Whats happening with Squadrons?

strelkanz

strelkanz
We didn't get anything for Squadrons in September, even though most player groups support new players
We won't get anything in December for Squadrons because Fleet Carriers are for individual players, why not squadrons?
Now it looks like bases will be “player-owned buildings”

Does this mean there are not going to be any Squadron based bases? Have FDEV abandoned Squadrons? Will Squadrons go the same way as CQC?
 

Mohrgan

Mohrgan
Squadrons was/is a Social feature. Intended to help like minded commanders organize their efforts. I don't believe FD ever promised more, besides the re-think on Carriers. I don't see E|D going too far into the empire building aspect of gaming, nor walling content off from individual players in favor of groups.
 

ebbrell

ebbrell
I think carriers were going to be squadron assets and shared with all cmdrs etc. Different ranks were going to be able to different things.

Seems like all changed, I guess to many people complaining about stuff when a solo CMDR.

Squadrons has so much potential even to give squadron goals and monitor member contributions efc
 

babelfisch

babelfisch
JohnRoberts said:
On what information is that based? (Genuine question).
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They accidentally uploaded a description of Arx on their webstore that included customisation for buildings.

PS

Roadmap leaked??

Ok that I'm not mother language... but "buildings" clearly means "buildings".. It says you can buy buildings with arx, not carpets, chairs, interiors... BUILDINGS! :ROFLMAO: No, it's customisation of buildings. I think I got mult-ninja'd on that one
forums.frontier.co.uk forums.frontier.co.uk
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
More features for squadrons might be nice. However, should those features be priorotized ahead of other features? Some might say yes, some might say no, some might say it depends on what those other features are.

However, squadrons work and are of use, so depending on what you want added to them will get different reactions. I doubt there will be squadron bases in the near future at least. Fleet Carriers are for individuals, which i think is cool and its great in my opinion that FD continue to support the solo player and don't require people to group up to access features. I know some people think online games should encourage, or even force, people to group up, but i'm extremely happy FD don't subscribe to this idea. I like such things to be optional.

No reason you can't have sqaudron owned carriers though, that are bigger than regular fleet carriers. It would mean no difference in functionality then, just size... erm... bragging rights?
 

Ambroza

Ambroza
Nothing, as far as I can tell. Hell, the Squadron section of elitedangerous.com has been "coming soon" since December of last year.
 

JohnRoberts

JohnRoberts
On-topic: Personally, I'd rather not see content that required join an organized group to access. I was delighted that FC will be PFC.

Off-topic: So long as the store has a "Building Kit" to allow this dedicated "Raider Kit" purchaser to open a, er, space bordelle, I'm in. I'm thinking a dusk 'til dawn T*tty Twister aesthetic here - there's got to be a few places where dusk 'til dawn in measured in centuries, right?

I'm really warming up to the idea.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
It's the same logic Squadrons used for owning FC - "If they're owned by Squads then they must add functionality to make them useful to squads". So Bases are the same "If they're owned by Squads then they must add functionality to make them useful to squads"

Rather than just making suggestions to fdev as to what functionality they want. (Which wouldn't actually require them to own anything.). Usual backward thinking - same way that people demand Space Legs where really they want extra functionality that must come with them. lol
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
This game already has more than enough "social" features - Squadrons, Multicrew, Wings (including mission boards filled with wing missions), etc. I'd like to see the lone wolf player like myself get some love. First on my list - a proper NPC crew!
 

Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
Factabulous said:
It's the same logic Squadrons used for owning FC - "If they're owned by Squads then they must add functionality to make them useful to squads". So Bases are the same "If they're owned by Squads then they must add functionality to make them useful to squads"

Rather than just making suggestions to fdev as to what functionality they want. (Which wouldn't actually require them to own anything.). Usual backward thinking - same way that people demand Space Legs where really they want extra functionality that must come with them. lol
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Bang on.
Much the same as me nattering about having crewmembers visible in the spare seats.
And then me moaning that they have no functionality.

Edit: Old Duck ninja'd me. :ROFLMAO:
 

CMDR Jayce MacLeod

CMDR Jayce MacLeod
Mohrgan said:
Squadrons was/is a Social feature. Intended to help like minded commanders organize their efforts. I don't believe FD ever promised more, besides the re-think on Carriers. I don't see E|D going too far into the empire building aspect of gaming, nor walling content off from individual players in favor of groups.
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This. This right here ☝️

The only thing that I would say for FDev to take look at (and I know, it's not technically squadrons) would be multicrew.... it kinda needs some sort of love and/or second look/revamp
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
So you, me, and 28 other commanders are all part of the same squadron. Check.
I own a Carrier, you own a Carrier, and so do 3 other commanders in our Squadron. Check.
What prevents us from using our individual Carriers to carrier out squadron activities? Nothing. Check.

So, what's the problem here?
 
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