it come with a bonus? Cause I think if you organize your fleet and have a chain of command you should get a 1 to 2% across the board?

Well, the way the UNSC fleet works is that a lot of ships have small buffs that stack. So, what you want is a large fleet with a lot of variety, to get a lot of each buff.

The way the supercarrier buff is working is that it will give a few ships worth of each of the frigate/cruiser buffs to the entire fleet. So, its a few small buffs applied over a large amount of ships. This is what you are talking about, except its a bigger boost.

[damn_tall_marine]

Well, the way the UNSC fleet works is that a lot of ships have small buffs that stack. So, what you want is a large fleet with a lot of variety, to get a lot of each buff.

The way the supercarrier buff is working is that it will give a few ships worth of each of the frigate/cruiser buffs to the entire fleet. So, its a few small buffs applied over a large amount of ships. This is what you are talking about, except its a bigger boost.

Thank you for putting it in marine terms. Now I understand lol

[Defender0]

Thank you for putting it in marine terms. Now I understand lol

XD i wasnt even trying to, but youre welcome. TBH, im just a geek who sits at a computer when he isnt at college or doing homework.

[damn_tall_marine]

XD i wasnt even trying to, but youre welcome. TBH, im just a geek who sits at a computer when he isnt at college or doing homework.

That's alright I'm just a jarhead that sits on the computer and play games while I am suppose to do reports XD

[damn_tall_marine]

Because it sounds like a boring unimaginative name, I personally wouldn't use it simply because of the bad name.

So are you saying it should be "Her royal majesty's command"?

[mhdalyn]

I give all my capital ships the names of dragons from various fantasy sources.

EDIT: I don't feel this worthy of a new post, but I think I might start naming them after memes. "The allied vessel 'Bad Luck Brian' has been destroyed" sounds pretty great to me.

[damn_tall_marine]

Woah, hold on you can name your capitals!?