Not bad ideas really. The truth about running missions, and I roll alot of them, is it is like HERDING CATS. (quote from Pyro, AH convention '06)
Giving people a bonus say for joining the mission would be cool, although those of who've played alot could care less if we get more perks or higher rank...at least as far as I am concerned. Might be a good way to attract junior members who otherwise would be intimidated to join. I always hear from new guys, 'jeez im not that good, is don't want to screw it up'. I say please join, jeez, we need more guys. (I think I should be given bonus for running missions..now if I could just convince my wife to call me 'DREDger'.)
Text buffer idea would be fun, fantasic idea. You should post that under wishlist. I always feel a bit self concious about spamming the crap out of country b/f my missions..have to do it though to get participants. Problem is, wait too long, people are impatient to get out and play, do it too short, those in air can't make it. What I do with my missions is say, we get 13 joiners, we roll (lucky 13) .
Not a big fan of letting people pick their own plane. It is hard enough keeping people close, you start adding different performance and fuel, you'll be spread out all over hells half acre. I know some guys put 15 planes there and everyone rush like a mob over to target...using E planes like 51's for NOE missions...gahh!! I do wish guys could add their own skins though.
MY WISHLIST
1. I wish I could stagger mission takeoff times and fields for different assignments like it used to be. Waaay too complicated for the new guys tho, so HiTech did away with it. So, I wish they had a special mission planner for just me.
2. That I was rich and could play all the time, and not work. After that, people would just shutup and follow freakin orders....'where are we taking off from...where we going....are we there yet...are we there yet.
3. THE ABILITY TO KICK PEOPLE OUT OF MISSION. Not that it is really necessary, but that one guy who runs off afk during and NOE mission, grabbing out, grrrrrr. Everyone screaming at him, typing at him....Just the mission planner able to send his butt to tower.
4. Goon drivers sharing the perks or accolades for capture somehow. I try to get 3-4 goons arriving at station all at once, so GHI and his LA-7 can't come screaming out and shoot one troop. Poor guys though, only one gets the capture.
