Perhaps my view into this is at a bit dark at the moment.
Pictures of capital fleets, whith 3 titans+ and massiv dreads / carriers are impressiv, but at least i ask my self:
If big allys are able to field such a fleet right now, what they willbring tomorrow?
Where is the counterpart?
System souvereignety include cynor jamming, make it impossible to fight such a fleet?
Where is the challenge?
Some weeks/ month ago, was a request for ideas about the 3d map within ambulation and what u like to do with it.
Planning attacks/ fleet operations was suggested and it looks like in the video.
But what u want to plan, if u will face for sure a hugh defense capital blob?
Fights should change tobe interesting again.
The base for both sides should be similar, which makes scouting, include generell intel about your enemies more important, then hearing 4 moms 7 carriers 20 bs behind the gate. MMmmmH lets wait and see who has the most " mussles" and patience to sit on the chair and wait something behind the gate will change.
@ Arithron: It could defentiv work and i would like to see it added to the game.
Perhaps testing his capacibilty inside the Faction warfare first?
Depended on anchored stuff (Fleet warfare poses)within your terretory, which define the numbers of members of the fleet.
Systems without such poses could be the Base for planning attacks into it, if u plan it on the 3D map.
I think the biggest problem of this idea is , that it will hurt a lot of peoples if u would added directly into the pvp combat.
The Drawback could be really negativ.
U need a base where u can test it out. And factional warfare could be this base.
@ Ben Derindar
I think there to many things which can keep a player to log of the game.
Real life breaks cames fast. Things u cannot forsight pa example.
So if the capitalis persitent then, and u cannot protect it. At least u couldnt doanything against the real life break, it would hurt him a lot.
Its a pretty drastic suggestion, which open only one chance for the logging capital pilot to protect the ship. Give the command over it , toan corpmember who can fly it.
Its a realy interesting idea.
@zoolkhan
U right drawing " dark pictures " arent good.
But sometimes i see them.

Spreading out supercaps within your constealltion opens the way for a lot of strategic things ucan do.
An i think war is based on strategy.
(Jeah some peoples have a big bomb and a red button to pu**** , far way from strategy,.. but it is written in an other letter.

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Creating isks is alsoeasy in this days, and specially if uhave hundrets of players in background.
High skill prices will not keep them away.
Hundret of peoples sayed they would leave Eve if the would nerf the carriers...
I m personal not sure, if , if it will not overhauled, it will have a negativ drawback within the future.
Definable Roles for them, which a can set in stations for the penalty of other roles.
Limited in numbers, to make fights anf ally warfare more interesting.
At least u are right. Perhaps it will increase slower then i think.
At least the cold time of the yearis defentiv finihsed around me, and dark ppictures willchange into sunny ones.

breg mac
perhaps some question inside the post could be answered. Im realy interest in response and your view.