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== Considerations: an enjoyable fleet experience == | == Considerations: an enjoyable fleet experience == | ||
* Avoiding ship loss: checking fits when a new player joins, making sure nobody brings the wrong fit | * Avoiding ship loss: checking fits when a new player joins, making sure nobody brings the wrong fit | ||
* experienced pilots can help FC (example: navigation, finding new sites) | * experienced pilots can help FC (example: navigation, finding new sites), ask if anyone want to help with the navigation to support FC | ||
* Ask if players have flown homefronts or raids before, it will give you more insight into how much details you need to go over when you're flying with them. Maybe they still need to learn very basic concepts within the game (navigatio, overview settings, finding an acceleration gate, not autopilotting) | |||
* Encourage everyone in fleet to join you on comms. People can lose ships due to bad communication. | * Encourage everyone in fleet to join you on comms. People can lose ships due to bad communication. | ||
* First timers should be encouraged to fly DPS caracals in most cases. | * First timers should be encouraged to fly DPS caracals in most cases. | ||
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=== Starting a fleet === | === Starting a fleet === | ||
* Start by forming a fleet and selecting the Fleet Setup template you want to use. Store Fleet Setup function allows you to store MOTD / Wing & squad layout / Free-move settings & default squad. | * Start by forming a fleet and selecting the Fleet Setup template you want to use. The Store Fleet Setup function allows you to store MOTD / Wing & squad layout / Free-move settings & default squad. | ||
[[File:Form fleet - select template.png|center|thumb|[[File:Store Fleet Setup.png|thumb|Store Fleet Setup]]]] | [[File:Form fleet - select template.png|center|thumb|[[File:Store Fleet Setup.png|thumb|Store Fleet Setup]]]] | ||
* | * One benifit of having a comprehensive MOTD is that you can point pilots to it to find out more info, especially to newer players, it helps you save time not having to explain everything every time. | ||
[[File:Fleet MOTD example raids.png|center|thumb]] | [[File:Fleet MOTD example raids.png|center|thumb]] | ||
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[[File:Fleetsize window.png|center|thumb|Fleetsize window]] | [[File:Fleetsize window.png|center|thumb|Fleetsize window]] | ||
=== Recruiting | === Recruiting for fleet === | ||
==== | ==== Fleet advertisement ==== | ||
*Starting an advertisement is the first step to in-corp recruitment for your fleet[[File:Start a fleet advertisment 1.png|center|thumb|Start a fleet advertisment 1]] | *Starting an advertisement is the first step to in-corp recruitment for your fleet[[File:Start a fleet advertisment 1.png|center|thumb|Start a fleet advertisment 1]] | ||
** Pay attention to settings: Fleetname / Description /My corp / My Alliance / Application requires approval / Auto update advert on Boss change[[File:Start a fleet advertisment 2.png|center|thumb|Start a fleet advertisment 2]] | ** Pay attention to settings: Fleetname / Description /My corp / My Alliance / Application requires approval / Auto update advert on Boss change[[File:Start a fleet advertisment 2.png|center|thumb|Start a fleet advertisment 2]] | ||
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* Create a recruitment message with sufficient info should minimize responsetime to alot of questions like "where do I go? what do I train? what do I fly" . It will draw people to your fleet advert and they can join you with you having to manually invite everyone (!timesaver!) [[File:Corp chat recruitment example.png|center|thumb|corp chat recruitment example]] | * Create a recruitment message with sufficient info should minimize responsetime to alot of questions like "where do I go? what do I train? what do I fly" . It will draw people to your fleet advert and they can join you with you having to manually invite everyone (!timesaver!) [[File:Corp chat recruitment example.png|center|thumb|corp chat recruitment example]] | ||
==== Contact list | ==== Contact list management ==== | ||
* Adding people to you contact list / buddy list helps you keep track of people and may prove useful for future fleet recruitment. | * Adding people to you contact list / buddy list helps you keep track of people and may prove useful for future fleet recruitment. | ||
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[[File:Notes on contacts.png|center|thumb|Notes on contacts]] | [[File:Notes on contacts.png|center|thumb|Notes on contacts]] | ||
==== Alternate | ==== Alternate homefront channels ==== | ||
* if you struggle finding enough pilots to run a fleet you can try shouting into one of the following channels for extra pilots. Beware that some of these might need more time to travel to your staging area, they might not use comms, they might suffer from 'bitter vet' syndrome. | * if you struggle finding enough pilots to run a fleet you can try shouting into one of the following channels for extra pilots. Beware that some of these might need more time to travel to your staging area, they might not use comms, they might suffer from 'bitter vet' syndrome. | ||
[[File:Alternate Homefront recruitment channels.png|center|thumb|Alternate Homefront recruitment channels]] | [[File:Alternate Homefront recruitment channels.png|center|thumb|Alternate Homefront recruitment channels]] | ||
=== Folding a fleet === | |||
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