Hi all..

I'd like to suggest a Open help channel to be introduced to navyfield. A chat window that is open from the start of playing NF, and does not require a radioman to use. Also with a opt in/out option attached to the help tab at the top of the screen when in dock.

I think this will really help to introduce new players to navyfield, and also provides help for older players on certain subjects. This is more a player run help channel, but of course i also think it would be useful for moderators also to keep in touch with the community at times. I personally would be happy to use this channel to help out new players starting, as i am sure so would some others.

The last 2 weeks i have been helping out a few players in game, no names needed. 1 person is new to the game, i meet this player in a trade room, when they poped in to ask 1-2 questions, and it went from there, it turned out they were at lvl's 8-10 already ,and had already classed up half the new sailors into radiomen, i'm sure something we have all done at the start of playing this game :). After some time i managed to give some advise to the player, and am still helping them out. But this would not of happened if we had not met by chance in a trade room.
Also i have been helping out 2 older players with crew checks and advise. I certainly find that people enjoy there game more if they understand it better, by the end of 2 weeks of helping them, they now know a lot lot more about the game and there chosen nation etc. We also managed to buy sailors and fix there crews up much better,( a quick BIG Thankyou to a few older players that also helped us out this week, you know who you are). The result being, 2 players now with good crews, and they are much more enjoying there gaming experiance. I do feel perhaps there are more members that would enjoy some advise, or even to be in-channel just listening and learning.

I hope that this idea gets a lot of +1's because i really think it can help the community grow again.

I do not suggest this is a TeamNF run channel, but perhap not a bad idea. Also rules for channel will be needed and upheld, such as no trade spam, or no abussive(sp?) language or harrasment of players etc, all = channel ban, or perhaps more!. For spamming in channel, a system could be used were if a player uses less than 3 secs between messages, they get a auto spam lockout from channel,(not able to type again), for 30-60 secs. I've seen it used in other games and works well to stop some spammers.

I think a lot of players would use this channel and hopefully it is something worth looking into implementing.

Cheers
No1shero