The End?

Why else do you think DC aren't Mercs anymore..being a merc doesnt work very well in rp..

there are already plans how this kind of roleplay can be supported
but it takes time to turn it into reality

yeah, like you said, its really sad that merc role is dead. but thats only for now
cuz after everything will finally get in normal (clans, RP, events, server stats, dimanic, upgrdaes, etc - some of them are back to normal) i promise you will get your job

if noone else, im going to hire you guys (after I battle you to see how good you are, of course )

and then, party can start for you

I'm very glad to hear the mastermind(s) of the server haven't forgoten the merc role. I still believe becoming a serverclan will help us atleast a bit on the commercial part.
I still don't think is dead, it just has its ups and downs. There are some people who just think of the littlest stuff for us to do and I love the people who tried to keep us busy.

Grtz, btw, for the people who noticed my inactivity, I'm having Pc probs, but I already ordered the new part I needed and it should prolly be here somewhere this week.

i hope you guys manage to stay
you have played you merc role well

how about some speacial offers?

perhaps some of the very rich people on the server
could offer sponsership say 15% subsadies on contracts
just an idea^^ rather than find a reason to hire you make some funds available for those who cant afford to hire you
this way those freelancers that need protection and cant afford it can get the protection and you guys get the oppertunity to do your job and perhaps have tasks for new guys in the clan (as a subsadised job would not buy you the top guys)

so if you offered a 50% reduction and a 10% subsady
2 things culd be satisfied
1, cut price professional service
2, a way that money rich server clan people can help our server clan freinds/ family

In the same way there is a sliding scale of fees for pirate taxes why dont u have a list of fees for newbie players.

U could ask OP to post them somewhere in the roleplay rules.

That would encourage ppl to hire u for protection against pirating or personal attacks.

Speaking from my personal experiences and I know Op will verify and support me in this.

I Started two clans here, 1 being an Arms Trading clan and we made BILLIONS and CFPD. I was also a member of R39. Having said that, when making a clan or joining one, you have to ensure that your RP is in concert with the Servers RP doctrine.

As *AT it made me , Sev and Fixer very rich, but what did we obtain in that role aside from credits? The answer is nothing.

As R39, the three of us obtained nothing as our server role because we took the route of an Order Clan...which there is not a fit in CF.

As CFPD, we are playing Police with a twist, which does fit into the CF RP.

Merc Clans are difficult to run, unless you take assignments from " The Federal Judges of Sirius" to arrest a pilot etc. or carry out an execution on behalf of the Coalition. You are not making money on these hits, but you are gaining publicity to aquire new members and "business" from other clans / players.

IMHO. CF has the best and finest pilots in the freelancer community, so in order to market a Merc clan, you have to be good........I mean very good or just reckless in order to make your goal.

As a Clan leader, you have to Market your clan in order to succeed and it is a time consuming and stressfull job, even in the gaming world.

Well, we don't really have set prices, we let usually just let people offer us money or we give them an estimate depending on their level and their personal benefits.
I don't think I totally understand the subsady concept, maybe you could elaborate for us?

Grtz

What I am saying, in brief:

Your clans rp must fit into the servers rp line. Merc clans are difficult to do.

In order to make a successful clan, it takes hard work, good public relations and good marketing.

merc jobs:

escorts
contract kills
deliveries

a few weeks ago when RP started again the police and pirate part was very active and still is now

but i already noticed that mercs are not hired much because ppl often do the jobs alone or do not know who to ask

therefore i came up with an idea and discussed it with haegar
(he will not work on it now.... just give him a break from work)

the idea is not too complicated and i already worked out the basic stuff

in future you will be able to set a bounty on a player by writing a command into the game console
money will be transfered from your account to a bounty board that you can read in game by using a command similar to "frags"

you will see which player has a bounty on his head, how much money, and how much time is left to kill this guy

from that list you can pick your target and kill it and then you get the money automatically while the order is going to be deleted from the bounty board

like i said... the basics are clear and from what i know flhook has all neccessary funktions by now.... but give haegar time to play and care for family first
he deserves that

Wow, that really sounds like a dream!
And to Gunny, we were always working with the public relations. Unfortunatly there seems to be a black sheep in our clan and Blood and I are trying to find him. (I'd also like Lance to contact me about this)
About PvP skills, we are trying our best, but we believe if someone wants to play a role, we are not going to force him into another direction, just because he doesn't have skills. Skills can be trained to a certain level and that is what we do most of the time anyway.

Grtz, and thanks again OP and maybe Heagar even more :]

I checked for Bounty function integration into FLHook - that will be done

this is a fantastice idea OP and if Heagar can pull it of it will add a hole new lvl to the game play on CF which no other mob can come close to and will finaly give the mercs a perposs.

one thing i would surgest (which u are probably doing) is can you do it so only players with merc liscences can take the bountys. this way it will help protect there role on the server.

wow

once again, OP proves that he is the best in his job
this is going to be fun.

hm, i think we could expand this idea:
every day 1 player should have an extra bounty on his head: lets say 10M. but , the player will be picked randomly by someone/something and that ppl would be also put on the bounty board.

hehe, how wide can that bounty board be?
its seems im going to trade once again, to get all the money im going to spend only on mercs to give them some fun. hehe, not even i can track everyone down

till then ........

I agree with carbine, I just thought of other people taking hunting bounties aswell and I didnt want to whine about it in my earlier post, but I do agree, it would be much better if it was only availible to merc licensed players.
@Inf: although it's not really a bad idea, I don't think it should be through the bounty board, but more like in the form of a daily event, like some kind of King of the Hill, but I don't see that happening very soon, so I'd say it's not really a plan

Grtz

gust when you're back i have a job for you

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Originally posted by Cyb3r
gust when you're back i have a job for you

i hope it has nothing to do with me

if some1 is ASF or CSF he cant take the job then even if his clan is a merc clan?
sry to stick it with licences does not work

Well, we aren't going to join either ASF or CSF to be honest. We are mercs and mercs are supposed to do everything to stay neutral. We are thinking of a way in which we can still help in the main RP.
If there are going to be other merc clans then it is upto them to decide what to do. Just a case of thinking what is best for your members.
If you really want this to work with mercs in ASF/CSF then you could always make the licenses mounted seperatly, but that might be a bit of a hassle or farfetched.

Grtz