Fleet cap gone?

phyrexianhero · October 2015

Maybe I missed it in the release notes, or maybe it's a bug...but my main Fed fleet has 502 people currently. Is there a new cap and if so, what?

dlmc85 · October 2015

That's really interesting!

zisko · October 2015

maybe they did it to have more people in fleet's or it could be a bug. remember new season just pop up i wouldn't be surprise if there's a lot of bugs going around. wait how many people can fit in a fleet O.O?

phyrexianhero · October 2015

zisko#6191 wrote: »

maybe they did it to have more people in fleet's or it could be a bug. remember new season just pop up i wouldn't be surprise if there's a lot of bugs going around. wait how many people can fit in a fleet O.O?

Well, it's been 500 since Jan 2010 until apparently Season 11 -- but as I said in the original post, there was nothing in patch notes about it.

kitsunesnout · October 2015

Until it gets confirmed officially, definitely don't go trying to fill up, could cause unexpected problems if a bug!

phyrexianhero · November 2015

Can confirm that 505+ on both Fed and KDF fleets with no ill effect...so far.

rahmkota19 · November 2015

501 people in the Delta Task Force at this moment. This is a hard cap we are currently using: if it is found to be a bug, who knows what happens to that 1? Will the last person to join the fleet be kicked? Or will it be the first person? Will something happen anyway?

So we are waiting for an official confirmation before continuing.

The other question is... would more than 500 members not mess up too much with the ability for members to contribute to holdings? If you got 500 people all wanting to contribute for fleet marks taht is a lot already to take care of. Now imagine 600. 800. 10.000.

I think you get the point.

lordvalecortez · November 2015

rahmkota19 wrote: »

501 people in the Delta Task Force at this moment. This is a hard cap we are currently using: if it is found to be a bug, who knows what happens to that 1? Will the last person to join the fleet be kicked? Or will it be the first person? Will something happen anyway?

So we are waiting for an official confirmation before continuing.

The other question is... would more than 500 members not mess up too much with the ability for members to contribute to holdings? If you got 500 people all wanting to contribute for fleet marks taht is a lot already to take care of. Now imagine 600. 800. 10.000.

I think you get the point.

Isn't that sort of alleviated by the Armada system? The mega fleets take much smaller fleets under their umbrella and so the Alpha fleet members donate to the "under strength" Beta and Gamma fleets.

rahmkota19 · November 2015

lordvalecortez wrote: »

rahmkota19 wrote: »

501 people in the Delta Task Force at this moment. This is a hard cap we are currently using: if it is found to be a bug, who knows what happens to that 1? Will the last person to join the fleet be kicked? Or will it be the first person? Will something happen anyway?

So we are waiting for an official confirmation before continuing.

The other question is... would more than 500 members not mess up too much with the ability for members to contribute to holdings? If you got 500 people all wanting to contribute for fleet marks taht is a lot already to take care of. Now imagine 600. 800. 10.000.

I think you get the point.

Isn't that sort of alleviated by the Armada system? The mega fleets take much smaller fleets under their umbrella and so the Alpha fleet members donate to the "under strength" Beta and Gamma fleets.

Completely depends on the Armada you are in.

When the Armada system was introduced, we were a T4 fleet steaming our way to T5, but not on Alpha Fleet quality just yet. Right now we are a full T5/3/3/3/3 fleet, at level 56, as one of the first in our Armada actually.

The other fleets in our Armada are all as well very highly levelled fleets, with an average ABOVE level 40. The idea was to create a very high levelled Armada, for maximum bonusses. The Alpha fleet was created specifially for the armada, accepts all contributions and is not a fleet with a vision, but a place people can join to enjoy the vast xp bonus that comes with a high-levelled Armada. Considering most fleets are however maxed or very close, almost everybody disabled incoming fleet marks and xp contributions for example, hence not alleviating a high-member amount problem.

When we had a recent evaluation of our armada, the votes were still in favor of staying in that armada, instead of breaking off, forming our own Armada with already 1 Alpha, 2 Beta and 1 Gamma fleet spot filled for sure. But why would we do this at this point? We kept our own identity, everything is running smoothly, and would leading an Armada really fit with a casual-oriented fleet?

taylor1701d · November 2015

rahmkota19 wrote: »

lordvalecortez wrote: »

rahmkota19 wrote: »

501 people in the Delta Task Force at this moment. This is a hard cap we are currently using: if it is found to be a bug, who knows what happens to that 1? Will the last person to join the fleet be kicked? Or will it be the first person? Will something happen anyway?

So we are waiting for an official confirmation before continuing.

The other question is... would more than 500 members not mess up too much with the ability for members to contribute to holdings? If you got 500 people all wanting to contribute for fleet marks taht is a lot already to take care of. Now imagine 600. 800. 10.000.

I think you get the point.

Isn't that sort of alleviated by the Armada system? The mega fleets take much smaller fleets under their umbrella and so the Alpha fleet members donate to the "under strength" Beta and Gamma fleets.

Completely depends on the Armada you are in.

When the Armada system was introduced, we were a T4 fleet steaming our way to T5, but not on Alpha Fleet quality just yet. Right now we are a full T5/3/3/3/3 fleet, at level 56, as one of the first in our Armada actually.

The other fleets in our Armada are all as well very highly levelled fleets, with an average ABOVE level 40. The idea was to create a very high levelled Armada, for maximum bonusses. The Alpha fleet was created specifially for the armada, accepts all contributions and is not a fleet with a vision, but a place people can join to enjoy the vast xp bonus that comes with a high-levelled Armada. Considering most fleets are however maxed or very close, almost everybody disabled incoming fleet marks and xp contributions for example, hence not alleviating a high-member amount problem.

When we had a recent evaluation of our armada, the votes were still in favor of staying in that armada, instead of breaking off, forming our own Armada with already 1 Alpha, 2 Beta and 1 Gamma fleet spot filled for sure. But why would we do this at this point? We kept our own identity, everything is running smoothly, and would leading an Armada really fit with a casual-oriented fleet?

Yep really depends on what kind of Armada you are part of; Is the Armada primarily for the bonuses ? Or is the Armada taking lower tiered fleets under its wings for more donation possibilities ?

Were part of a "Bonuses Armada", with 3 spots reserved for lower level fleets (to give a little more freedom for donations).
Think our bonuses at Beta are 8% and 8% will have to check again.
1800+ members.

lindaleff · November 2015

It is for both. Gamma fleets get the largest bonuses. Plus, if the armada fleets enable this in the settings, then all the armada fleets can donate to each other.

ltminns · November 2015

Now you can have a greater number of people that can't contribute Fleet Marks to projects.

phyrexianhero · November 2015

ltminns wrote: »

Now you can have a greater number of people that can't contribute Fleet Marks to projects.

There's many ways to get around that.

phyrexianhero · November 2015

There was nothing about the cap being stealth increased (or removed) with today's patch, or that it was a known bug. No ill effects to report.

comrademoco · November 2015

Let's tag @borticuscryptic see what he thinks here... cause this... this is intriguing.... Hopefully not a bug

phyrexianhero · November 2015

Nothing in tomorrow's patch notes. Time will tell?

Fleet cap gone?

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