Originally Posted by ArmEagle

UI: The New Mission Journal

My comments on this new UI element:
- Showing levels: great!
- I commented about the Distance before. If a mission isn't in the current port, then the distance should not be to the Coxswain in this port, but the distance from this port to the 'target' port. Perhaps even use a different color for missions in this port and OS/other ports.
- Mission 'Type' is nice and clear. But what I really was hoping for, is clarification WHAT I am going to do in the mission. Is it pure AvCom, a Ship Battle(, - i think there was some other..), or a combination.

Also, as Monthar nicely showed, it would be really nice if the coxswain showed it somewhat similar.

Also, I think the mission description (as when talking to an NPC, when you can accept it and see the rewards) should list the level, location and type (solo/group/, and also the WHAT type) in the top too.

Originally Posted by ArmEagle

Isildur, I noticed that items (you can buy) in Exchange Shops don't allow you to right-click on them to open the relevant F1-help page.
Sure, some of those objects aren't in there. But with all those books and other economy items being sold, I think it would be logical to have that behavior in these exchanges too.

Also, in the 'Commendation' Exchange; I had expected the commendations to be ordered by 'level' not alphabet. That seems much more natural to me.

Originally Posted by Samson DeGuimauve

Now the only trick is when 1.3 is going to launch.

Originally Posted by ThreadKiller

of course if would also give a use to all the buddy keys....people roll a level 1 alt, want to scuttle their main characters ship, so they engage in battle, and mysteriously the level 1 ship wins the battle and many db, and.....rinse and repeat with all your friends.

Originally Posted by kaffis

Just because I'm missing the nomenclature here -- is UChat what SOE is calling their launchpad based voice solution?

Originally Posted by ArmEagle

What I really think the game needs, regarding social tools;

Allow societies to create Alliances. I myself am in a very small society, because we're a group of friends. We hardly ever communicate with other players/societies, because the social tools don't allow that easily.

Alliances (with a new chat channel of course) would allow societies to group together, without losing their identities.

The game also really needs society rosters. It's of course up to the society to decide who/what is shown on there (limit to names, excluding some players, showing classes, levels, etc. of all listed players, or not).

Then do the same for Alliances, showing the member societies (inter-linking between the rosters of course).

(Yes, this 'idea' comes from another pirate game, and it works great there.)

It would also really help if players could add more tabs to the chat 'window'. Since Alliances would add another channel, that's best not mixed with other chat. I've suggested this before here. Better chat functionality for 'tells' would really help socializing too; pressing Ctrl-r all the time (and often forgetting it) really isn't fun anymore.

Originally Posted by Brash Hooch

If you honestly and seriously want POTBS to survive and thrive, 50's need some way to advance their character. Not group missions (although that helps), this is a P vs P game afterall.

Originally Posted by bluefish

And he was never seen again....