Our Homefront community is looking for Fleet Commanders to help create engaging content for our corporation members. Step up and lead your own Homefront fleets today!
As an E-UNI Homefront Fleet Commander, you are responsible for leading your fleet while ensuring that activities are both enjoyable and educational for all participants.
You set the standard for our corporation and are expected to uphold EVE University rules at all times. To support you in this role, we’ve outlined the following guidelines.
FC guidelines
- Pre-flight check
- Double-check ship fits when new players join to ensure nobody brings any dangerous ship fits that will end up potentionally destroyed. Use our homefront operation wiki to check on mission specific hostile EWAR, damage type, weaknesses.
- Assessing Player Experience
- Ask if players have flown in fleets or homefronts before. This helps gauge how much detail you need to cover. Some may still need to learn very basic concepts like:
- Navigating and using the overview correctly
- Finding acceleration gates
- Avoiding autopilot
- Using watchlist
- Ask if players have flown in fleets or homefronts before. This helps gauge how much detail you need to cover. Some may still need to learn very basic concepts like:
- Communication
- Strongly encourage everyone to join comms (discord) — many ship losses happen due to poor communication.
- Role Guidance
- First-time fleet members should generally fly non critical roles like a DPS.
- For every homefront we try to find the minimally required ship so that people can be succesful in fleet. New pilots should do more training if they can not fly our entry level fits.
- Fleet hierarchy & MOTD
- Use a clear MOTD to store staging / comms / fits so you can easily reload the MOTD to link to data into fleetchat or refer to it if people ask you about it.
- Maintain a clear fleet hierarchy and manage squads effectively.
- Track who is in which role
- Track who is in the queue
- Setting Boundaries
- Define limits for yourself: e.g., “I’ll run X amount of sites” or “I’ll run for 2 hours.”
- Communicate this clearly to your fleet members.
- If you’re ending soon, stop accepting people into the queue unless there’s another FC ready to take over.
- Fleet ettiquette
- New players are encouraged to familiarize themselves with our homefront etiquette. Doing so not only prevents wasting others’ time—such as dropping a fleet without prior notice—but also enhances our corporation’s reputation with outsiders who encounter one of our homefront fleets
Homefront fleet ettiquette
| Give notice if you plan to leave fleet soon—avoid dropping a cold “this will be my last site” mid-mission. |
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| Stay actively involved while flying the homefront. If you lose focus or start slacking (e.g., haulers warp off), consider letting someone else replace you in the fleet.. |
| Always check if comms are being used and join them. No microphone required, but being able to hear callouts is a huge help for the FC. |
| Unlist any faction warfare to reduce the risk of ship loss. |
| Set your safety to green to prevent accidental friendly fire. |
| When joining a fleet, link your fit in fleet chat for verification by Logi or FC. Be open to small adjustments—no fit is set in stone. |
Fleet basics
Starting a fleet
- Begin by creating a fleet and selecting your preferred Fleet Setup template. The ‘Store Fleet Setup’ function lets you save your MOTD, wing and squad layout, free-move settings, and default squad.
- One key benefit of a comprehensive MOTD is that you can direct pilots to it for more information. Note that not everybody is aware of the "reload MOTD" option in chat.
Changing MOTD
Fleet hierarchy
- Setting up the fleet hierarchy helps you keep track of who is flying which role. As FC, you can drag and drop pilots into squads. If your fleet has the ‘Free-Move’ option enabled, pilots can move themselves into the squad of their choice. Having a default squad (often called the Lobby) makes it easy to spot and organize new pilots who join through the fleet advertisement.
Queue management
- Know the optimal fleet size for your Homefront mission (3 or 5 pilots). You can set the fleet size by using the ... (vertical dots) button in the upper-right corner of the fleet window. You can allow for some extra room in your fleet to start a queue so you can swap people if somebody drops.
Using watchlist
Using the watchlist is essential for both FC and Logi roles. Make it a habit to remind players to set up their watchlist, and take a moment to explain how if someone hasn’t done it before. (Right click a name in the fleet window > add to watchlist) When a new pilot joins the fleet, or if somebody drops, remind everyone to “update their watchlists” to help prevent unnecessary ship losses.
Using fleet warp
This step is optional, but worth considering. After shooting 3 haulers on the raid mission, our friendly Badger pilot needs to turn in loot to the NPC freighter. This is an ideal moment to link in fleetchat the next destination and have everyobody align pre-aligning to the “exit” gate to prepare for initiating the fleet warp. Doing this can help prevent premature warp-outs.
Folding a fleet
Lead your fleet back to the staging area and thank everyone for flying with you. If anyone has questions about Homefronts or struggled with anything during the fleet, this is a good time for a brief Q&A. Also, remind pilots that they can set up jump clones, which helps them participate in future Homefront fleets more easily.
Recruiting pilots
Fleet advertisement
- Creating a fleet advertisement is the first step in recruiting members from your corporation.
Fleet Window > Create Advert - When creating your fleet advert, pay close attention to the settings: Fleet Name, Description, Corp / Alliance visibility, Application Requires Approval, and Auto-Update Advert on Boss Change.
Create Advert > Settings - Open the Agency window and go to the Fleet Up! tab to find your advert. From there, you can also share the advert link directly in corp chat.
Agency window > Fleet up! > Find your fleet advertisement
- When creating your fleet advert, pay close attention to the settings: Fleet Name, Description, Corp / Alliance visibility, Application Requires Approval, and Auto-Update Advert on Boss Change.
Corporation callouts
- Write a recruitment message with enough information to minimize common questions like ‘Where do I go? What do I train? What do I fly?’ A clear message draws people to your fleet advert, allowing them to join directly without you needing to send manual invites — a big time-saver.
Corp chat recruitment example
Contact list management
- Adding pilots to your contact or buddy list helps you keep track of them and can be useful for future fleet recruitment.
- When meeting new players in your fleet, add them to your contacts to keep track of who you fly with. You can add a message as well to welcome them into the community.
- Keeping notes helps you track where you’ve met pilots, what ships they can fly, and their timezones.
EUNI Discord #PvE Pings
Using the ping method in EUNI discord can be a handy tool for ad-hoc homefront fleets, a shot message that's to the point can help you with in-corp recruitment.
Alternate homefront channels
- If you’re struggling to find enough pilots for your fleet, you can try advertising in other channels to attract extra members. Keep in mind that some may take longer to reach your staging area, might not use comms, or could exhibit ‘bitter vet’ behavior.