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Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
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Posted - 2013.05.03 00:59:00 -
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In part of one of the Q and A sessions I remember somebody asking something like. "If we have more districts being attacked than we can defend, can we hire mercenaries to help?"
the answer was that it is not implemented yet. You would have to organize that yourselves as there is no game mechanic for it.
I thought about how significant of an impact that will have, how helpful it would be to have that mechanic in game. But then we could do it ourselves on the forums to a lesser extent. the only problem would be the no contract honor system way it would have to work....and I think that is where it falls apart.
but the mechanic is needed. Think of how hard it will be for a casual corp to take part without the tools to grow and become more than casual. How much easier if they could at least band together with some sort of aid. we are mercenaries. I want job listings somewhere. |
Indy Strizer
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
Noir. Mercenary Group
72
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Posted - 2013.05.03 01:23:00 -
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Agreed. |
Roy Ventus
Foxhound Corporation
251
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Posted - 2013.05.03 01:36:00 -
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This. I will spam this thread until CCP gets the message. This is important and cool. Maybe have a Corp section and Individual section. |
Llan Heindell
One-Armed Bandits
Atrocitas
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Posted - 2013.05.03 01:39:00 -
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Good ideas need a +1.
But we should also convince CCP to make contracting one of the priorities.
Llan Heindell. |
Surt gods end
Demon Ronin
48
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Posted - 2013.05.03 01:42:00 -
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name the price, and ill do the job. im sober most of the time. lets do this. |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
383
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Posted - 2013.05.03 01:43:00 -
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Llan Heindell wrote:Good ideas need a +1.
But we should also convince CCP to make contracting one of the priorities.
Llan Heindell.
Yea, maybe someone smarter than me could figure out how to bring accountability into the idea, because til they do something for it in game forums contracts sound scary. |
Judy Maat
Rebelles A Quebec
Orion Empire
28
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:42:00 -
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Surt gods end wrote:name the price, and ill do the job. im sober most of the time. lets do this.
me too
lol |
Free Beers
Internal Error.
Negative-Feedback
1408
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Posted - 2013.05.03 15:45:00 -
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Why would ccp put a mechanic in a mercenary game that allow players called mercs to play like mercenaries?  |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
384
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Posted - 2013.05.03 16:19:00 -
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Free Beers wrote:Why would ccp put a mechanic in a mercenary game that allow players called mercs to play like mercenaries?
Yeah, I hope and think they are aware of how necessary this feature is. I am surprised they dont seem to be bringing it out any time soon. |
Roy Xkillerz
Red Star.
EoN.
2
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Posted - 2013.05.03 16:47:00 -
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I also think this is gonna by one off the core things of this game. Hire better mercs or even compleet corp's to take over districts for a good price. |
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Aisha Ctarl
The Vanguardians
Orion Empire
10
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Posted - 2013.05.03 16:56:00 -
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I bump this thread for being such an awesome idea +1 to you OP good sir. |
Sontie
Ill Omens
EoN.
246
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Posted - 2013.05.03 17:33:00 -
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All we need is a good name for the channel |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
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Posted - 2013.05.03 17:43:00 -
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Sontie wrote:All we need is a good name for the channel
Yeah, I was thinking about that. Classified ads is not good, maybe "The Merc Exchange" or "The Merc Market" |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
386
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Posted - 2013.05.03 20:54:00 -
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is it really only me and these guys who care about this. I know the hotness right now is complaints, but really? I want this and so should you. |
Sontie
Ill Omens
EoN.
247
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Posted - 2013.05.04 00:14:00 -
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I want this, really bad too. I've made a number of threads about his idea one is here. No one seems to want to join me in the larger idea I proposed, but your idea is much easier to implement. We will let word of mouth spread it. I'll try to market it on the forums and in other ways (videos perhaps?). We can spam people in team chat and all our different channels too.
Name ideas:
Meet Market
Ringers
Outreach (battletech reference)
Hiring Hall
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The Robot Devil
BetaMax.
CRONOS.
169
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Posted - 2013.05.04 00:25:00 -
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Open a channel and/or thread for contracts and reputations will take care of the rest. An in game system is needed but not we can do it ourselves if we want to. The basic tools are here and all we need is a person or group to start it. If we wait till the expansion then we have waited too long. We need business people to start businesses and services not wait for a game maker to do it. The community will have the answer we need not CCP. |
First Prophet
Matari Combat Research and Manufacture Inc.
61
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Posted - 2013.05.04 00:34:00 -
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If all we're looking for to start is a channel name, why not LFMercs?
It keeps in line with the two other main custom channels, LFSquad and LFBattle. |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
386
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Posted - 2013.05.04 03:02:00 -
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There are many good ideas here, in the future I can see this as one of the more interesting user created market/meta games. I could see a dust corp making lots with minimal risk if they were good enough, just having a stable of rental mercs.
MercsInc. |
The Robot Devil
BetaMax.
CRONOS.
170
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Posted - 2013.05.04 03:18:00 -
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Spero has a lending agency so anything is possible. |
mollerz
s1ck3r Corp
179
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Posted - 2013.05.04 19:43:00 -
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I hope so, my small corp would be perfect mercs to hire for a larger corp :) |
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Natu Nobilis
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
184
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Posted - 2013.05.04 20:03:00 -
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"Contracts" would do the trick. |
Mister0Zz
The Tritan Industries
RISE of LEGION
69
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Posted - 2013.05.04 20:23:00 -
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"Mercenary for hire" corps would have to have an alt dedicated to facilitating the isk transactions between the client and the corp. The bank card character would join the client corp only to accept payment for services, then return to the home corp.
As this is all trust based it has the potential for some awesome metagaming. I believe we'll see a precedent for these "Bank card" transactions and "Mercs for hire" corps after the battle lines have been established a few weeks after conquest launches |
Sontie
Ill Omens
EoN.
256
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Posted - 2013.05.05 04:45:00 -
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Until they add player trading, that will be an unfortunate requirement for anyone who wants to be a merc; having a alt or two on standby to join the corporation of whomever wants to hire them so they can get paid.
Has anyone made a channel yet? If not, then by this time tomorrow, I will make a channel named "Mercenaries For Hire" |
Jin Robot
Polar Gooks
390
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Posted - 2013.05.05 04:51:00 -
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I started this hoping CCP might open one up for us. A channel would be a sub forum and thankfully we cant start those ourselves, could you imagine? Madness
We could start a thread but even if stickied it would be inadequate for our needs. |
Cyrius Li-Moody
The Vanguardians
Orion Empire
47
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Posted - 2013.05.05 04:56:00 -
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Yeah, this needs to be an in game thing. A bulletin board of jobs. The craigslist for mercs. |
Sontie
Ill Omens
EoN.
257
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Posted - 2013.05.05 05:05:00 -
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Let's start petitioning and spamming threads. |
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