Fleet/squad Tools

DeanWins

I am sure this has been mentioned before? But Does DB ever plan to update the Fleet controls to include the ability to see daily donations, because as it stands now as leaders we are pretty blind. Would be nice to ensure that the entire fleet is contributing equally, and able to enforce that they are, and appreciate the ones that do.

Or at the very least, make holoemitters a bit more attainable, which I know has been talked about since forever.

guest_794681753632768

Id like to know as well.. Seems like crucial info compared to all the other stuff that they do allow us to see?

Data-less (n.) Void of a Data

And be able to remotely activate an Agonizer that they have in their inventory to punish those who don't contribute enough.

Captain_Who

It really sound like no. These tools and QoL upgrades are very low priority for DB.

For example, look at the replicator, the sound problems, the item cap. DB very clearly believes that having a properly working game isn't keeping away any players.

SSR Barkley

the community ended up programming the fleet leaderboard on our own, because DB showed no signs of having it on their priority list.

I'm not sure what you want to see as far as daily donations go. I usually check to see if most people have done at least "35" under daily activity (20 components donated = 1 point). Are you looking for a separate pull down for "donations" ?

Holoemitters are attainable, these were from 1 or 2 skirmish events alone

guest_7456

perhaps a way to auto-kick the moron(s) who puts holoemitters into the reclaimator?

DeanWins

SSR Barkley wrote: »

the community ended up programming the fleet leaderboard on our own, because DB showed no signs of having it on their priority list.

I'm not sure what you want to see as far as daily donations go. I usually check to see if most people have done at least "35" under daily activity (20 components donated = 1 point). Are you looking for a separate pull down for "donations" ?

Holoemitters are attainable, these were from 1 or 2 skirmish events alone

Daily activity groups everything together as far as I know, so there is no way to distinguish what the points are for? therefore there is no way to see if any specific person donated, unless they have full points for the day.

Sure holoemitters are attainable, but I would say from experience the drop rate is significantly lower for them than any other part, which in turn creates a bottleneck which many fleets encounter.

Its easy to gain a large group of holoemitters when you are saving up and spend it all at once on skirmishes, but then there are many days during the saving period where you have 0.

I realize DB doesn't realize prioritize the way gamers might, and are usually more interested in the bottom line, I was just curious if they had spoken on the subject.

Jim Steele

DeanWins wrote: »

I realize DB doesn't realize prioritize the way gamers might, and are usually more interested in the bottom line, I was just curious if they had spoken on the subject.

No, principally because they cant make money out of micro transactions for developing fleet tools. Unless they start charging dil to see who's donated what, which they might do, after all Ryan Air charge people for oxygen masks.

PenguinJim

Jim Steele wrote: »

DeanWins wrote: »

I realize DB doesn't realize prioritize the way gamers might, and are usually more interested in the bottom line, I was just curious if they had spoken on the subject.

No, principally because they cant make money out of micro transactions for developing fleet tools. Unless they start charging dil to see who's donated what, which they might do, after all Ryan Air charge people for oxygen masks.

Riiight, and the EU introduced regulations to rename sausages as "emulsified high-fat offal tubes".

How anyone could miss the satire in that humorous article about Ryanair adding coin slots to their oxygen masks is beyond me.

Wouldn't it be a much nicer world if people took a little more care and responsibility about checking their sources before publishing on the Internet?

Edit: clarity

Princess Trista

I would like the ability to remove players from squads and or squad leaders, and promote players to squad leaders in other squads.

Ishmael Marx

It's not unreasonable to expect the Admirals to be able to see a breakdown of the individual activities of each fleet member. The whole point of a fleet is the co-operative efforts. If you a reaping the starbase benefits but not donating to it, the Admiral should get to see this and decide how to handle it.

Other granular details would be nice for them to have too, but the starbase donation element seems crucial.

-{Punisher}-[BAD]

I know I am probably beating a dead horse. But with the new feature coming out this and being able to see who has their Daily missions done are absolutely necessary. I don't understand why stuff like this hasn't been done already?

Legate Damar

I brought up the donations issue in our fleet chat Saturday. I’ve been worried experienced players are filling up the easy items to acquire and new captains don’t have enough of the hard items to get.

MiT Sanoa

I am against an implementation where only the admiral or officers could see who contributed to what. Transparency is key!

SoupKitchen Riker

Personally, I don’t mind if only the admiral and officers can see specifically “who” donates “what”. If fleet leadership is worth their salt, they should be talking with members about contributions and how the fleet needs that to look going forward. In relation to the new items we can earn, it would be nice if leadership could see and try to steer those for maximum efficiency.

MiT Sanoa

SoupKitchen Riker wrote: »

Personally, I don’t mind if only the admiral and officers can see specifically “who” donates “what”. If fleet leadership is worth their salt, they should be talking with members about contributions and how the fleet needs that to look going forward. In relation to the new items we can earn, it would be nice if leadership could see and try to steer those for maximum efficiency.

Sounds like the army but not a team. I prefer to work and play in the latter.

SoupKitchen Riker

Mirror Sanoa wrote: »

SoupKitchen Riker wrote: »

Personally, I don’t mind if only the admiral and officers can see specifically “who” donates “what”. If fleet leadership is worth their salt, they should be talking with members about contributions and how the fleet needs that to look going forward. In relation to the new items we can earn, it would be nice if leadership could see and try to steer those for maximum efficiency.

Sounds like the army but not a team. I prefer to work and play in the latter.

To each, his or her own.

Drago Musevni

DeanWins wrote: »

I am sure this has been mentioned before? But Does DB ever plan to update the Fleet controls to include the ability to see daily donations, because as it stands now as leaders we are pretty blind. Would be nice to ensure that the entire fleet is contributing equally, and able to enforce that they are, and appreciate the ones that do.

Or at the very least, make holoemitters a bit more attainable, which I know has been talked about since forever.

I'm sure WRG will get right on that. Right after they introduce an 8th and 9th currency into the game as an even more compilated way of obtaining crew.

-{Punisher}-[BAD]

Mirror Sanoa wrote: »

I am against an implementation where only the admiral or officers could see who contributed to what. Transparency is key!

I personally have no problem with everyone seeing it. As long as it can be SEEN.

*Nomad* {PoF}

Drago Musevni wrote: »

DeanWins wrote: »

I am sure this has been mentioned before? But Does DB ever plan to update the Fleet controls to include the ability to see daily donations, because as it stands now as leaders we are pretty blind. Would be nice to ensure that the entire fleet is contributing equally, and able to enforce that they are, and appreciate the ones that do.

Or at the very least, make holoemitters a bit more attainable, which I know has been talked about since forever.

I'm sure WRG will get right on that. Right after they introduce an 8th and 9th currency into the game as an even more compilated way of obtaining crew.

...and adding a few more buttons...

MiT Sanoa

-{Punisher}-[MM] wrote: »

Mirror Sanoa wrote: »

I am against an implementation where only the admiral or officers could see who contributed to what. Transparency is key!

I personally have no problem with everyone seeing it. As long as it can be SEEN.

I would have agreed 3 days ago. Today, after 2 very active fleet mates quit so close to the feature release I think that being constantly tracked by your fleet might cause mass quits as some people could hate being monitored and bothered by the admiral for being "lazy" constantly.

Team Zero

Surely the first requirement of fleet membership is to do the dailies? The vast majority of which can be done in in a few minutes, albeit requiring 3 log ins at least 3 hours apart during the day, coming down to 2 with the scan requirement dropping to a single instance.

This game allows you to log in to you account from multiple devices, I do get that some can be very busy in their lives, but a minute or two with your mobile sat on the toilet gets one of those log ins sorted, surely everyone has to find the time to sit on the toilet at least once a day regardless of how hectic life can be?

I have my routines (not based on toilet breaks) that has worked very nicely for the past 2 years that I've been playing. I owe those in the fleet that built the starbase that I gain percentage points from to help with my daily stuff and events.

I also get that those that have been around 3/4/5 years and built the starbase have 'paid their dues' and shouldn't be chased for a slack day (or 3) each week.

Fleets need to find a balance, it may well look good to have up to 50 L90+ players who may or may not come together for any given event, but that don't need the honor or chrons or for that matter a means to get cards that they already have or simply don't want. Where does that leave all of us?

My main account has no interest in this new feature (but I'll still do my dailies), my alt needs a Martian or Stranded Quark to progress in Galaxy Missions, one will drop eventually one way or another, but I certainly won't be buying.

eXo | Marks the Spot

With this renewed importance in fleet teamwork and people deciding to leave the game/fleets from time to time, the improvements above for fleet management of existing members are definitely needed.

However, another thing that needs to be addressed by WRG has to do with the flip side: Recruiting. When someone applies to the fleet, the admiral gets an inbox message similar to this:
Subject: New Transfer Request to Fleet
Message: "From: CaptainName
A new Captain has requested transfer to your Fleet. Will you approve this request?"
With Dismiss / Accept buttons.

Perhaps some admirals will simply accept anyone that comes their way, but our fleet prefers to talk to the prospective member a bit first. Get to know them, see if they would be a good fit or not. So the only option is to bail out of the inbox without hitting either button and try to find them via the user search screen under the starbase. There's no option to open a dialog from the request itself. Worse, if they picked a common name (especially with "Captain" in it) then the search is not likely to find them. This is frustrating as the admiral because you can't reach out to the person in some cases without bringing them into the fleet itself, and as a captain looking for a fleet I'm sure it's caused some to wonder why various fleets rejected them. Don't get me started on trying to use in game chat to initiate a discussion with a prospective member.

Please WRG, figure out a better way for the request/invite/search system to work.

Ward Serpentine

Nomad (FADM:Patterns of Force) wrote: »

Drago Musevni wrote: »

DeanWins wrote: »

I am sure this has been mentioned before? But Does DB ever plan to update the Fleet controls to include the ability to see daily donations, because as it stands now as leaders we are pretty blind. Would be nice to ensure that the entire fleet is contributing equally, and able to enforce that they are, and appreciate the ones that do.

Or at the very least, make holoemitters a bit more attainable, which I know has been talked about since forever.

I'm sure WRG will get right on that. Right after they introduce an 8th and 9th currency into the game as an even more compilated way of obtaining crew.

...and adding a few more buttons...

The new interface will look something like...