Tour Of Duty ( TOD ) AH

[Wotan]

cajun

tods are specifically for squads.

They are not designed as come one come all.

The way they work is the cms do the write up for the tour, (a tour is made up of multiple frames 3 mostly) The cm divide up the squads to best even up the numbers. One tour you may be axis the next allies. They switch theaters as well pac, med eto west front etc. The cm pic out of the squads cos fer each frame. They then send a list of objectives to the side cos. The side cos make up the plan an forward that to the squad cos who inform their members.

Squads can except 2 guests per tour. But you must request a guest slot prior to the start of the frame. You cant just show up to the SEA 5 min before the frame starts and ask to join. These are Squad events they revolve around the structure of the squads to make them work. Most squads take guests. Its up to those who are not in a squad and wish to fly tod to get to the tod page and contact the squad they wish to fly with. I doudt anyone will turn you away. But even if they theres always a squad looking for guests.

Since sat tod has moved to sunday maybe its time to start check 6s and snapshots back on saturday. But thats has nothing to do with TOD.

[Turbot]

So what events are on the books for new players?  (NO i have not looked at calendar)  BUt shouldn't there be something for us lowly undesirables too?

edit to add this...

Events weren't elitest in AW, new people were encouraged to participate (yes a MAJOR pain in the bellybutton - but also was good to grow the game).  In fact squad participating together was an OPTION that needed special arangement.  This is the WarBirds setup here, not the way it was in AW.

[Wotan]

events in ah arent elitest either

Tod however (or something similar) was requested by some of the squads in ah. A lot of them were from folks from wb who enjoyed the s3s (Squad Select Series).

Every other event in ah is open to everyone.

Those of us who participate in tod like it the way it is. No one is excluded as long as they comply with the rules for tod.

You would have flown the last frame had you went to the TOD page and read the rules and found a squad that excepted guests. My squad has never turned away a guest.

TOD has always been a squad based event.

[ghostdancer]

For organizational and admin purposes TOD (Tour of Duties) are squad based. This is so that the C.O. of the squad can handel turning out his troops, disemnating information and orders, and other admin duties so that it does not fall on the CM or on just the CiC and a few others.

However, squad base does not mean that you have to had a corresponding squad in the MA (main arena) or that the people flying in your TOD squad have to be part of your squad in the MA. Your TOD squad can be made up of anyone and doesn't even have to be a squad in the MA.

But all TOD squads have to give a committment level to the CMs before an event starts (basically tell us how many pilots they think they can field consistently). And this where the problem of last minute walkons comes into play.

Right now TOD's are setup to run faster and leaner than full blown scenarios (which do have walkons). Plus, since squad sizes can run into the high 20s or more its hard for a CM to know if a squad is over or under its committment for a frame. Which is unlike a scenario where usually have a squad that is only allowed to field a set number no matter what. Couple this with the decentralized admin structure of the TOD and well you can see that last minute walkons can be a real pain for a single CM and could throw things out of whack in a balancing way.

Yes, I know I was in AW scenarios and they handled but the point is this is not a scenario but more of a scenario light or themed event. TODs don't have to be as historically accurate, and several other things that scenarios are. They also only have 1 setup CM and 1 admin CM unlike the large team that scenarios have.

All of this is why last minute walkons are not allowed.

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Now as for a last minute walkon is. A last minute walkon is a player who comes into the special events arena and asks if any squad needs a pilot. Basically just shows up and looks for a slot. This is not allowed under the current TOD rules.

However, if that person has sent e-mail to a squad about flying with them in the event and gotten a confirmation that they had a slot for him or her before the actual event is held (entering in the SEA arena when the CM is present) that person can fly.

My squad the Nightmares VMF-101 is made up primarily of the Nightmares VMF-101 in the MA but I also have people from the following squads who have contacted me about flying with us on friday .. AirMAgeddon, Horse Soldiers, Flying Tigers 130th, WildCards, NightHawks VA-85, Cactus Air Force, and a few independents.

Right now is the time to get in touch with the Friday night squads since we are between TODs and are revising our committment levels for the next friday night TODs (personally I have to up my committment level from 16-20 pilots per frame to 21-25 pilots).

So if you are still interested go to:

http://events.hitechcreations.com/

And mouse over "Weekly Events" and then click on Friday or Saturday (now run on sundays) Tour of Duty. Then scroll down the page and on the left you will see the squads with their contact e-mail links per squad. Pick a squad and contact them about flying with them.

Most squads would love to have you since they always have to work to turn out enough troops for each frame.

[Grayarea]

Originally posted by bike killa


It's changed from Saturday to Sunday actually. Still at 3pm Eastern (9pm Euro)

just click a banner on the top of your screen for more information (and events calendar)

That is 21:00 Central European Time, 20:00 British Summer Time.

[cajun]

Thanks, but I seriously doubt that I'll be able to make the next frame or 2, since I'm not even registered for MA.

The reason I'm asking is to see what its all about, I'm thinking of signing up and wondering if it would be worth it, it sounds great, so bassically you fly with a squad, fly specific missions under the command of a CO like in real life?  The more I hear about it the more I wann signe up!...

 I know how about this I'll "work" for HTC , by playing their game for free and give them suggestions and stuff, Like adding multiple gunners, adding Gloster Gladiator, Stuka, and whatever else lol