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[Proposal] Disable sorting by name in fleet fights
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Alexingeras
Lowlife.
Snuffed Out
#1 - 2013-03-19 13:03:52 UTC
I wanted to bring the following situation up for discussion - sorry if it has been mentioned before in another thread.

Currently in large fleet fights target calling is usually done by pilot name that is easy to sort in the overview from A to Z. This brings a major disadvantage to all of us that chose a name starting with the first or last letters of the alphabet. Chances are you will be primaried in the first few minutes of the engagement and you will die. This, just because when you were a total noobie and signed up to play the game, you had no clue that naming your character this way will bring you a lot of disadvantages.

Since it is not possible to change character name and fix this, i think we should find a way for names not to display in fleet fights just giving everyone equal chances. I can't think of a workaround for this matter but it's really unfair to suffer such penalty.

If i knew this when i registered, i would have named all my chars something like "jldlndment" just to always be in the middle of the fleet names - so with less chances to show on overview and with a really unpronounceable name so that everyone would avoid calling me a target.

So, i say make this fair for everyone so that everyone has same chances.

Idea: Once in fleet every pilot is assigned a number from 001-250 regardless of his name. Ship type and everything would show as usual but his name wouldn't.
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#2 - 2013-03-19 14:26:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Samillian
This has to be one of the most pointless posts I've ever read on this forum, which is saying a lot.

Leaving aside the the many, many things that really need fixing in this game and the matter of resource allocation do you actually believe that most FC's call targets alphabetically over situationally as the fight develops?

Just when you thought the signal to noise ratio of these forums couldn't get any worse you get proved wrong.

I really hope your trolling.

NBSI shall be the whole of the Law
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-03-19 15:47:01 UTC
Alexingeras wrote:


So, i say make this fair for everyone so that everyone has same chances.


You may choose any 1 option from the list below

A) Play Eve
B) Play a game with a sense of fair play.

Choose wisely.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Djana Libra
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-03-20 08:02:24 UTC
or try flying with decent fc's where they sort by shiptype and broadcast your targets. A-Z calling is so 2008
Andracin
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-03-22 10:58:23 UTC
Oh...look another person who named his character something that started with an A. How awesome...Consider yourself lucky that the FC your fighting against is an idiot, overheat your hardners and enjoy the tank test....