Platoons and Outfit Owned Bases Details

[Winged_Nazgul]

I don't see this anywhere else so if somebody already has this posted, my apologies. I just found out the details of Platoons and OOB's and was interested on what you guys thought of it.

http://planetside.station.sony.com/howto/manual_detail.jsp?id=58531

http://planetside.station.sony.com/howto/manual_detail.jsp?id=58569

[Ghryphen]

Hehe www.PlanetPlanetSide.com :p

[Happy lil Elf]

Curses! Foiled by the company firewall again! Damn you IT department, victory shall be mine!

[Valcron]

Can someone kindly post this information here? Cut & Paste if possible...

My work blocks SOE'S tie.

[Ghryphen]

They are pretty big, try using a web proxy?

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14193

[Ghryphen]

3.10. Platoons
A Platoon is the union of three different Squads that join together for more extensive team operations.
Platoons are formed by opening up the chat bar and hitting Enter (default) then typing, /pinvite <Squad Leader's name>, then hitting Enter once again. This will send an invitation to the player to join your Platoon if they aren't part of one already.
Another method of inviting people into your Squad is by approaching and targeting the Squad Leader and then hitting your Action Key (G by default). Then follow the on screen prompt to send an invitation to them.
A Squad Leader can accept or decline an invitation to join a Squad by using the mouse and clicking on "Yes" or "No" the pop-up window or by typing /paccept to accept the invitation or /pdecline to decline it.
Once a Platoon has been formed, the Squad Leader who invited the other into the Platoon becomes the Platoon Leader. The Platoon Leader may invite one more Squad Leader to join.
Platoon members will join a new chat channel called Platoon chat. They can chat on this channel by starting their messages with the /p command.
The Platoon Squad Leaders also get a chat channel and may chat among themselves by starting their messages with /pl command.
Squads within the Platoon will be designated as the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Squad. Each wing will be marked with a different color for names and map positions. Chat colors will also be color-coded to indicate which wing a speaker is in.

Primary Squad: Gold
Secondary Squad: Indigo
Tertiary Squad: Orange

Secondary and Tertiary Squads are designated as such for organizational purposes. Aside from the Promotion rules listed below, there is no difference in ability between them.
A Squad Leader may leave a Platoon by typing /pleave. All Platoon members will receive a message to alert them that the Squad has left.
A Platoon Leader may remove a Squad from the Platoon by typing /pkick <Squad Leader's name>, All members of the Platoon will be notified that the Squad has been removed.
A Platoon Leader may disband their Platoon by typing /pdisband.
Only the Platoon Leader may draw battle plans, assuming the Platoon Leader is of a high enough Command Rank to use this ability.
All Squad Leaders within the Platoon may place Waypoints if they are Command Rank 1 or higher.
Waypoints will be color-coded to indicated which Squad placed which.
Experience will continue to be divided between members of each Squad, but not across the Platoon.
If a Platoon Leader leaves, the next person in their Squad will assume Leadership. If there is only one person in the Primary Squad when the Platoon Leader leaves, that Squad will be disbanded and the Secondary Squad will assume the Primary slot (see below for more details).
If the Leader of any other Squad leaves, standard Squad Promotion will be in effect.
If the Platoon Leader's Squad leaves the Platoon, the Secondary Squad will be promoted to the Primary slot and that Squad's Leader will become the Platoon Leader. If there is only one Squad left after the Primary Squad leaves, the Platoon will be disbanded.
If the Secondary Squad leaves the Platoon, the Tertiary Squad will not be promoted. Any Squad invited to the Platoon after the Secondary has left will become the Secondary Squad.
All members of the Platoon will be notified that the Platoon has been disbanded under any circumstance. The individual Squads that make up the Platoon will remain intact as long as they have two or more members

[Ghryphen]

Outfits may claim ownership of friendly facilities and gain Ownership Benefits. Facilities must meet certain conditions to be claimed for Ownership:

The facility must belong to the Outfit's Empire
The facility may not be owned by another Outfit.
The Outfit may not already own another facility.
An Outfit that claims Ownership of a facility must have at least ten members.
The Outfit member who claims ownership of the facility must be Command Rank 5 and be one of the top four ranks in the Outfit.
To claim Ownership of a facility, an Outfit member (who meets the requirements to claim facilities) will approach the facility's Main Terminal, located in the facility's Entry Room, and press the "G" key. This will bring up the option to claim Ownership of the Facility. Once this is done, a global broadcast will announce that the Outfit has assumed ownership of the base.

Other soldiers will be informed of the Facility's Ownership when they enter its SOI, either with a warning to enemy troops or welcoming message to friendly troops. If the facility is captured by another Empire, the Outfit will lose its ownership of that facility. An Outfit from the Empire that now controls the facility may then assume Ownership if they wish to and meet the above requirements.

Provided the owned base is operational (secure and powered), there are two benefits to owning a Facility.

Outfit members can press the escape key and select "Recall to Outfit Base". This will then recall the player to the Outfit's facility, similar to recalling to Sanctuary. Outfit members can do this from anywhere on the planet.
Outfit members can choose the owned base as a Respawn location if they are killed on the same continent as the facility.
If an Outfit chooses to forfeit their Ownership of a particular base (for example, so they may claim a different one), an Outfit member who is Command Rank 5 and one of the top four ranks in the Outfit may access the Main Terminal and select the 'Cancel Ownership' option. A global broadcast will announce that the Outfit has cancelled their ownership of the base.

[Aen]

Well the outfit ownership sounds better than i thought it would....
And platoons....well that just kicks ass!

[Hamma]

Good find :D

[Winged_Nazgul]

Actually, if it makes you feel better Hamma, I didn't get that from the Shuttle. An outfit member posted it in our forums and he had gotten it from a PS newsletter he subscribes to.

[Hamma]

doesent matter where it came from, still a good find hehe

[Transporter]

this is sweet i like the platone idea now 30 ppl can get together and organize and attack on a facility with just them like have squad 1 air saport, squad2 maxs/2cloackers, squad3 ground saport like 1 magrider 2 lihtnings and 6 ppl with like lashers of some sort and have 3 ppl be able to fly gals so the can fly the lihtnigs and magride aloneg with the troops and they would have 10 rever or masceto escorts =):)

[Smaug]

I'm still just a bit confused about platoons. I understand everything except commander experience. I am assuming all 3 squad commanders will still get cep?

[Indecisive]

My school blocks searching for anything with "proxy" in the server heh.

DAMN YOU BESS!

[Hamma]

Originally posted by Smaug
I'm still just a bit confused about platoons. I understand everything except commander experience. I am assuming all 3 squad commanders will still get cep? probably, yes

[bryan25]

I Like the outfit base ownership i just think they should give you sumtin better not just the ability spawn there. Any ideas?

[Transporter]

when is it coming out?

[bryan25]

im pretty sure they dont have the exact date but in a range of 1 to 3 weeks.

[Hamma]

Yea definatly in the next few weeks.

[SkunkPunk]

now all they need is a 30 person transport :D

[Nitsch]

Originally posted by SkunkPunk
now all they need is a 30 person transport :D

I'd love to see the death spam of that one getting shot down or (more likely) crashing.

[Jagd]

Can you say Lodestar? I hope it can hold a couple sunderers. :D