Re: Battalion composition
Reply #4 –
I'm agreeing with Xeriar and Hike.
While there will be some coordination, what will most likely happen is the majority of people will go to Null and head straight for Orion through Caliban.
The people who wish to be part of an organised structure will more than likely follow the orders of Sailor (and his appointed high ranking officers).
I don't see the point in having a rank structure other than the following.
Sailor (Supreme Commander)
Advisors (Consultation and command)
Instance leaders (Following orders from Command)
Everyone else (Individuals in the instances)
And as I said, this will only really apply to people who *wish* to be lead by Sailor. Many guilds have stated that they want to take command (which won't be happening as it's Sailor's op). The guilds who want to take part but do their own strategies may be in contact but more than likely will not follow any direct orders.
It's not really a problem though, as long as everyone is on the same page then we should be fine.
I will admit that part of me is planning a mix setting for this.
But I am apart of a gamer Taskforce right now but we don't do anything hardcore... more then likely we will be very loose about what we plan to do. (Still very early to know the play style everyone will run with)
But, we could work up a deployment plan for the individuals that don't want to run as a well oiled formation.
AS for Sailor Running the OP I was planning on that from the start ... and the other organization that plan to lead their own groups they can still have general Objectives if they are willing to accept them if not we will just have to throw in the plans to what they wish to do and move others around to better fit the effectiveness of the event.
We will always have people that will never want to work to a fine detailed plan but they would just like to be another body to throw at the Vanduul when the time comes, and they have their own plans. And I will respect that.
I would agree that this is an entire group of individuals that are willing to be apart of something, and the same would go for any one that wants to play a video game. If some one is willing to lead and others are willing to be lead then it is up to the individual's to find the person they would like to follow into combat/missions/escorts/etc. etc. etc.
I will keep this on the back burner because of the instancing that we will have to do but, personally I don't want to force commands and orders down everyone's throats to the point of Micro-managing the actions of everyone. But, more to guide in the way of a suggested course of action, if it is favored by many others.
