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<p>'''<font size=2>Ways to improve</font>'''</p> | <p>'''<font size=2>Ways to improve</font>'''</p> | ||
''Ships & modules:'' | ''Ships & modules:'' | ||
* Fit a cloak on your cheap ship | * Keep the ship cheap (shuttle, rookie ship, cheap frigate at the most). | ||
* Fit a cloak on your cheap ship. | |||
''Gameplay:'' | ''Gameplay:'' | ||
* Pay attention. It's a very boring job but it has to be done. If you find yourself loosing focus, just say so and remove yourself. No harm, no foul. it's just that we'll count on you looking at local. | * Pay attention. It's a very boring job but it has to be done. If you find yourself loosing focus, just say so and remove yourself. No harm, no foul. it's just that we'll count on you looking at local. | ||
* If you don't have a cloak, sit docked in a station with the local window up, that'll be sufficient. Alternatively sit at a safespot in a cheap shuttle or a rookie ship. | |||
* With a cloak you can sit on grid, in view of the gate you're picketing, to combine both local and a visual on the enemy capsuleer or fleet. That way you could not only announce to the fleet that a war target is coming, but also what ship he's flying. | |||
* If war targets are active in the nearby systems, it would help if you reported to the fleet commander on a regular basis. | |||
** Whenever you hear the fleet commander call for the wing warp out of their current site, chime up and say something like ''"Picket reporting in, all quiet''. | |||
* If the corporation has very few members, keep them watch listed in your contacts list. | |||
* Have the intel channel up, for extra information about enemy movements. | |||
* If you're an out of corp character, make sure you have all the war targets set to a standing that's unique (-5 means they are orange, -10 red etc), so you don't risk confusing them with other personal corporations or characters you've set to a bad standing. For example, if you use -10 for your own personal use and -5 for uni war targets, you'll know that all the people with orange tags are uni war targets. | * If you're an out of corp character, make sure you have all the war targets set to a standing that's unique (-5 means they are orange, -10 red etc), so you don't risk confusing them with other personal corporations or characters you've set to a bad standing. For example, if you use -10 for your own personal use and -5 for uni war targets, you'll know that all the people with orange tags are uni war targets. | ||
** Be sure to update your standings when wars end or new wars become active. | ** Be sure to update your standings when wars end or new wars become active. | ||