Spearhead

Heh, reading the topic title I came in here thinking, "dear lord, Blackfish armed support, TKs galore," but I was pleasantly surprised.
 
I support this idea

I had a thought whilst flying the blackfish vehicle transporter on EU2 the other day. People need repair, refuel and healing quite often in the field, so I'm asking if it is possible to add the small civilian repair/refuel/ambulance trucks so that they can be carried into the field for support. I'm pretty sure there isn't a transportable ammo vehicle, but if there is it would be very helpful for both infantry and tank crews. 
 
Just a thought, please share any better ideas for giving this kind of logistical support in the field.

Hello ,
I just found a really interesting mod. Its a mod for people with a second screen , to see on this second screen the map of Altis , from the server you're playing at. You should take a look on it.Its the Athena mod: http://www.athenamod.com/
It looks really nice and it would be really nice , if the mod would make it on the list of the allowed mods.
It just gives you a live picture of the map , so you don't have to press M all the time and take the risk to ram something (if you're a pilot ( expecially when you're flying in a jet))


Well , thats my suggestion

Louis
 

So the diagnosis has been found and I'm afraid it's not good news, it turns out that you suffer from being a horrible person. I would suggest you seek professional medical advice immediately. 

Grand, I had no idea plate carriers had a degree in psychotherapy. I do have quite the aversion to avulsions.

Usually typing to an admin on TS will resolve such things within seconds. We're generally a friendly community, but every once in a while you will find a rotten egg or two.
If you're obviously not doing your job, someone may ask you to give up your slot for another, but there is no reason to be a complete dick as these guys appear to have been.

Firstly, if there is a better section for me to post this, do let me know.

Right, so we had a Zeus mission up and I was running UAV Op, I had already taken out a few targets, when suddenly 2 guys join the FSG group, and start yelling in group chat for me to leave so their friend could take over.. I explained that it's a public server and I am free to use the slot. They kept this constant noise up for around 5-10 minutes while i'm trying to be as effective as possible with the UAV's. 
 
Now i'm not going to name drop (although I have their names saved, so I can avoid in future), but is there anything that can be done about things like this?
 
I know this may seem petty, but it completely ruined the immersion for me, and after dropping all bombs on targets, I left.
 
Thanks

True, but i just like the hunter (without hmg) With a good spotter i can last for 3 AO's, 1 mortar for 1 AO.

I have been FSG gunner the last few time I have played. All you need is a good spotter me and Sniper teamed up and we cleared AO's in a offroad repair like no tomorrow. Having more gunners will be pointless it would lead to uncoordinated firing which in the worst case could lead to a whole squad getting FF. The way it is at the moment is fine.
 
Just need that mortar offroad to spawn as default at base and it will be perfect in my eyes.

reads up nicely - theme is known but adds a nice variety to I+A side missions to spice it up a bit ...
But very nice for a first one,thumbs up
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Hey guys! I'm extremely happy and surprised at myself to announce the completion (including testing) of my new side mission idea. 
 
Here's the link: http://pastebin.com/PRYz6EUP
 
Please, if you're an admin or core staff or whatever can you take a look and maybe even include it in Invade and Annex?
 
Many thanks to Josh for making a mission file available and of course to you guys that responded to my posts for helping me and pointing me in the right direction! 

For testing (in short) its best to dePBO the mission file,find the side mission folder and delete the existing ones,then paste your "new" mission in it and PBO the stuff again,put it in your mPmission cache and host it on via MPmenu  on (pw protected) LANserver so you can test with a few more people ..
I m not even sure if A3 missions are build same way as A1 and A2 mission were,so my tip might be useless ...
But as you already discovered you need alot of shit installed you never before cared about - thats why i havnt gave it a try yet ...
Everyone got great ideas,but there s very,very little people that can make that idea a working,enjoyable mission  hehehehe
 
Still,dont drop your motivation yet,thats just the usual starter disaster 

Im not eating spaghetti every day tho i like it. If something comes across ive never had before im the first to try it out, not affraid to be disappointed. If you need some help with the online taesting you can let me know. 

Someone promote this guy to Core Staff already!
 
Seriously though, a little optimism wouldn't hurt here

Hej Spearhead plz look in this thread  http://www.ahoyworld.co.uk/topic/5361-side-mission-idea/ Josh is pointing out how side misions are done in the rough line

Well the problem is that no one seems to really want to help make side missions. I have gotten very few competent side mission submissions. I still have to test the 2 that were sent to me recently as well as work on the massive amount of stuff I am currently working on that are not side missions. So if you think you have a good idea for a side mission please do not just share the idea but work on making it.

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

stopped reading there ...

As Chuck and the others said, Report, Report, Report we don't get enough report of incidents so it makes it hard to see where we are needed most
 
there are many ways to Report - TTJPFFR for short (yeah that'll catch on)
 1. Typing admin in chat is the first most obvious way, if an admin is in game or watching RCon fro that server they'll get alerted
 2. Type an ! at the start in game chat report and it goes direct to TS and all admins on there get notified in a pop up TS Chat 
 3. Jump on TS
 4. Poke on TS 
 5. File a Forum Report it in the PalyerTools tab at the top of the site ^^ look see there it is
 
and finally don't just say Admin TK'er on Eu(whatever) supply a name, it helps get them dealth with quicker. it may also scare them off in the mean time, but we have our ways of banning or temp banning for evasionary tictacs.
 
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Oh yeah, meant to say
re: the Admin and interest, that's great you guys are interested and it's noted,
get more active on the forums, get known (for good stuff) in the community, you may one day get a tap on the virtual shoulder and be added to the FA posse (some already have been) and eventually hoiked up the ladder through the ranks to admin & beyond, 
 
as for admins on the servers currently, you'd be surprised at how many there actually are in game on both servers, it may not seem like there is but someone's nearly always watching in one form or another ;D

This is how I would recommend dealing with naughty people:
 
1. Call for an admin in side chat. Whenever "admin" is typed in the chat it alerts them, think of it like how batman is alerted by the batsignal.
 
2. If you don't get any response (give it a few mins), then poke one on TS.
 
3. If there aren't any admins on TS (or they're afk), then use the report form ( www.ahoyworld.co.uk/pr ). If possible (or relevant) then add some screenshots/video of the naughty player doing his naughty things.
 
All of this is just my way of doing things and is in no way official, so use this at your own risk!
Also if any admins (or others) have anything they'd like to add to this then please do.

Yeah you can poke an admin with a short message ie (teamkiller on EU2 insert name) something like that. Or you can use the player report feature we have on the website. Go to player tools then report player. Its a google doc so its quite simple
Sent from my Microwave using a phone app that is really irritating because it constantly advertises itself.

Spearhead if you want to help the community and become a admin become more active on our forums in teamspeak and ingame. Obey the rules and report any players misbehaving. And after a while you can start working your way up the ranks.

Welcome fellow Recruit!
 
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Actually this post got me promoted to Private 

It's never WITHOUT consequences Spear.

One of us will always report the issues to Admin, and even if it takes a little time, they will eventually be dealt with.

The idea was to have a little more Admin presence on the server.
But like Daivd has said, they don't want to limit their staff in such a way.

I'm sure in time they will find someone to help them fill in some of the time gaps, but until then, we just have to remain patient and be sure to report those persons causing issues.

Hi guys,

I was wondering if it would be possible have someone on EU 2, marked as a dedicated Admin for that server.

Mainly because there are times where we have multiple teamkillers or people just trolling the server every so often,
We don't like having to constantly move to the other channels to ask an Admin to stop what they're doing and to come to help.

Just today we had to call on Chuck multiple times to deal with people just Tking or messing around with vehicles in deployment because they were ruining the experience for everyone else.

I'm sure there's a few people who are dedicated to playing almost exclusively on EU 2, as I do, that would be willing to do the work if there's no one available from the Admin team who would want to do that.

It is only a thought, but it's one that a few of us have discussed a fair amount in Teamspeak during days where the trolls come out to play.

Thanks for taking the time to read.