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Carrier Pet Status

veldrane2kveldrane2k Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited April 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Is there any way to keep track of Carrier Pets through the HUD? I use a Karfi and 4 frigates are tough enough to watch out for. I think i'd end up spaming 12 fighters.
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  • sasheriasasheria Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    A lot of us want this.

    I would like either
    a hud where we can keep track of fighters/pet (might be too many with 12)
    OR
    AI that will auto launch fighters to replace the one that are lost.
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  • veldrane2kveldrane2k Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    HUD status could be quick and simple: a 2 tier icon for each bay, each tier would have a silhouette for each ship in the flight, the color would go from white for full shields to red for hull damage to black for dead.
  • haravikkharavikk Member Posts: 278
    edited April 2013
    veldrane2k wrote: »
    HUD status could be quick and simple: a 2 tier icon for each bay, each tier would have a silhouette for each ship in the flight, the color would go from white for full shields to red for hull damage to black for dead.
    This; all we need is simple icons like that, grouped by hangar/wing so we can see when we need to launch a new wave.
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  • hohenz0llernhohenz0llern Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I would agree we need a hud or status display of some kind. If for nothing else so I can perhaps heal a bird of prey pet.

    I do like to launch them manually even when all four are up; I do this to modify their behavior. If they get lazy and buzz a target doing ineffectual broadsides; I like to launch fresh ones as the first thing they do when launch is prep and conduct an alpha strike. So I keep high aux for low cool-down so I can do pet alpha strikes on sort of demand.

    Also I like the manual launch option to replace pets fallen behind.

    I never tried to set the pet icons for auto as one would a weapon icon. They don't work that way do they?

    So yes; a display of some kind showing pet status...certainly unique icons to you above them so I can pick mine out of another carrier's frigates or fighters. And option for manual and auto replenishment.
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  • wrathofachilleswrathofachilles Member Posts: 937 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    It would be nice if this status display would also make the launch button smart enough to replace the most damaged/dead pets first rather than just replacing them in order that they were launched.
  • teklionbenrashateklionbenrasha Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    While we're at it, a way of directing saucer sections, MVAE bits and the like would be handy - in the same way that we direct our fighters.
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