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Jonathan Wolf Deacon
Drak N' Gol Confessor
Willuw Everquest Imperial Navy Slicer
Charlotte Talvanen Imperial Navy Slicer
Macilles Enyo
Ana'ander Lamora Jaguar
Ran Rotsuda Retribution
Jeracho Dorne Enyo
xtx loki Imperial Navy Slicer
Kranamor Andedare Enyo
Jonathan Wolf Deacon
Drak N' Gol Confessor
I called for undock and did the classic new FC thing of warping myself instead of the fleet. I know it happens to even the most seasoned FCs, but goodness does it make me feel stupid when it happens to me (and I usually don't mess it up). We locked up the Typhoon and started to break his armor and as was reported, two Leshaks jumped through and sat there. I wasn't worried about Leshaks since we seemed to be holding just fine. There was a problem... We were holding, but so were they. What do we do? We started losing ships, including our initial tackler due to the massive drone damage. I ordered someone in a Slicer or Retribution to redirect their attention to drones. Once the drones were gone, we were back to the stalemate. What gives? I know Typhoons can be tanky as ever, but what do we do?
That's when Troven advised me that Leshaks have a ton of utility, including the ability to remote repair and cap chain with each other. There was nothing we could do to break the Typhoon while those two Leshaks were on field. We tried bumping them apart, but our frigates just couldn't make enough of an impact. Troven suggested having someone reship into a boosher in order to separate the two Leshaks and thereby cut off the Tempest from its reps. I asked who could. After some role swapping, we had a boosher pilot reshipping. I made the unfortunate mistake of not clarifying that I wanted the boosher to reship and return as quickly as possible, so our boosher was simply sitting docked up waiting for the order to undock and warp to someone. After the boosher undocked, the Tempest and two Leshaks jumped into hisec and away they went.
Ships lost:
Enyo
Enyo
Confessor
Positives
+ I'm glad I stepped up this time.
+ Fleet was very responsive to commands and didn't hesitate.
+ Fleet was incredibly forgiving of my little mistakes like warping myself.
+ Assigning someone to defang reduced a significant amount of their effective DPS.
Negatives
- Not knowing what Leshaks can and cannot do seriously hindered my ability to command effectively and probably cost us those ships.
- Having a non-doctrine ship on field was a liability. I should have paid more attention to the fact that it was still on grid and called for them to reship or stay docked.
- I need to be more confident in my command. In my mind, that would have meant deciding for myself that we weren't breaking the Typhoon and changing tactics. I shouldn't have waited for Troven's gentle prodding suggestion. Even though I didn't know what to do, calling it earlier might have saved our ships and I could have gotten that boosher on field sooner.
Edit: Mistakenly identified the ship as a Tempest when it was in fact a Typhoon. Updated the post to reflect the correct ship.
Edit 2: Removed my commentary about being in fleet and on Mumble since it comes across judgmental. The real reason this was important was because I, as a new FC, did not know the capabilities of a Confessor and therefore could not utilize it properly. Pilot was stuck in hisec and once they made it through I should have asked them to reship and join the fight. Staying on grid in the non-doctrine ship wasn't pilot error, it was FC error. I don't want anyone thinking I blame the pilot.