Alpha Suggestion / New Whitelisted Squad: Echo

[UnknownMurder]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Here comes: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta... Worst thing about it? They're all stupid... So, Unknown decides to introduce you...

ECHO SQUAD!

Basically it will be whitelisted to players (and donators?). It's a brand new squad. See next. It could be Commander's bodyguard or ace squad. For players even I, who wants to take this game and RP seriously in a Squad. Other squads are just... Happy Trigger Marines and killing aliens on sight.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Most of the players complains of incompetence and baldies in their squad... Well, not anymore with Echo Squad. You get to stay in groups with competence players.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Echo Squad would have white or black color on their helmet and armor.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Add a new room, Modify IDs, change armor and helmet colors to white/black.

[Juninho77]

+1. I'd sign in for that squad.

[Lostmixup]

+1, sounds like a reliable part of the game to have.

[Adjective]

+1, but make the doors either un-hackable, or make the room only available if CentComm is asked beforehand so that random marine won't hack into this squad room like we all know is bound to happen. (Maybe put a wall in-front of the door that a Mod/Admin/Coder/Host/Dev would have to delete)

[DesFrSpace]

Sir, Jackson reporting for duty, sir!
Echo should be in Reserve and sent on the 2nd wave as a mean of reinforcement, it's a work in progress.
And also Charlie and Delta should just be remove? I mean Marines don't really need FOUR Squads, Delta can be code for HIT . And Charlie can be private Mercenary . Just ideas.
~See you later.

[UnknownMurder]

That was completely irrelevant.

[RoswellRay]

We all know nothing makes ss13 better than special snowflake cliques.

[Evilkyle24]

+1
Elite squad is needed for competent marines.
How do we determine who can enter Echo Squad? Do we apply or something and have a moderator watch us play the game?

[DesFrSpace]

One thing for sure, Elite Squad isn't needed when [Rarely] Staffs isn't on. So Marines will be fine [like they would be alive] without Echo's support.
*Said on round where Marines get served a can of "nutritious meal".

[coroneljones]

Sounds..interesting

On a note
Angry infantry.,.,

[UnknownMurder]

CJ, No. It died off.

[TopHatPenguin]

Kind of reminds me of domino squad abit.. but yeah sure why not, sounds like it could be nice to have for regular players.

[apophis775]

The issue i hvae with this, is we'd be splitting the numbers down even farther...

[Lostmixup]

The issue i hvae with this, is we'd be splitting the numbers down even farther...

Well, it's more like you're putting all the good people on one team, and leaving all the randoms and such on the rest. It's like how in BF4 you join up into a squad full of your buddies and dominate the game because you're actually working together.

[Mordrehel]

I'd +1 this but honestly it sounds like something you could do in game anyways by a prior agreement like make an RP group of people who identify within themselves as part of this elite group and when you spawn together go take over an empty squad or such.

[Sellka]

+1 would be nice to have competent people for once

[Anon McAnon]

All competent people go to one squad. Every other squad left with new people and idiots. New people never get taught by competent people and idiots are idiots. Only Echo ever survives. Marines win even less. Server slowly gets tired of xeno station server wide. Marine regulars begin to leave the server. Xeno regulars begin having to marine so that xenos can even spawn. People get tired of it. People leave. In the end, only an Echo of the former server remains.


I mean that won't happen, but I don't like this. Would this literally just be 'ayy people who don't friendly fire can join' and there's no 'ayyy commander we're above you in rank' nonsense?

And if this does happen and its a fifth squad instead of reinforcements, don't make its room magically immune to being looted. Other squads need to deal with being looted when supplies are running low and the xenos are on the ship. Echo shouldn't be any different.

[Derpislav]

only an Echo of the former server remains

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+1

[Aeleto]

Won't an "elite" squad just make them feel superior to the others, eventually leading to command issues and lack of teamwork with other squads? Making it not looteable just add it for the snowflake feeling. We should encourage people to create their groups instead (similar to Banter) and take it from there, maybe with some friendly rivalry.

Just my two cents.

[UnknownMurder]

Banter had rivalries with Sanctum and Angry Infantry, but now. It's just Sanctum with fancy designs.

But, no. Echo should not feel superior to others even Command. They're just a whitelist squad, players won't get bored. Trust me.

I'll probably sprite armors and helmet.

[UnknownMurder]

I just sprited Echo Squad.
http://prntscr.com/7ilwso
http://prntscr.com/7ilxwx

Opinions? I know it's hard to see but... What other color option could I go with?

[TopHatPenguin]

I just sprited Echo Squad.
http://prntscr.com/7ilwso
http://prntscr.com/7ilxwx

Opinions? I know it's hard to see but... What other color option could I go with?

Sorry to put ya down put it reminds me of bravo colors...

[UnknownMurder]

Hmm......HMMMM...How so?

[TopHatPenguin]

Hmm......HMMMM...How so?

From the second link it just looks like a darker yellow of bravo..

[UnknownMurder]

I'll see what I can do about it later... LATER..