Squad Leader Archive
Thread: A natural ability
I think the squad leaders natural ability would be to lead a larger sized squad. Cut maximum squad size to 10 and let the squad leader increase it to 20 at master level. This seems the most obvious ability a squad leader should have, but I haven't seen it suggested anywhere. Anyone?
That sounds like a good idea... Lets see what other peeps think though.
Great idea.
The numbers might need to be modified, but I like them as they are, myself.
I also think that maybe this could be something that starts low at Novice and progresses to 20 at mid-level or Master, filling out the tree with more 'stuff'. I would hate to have togo all the way to Master to get the full groupsize, and giving some of the benefit at the Novice or lower levels makes all SL's more desirable.
Another idea is to let SLs group other SLs that currently have their own groups, allowing for heirarchies of groups for bigger raids.
I was thinking advancement along one of the skill lines. Novice +1, +2, +2, +2, +2, Master +1. Call it logistics or leadership or squad management or whatever you need to justify it.
It seems like something that SL should have had all along. It would be merely taking it from everyone else and putting it in the proper domain.
Seems something dev would like better anyway, since it's essentially nerfing everyone else, instead of buffing us.
Palitrine:
...which might be a good reason to be able to have SLs with groups able to group under a Master SL in certain situations. The top SL directs the overall plan and flow of the battle, and the group SLs can deal with their 10 to 20 members. This would definitely work better if the top SL has a wider Radar range.
Also, while the ideal group size might in fact be 10 members for the purposes of control, there are many reasons why leaders would want as many members as possible. And there are certainly some people who are better followers than others, so a group of 20 experienced, mature players would be easier to lead than a group of 10 self-centered, trigger-happy, l33t-talking, know-it-allpunks.
Ciaran_Gceilteach wrote:
...a group of 10 self-centered, trigger-happy, l33t-talking, know-it-allpunks.
Of course, those are so rare in SWG that I don't even know why I mentioned them.