What would you like to see in an outfit?

BLuE_ZeRO · 2002-12-15, 10:45 PM

I'm thinking of creating a Vanu squad but I want to know what people would rather join or what they think is more useful. Do you want to see a general purpose outfit that has a little bit of everything to offer or something very specialized like pilots, cover ops, recon, defense, etc?

Archonxvi · 2002-12-15, 10:51 PM

I would like to see a small, highly organized, highly specialized outfit. When someone else wants something done, then they ask you because you would do it best.

Saint · 2002-12-15, 10:51 PM

How does this sound for an outfit?

- 1 Hacker w/ mosquito or lightning certs
- 1 Sniper w/ mosquito or lightning certs
- 2 Heavy Tanks
- 1 Reaver
- 1 Galaxy Pilot to carry everyone who doesn't have a ride
- 3 Medium assults
- 1 MAX fully loaded

Saint · 2002-12-15, 10:55 PM

I agree with Archon, there should be specialized outfits that other outfits can call on.

Sandtaco · 2002-12-15, 11:31 PM

I don't really care. As long as you get a Vanu outfit up I won't care. I hate joining squads/clans/outfits when I know noone in it.

TG_NightHawk · 2002-12-15, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by Saint
How does this sound for an outfit?

- 1 Hacker w/ mosquito or lightning certs
- 1 Sniper w/ mosquito or lightning certs
- 2 Heavy Tanks
- 1 Reaver
- 1 Galaxy Pilot to carry everyone who doesn't have a ride
- 3 Medium assults
- 1 MAX fully loaded

Well, this would probably be fine, but, what if say, you're pilot decides not to play and neither does your Max. Then you're SOL and left without two main teammates. I'm not going to limit or give players certain tasks or roles to play, should be pretty equal across the board(otherwards, some will excel in other areas, but still have abilities others will have)

Ravon Dark · 2002-12-16, 12:01 AM

I think a general squad would be good, after all, what's the fun in playing a premade character? Half the fun of this game is you get to pick and choose what you want, so sure, if you look around and find the right people that exactly what you're looking for, but even then, you gotta find enough of them. Like the last guy said, if you're missin' like 1-2 or your important people you're screwed.. So I think the best idea is to go with a general squad. Gather people you know are atleast of decent skill and let them choose what they want to be and use what they are to run the Outfit.

Ignore Me · 2002-12-16, 12:10 AM

I'm either gonna make a 'commander' outfit(just a lot of leaders and a few infantry), or gonna join a smaller outfit... or go sniper....

I want to lead the huge multi-squad raids on bases... and goign that route, I'd either make an entire clan of several squads, so we have a reliable base of people we can call on, or just have my leaders join with smaller groups like archon's, and then those leaders follow my orders, leading their group to the desired location...

basicly i want to have groups with leaders i know i can count on... and i hate recruiting people i dont know to come on one of my raids

Ex70 · 2002-12-16, 12:34 AM

Larger outfits would be better I think because then, like someone said, if a couple people aren't online you could still function. And the more damage the better

Also, you wouldn't have to rely on other 'specialized' outfits that might be full of people you don't know. With a larger outfit everyone would be used to each other if they played together a lot.

Ignore Me · 2002-12-16, 12:45 AM

I like self-dependancy.. but that can exist on 3 levels...

1) Self-dependancy on myself
2) Self-dependancy on a single squad level(squad is self-sufficent)
3) Self-dependancy on a clan level(clan is self-sufficent)

So, I've looked at the possible routes:
1) Sniper, full dependancy on my skills alone
2) Single-squad team of people i can work with
3) Leading a large group of people(dont like to trust 'higher ups' to do the right thing)... so basicly tell squad leaders what to do, and have the 10-20 squad leaders tell their team what to do while they are raiding an enemy base

But i'm somewhat flexible, if i meet a supurb commander, That makes decisions I agree with, i could work as a subordinate... But.. not gonna rely on that since it's not self-dependant =p

TG_NightHawk · 2002-12-16, 01:07 AM

As far as working with other groups(people you don't know), I think you will find out rather quickly which ones you can depend on & trust 100%. If TG needs some back-up, I certainly will trust that someone within the Empire will deliver, as we will do for many. (We are still contiplating on two diff. Empires)