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Feast on Thrones:
I would say that if you feel confident then anyone can in theory be the captain and not the pilot. But  I am a big supporter of the captain being the pilot too. I agree with everything Sasha has said

Moriarty:
Gold fish and squids tend to have a spare person. It wouldn't insane to have the spare engie giving the orders and communicating with the other cap.

DDwarriorfire:

--- Quote from: HamsterIV on May 12, 2013, 12:58:51 pm ---I agree with Sasha completely, but I also want to add that the captain gets to choose ship and weapon load out. You are putting a heavy burden on your pilot by forcing them into a ship of your choosing and letting them figure out how to fly it in game. This is fine if you and your pilot know each other, but is completely unacceptable in a pickup crew.

Before I take a ship out (or after a new patch) I spend a few minutes in practice checking weapon ranges and fire arcs. It lets me better position myself for trifectas and skirting the fire arcs.

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Ya I wouldn't make a pilot fly a ship he isn't comfortable with.  Thankfully I fly with people I play with on a regular basis and we practice often.

DDwarriorfire:

--- Quote from: Sasha H. Gorky on May 12, 2013, 04:46:13 am ---It takes more time to coordinate while non-pilot is a captain I believe.
Because when a team captain wants to focus on the specific ship you have to tell your pilot which target he should focus and then your pilot have to tell the crew which side he will take to shoot (on junkers, galleons, squids for example). If pilot is the captain, he only needs to coordinate the crew.
If your team wants to focus on one enemy ship then someone from your crew have to tell you that (in most cases pilot, because there is no time for engineer to look around in tough fights) so you can inform other captains about that. So again if a pilot was a captain he can easly look around, make decision, inform other captains and coordinate the crew.
When I am playing engineer I sometimes really have no time to stay in one place for longer than 1 second (except when I rebuild things, but then I still can't look around battlefield) I don't imagine repairing, listening to other crewmembers, listening captains, talking back to them and giving orders at the same time.

Anyway it's all about preference, but you should have in mind that every second counts in this game.
Correct me if any of my statements are wronger than my grammar.

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My position to captain effectively relies on the 2nd mech doing his job well. 
Luckily communication is rather easy with a long  range ship as I direct him to locations and firing wise he communicates with the gunner regarding effective arc.'

Ultimately I agree with you but with my current mates, I'm the much better sniper (since I intentionally destroy the enemy weapons and engines on a shot to shot basis.)    While my pilot is a really good flier he isn't comfortable being the captain or technical guy so until then I've taken up that position.

Hopefully in the near future I can take pilot as captain or the current pilot becomes captain.   Like you said, as we get to higher lvls of play, every second counts

Enjix:
It's definitely not the norm, but as you are a pre-made ship, there is nothing wrong with it.

As long as 1) Everyone is on the same page, and 2) You are not failing horribly, keep it up!

Just out of curiosity, what ship are you using? Sounds like a spire to me.

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