It's called being aware of your surroundings and quick reaction times. It's not hard to retarget a teammate and give him a tac team / tss / extend. If you've seen the veteran pvp cruiser captains who actually know how to support and sustain fire, then you'll have a hard time alpha striking his teammate.

Yes, this goes for both pug play and team play.

I'm guessing you fly fed most of the time? There's a lot of zombie cruisers out there that only care about themselves. They don't know how to function in group play.

I haven't seen any voice comm ingame but that doesn't mean there isn't one. It could be buried somewhere. I've never heard anyone promote it ingame though.

Also Ramone when you say the alpha is doomed do you mean the attacker of the target?

Because I almost never die in my BoP unless I get careless. Whenever I alpha strike it's obvious within a few seconds if it's successful. If it's not I simply use polorize hull, evasive manuever, and engage battle cloak. Then I circle around and repeat.

H.Ramone is one of the pilots in RE, and they often field a defensive setup that's annoying to break in pvp. It's a battle of attrition against them, and they will tractor / shockwave / cpb / FOMM & beta you as you cloak up.

tac team = failed alpha (well, maybe not failed alpha but you don't insta kill him) ..

edit: or omega + evasive, good team support through ext. shields + tss + hull heal. although that's nearly impossible in a pug because most puggers don't heal team mates

My main is KDF Sci flying a carrier. I also play a KDF Tac captain flying a BoP, and a FED Engie flying a dreadnought. I tend to split time between my KDF Tac and the FED Engie. I find the KDF Sci carrier setup too easy so I haven't been playing it lately because when I do I feel guilty.

I've repeatedly used the alpha strike/photonic shockwave tactic with my BoP and seen how effective it is. It's an I-Win if you use it right especially in coordination with another player. Generally targets are dead before they are anyone near them can react. Sure, if you're an good healer with lightning fast reflexes you can sometimes keep your teammate alive but in my experience most people can't or don't.

then they should get better

If Fed Tac Escorts could use this ability I think you'd feel very differently.

You haven't flown against good feds have you?

actually the mvam can.

and i know what i'm talking from .. while i'm normally flying a fed escort i do have a tac bop .. so i've seen it from both sides.

MVAE can run shockwave I but granted its not as good as running shockwave III on a BOP.