Suggestions & Complaints are here for you both dutiers and non dutiers to suggest and complain about things. Keep it simple, mature and easy to read. If your post is deleted that means the issue is resolved.
Suggestion, not a complaint.
How come we're a battalion when we barely have enough
people to even make a platoon?
Quote from: Smirnoff on 02-01-2011
Suggestion, not a complaint.
How come we're a battalion when we barely have enough
people to even make a platoon?
IC, it's all IC.
Quote from: Jake on 02-01-2011
Quote from: Smirnoff on 02-01-2011
Suggestion, not a complaint.
How come we're a battalion when we barely have enough
people to even make a platoon?
IC, it's all IC.
But I still doubt the fact that duty has 95 more battalions IF we are the last one to be created, considering a battalion is everything from 300 to around 1200 soldiers.
Even all of them only contains 300 each that would still make 28 thousand soldiers. (115 thousand if they all consist of 1200)
Quote from: Smirnoff on 02-01-2011
Quote from: Jake on 02-01-2011
Quote from: Smirnoff on 02-01-2011
Suggestion, not a complaint.
How come we're a battalion when we barely have enough
people to even make a platoon?
IC, it's all IC.
But I still doubt the fact that duty has 95 more battalions IF we are the last one to be created, considering a battalion is everything from 300 to around 1200 soldiers.
Even all of them only contains 300 each that would still make 28 thousand soldiers. (115 thousand if they all consist of 1200)
IC. End of story, no discussion.
Could we possibly reassign the medical bay to merge with the barracks? Yesturday I was doing some medical RP with Wolf and wanted to build out the medical bay a little more to realise it was also the seminar room; meaning we all had to clear out for the classroom to be made. I would like a dedicated medical wing because I'd like to spend more time at it and RP in-depth of my profession.
Hopefully soldiers will also RP more than just battle injuries and perhaps come seeking assistance with medical requirements (illness/sickness - Radiation perhaps, aches/pains etc.).
Quote from: Faxxon on 03-01-2011
Could we possibly reassign the medical bay to merge with the barracks? Yesturday I was doing some medical RP with Wolf and wanted to build out the medical bay a little more to realise it was also the seminar room; meaning we all had to clear out for the classroom to be made. I would like a dedicated medical wing because I'd like to spend more time at it and RP in-depth of my profession.
Hopefully soldiers will also RP more than just battle injuries and perhaps come seeking assistance with medical requirements (illness/sickness - Radiation perhaps, aches/pains etc.).
I'm actually doing some kind of that RP right now, I'll be sure to come in at a later time and give you some passive to do.
Maybe close the apps, we got enough people in Duty already.
We need to mass-recruit just a bit more so we can pummel Freedom, yet.
Quote from: Bucky on 06-01-2011
We need to mass-recruit just a bit more so we can pummel Freedom, yet.
Then let's proceed spawning ragdolls and making up fights with them.
No, I'm bored on Duty, because there is nobody to fight except NPC's.
Cause 10 dutiers on at once is not enough to pummel 5 freedomers >.<
Quote from: lolKieck on 06-01-2011
Quote from: Bucky on 06-01-2011
We need to mass-recruit just a bit more so we can pummel Freedom, yet.
Then let's proceed spawning ragdolls and making up fights with them.
No, I'm bored on Duty, because there is nobody to fight except NPC's.
Then we should perhaps break relations with Mili so we can fite...
Or another idea: Bother Exile to let Rav and I bring Monolith back as an actual faction.
Quote from: Bucky on 06-01-2011
Quote from: lolKieck on 06-01-2011
Quote from: Bucky on 06-01-2011
We need to mass-recruit just a bit more so we can pummel Freedom, yet.
Then let's proceed spawning ragdolls and making up fights with them.
No, I'm bored on Duty, because there is nobody to fight except NPC's.
Then we should perhaps break relations with Mili so we can fite...
Some members tried that. We don't see that as an economical solution. So you can forget about it.
Quote from: Duranblackraven on 06-01-2011
Or another idea: Bother Exile to let Rav and I bring Monolith back as an actual faction.
Now that's more like it.
Close the apps. We have lots of cannon fod- I mean recruits, we have about 15-17 members. Most of 'em are active. Sooner or later if we'll have too big crowd, it'll be too hard to maintain it.
Quote from: lolKieck on 22-01-2011
Close the apps. We have lots of cannon fod- I mean recruits, we have about 15-17 members. Most of 'em are active. Sooner or later if we'll have too big crowd, it'll be too hard to maintain it.
Sadly not all of them are active.
That damn music blake puts into threads, that's in your info thread right now. It's embedded to where you can't turn it off. It's awesome to see something I want to read, then get my ears blasted out by something I can't control the volume to. Also, maybe I don't want to listen to it, and listen to something ELSE while reading? Think of the people that have to read it, not it's 'cool factor'.
Quote from: Duranblackraven on 22-01-2011
That damn music blake puts into threads, that's in your info thread right now. It's embedded to where you can't turn it off. It's awesome to see something I want to read, then get my ears blasted out by something I can't control the volume to. Also, maybe I don't want to listen to it, and listen to something ELSE while reading? Think of the people that have to read it, not it's 'cool factor'.
Have to agree with Duran. Why the other night I was playing a game that has really low volume so I had mine almost cranked on full blast. Came on to check the forums and BAM I got ear fucked... Please for the sake of our precious ear drums remove the music.
Everyone else liked it. Well removed now.
Next to each persons name in the Squads Roster, you should write what special loadouts each person currently has. Format should be <loadout as explained in the loadout requisition forms>/<special items/weapons> Example: "Spotter: Leonard Maskinsky - Spotter/VSS". This could help with planning squad based events and combat tactics so we know who has what, and who can do what.
Maybe make a heavy infantry squad?
Quote from: Archangel94 on 21-05-2011
Maybe make a heavy infantry squad?
I say its not gonna happen, it would remove the use of normal infantry a tad too much.
We've got more NCO's than Soldiers. Fix that.
Quote from: lolKieck on 30-05-2011
We've got more NCO's than Soldiers. Fix that.
As I said when we discussed, its a tough question to handle.
Think about it from our point of view (Or more so, Gman's).
I still belive that the problem is a lack of soldiers, rather then an overflow of officers.
As long as new people join, it's a problem that will hopefully disappear on its own.
And besides, if the officers do a fine job, I still dont see any reason to demote them solely because we need more regular soldiers, that rank is rather tough to attain, and it requires a lot of devotion and skill.
If you manage to earn it, you get to keep it if you can do the job properly, you wont be demoted because we need more regular soldiers.
Quote from: Smirnoff on 30-05-2011
Quote from: lolKieck on 30-05-2011
We've got more NCO's than Soldiers. Fix that.
As I said when we discussed, its a tough question to handle.
Think about it from our point of view (Or more so, G-Man's).
I still belive that the problem is a lack of soldiers, rather then an overflow of officers.
As long as new people join, it's a problem that will hopefully disappear on its own.
And besides, if the officers do a fine job, I still dont see any reason to demote them solely because we need more regular soldiers, that rank is rather tough to attain, and it requires a lot of devotion and skill.
If you manage to earn it, you get to keep it if you can do the job properly, you wont be demoted because we need more regular soldiers.
This.
It's not my fault that everyone below the rank of Junior-Sergeant leaves/left. And I certainly can't just demote everyone. However, do not fear, I have a plan in case we end up with 6+ NCO's/CO's. Besides, there are a few NCO's that are
this close to getting the boot out the door. No names, for obvious reasons.
I'd suggest a bar in our base, it would give Stalkers and Dutiers likewise something to do, wich would make it more fun to rp with us (look at freedom for that)
Change up the ranks, having four officer ranks (Not including leader) and two 'regular' ranks (Not including trainee) doesn't make sense. Slapping people up as officers right off the bat doesn't really work either, and while I'm not questioning your decision making skills, ranks hard-earned mean all the more.
Quote from: Yorty on 07-06-2011
Change up the ranks, having four officer ranks (Not including leader) and two 'regular' ranks (Not including trainee) doesn't make sense. Slapping people up as officers right off the bat doesn't really work either, and while I'm not questioning your decision making skills, ranks hard-earned mean all the more.
If you have any idea's, i'd love to hear them.
We received absurd amounts of criticism when switching to anything else but the ukrainen army rank system, and in said system, the only non officer ranks are soldier and senior soldier.
I suggest you get some knowledge before you post as well, we're certainly not making people officer's right off the bat, and anyone in duty know's this, the officer rank takes time and devotion to earn.
Quote from: Astarathia on 07-06-2011
I'd suggest a bar in our base, it would give Stalkers and Dutiers likewise something to do, wich would make it more fun to rp with us (look at freedom for that)
That's a good idea that won't take that much work to implent either, we just need someone who's good at building to build a proper bar for us at a proper spot, and a trader to inherit it.
We could make some ad's for traders that the spot is open as well.
I'm only going on what I see in the application thread, and that's what it tells me.
And so what? Duty itself doesn't follow that system if you look at their ranks in the game, but again that has to do with translations.
Quote from: Yorty on 07-06-2011
I'm only going on what I see in the application thread, and that's what it tells me.
And so what? Duty itself doesn't follow that system if you look at their ranks in the game, but again that has to do with translations.
If you by any chance is referring to an application with the note "Reinstated as Sergeant", its exactly what it means.
Previous officer's within duty has left the faction and gone for a break, and are now returning to the faction, and thus being reinstated to their previous rank.
To answer your second statement, yes they do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Ukraine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Ukraine)
The ranks will remain the same as they have always been. The end.
How about making General or something lower and make people start out as Sergeants, since the whole battalion is elite iirc.
[sarcasm]That's a great idea! And why don't we make you the General?![/sarcasm]
Elite Battalion? Doubtful. No offense, but half of all the people is (IC) complete idiots, disrespecting higher ranked people, as well as not taking the initiative to do certain things. And we can't make "General" an actual rank anyway. There is only one, ONE, General in Duty, and he is certainly not stationed on the front line.
So unless someone can persuade Exile to making 85'th Battalion a Elite Battalion, then no.
Quote from: Nova on 07-06-2011
[sarcasm]That's a great idea! And why don't we make you the General?![/sarcasm]
Elite Battalion? Doubtful. No offense, but half of all the people is (IC) complete idiots, disrespecting higher ranked people, as well as not taking the initiative to do certain things. And we can't make "General" an actual rank anyway. There is only one, ONE, General in Duty, and he is certainly not stationed on the front line.
So unless someone can persuade Exile to making 85'th Battalion a Elite Battalion, then no.
As said before, get a freaking bar in DUTY. If you already answered this with a "NO" then i'm sorry that i'm asking it again. Is there even a quartermaster, that can be your barman. You will attract way more people to DUTY. And when you said most of your people are IC idiots, how about you fix that and don't complain about it?
Well, how about YOU stop telling the faction leader how to do his own job and let him and his officers settle the issue of disrespect on their own time. In the meantime, no, we don't have a QM, no, we don't have a bar, yet stalkers swarm our elevators every day annoying the piss out of us, looking for work. I think we're set mate, but thanks for the opinion.
You're clearly not following this (GeneralGold). I said no to a Elite Battalion. I never said no to a bar. A bar would actually be nice. And as Bucky said, leave the disrespect part to me and the Officers.
The bar idea is good. On the sidenote, elite battalion is a no.
Giving more jobs to the stalkers will improve your standing with them.
I might drag Sanctioned into Duty base.
Quote from: Dug on 07-06-2011
The bar idea is good. On the sidenote, elite battalion is a no.
Giving more jobs to the stalkers will improve your standing with them.
I might drag Sanctioned into Duty base.
Speaking of that note, I went to the DUTY mechanic for some stuff. Guess you guys aren't that closed to 'stalkers'
Can we perhaps get a Warrant Officer ranking in between sergeant and Lieutenant. Sergeant to lieutenant is skipping a bunch of ranks and it is a real ranking in S.T.A.L.K.E.R (in SoC the guy who leads the dutiers gaurding the gate name is just Warrant Officer)
Quote from: meetdadoom on 08-06-2011
Can we perhaps get a Warrant Officer ranking in between sergeant and Lieutenant. Sergeant to lieutenant is skipping a bunch of ranks and it is a real ranking in S.T.A.L.K.E.R (in SoC the guy who leads the dutiers gaurding the gate name is just Warrant Officer)
No. Already talked with the others about this, and they didn't like the idea. I don't really like either.
I think it would be neat'o to have the insignia in the Charphysdesc instead of the name. . . makes promotions easier on everyone
The roster... An update is needed.
Indeed it is members who arent on it need to PM me.
Duty really needs to make events like training and things like that to make people interested in the faction. For now we mostly just guard which makes Duty look like dull gate guarding simulator. Thus leading to lack of recruits. (We just can't go outside the base with Freedom staring at us and waiting for a moment to stomp our balls out of existance.)
Quote from: Gonztah on 18-02-2012
Duty really needs to make events like training and things like that to make people interested in the faction. For now we mostly just guard which makes Duty look like dull gate guarding simulator. Thus leading to lack of recruits. (We just can't go outside the base with Freedom staring at us and waiting for a moment to stomp our balls out of existance.)
Plans to make events like this have long since been thought up, we've simply been attempting to find the right moments to put them into action.
First off, I don't mean to question the current integrity of Duty or the speed at which we are attempting to repair it's damaged state. But we, the regular members of the faction. Aren't included in the administrative decisions made concerning the faction. Now, before I continue, just know that I realize these issues take time and can't be resolved in a matter of days or even weeks, but we've received no updates on the matter since the date Ace took control of the faction and that was nearly ten days ago. All I'm saying is that we could use a little update now and then, just to know that we still have a place in this faction or if it's even going to return at all in the near future. I assume the latter isn't an issue, if it was, a new leader would not have been appointed, however it's still a possibility. And like I said, we don't get included in the inner workings of the faction, so if nothing is happening at the moment, please say so, if it's going to stay like that for a while, at least offer us the ability to temporarily detach ourselves from the faction to seek roleplay opportunities elsewhere, like in Freedom the UKM or with a Minor faction / P.B.G. I may just be an impatient arrogant bastard, but I'm just concerned for the faction. I love Duty and all, but it's becoming one of the most comatose factions in SRP and it probably already is. TL;DR, give us an update please Ace, or someone.
Don't even bother reviewing applications without biographies because it's against the application format. Public applications guarantee that there's no corruption or favoritism involved so please stop going against traditions and common sense. I'd also like to see the backstory of this character posted, as it's missing the biography completely:
http://www.forums.hypergamer.net/duty/duty-applications-open/msg180729/#msg180729 (http://www.forums.hypergamer.net/duty/duty-applications-open/msg180729/#msg180729)
Saw it now, thank you.
The reminder still remains: secrecy isn't the way to handle matters like application management.
That particular case was discussed with Lent and he didn't feel like making his backstory public. In the end as the faction leader it's my decision if I accept such applications or not. However I would prefer if they'd post the background on the forums instead of PMing it to me. Some people don't want to post it and they'll talk with me about it.
If you need any help with GFX (for medals, ranks, etc.) send me a PM and I'll help you out like I did with the freedom roster.
I suggest that we should probably get some proper training going to teach new members the ways of duty an how we operate, especially before they are promoted to solider. My wasn't trained before he became solider but luckily he has served duty in the past.