Is there going to be a war commander

[tazz]

Sorry if this may have come up, but i dont think it has so i dont care, yes i do. Confused yet?

Question: Is there going to be a war commander(top rank), who gets to sit in a comfy chair away from battle, but gets to organise platoons that will follow him.

[Mazelmavin]

Nobody knows how command will work. There is little or no information on the subject. I hope we get some soon.

[diluted]

open beta will have the true answeres to everything

[Sputty]

There will be platoon commanders but that's as high as it goes they say. Also, I don't think there are comfy chair anywhere in PS

[Tolvy]

I'm sure it's possible to do, if everyone in the empire goes along with it. The only thing that might not be possible is the comfy chair. :p

[tazz]

But the comfy chair is critical.
Cause my idea for this war commander is that he sits down in this comfy chair, and logs into this virtual system (or simply he gets a monitor to look at), and with this he gets a 3rd person perspective of the battle (maybe freelook, or get to follow people in a certain radius). Also he probably gets a cool looking map or the surrounding area, maybe a pic from a satelitte (so its a real time map).

[Tobias]

A dev will be high commander for each side I believe.

[Sputty]

That doesn't exist yet....Sort of weird...Why would anyone want to do that anyway? Nothing to do but watch some people fight from a distance

[tazz]

i dunno.
Just dont question human kind.
Cause there is probably someone that likes to sit on a comfy chair and organise the battle. They dont have to do it all the time, maybe theywill do it for more commander points, points that you can only get by doing to so, which gives you better options or upgrades or something worth while.

[Sputty]

Currently, Commanders can command squads or platoons, which is up to 3 squads joined together into a platoon. CEPs can raise Command ranks to allow for command bsaed things like orders and different armor skins

[Navaron]

It's Me.

[Lexington_Steele]

I would assume that a commander with more CEPs, and subsequently more command abilities, would be better equipped to sit back and controll a battle from his confy chair. Depending on the specifics of the abilities it could probably be done.

What I am wondering is are Command abilities goiung to be like Certs where you pick and choose which command abilities you want next?

If this is the case, then is the number of command abilities beyond the command certs you can get, so that their is a specialization element for commanders?

[Hamma]

We will probably get some info on the command system tonight.

[Sputty]

Can't wait for that tonight. I'm excited

[tazz]

Sweet post it as soon Hamma, this would be sweet to know

[Zaphod_42]

tonight you say....sweet...:p

[Madprofessor9]

As for the question on who would like to set back from a distance and watch the fights and not do anything but command who would do that? I think thats how the question went :)
my opinion on that theory would have to be people who like RTS's
do it all the time they command there units to go blow things up/recon etc you get the point. if this element was to ever come in the game I would support it personally cause then it would open the game up to the people who are die hard RTS fans. people will flee from games like starcraft. to a 3d virtual online 24/7 battle field. I know I would if I was really into rts's :)
people who are real good with RTS's are also real good with tactics. its just getting the players to listen though
I personally would listen to a leet rts player over a fps player anyday of the week when it came down to postion tactics
so basically different game tactics would basicly fall into 4 categories these are the guys I would listen to with no aurgument in PS
postional attack and defence tactics = elite rts gamer
battle attack and defence tactics = elite fps gamer
flight tactics = flight sim aces (me for example)
armored coloum tactics = elite tank sim players
so you see ps would need us all! :)
I only said me in the flight sim cat only because thats what I do I'm a airwar history nut. as well as a pilot my self. I didn't mean I'm the best at it just meant someone with my background in the air industry I would prefer listening to then someone with a lack of air knowlege and tactics on how to supress the enemy. and get out alive
:) well theres my 2 cents worth again :)