CR5s that shouldn't be CR5

[Jangiox]

there really should be a thread where each faction could post the CR5s that shouldn't be CR5.

- ED the Mad, pg2 of thread "horrible display of leadership"

great idea, there are so many newb cr5s out there that only point out the obvious in their conts/globals.

[I Hate Pants]

People who abuse thier privilages of being CR5 should lose thier ability to be CR5.

[VashTheStamped]

Originally Posted by Jangiox

- ED the Mad, pg2 of thread "horrible display of leadership"

great idea, there are so many newb cr5s out there that only point out the obvious in their conts/globals.

arg...ive been CR5 since sept, and ive seen all these idiot ppl commin in and bein CR5 spammers and idiots who dont know strategy to save their lives.

[BDMJ]

Ditto except since mid june.

[JuSTCHiLLiN]

One of my main characters just turned cr5. I only use the /c chat. Most cr5's I've seen are dickheads except last night when we locked the world.

[SandTrout]

Never made it to CR5, but I talk a lot with the CR5s in my outfit, so I am able to realize I have more sence than most of the CR5s.

[Madcow]

Our own Diddy Mao heads the list. Anybody that needs to say "The ignore list is for n00bs" to try and keep everybody from ignoring them may as well just turn in their backpack. On the plus side, I did get to use the ignore list for the first time since release.

[JumpDog]

lol, i love this thread. i've been a cr5 on markov like forever, way back since like june/july. CR5s used to be great, but no one bothers to lead anymore except for a select few iuncluding myself. probably impossible to do... but CSRs shouldn "monitor" CR5s lol, and give them "leader rankings" lol... determining whether they should be allowed to keep the cont-alls/globals and the like.

[Diddy Mao]

Silence Madcow I can atest to only twice that' i've global Spammed once a 3:00 am in the Morn'n on Amerish and Christmas Eve when the Egg nog was plentiful

[martyr]

how about "CR5's that shouldn't try to lead"

[AztecWarrior]

The NC was getting owned. We'd lost locks on two of three Home Continents. I was defending one of the last bases on Hossin. We were holding them off pretty well. No enemy was in the courtyard and the adacent towers were under our control, they were still out of our SoI.

The CR5s decide to pool their forces on one continent. NOT TO MENTION ANY NAMES, but CERTAIN CR5s decided so in a comission to do so. We lost our Vanguards, the key component of our defense. People started leaving. We lost the base within minutes.

This is the problem with commanders. Commanders can look through a map and tell you where to go. And, to be fair, 80% of the time, the good CR5s (Malorn, BDMJ) do this well. However, they view the war from a strategic perspective- X amount of NC at point Y equals victory.

The soldier sees it from a tactical perspective- incoming Gal drop! Five Magriders coming from the SE! The commanders, though some try, cannot see the actual situation ON THE GROUND. THIS is where it counts. Sure, 25 TR come in and you get the "WARNING: Large Enemy Force" warning, but what kind of TR? Infantry? Put some MAXes in the CC and let the infantry at the base finish them off. However, if twelve Prowlers come in, then you have a problem.

Had they kept our forces there, turned the others on the continent on the offensive through some Spec Ops footwork, than maybe we could have kept both continents. But too often, commanders don't know how to artfully manage troop movements at even the strategic level- either everybody goes to Gunkuku or everybody to Aja.

That describes one problem. The other are just the idiots who either don't use Global at all, those that are lazy and organize the occasional ANT run (Nerrivik needs an ANT now. /tell me!), or the complete morons ([Global]Jdogg: JDOGG IN DA HOUZZZE!!!!).

(DISCLAIMER: Jdogg is not a real CR5. In fact, I don't even know if Jdogg is a real player. If so, I apologize.)

[BDMJ]

Part of the problem is that we can only form requests. We have no way to reward or punish, of course we really shouldn't have that power. We have very limited tools for troop concentration management and control. Most of the time we work together to circumvent these issues, but we only field a limited number of troops, and the dissenters are always an issue as well. If I'm at aja and there is a hack on orisha, the only way I can be absolutely sure of the enemy and friendly force composition there is if an outfit mate goes and tells me or I go myself.

The bottom line is that even though the cr5s usually have a clear idea of how to achieve victory, vision and reality are seperated by a wide gulf. We can ensure our outfit mates are in the right place, but what about the 500 additional NC on the continent?

I find it very hard to order a retreat, but at times it is necessary. It is sometimes better to let a base fall so the enemy is forced to move elsewhere rather than drag a fight on for hours. Telling people that their efforts were wasted and that their position is a detriment to the overall empire strategy is difficult, but sometimes it must be done.

I don't command that much anymore though. After having cr5 for 7 months, I just want to kick back and let the newer cr5s learn the ropes now. This is true for many of the older cr5s. You will never see a broadcast from Cailet or Chronotrigger, but they are easily two of the best cr5s in the empire.

[JumpDog]

lol, AztecWarrior... yes I am a CR5... been so since like June lol.... but on Markov look it up on MyPlanetside if you dont believe me lol.

[Madcow]

Originally Posted by Diddy Mao

Silence Madcow I can atest to only twice that' i've global Spammed once a 3:00 am in the Morn'n on Amerish and Christmas Eve when the Egg nog was plentiful

I don't give a crap how many times it's been, you're a tool. The "need" to spam global at all should tell everybody as much as they need to know about you.

For the record, the time I'm referring to was neither 3 in the morning nor Christmas Eve. Funny how you can't even keep track yourself.

[Diddy Mao]

Madcow how long have you been playing on "Emerald" cuz it looks like you hail from "Markov"