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You are banned for your actions not your intentions. Dont say people change. Just change.

My condolences on your situation. But on the other side of the discussion. We all have our stories. I share similarities to yours. Now imagine someone in a situation as such playing the game to escape their real life tragedies and then someone comes along ruining it by mingeing or RDMing or just making it a poor experience. Now their escape has become another issue. Sometimes you have to look past your paragraph at the entire chapter.

The biggest discussion to this would be how players interact during events. Players will typically always try to stay with their battalion/squad. So an engineer in 212th will stay with 212th in their battle station opposed to going to a more logical location like Engine Room or Comms deck. An ENG batt would keep players in a more rp logic based location without them feeling isolated from their main battalion.

If you stretch out one comment to imply 4 additional comments that haven't even remotely been mentioned, then yes it is ridiculous. However, as always. the format makes the difference. I have made a suggestion to be accepted or denied. Much different than "I want this."

Some people are saying "battalions are struggling, we need to fix first" and others say "battalions are fine, we dont need to get rid of any." Its one or the other. Same with ENG is doing well and then others say its dying. Make up your mind. And as for the comment about too many batts, not enough people. Last year or year and a half ago. We had more battalions and 80% were great activity. So where is the disconnect? Biggest issue I see all the time, most battalions dont offer down time RP. No event or sim being hosted, its an afk fest or just run circles. That builds activity and involvement. Schedule stuff. At the end of the day, this is accepted or denied. I am okay with either and expect the latter honestly. But some of the reasons being said to deny it, seem like poor excuses. But hey, this thread is all opinion based and thats just mine.

So it is work that requires high staff and leadership to handle? Because this concept would be able to function on it's own without taking server resources to run besides the initial startup. The point of a hierarchy and regiments and staff organization is to have chain of command and chain of resources. A battalion having an issue should means the BCMD should create an action plan of issues and solutions and take it to their superior to either implement or take the next step up to be implemented. One batt issue shouldn't require an entire server to fix. And if it cant be fixed after enough time, either replace leadership or find a new batt. These are simple business concepts I work with on a day to day level. Its basic economics.

We shared vehicles and artillery with 104th before and it was never an issue. And theyve added more now then they did before. I feel this could move engineers out of battalions into a single battalion. This would open a slot for battalions to flesh out their lore more. They could work to build more around their specializations. The server did that for a while and that to me was when RP was in a better state here.

I agree if it stopped at solely doing Eng rp. But being as it is the armored division. It would be a good battalion to work in turrets or other artillery.

If new models are needed. I would be the one donating to have them made. Donate is the key word here as well. And Joah knows I'm good for it. And now I'm hearing mixed points. You say there are already plenty of engineers. Meanwhile 3 others have stated eng rp is dying/dead. We have to agree it is either doing fine or it is dying. Also how would it hurt having a collective of engineers all trained in a uniform and functioning fashion.

I was expecting this comparison. The difference is ENG RP is entirely roleplay based unless we are using vehicle repair kits. The issue is RM is not just rp. Its actual gameplay mechanics. Battalions having medics means you are more likely to have someone there to keep you healed up during a fight.

Exactly. I don't see how this would cause a lack of eng rp to become worse. At the very minimum when 38th was at its lowest point on members at the start(I think at first I only had like 5 active people with me) we still were able to raise the overall levels of ENG rp on the server.

1. There are multiple ways we could go about this. A few have been done and ultimately the path would be based on what the high staff would establish. The first format would be to remove ENG from battalions and have 38th be the only engineers. They would function as a semi mobile unit when battlestations are active. A core group would head to the Engine room to keep all functions operational and in tact. Meanwhile as other battalions required engineer assistance, 38th members would head out to assist. This would build a strong relation with battalions and also would build 38th up as those wanting to do eng rp would have to be in the 38th. The other format would be if battalions also had their own eng troopers, 38th would once again be responsible for hosting ENG training. It was done in the past and it was quite active. It would give 38th the use as anyone wanting to become and engineer or base ops/naval would require it. This in my opinion is the less optimal but still functional option. Overall, the main priority in an attack is keeping life support, shields, comms and all other functions operational. So during events, drills and other attacks; 38th would need to defend and maintain those functions. The biggest difference I saw during events during 38th and post 38th was that events rarely focused on disabling engines and system functions when there was not a strong ENG presence in the server. 2. If it is decided that there is already a limit, then it would be the high command who would determine if one is replaced with 38th and who that would be. They would know best of all who is either lacking activity or who could be revamped into a more RP focused group. This is simply a suggestion as I feel the state of the server is in a good place for this. And I feel this is a battalion that could help enhance the RP of the server overall.

I understand the 104th statement. Previously 38th handled turrets and artillery cannons while 104th handled tanks and AT-AT mechs. This is something that could be resolved easily as overall 38th is primarily focused on repairs and ENG rp. As far as your statement regarding ENG RP dying off, I would argue this would be a solution for that. ENG rp is a huge factor of CWRP and if it is struggling having a battalion that focuses on that and helps train more would be beneficial. It would be similar to a school adding a shop class to build trade skills and the argument being that trades are dying so lets work on that before adding a class. The class builds awareness and interest. 38th would function the same.

Out of curiosity what would you say the issues are with the current ones and what is the work needed? There will never be a time that something doesnt need work.

Before all the "not approved comments," I am posting this for Mango/Yeti. He has spoken to Joah who directed him to add this for a suggestion. Name: Apache4K RP Rank: Knight/PVT Suggestion: Bring back 38th Engineer Corps Experience relevant to suggestion: Former BCMD of 38th. I joined 38th when it was first created and at the time it was filled with alot of prominent staff and members with big named characters so they had incredibly limited time to spend on building it up. I was worked very hard to recruit and find a good structure with the battalion. The biggest setback at the time was a limit on spawns for props, vehicles, weapons and other items to help make sims/events more involved. Even with this setback 38th had some of the best RP int he Engine room during all events. Regiment: Specialized Lore: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/38th_Armored_Division Named Characters: Gaffa (Sergeant - Previously made WO) Workshop content if applicable: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1226589987 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=835781138 Or just paying for a Dev to create 38th Structure: All members would be Engineers. It previously had medics, pilots, ARF and Combat Engineer. I think it would work better with Medic(limit 2), Heavy Trooper(combat focused Engineer), ARF/Support(Limit 2-4), Pilot/Artillery (Handles turrets, tanks, etc), Officer, and Jet(if reasonable to fit RP scenarios for eng repairs.) This battalion is based as a branch of the Armored Division. It would focus mostly on engineer roleplay. That would encompass repairs, maintenance, system updates, vehicle repairs and other equipment roleplay. Advanced troops could possibly be trained for tech, eod and other specialized skillsets. I believe this battalion could add so much for RP scenarios. I have seen it in action prior and the level of Rp was top tier. With some better assistance(sorry Zombie), this could be a incredible asset to the server.