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[kalaratiri]

I know I'm probably not the only one here who enjoys theory crafting fits for various ships and roles, so I was wondering if there was any support for the idea of a ship fitting sub forum on here? Just somewhere to post the fits we love, compare notes, and harass each other for putting a small cap booster on a battlecruiser

[Saede Riordan]

I'm down for this

[Vincent Pryce]

Not a bad idea. The Art of Boat-Violence-do for RPers.

[kalaratiri]

I did in fact completely miss this section Thanks for the move Cia.

[Chell Charon]

Up with this sort of thing.

[Safai]

Yeah, this is a sub forum I would post in.

[Alain Colcer]

i know we all play eve here, and we could discuss several ways to fit, but honestly i think it would be best if we leave that out, FHC and other sites already provide plenty of stuff to work with.

[kalaratiri]

i know we all play eve here, and we could discuss several ways to fit, but honestly i think it would be best if we leave that out, FHC and other sites already provide plenty of stuff to work with.

True, but there are plenty of people here who don't follow FHC or similar site due to the general tone of the place. I think that backstage has a much more friendly atmosphere (in my experience anyway) and so would be a good place to discuss fittings and tactics. There are also plenty of RPers who either already pvp or are looking to be involved in it, and a place where they can discuss ideas on combat with other RPers seems like a useful addition to the forum to me.

It need not even be a dedicated fittings section, maybe a more general 'combat' sub forum could be made with a place for ship fittings and explanation of piloting techniques could be made. Things like crew casualty numbers would also fit into the discussion.

Just throwing ideas out there

[Morwen Lagann]

As long as people understand that the rules still apply there, I don't have anything against the idea.

Ship fitting tends to get pretty contentious, so, I just want people to keep that in mind.

[Valdezi]

+1

[Ghost Hunter]

I don't see the point of it that isn't already covered in better ways by other websites (battleclinic, etc). More personalized discussion, I guess.

As long as people understand that the rules still apply there, I don't have anything against the idea.

Ship fitting tends to get pretty contentious, so, I just want people to keep that in mind.

This, is mostly why I am leery about it.

[kalaratiri]

My particular wish for one is to provide actual advice and information to RPers looking for help with pvp, whatever their experience with it, that a site such as battleclinic would not neccesarily give. Also, lots of the fits on battleclinic are outdated or just not that great.

As much as I want this to be a place for fitting advice, I would also love it if there was space for people to talk aboit the experiences they've had with pvp, give battlereports of combat with IC enemies and provide feedback to each other on their style of combat.

I understand that fitting discussions and others like it have a habit of becoming heated, but as I mentioned earlier I also think that backstage has a calmer overall attitude than somewhere like FHC. Backstage is also in possession of an extremely effective and alert moderator team, unlike FHC where the mods are very relaxed, or battleclinic which features almost no moderation at all. I think that these things combined should help to keep any discussions reasonably civil.

The great thing about fitting is it doesn't matter if you don't like someone else's fit, you can just make your own

(Apologies for spelling and/or grammar, I wrote this on my phone :l )

[Khloe]

Roleplayers are, for the most part, storytellers by nature. I think a subsection where people can describe their PvP experiences would be a cool idea as long as people aren't dicks about it. Sharing fittings is cool too, especially if a discussion pops up about other fits that might work in that same circumstance.

+1 to this idea!

[Safai]

For sure. I can understand the mod team's caution here—we've all seen someone being lambasted for asking a silly question, if not ourselves, or a discussion on fitting devolve into mudslinging—but there's merit to the idea, and I'll echo what kala said about providing practical pvp (or even pve) advice to newer players.

Backstage has a pretty significant viewership of both rookie and veteran players, facilitating gameplay knowledge between them in an environment they already feel comfortable seems worthwhile to me. Could be a place for not only fittings, but guides and stories and focused spaceship talk.

[Alain Colcer]

Roleplayers are, for the most part, storytellers by nature. I think a subsection where people can describe their PvP experiences would be a cool idea as long as people aren't dicks about it. Sharing fittings is cool too, especially if a discussion pops up about other fits that might work in that same circumstance.

+1 to this idea!

On the other hand the above would get my stamp of approval

One thing is the fit itself, another the story behind it and how it has worked in several occasions