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What' worse than a crewman that leaves? A Captain that leaves

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C r o w:
Ok, now, even if I think that I'm too low leveled to complain, I found in recent matches that even if a crewman left, it would be still be a manageable situation, someone else might join, or we'd would have to rely on the AI.
On the other hand, when the captain left, everything was almost totally screwed, in particular for the fact that only cap'ns have flight-helping tools, can command AIs
(we all know how AIs in "do as you were" mode are retarded), and activate respawns (before the the forced respawn anyway)
I think that after a crewman leaves there should be the possibility to change your class during the match, even more if the captain slot becomes empty mid-match.

Feel free to contradict me anytime

BlackenedPies:
Really now... Well every 6 months or so I send Muse a reminder to allow players to freely change class during match but they think it'll cause cheating. I recently sent the reminder so I'll try again in 5 months. You can try feedback@musegames.com

Daft Loon:
The ability to command the AI is given to the person at the top of the crew list if the captain leaves already, along with control over respawning.

That aside a field promotion mechanic would be good to have. At its simplest it could just be a popup option "take over as pilot - yes/no" where clicking yes moves you to the captain slot and changes you to your first pilot loadout or a default 'emergency' loadout; maybe Claw-Kerosene-Drogue Chute.

C r o w:
I'm sorry to hear that BlackenedPies
To Daft, thank for the info about AIs and respawn.
And what you said is exactly what I'd do about class change!
Really, I had a hellish time once while driving a Pyra as a gunner, apart from the fact that also another crewman left so that remained only me and an engie friend of mine, it was awful, expecially since I didn't have the Phienix Claw.
I don't say I'm a phenomenon, but usually me and bulky ships go hand in hand so I even managed to snatch a kill, but I've seen other ally crews in other matches just panicking or even surrender when their captain left.

Schwalbe:
You may be low level, but the problem is quite valid and screws over literally everyone.

@Blackened:
Cheating? How in the fuck? I'm a Pole, I have inherent ability to think in ways of screwing people around in favor of my own selfishness, but I see no bloody way of taking advantage in such situation over that necessary one, when yer captain leaves fucking you over. It also locks something different, a possibility for a crew member to switch from exemplary a second bloody gunner to an engie. How is that cheating? Even more, it is advantegous for the bloody community, as having such "emergency exit" defuses most of in-lobby tensions occuring when low level second gunner appears and doesn't give a fuck bout anyone's fun... I can't even count lobbies my squad abbandoned because herpy derpy second gunner pissed people off.


@Daft Loon: It's actually a... decent... idea. One improvement, if the next in command refuses, another one receives the same offer. On the other hand, it would be immersion-breaking, if you catch my drift.

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