I have been in this game about 4.5 years now and one of the things which I would like to see Hi Tech do is put a little notice up in the right hand corner of your monitor screen, so that everyone in that country would know there is a mission posted, and then that person could click on pick-up missions to see if they wanted to join the mish. Many, many times, I have been told, did not know there was mission posted!
I always put notices about my missions in the text buffer, but as everyone knows, with players posting info about the game in the text buffer, that notice of impending mission does not stay in view very long.
Maybe add something to the clip board, which says, "Mission Up", with a little light under it and if it is lit, then people would know that there is a mission posted!
A lot of people would join, especially the new players, if they knew a mish was up! Most people, by human nature, are not "loners" and would prefer to join in a "team" effort and would more than likely enjoy the game more!
I know that a lot of people like to just "furball" and that is well and good, but, how about doing something to alert people that there is another way to play the game!