A Guide For Base Faction Officers

[Soldier 168]

(Disclaimer: This is not meant to be an insult to the current officer base, but to give ideas and input on how you can improve the entry faction.)

A guide to being a base faction officer:

For a while now, base faction quality has been decreasing which has subsequently led to our population being at an all time low. This guide is to give you ideas of what you can do to improve your faction and the server. 

 

• Being active and having a routine

-It should be common sense that as an officer, you need to be active on the server, but it should be moderate so that you do not burn yourself out. So an easy way to be active while avoiding burn out, is to develop a routine of when to get on and when to get off, like getting on from 2:00-6:00 EST. It allows for yourself to stay active so that you can contribute, but not enough that you go very inactive suddenly. 

-Also, being active does NOT mean being AFK on the server, doing nothing.

-Lastly, it is obvious that you have IRL commitments, like school and work, and that is ok. However, you should be able to make time for Garnet AND life, if you cannot spare time for Garnet, then you should not be an officer. For example, I am taking 3 AP classes and 3 other classes, which around 4 of those give daily homework, yet I still find time to work on school and be active on Garnet. And no, I'm not failing those classes.

• Be genuine and friendly towards the enlisted

-It should be expected when you act like a superior dickwad to the enlisted for whatever reason, they’re gonna get pissed, mass, and leave. So instead, don't be a stickler on the rules and be chill. If a PVT steps one nanometer out of base, don’t shoot him in the head and say over his body, “PRIVATE OUT OF BASE!11!11!!!”. 

• Have a high tolerance for minges

-This one point might be misinterpreted so read this through. If someone is being hard to cooperate with, don’t go straight to demotions or removal of whitelists, first try to cooperate with them in other ways. Even better, ignore it. If they are simply blurting stupid shit quickly in debrief, ignore them. Don’t get all pissed off like they just fucked your mom, trivial things like that should just be overlooked.

• Have fun.

-I don’t just mean this for yourself, but also for the enlisted. I hate seeing people do some type of combat training manual with PVTs. Most people come on after school or work to have fun, not learn again. Also, it’s a lot more interesting that the PVTs learn things like the map and combat during war or simulations. So instead of doing tryouts or combat training constantly, do simulations, raids, or kidnapping, just anything fun. If you are O-1 or above, you have the power to do shit, so don’t just sit there and let your base faction die, do something useful. 

• More activities

-This ties into activity and having fun, but doing more than just tryouts or sitting on your ass is how to revive a base faction. For example, split up enlisted into different groups with leaders (preferably higher enlisted) and have them scout out the area for any possible kidnappees, this gives the newer enlisted a better understanding and knowledge of the map, as well as keeps them on the server. 

-Also doing massive simulations between Army and 2GA enlisted can be very fun for both sides, considering both base factions are obviously of the same skill level, which will have both sides become accustomed with player models, their weapons, and the objective they are fighting at.

-Gamemasters are not the only people in game that have the abilities to create roleplay, create some yourselves by simply starting from a single event or incident like a raid or kidnap.

• Training Recruits

-As an officer, it should be obvious that you are not above training recruits. One of my many pet peeves is how some officers scream at one DS/RFR to train constantly whether it’s during peacetime or during war. That’s an easy way to kill your base faction. If you see one guy training all the time, give him a break and train yourself. Lead by example and not by barking orders, this will make the enlisted want to train more or at least make them feel more valued and respected.
 

In conclusion, this thread are many solutions to current problems in the base factions. It comes down to the officers individually to improve themselves, and if they cannot, then it is up to the leaders to start punishing them. Officers should not be sitting on ranks they aren't proving they deserve. If anyone else would like to throw their 2 cent in, go ahead, but this is all the ideas I could come up with in the span on half an hour. 

Edited November 8, 2020 by Soldier
Grammar

[Ozzy 1,992]

You make a lot of great points in this doc and really do a good job in pointing out distinct things that will lead to success. You’re personally someone who has grown immensely (in my eyes) as a leader and has taken criticism and bettered himself. I’m happy to see that you’re offering your experiences as teaching points to current and future leaders.

I hope that base faction leaders will actually look to this doc for guidance as I’m going to Pin & Feature it. 

[Soldier 168]

Also, I remembered this thread that was made  months ago by @Kendal. I think this also ties into what I said in my post (as well as some points that are kind of the same)

This post was made targeted towards base factions, but I believe that it can also apply for SOC factions, in case anyone has free time to read these or skim through them.

Edited November 9, 2020 by Soldier
Grammar

[Josh Martin 33]

Thank you soldier for making this I have read it and I’ll be sharing this with zachman and we will find out where this takes us.