PvP with PUGS most often ends up with a scattered fleet against a FedAmoeba that slowly moves around the map.

What's the fun in that?

I suggest that Cryptic make shields degrade in a Fedball like when you cloak so if you are there for more than 10 seconds you have zero shields until you move away from the other ships?

It would make PUG PvP fun again!

this is such a great idea, why didn´t cryipzik introdukt it yet?

It's been posted here that a good way to break up a Fedball is use Repulsors in the middle of it. And to a great extent it actually works.

bad idea... the fedball is the only way to fend off a focused alphastrike....

but there ARE lots of ways to break the fedball! All it takes is for the other team to apply a tiny bit of tactics! Not just "find a target and fire on him". Even with focused fire that is rarely the best way to go.

One way is the proven bait&trap tactic, but believe me there are other just as good ways, that i rarely see applied.... Try thinking psycology, try thinking fire range, take advantage of your cloak and try breaking up your final goal into smaller more manageable goals: If you think "shoot him and don't die" you will break yourself against the fedball. Shouldn't your top priority be to break the fedball? After that is done, you can start focusing fire and killing.

good hunting!

Sorry, there are ways to break up the Fedball. Learn them. Baiting or getting them to give chase can work, tractor beam repulsors works very well too when used properly.

Great idea!

I got a better one!

How about an I-Win button instead!? :p

It is hard to implement any of these strategies in a smaller ship like an Escort with totally unhelpful PUGS.

There is an IWIN button, it is called a Fedball.

My personal tactic is to try the bait and trap.

Once I have had my fill of the total lameness that is the Fedball, I cloak, park under the Starbase and minimize the program so I can check my email and browse the forums until the mission timer ends.

I'm merely offering an alternative to that and if these Fedball players are so awesome, then they can figure another way to break an Alphastrike, like maybe scattering.

You don't like the Klinks because they have cheater ships and attack you from behind. You don't like Feds because they ball up and defend themselves. What exactly does your ideal opponent do? Self destruct?

"I don't like people using the only viable defense against our invisibility, please remove it"

how about no?

Start randomizing the respawn point, please. the "lets park where we respawn" thing is getting old. Ball up, fine. But having respawns always right there? That isnt a "tactic"