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Kakroom

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Officer history
« on: March 20, 2021, 03:59:19 PM »

Recently I had an officer killed piloting a Paragon I had just bought. I had finally got Tri-Tachyon to cooperative. Future was my longest-serving subordinate, a recklessly bold, effective commander, and she had the right skills for it, so I gave it to her. A few minutes after I finished kitting it out I engaged a Hegemony privateer over Elada who throttled me and blew it up, along with half my fleet. Goodbye Future and 800,000 credits.

That was a neat story, but I kind of wish I remembered more of my experiences with her. After a while everything begins to blend together. It'd be nice if the game kept track of a couple things about their career

-Battles they participated in
-The market where you hired them (if applicable)
-Dates of promotion
-Ships commanded and transfers

Obviously this has a little less utility if you're not playing with Nexerelin or the dead officers feature. I don't know. Maybe it's just the Xcommander in me, building relationships with these people and watching them die horribly is delightful. I need that photo album of us killing pirates together
« Last Edit: March 20, 2021, 09:30:38 PM by Kakroom »
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Megas

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Re: Officer history
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2021, 05:11:52 PM »

I hope this feature does not clutter UIs, screens, or whatnot.  If there is way to add histories and stuff without adding clutter, then okay, throw the role-players a bone.  Otherwise, it is an info dump or too much information.

As a semi-munchkin who does not care much about story, all I care about is their stats and how well they clobber the enemy.  I do not bat an eye firing and forgetting officers that outlive their usefulness.
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#Negi

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Re: Officer history
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 03:48:02 PM »

As an xcommander, I like this idea, but I agree it should be a feature off on it's own.  Stick it under the command tab, officers should have a tab to manage there anyways, administrators do.  There are a few things I'd like to see done with officers, but they're big enough to merit their own post.
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