Crew sizes!

[Anonymous]

Has anyone else noticed that the crew sizes are now 15? I don't want to sound pathetic but I thought we were keeping it at ten maximum.  Why don't we just have more ships? I personally have a problem with there being 15 in the crew because that is a ridiculous number of people to have on a hovercraft.  Please tell me what is happening.

[Anonymous]

Well, Tbone changed it right before he left so no one really had a chance to ask him, but he will be back tonight hopefully. As far as the size, well, perhaps Tbone decided it was better this way than having to make new ships, which require commanders, etc. But, there is one new ship, The Lacertus.
If it doesn't work out he can always change it, but like I said, he'll be back soon and you can ask him.

[Anonymous]

I hope so, I think that the captain should decide how many people the ship should have on it.  So that way you can decide how many people you want on your ship.

[Anonymous]

Reason being is that with the Influx of newer applicants at the time overwhelmed the captain applications - we didnt have enough to accomodate what we had - Therefore as a solution we bumped up the number on a ship and are adding a few more (instead of alot more) captains.

If things pan out in the future things MAY change

[Anonymous]

Seems like a good idea to me.  I seriously doubt we'll all get into Beta anyway; if 10 of the 15 make it the ships are still lookin' good at the start.

[Anonymous]

I honestly I think it's reasonable to do it this way so that if you wanted to be on a bertain ship then this will up your chances of it. Also, it takes a little stress off of Tbone so he's not pressured into making more ships for the time being. All in all it's a good idea to me. :mrgreen:

[Anonymous]

No one knows how many people the game will allow to be on a HvCFT.  It could be from 7- 20.  Don't worry, we'll be fine.

[Tbone]

1. Too many chiefs and not enough indians is a potential problem when having a lot of ships.

2. It will prepare you for when the game is released. As of now I have no clue as to how many will be allowed on each hovercraft. When I do find out, our number that is allowed on each ship will probably change (assuming that my guess of 10 or 15 is not correct).

3. Too many members - not enough time. I'm not planning on short changing anyone, but I do think that one captain should be able to keep track of 14 members. Like I said, we will add more captains depending on the number in-game. We may also, however, have to combine ships, so be prepared for that as well.

[Anonymous]

Also, these numbers are including inactive members (as in people who haven't contacted their captains saying they will be absent for a period of time, or who simply haven't checked in yet). I'm hoping these members, who really aren't into FA, are just going to leave on their own - if not we can talk to them about shaping up or heading out. So if we do have more people on each hvrcrft then initially anticipated, that shouldn't be a big issue as a few of them at least will be leaving prior to the game release. Plus, better to be over-staffed than out-staffed.

[Anonymous]

15 on Craft sounds fine to me, its only 15 people, if it was 20 or so then it would get stupid.

P.S. ive been away for a bit, ive now handed in my last assignment and will be on the boards a lot more.

[Anonymous]

For me, on the other hand, things are starting to pick up. I may be pretty inactive for a  little while.

[Anonymous]

Can we get people to Re sign in on this board, then we might get an idea of how many actives we have got.  I did the same on my hovercraft and we only have three people active including me at the moment.  So please just sign in.