You can have 2 alts smartbombing each other in HS if they are in a limited engagement/duel. Or of if one of the alts is suspect/has SS -5 or lower then the other one can attack first and that will create limited engagement between the 2.
But if any unrelated party comes close - both your alts will be concorded.
You could Duel them that starts a limited engagement timer which will last until neither of you have attacked each other for 5 minutes.
But if anyone gets in the blast that is not a legal target you get concorded
So yes if you are planning to bomb NPCâs you could do it by duelling the other player ship.
Shut down all existing public fleets (eg. boosting Orca opens fleet to public access to provide boosts. Someone joins and Fleet Commander sets free fire. Suddenly either the Orca is being attacked, or mining ships in the fleet are). It would become a huge risk to join a public fleet.
Bypass existing mechanics (ie. Duel) where both parties agree to be in an engagement before it starts. If a fleet can be set to freefire, then that puts all of the power in one party only. The other party doesnât have a say.
Be used to bypass the âno friendly fireâ setting of a Corp, so even Corp fleets become more of a concern for people to join (eg. highsec indy corps often have many different people that start fleets for the corp. If the FC can set the fleet to free fire, then even if the Corp has no friendly fire possible, awoxing through a fleet setting would become possible again, without most people expecting it - though I donât see that as a bad thing, many would)
I personally would love such a mechanic. Not only for webbing alts to be able to web freighters without a duel, but because it would also provide opportunities back for the scoundrels in the game, as many of the mechanics that used to be available have been removed over the last 5-6 years.
I didnât bring it up as a complaint. The OP asked why couldnât a fleet free fire mechanic be introduced (for highsec to avoid CONCORD - see the title of the thread for explanation) and I answered that. I wasnât complaining.
Nor was I even referring to awoxing specifically. I think my reference was to scoundrels, and fleet free fire wouldnât be Corp specific, but fleet specific. Not necessarily awox related in many cases, but still not a great idea for CCP to introduce, even though I personally think it would be great.
Of course, being you, thereâll be no acknowledgement of that. Just continued ignorance.