Ha Ha Ha Ha love it cannot wait to see this in action. Or like the Police not in action. Sorry donāt mean to be negative but I cannot see this going smooth at all. I agree with most of the stuff said above. More work for the admins really
Ok so to express myself in constructive wayā¦lets say i go to planet and discover base with underground turrets blocking me from reaching my objective. What i need is admin to get rid of it or kill it no matter the turrets. Im in situation where i want to play, i have something to do on the planet.
- I can kill base, dont care about admin or watchers. Usually fastest way
- I can gather evidence myself and wait for admin
- I can call a watcher if hes around, wait for him to gather evidence, wait for him to present evidence, wait for admins to decideif to delete the base
Forbiden vessel class
With current formula its impossible to proof, its not working, damaged blocks have more triangles than undamaged. Class changes on the fly. Its being dicussed on official forumā¦so no improvment here.
Number of bases
Yeah probably here watcher can count bases and see one or more are above limit.
Conclusion is that i need Admin, not Watcher. Maybe Witcher could help.
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like I said more work for admins really
Do you understand how a POLL works? Do you not see the votes tallied above? As far as I can tell, (again, by looking at the VOTESā¦) it seems like the community you reportedly represent wants this to exist (so far, at least). Does having a freaking poll not qualify as listening to the community???
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only 33 votes not many really
Hmm as an alternate suggestion, leave watcher abilities open ended to everyone without a invulnerable ship, all exploits stem from having a ship that cant be killed. For example:
A command:
WC:?
WC:info (Shows Current Watcher Level) (More abilities get added as you increase, only admin can increase your watcher level) Starts at 1 and can be set to 0 by admins to remove all access from personal.
WC = Watcher Commands
RBD = Request Base Deletion
RCD = Request CV Deletion
RSD = Request SV Deletion
RHD = Request HV Deletion
WC:RBD (Captures info from the nearest Base to you and adds it to a list so that admins can quickly see what has been reported with its location)
After typing it the server can say Case 45 opened then you know to post Case 45 + evidence under the discord channel associated with it, this will allow the fastest possible way for admins to link evidence + location in case people reporting it forget to add location its done automatically.
Maybe if you get to Watcher level 2 or 3 you are trusted enough to remove the base/unit yourself but it would still get recorded in case of exploit/accident, but it would be narrowed down to very few individuals so it wont be much to go through.
What i need is refree, if im suspicious enemy has underground turrets i call refree, hes in godmode, go to take a look at base, if there are underground turrets he takes evidence of it without me spending afternoon by trying to do that, this might help. He wont help me at all in fight against underground turrets but at least he will gather evidence for me.
I dont belive CV will help Watcher in doing this on palnets where you can enter with CV like GG. But i might be wrong maybe theres a way how to do it, i wont be that happy for CV in middle of lagged battlefield though.
Conclusion, I need Admin to answer my call imediatly, or at least this Refree check base and say its all ok, no turrets its jusut Eleon bugs, or there are turrets, i removed them, no need to destroy whole base for 1st time, if that repeats he destroys whole base.
Point is in quick response so fighting gets legit imediatly, not that week after calling a watcher court will tell me, yes, there was underground turret, thats something i can see imediatly.
Generaly I think thats time to stop complicating things and make them simplier. This is just another example of unnecessary complicating of things. One way highway is same. It gives chance to chase someone in PvP and thats why GG is on the end so its 1 jump to CSW which is very different and better than previous 2 jumps at least to ECCā¦
Dont want to be sarcastic dick hereā¦its only to make a point.
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O LOL there might be an automated way so that illegal bases get removed without the need of watches 
what if a random structure was spawned underground and its location randomly shifted and as soon as a gun shoots through the ground and kills it, it will appear on combat log and that structure/vehicle gets deleted.
All is needed is admin with some power to solve problems, not just Apona as all what he can do is say sorry i dont have power to do that. Simple as that. I know, matter of trustā¦
Im out of here, it just cost time.
Damn it, and for the rest there are Guardians, would be nice if ppl could give LIKE to Guardian if hes helpfull so there is some scoreboard for Guardians and best of them are rewarded as Guardian Heroes.
You knowā¦former Bounty HUnters should have BOunty Board, instead of being Hunters, sorry pirates. etcā¦I dont know i guess its just me who cant belive his eyes lately.
I should clear up a few things here:
- The Watcher programme doesnāt hand out āuber leetā powers that could be abused in the first place. The whole point of this programme is to train and select the right types of individuals who have proven to be trusted, who then move on to the HWS Police (which does have commands/powers however DO NOT play as regular players and are strictly bound to act within the bounds of their role at all times).
- Anyone who is given a position of trust will be watched closely, we do have the staff for this yes, my main focus now is the Watcher/Academy and the HWS Police programmes. I also have a Deputy Commander (Apona) who is also a member of the HWS staff team.
- Speculation is great. However I will be posting much clearer details over the next couple of days which will go into greater detail about the two. So until then itās best to wait and see rather than make assumptions.
- NEITHER Police or Watchers will have the power to ban. Police can remove XP/RP/Credits in the form of fines, jail players, and also destroy their vehicles/bases. But rememberā¦ they too are vulnerable!
Good luck to anyone thinking about applying!
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I cannot think of one person who would apply for such a job. It be like being a parking warden lol All the grieve and no fun.
Fyi that Baywatch movie was actually funny! Having zero expectations and half baked.
Itās not for everyone. However for the time someone serves as a watcher/officer, they are paid. So you do earn a nice pot for when you āretireā. 
This sounds like a job for Ranzeth!
After my hours of āwatchingā can I come back later and siege?
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I second Ranzethās nomination
Soā¦ that would make for a fun fight maybe? can we fight against the police?
If they have indestructable shipsā¦ maybe pointless. If they have unlimited ammo,
but we can kill their ships, might be fun haha, tha whole cops n robbers thing is always better, if,
you can actually kill, or get away from the cops.
Have you asked Stan Lee?
But OnT.
I do like the ideaā¦ Will be more like a trainee admin programā¦
There will always be a problem with some people taking advantage of his/hers position, but then the players has to complain. If an admin abuse given powers, you would report it.
I would not apply my self, for the only reasonā¦ i like to play the gameā¦
May be when the game goes Beta with less updates and glitchesā¦
Alsoā¦ i see people complain about cheating, that is just lagā¦ Game is still early. Watcher should have an Ok computer and high internet (at least 50/50) to avoid lag glitches as ban reason.
Does my 486 DX2-100 qualify as OK? Damn gateway!
If not I might be able to scrounge up another Pentium 200 W/o mmx and another S3 Virge pciā¦