Only problem is, what if I'm the only non-fleet online at the time? I cannot group?

Yeah I have to say that there will be many times I won't want to group at all, and do not want to be forced to.

On 2009-01-19 05:02, Meko wrote:
1: Is the shared pres stuff server by server? or does it transfer around the entire MV?

There will be a proximity to which prestige is shared. Whether this is per server, or per system, we don't know, but it deffinately will not spread to the entire MV.

2: What about Idle people? when u said 'automatically' in the post, the first thing i though of was some midshipman going AFK in an ecm scout at a random location, only to return to the computer as a 2nd RA.

We're already talking about ways to prevent this.

3: does this re-introduction of grouping include gang warp and formation flying?

Grouping, currently, is only planned to share prestige. We have no plans to make a gang jump or formation flying (also, how do you pick who has control over these things - what if you don't want to?).

4: Are you intending to add a hotlinked menu in a later patch for ease of UI use? ill explain what i mean. when in a gang, a minimizable window (say f8?) contains the name of everyone in your fleet with a clickable name. (click to select) that way people can say "Jump to me guys i need backup" or whatever and people dont need to A; sort through the crap in f2 screen, and B; wait for the f2 screen to update.

A UI overhaul is slated at some point in the future. It's of importance to us, so it's not far down the list. At the moment, we'll probably be using the old grouping window to show all of this.

5: concerning missions, are they going to be NPC missions; ie go here, do that. or are they going to be a high ranking player assigning a mission for 'capture awaiad' and some other lower ranked guy accepting the mission, and thus getting the bonus pres?

It's unknown what type of missions will be available, and how, when we do impliment the system, but rest assured we'll have something for everyone.

5a: assuming the answer is NPC spawnable, how will they be levelled? its rather easy for a GA to cap a planet, but if a midshipman were to be assigned the same task, it would be a nightmare.

5b: assuming the answer is player spawnable, how are you going to ensure its unfarmable.

Whilst it may be easier for a FA to cap a planet, they also require more prestige to get to the next rank. There will be variance in the missions, ie, if you have to kill something, then the difficulty will be much higher for a higher ranked player.

Farmability is a valid concern, and we've already taken steps to stop the AI farming (or rather, lower the prestige from it). Most likely, if we see farming becoming an issue in missions, we'll do something about it.

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On 2009-01-19 11:33, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
(also, how do you pick who has control over these things - what if you don't want to?).[/b]

On 2009-01-19 13:53, Faustus wrote:
Groups are no longer going to be automatic... we are going to do them just like before, where players can form, join, and leave groups on their own.

So automatic grouping is nixed because of the reasons you guys have given...

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