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If there are no admins around then there isn't much you can do, try and avoid killing them if you can as that can sometimes lead to a ban for you. Take screenshots so that the admins have good evidence when it comes to a report, and just keep checking teamspeak, there aren't many times when there aren't any admins or moderators around!

You can report said player(s) after the event here: http://www.ahoyworld.co.uk/pr/
 
If there are no admins around then there isn't much you can do, try and avoid killing them if you can as that can sometimes lead to a ban for you. Take screenshots so that the admins have good evidence when it comes to a report, and just keep checking teamspeak, there aren't many times when there aren't any admins or moderators around!

You can report said player(s) after the event here: http://www.ahoyworld.co.uk/pr/
 
If there are no admins around then there isn't much you can do, try and avoid killing them if you can as that can sometimes lead to a ban for you. Take screenshots so that the admins have good evidence when it comes to a report, and just keep checking teamspeak, there aren't many times when there aren't any admins or moderators around!

This is a pretty good overview to watch, and there are more in depth tutorials if you want to become a proficient mortar operator

Glad to hear the bug is fixed Just another point, when flying at 2000m to be able to see much on the ground using the camera the on server view distance needs to be changed to 4000+ depending on the radius of the loiter, and I believe the setting which affects greyhawk view distance is the 'On Foot' setting. A lot of people complain that they can't see anything through the camera so they fly lower and get shot down and it is usually because they haven't adjusted the view distance at spawn.

I have make a short summary video from the scuba/zeus/mission on the Eu1 Public Server
 

Hi all, as of midnight tonight there will be a few changes to EU3 and it's operation.
In order to make it more milsim all assets will now only be purchased via Ahoycoins. I have included a brief list to show roughly how it works but a full and complete list will be published in a number of days.
A-10 = 500A¢
AH-64 = 300A¢
HK416/M4 = 30A¢
Bigger rifles = 50A¢
30rnd 5.56 = 10A¢
30rnd 7.62 = 15A¢
100rnd 5.56 = 50A¢
Fuel = 1% = 1A¢
Repairs = 20A¢ per damaged component.
Medical supplies = 5A¢ per item
Many thanks, hope you enjoy the new changes.

Welcome to Ahoyworld!

Even though this has already been suggested, it is still a good idea
The side missions very rarely gather many players. Pilots don't often go to them, even to pick up players who have completed them and they are often failed by people who don't know that if they destroy that ifrit then the intel is destroyed as well. All of this adds to the repetitive nature of the side missions and means that most people just tend to ignore them.
It might also help if the rewards were used more effectively, far too often we are rewarded with a Blackfoot or wipeout which could have a big effect, but watch a pilot that doesn't know how to use it fly our shiny new aircraft into the middle of an ao and get blotted out of the sky by a million AA missiles. I don't know what we can do about this but I think feeling that completing side missions has a genuine effect would encourage people to give them a go!
Okay there's my opinion, go back to whatever you were doing

Agree with smiley, people who don't have their 'wings' may be more reluctant to fly, and it may create some form of divide in the community. And as you said, good pilots become pretty quickly known anyway.
Nice idea though, I can see where you're coming from .

Agree with smiley, people who don't have their 'wings' may be more reluctant to fly, and it may create some form of divide in the community. And as you said, good pilots become pretty quickly known anyway.
Nice idea though, I can see where you're coming from .

Welcome 

Hi all, those who attended the meeting (and from looking at this forum) will know, Raz stepped down as leader today, handing over to me.
 
For those that missed the meeting, here is the link to the recording.
 
So what is changing?
 
As I said in the meeting nothing will be changing immediately, I need to survey properly where our weaknesses are and how we can improve. I will however be looking at the following:
 
Improving coordination between staff members.
 
At present it is difficult to keep track of user records, in particular users who have been warned but not banned, it is easily lost information and tracking will become tedious if it’s not done properly. It won’t happen overnight and it will require careful planning.
 
Improve communication from staff to the community.
 
It was raised in the meeting that quite often things are pushed through without consulting with the community, this is a problem all through the ranks not just between users and admins. I recently made a judgement call which blew up quite spectacularly which highlighted the fact this is prevalent everywhere, we knew it was a problem, but underestimated the extent to which it reached. Consultations will be on the up!
 
Removal of the US server
 
I brought this up in the meeting, it costs us £85 per calender month, was hosting Squad which is not populated and not bringing us any income. It was incredibly quick to resolve, here’s why:
 
 
Graduated offences
 
Something I have been looking at is a graduated offences system, instead of warning, kick and ban for all broken rules there would be 2 or 3 thresholds, racism would be your top tier and get you and instant permanent ban from our servers whereas spamming VON would land you a warning. Another possible avenue was different consideration dependant on membership status. This is just at idea phase.
 
EU3 Mods & Spartans
 
We have all regarded Spartans and EU3 Mods as the same rank, it isn’t clear though. I am not a fan of different routes for different play styles as it may not be equal, one route may favour another. I’m not sure what to do with this as I don’t really want to shake these up too much. Again, this is just an idea.
 
Community engagement
 
Our current community engagement is very low, far lower than it should be. Basically a lot of our admins don’t play on EU1/2 a lot, this means we don’t engage with the non members and that means they don’t become members. My plan is to drive up community engagement, gain members, promote people into the lower ranks (Field Ambassador etc) more frequently to end up with a broader admin team, this spreads out the workload for admins and in turn makes playing on EU1/2 less stressful for them, making them more likely to play. In short, not playing on EU1/2 means it’s more work in the long run.
 
Regular community meetings
 
Something we are lacking is meeting with the members, we do it from time to time but nowhere near enough to really connect, I’m aiming for quarterly.
 
Delegation
 
Both my predecessors got caught up with was delegation. I work away during the week but I keep in contact via the forums, both my predecessors found themselves trying to do so much and ultimately succumbing to stress. I’ve been a part of communities where the owner eventually took his own life, I have no plans to get in that deep. I can’t afford to be trying to do everything, I work away during the week and the rest of the admin team have my complete trust and are more than capable of making educated decisions about their sectors for me not to worry about them. I aim to be guides on the side of a bowling alley and nothing more.
 
Taking suggestions to the top
 
I can’t stress this enough, we will always listen to you, you can come to us any time on TeamSpeak with a suggestion, failing TeamSpeak we have the ideas forum, specifically for this, please don’t be hesitant in bringing things to us, we don’t bite.
 
New website
 
For a while we have been developing a new website and this was discussed in the meeting this evening, it’s not been a matter of urgency and it’s not an overnight job. We were planning for wordpress, it’s on the cards for the future, but it’s not our top priority.
 

 
Raz has done a fantastic job for the last two and a half years since Rarek left in which was not a clean break. Leading from this is remarkable and we have made great strides in the years. It truly is incredible. I have known Raz for over 7 years, I am nearly 22, that’s over 30% of my life and he has been nothing but a great friend to me.

Now on to me, I will make mistakes, I am not perfect, I do not have a handbook, I do not have any business or management experience. I got to where I am by making good decisions, but I will no doubt bring some terrible ideas to the table and horrific mistakes. I managed to delete half of TeamSpeak and the entirety of EU3 throughout my time here and I will continue to make mistakes (although I hope these are few and far between) and I rely on you the community, to tell me when I am making errors.
 

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