Mercenary Fleets - What Were You Doing?

  • The D
    The D
    Potential Threat
    Joined Jan 2012 Posts: 35
    I just recently had this happen to me. Signed on to get my ship that just got done being refit and noticed my merc fleet went down one. Its nowhere to be found.

    BP ID: 1383797
  • Daniel Dewey
    Daniel Dewey
    Potential Threat
    Joined Nov 2010 Posts: 39
    Ok I might as well add my 2 cents in here. Last night at 0130 MST I logged off and went to bed. I noticed that some how the Merc that I launched at approx 1300 MST still had over 5 hours on the timer. Well I figured that this morning I would come in and launch a Merc after I got up. Now after 10 hours of sleep it would seem that I STILL have over 5 hours left on the timer, and I seem to have lost a Merc somewhere in the mix. Not only have I not received any Mercs in the last 2 weeks or so, I have been losing them. I started the raid with around 28 Mercs in my bank, I am now down to 18. I admit I have launched 2 or 3 of them but not sure where the rest have gone. Also I STILL have not been able to accept any Mercs even though it shows that i receive them every day. Did not realize that this was an ongoing problem until recently. Please fix this problem, sounds like it may be related to one of the recent updates.
    LongShank
    Sector 251
    SGS Alliance

    HOIST THE COLORS!!!!!!
  • Daniel Dewey
    Daniel Dewey
    Potential Threat
    Joined Nov 2010 Posts: 39
    Ok I might as well add my 2 cents in here. Last night at 0130 MST I logged off and went to bed. I noticed that some how the Merc that I launched at approx 1300 MST still had over 5 hours on the timer. Well I figured that this morning I would come in and launch a Merc after I got up. Now after 10 hours of sleep it would seem that I STILL have over 5 hours left on the timer, and I seem to have lost a Merc somewhere in the mix. Not only have I not received any Mercs in the last 2 weeks or so, I have been losing them. I started the raid with around 28 Mercs in my bank, I am now down to 18. I admit I have launched 2 or 3 of them but not sure where the rest have gone. Also I STILL have not been able to accept any Mercs even though it shows that i receive them every day. Did not realize that this was an ongoing problem until recently. Please fix this problem, sounds like it may be related to one of the recent updates.
    LongShank
    Sector 251
    SGS Alliance

    HOIST THE COLORS!!!!!!
  • cap smash
    cap smash
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 4
    Several times now I have noticed the many of the same problems noted above such as the timer on merc fleets also merc fleets just disapearing from the counter.
  • asavage01
    asavage01
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jul 2011 Posts: 284
    Looking to launch a merc fleet and it say must wait 2 hours, I was sleeping when the other one was launched again. It stopped for about a week for me,now once again they are self launching again and disappearing also.
  • Jeff Piatt
    Jeff Piatt
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 2
    I used a merc fleet on the morning of 2-5-12 and it worked fine then yesterday evening 2-6-12 tried to use one and it said still had 4 hours and some change and this evening 2-7-12 it is showing 9 hours and 10 minutes and when I have noticed that the count on my merc fleets has dropping as well seems like I lose 2 fleets everytime I use 1.
  • Amy Nordstrom
    Amy Nordstrom
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2012 Posts: 6
    ID is: 2776327 My base got hit and I started moving around my post and I went from 3 merch fleets to 2. I had deployed one earlier in the morning about 930amCentral time and wouldnt have been able to launch another one til much later in the evening. This is atleast the 7th merch fleet I've had that has magically dissapeared.
    This is getting ridiculous.
  • narvo
    narvo
    Potential Threat
    Joined Sep 2011 Posts: 25
    merc always counting down,even though i've never launched one. ID is: 370860
  • redeyeonu
    redeyeonu
    Greenhorn
    Joined Sep 2011 Posts: 3
    it has been happining for the past month, i go to launch a merc and it shows that i have already launched one, no merc on the map. ive just been salvaging, so ive been doing nothing different or special. happens once every couple of days or so.

    redeyeonu, lvl 31 user id, 82361. thanks for ur help trying to fix this issue.
  • The_Rick
    The_Rick
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 1
    Same thing, it says my mercs cant be used for many hours without using them, this has happened a # of times now . Can u please fix this . thanks
  • Capt-JackSparrow
    Capt-JackSparrow
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 6
    It has happened again, I have now lost two fleets this morning without launching any merc fleets for awhile now but they keep disappearing from my total. They are all going while I am offline so I wasn't doing anything at the time.
  • A3Sapper
    A3Sapper
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 332
    It appears that the problem with mercs started at the same time you changed the merc system to display the lower ship in the formation instead of the higher ship. AKA BBs as a flagship instead of the Levis.

    Maybe you should roll back that update regarding mercs. they worked fine before.

    As for the issues regarding it, it seems at the same time (game wide) if your merc is not launched you loose it. IF you have a merc launched you also loose one anyways. Its about every 24 hours at the same time. BUT here the tricky part, the timers are not al reseting to the same time. they roll back to 9h50M and change. this happens at the same time every day. look back through your updates and find the excat time you launched the merc update. that will be when merc counters reset and people loose them.

    thanks
  • RRs_reaper
    RRs_reaper
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 6
    For the past week to week and a half I haven't been able to send mercs, and they have been randomly disappearng. I haven't used one in 2 days and I just went to launch one and it says I have 4+ hrs till I can, and I lost a merc in my que, even though I never launched one. I have gone from 31 to 20 in the past week yet I have only lauched 2. I also havent been able to receive them, It will tell me I have a merc from a friend, I will click on it, then when it takes me to my base the merc isn't added to my current amount. Its been slightly frustrating since I use them for salvs and base guarding but I'll be patient as I'm sure you guys will find a solution quickly and hopefully be able to resupply the mercs that were taken.

    reaper
  • Kevin Holland
    Kevin Holland
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2012 Posts: 18
    I went to deploy my merc fleet tonight I am in the 209 sector I have not used a merc fleet in days I went to use one today and the system tells me I have to wait 5 hours before I can use a merc fleet.
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  • mreric
    mreric
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 183
    Swag I have been getting lots of questions from my friends on why they couldn't launch there mercs and tonight I tried to launch mine and got a count down going, also just noticed my merc count is down and I haven't used any for sometime but since HH's just unlocked I would like to test my merc out so I'm gonna watch the counter and in 52 minutes I should be able to supply you with some info on what happened when the counter reaches 0

    Daniels
    Sector91
  • mreric
    mreric
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 183
    mreric wrote: »
    Swag I have been getting lots of questions from my friends on why they couldn't launch there mercs and tonight I tried to launch mine and got a count down going, also just noticed my merc count is down and I haven't used any for sometime but since HH's just unlocked I would like to test my merc out so I'm gonna watch the counter and in 52 minutes I should be able to supply you with some info on what happened when the counter reaches 0

    Daniels
    Sector91

    I fell asleep but to keep you informed at the end of the counter I launched my merc fleet with no problems and my merc fleet count dropped by one as it should, also the timer was set properly at 11h 59m 59s before next merc launch so that process appears to be working and maybe the problem is no longer a problem I will ask some of my friends if theres is working correctly and I will monitor the whole process to watch for anything that doesn't appear to be working correctly and post to this thread of anything I notice.

    Daniels
    Sector91
  • bliesden
    bliesden
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jul 2011 Posts: 9
    I have not been able to launch a merc since before the last raid. Always says I have to wait for x amount of hrs.
  • Christian Paulsen
    Christian Paulsen
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 163
    well, I dont use mercs, Im a collector and I try to get as many as posible
    lol
    anyhow, I have currently 150.. earlyer today I had 151... I keep loosing them ALOT.. last few weeks I probly lost 10-12 mercs.
    and like today when I signed on I had 151... now its 150 and I cant launch another merc for 6-7 hours..
    Its like they get autolaunched to somewhere in space where I get get hold of them.. it dont show that its launched or anything..
    only thing is that its missing from my inventory and that I cant launch any for another 12 hours from the time I see its missing..

    I guess Kixeye pirates are hijacking them like the pirates they are.. lol ;-)

    User ID is: 457533
  • Phoenix123
    Phoenix123
    Potential Threat
    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 37
    Hey

    I seem to be experiencing this intermittently. Some days I am able to launch my merc, however today just noticed that the total had dropped and I am now getting the message saying I am unable to launch for 11 hours 40 minutes......
    Dont seem to be able to pinpoint it to my doing anything in particular. Just logged in and done the usual stuff. Banked res, repaired a fleet and hit some salvages.
    User ID-2273402
    Phoenix
    Level 64
    Current Sector - Shhh it's a secret
  • DSAAC-Steve
    DSAAC-Steve
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 2
    Same issue for me.
    My merc fleets are disappearing even though
    I am not using them :(
  • Tommy Keegan Hughes
    Tommy Keegan Hughes
    Greenhorn
    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 20
    I have not used a merc fleet in 2 days. I went to get a merc fleet & it is giving me a 10 hour count down. Also I have 1 less fleet (ODD) Had the problem before but this time it took a merc fleet with it & that I never used.
  • caribbean girl
    caribbean girl
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 5,964
    Well I just came home clicked on my fleet as I am about to go and salvage and guess what? UR NEXT FLEET WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 10 HOURS...no I never launched any,this was fixed but now its starting again!Now I can't do as I plan tonight!
    not a normal gal...xoxo
  • LUCKY-V
    LUCKY-V
    Incursion Leader
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 1,103
    Let's add another twist...I now have had 2 pinch rockets launch on their own.
  • Francois van der Bank
    Francois van der Bank
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 2
    i saw that my mercenary fleet would be avalible in an hour so i carried on playing when i looked again the timer started from 12 again and i have used a merc fleet since the last raid
  • Nils Mason
    Nils Mason
    Greenhorn
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 8
    I had problem with my Merc fleets deploying and disappearing on their own previously... When I went to launch one, it told me I had to wait (usually about) 4 hours before I could launch one, even though I had not launched one previously... the number of Merc fleets would be reduced by one and no Merc fleet was on the map to be used.

    I gave up deplying them for a couple of weeks and just refreshed my page to see if I could deploy one now. When I click to deploy it, the same thing as before happens.. tells my I have to wait 4 hours before I can launch one, even though I hadn't tried to deploy one for a couple of weeks.... again, the number of Merc fleets was reduced by one and there is no Merc fleet on the waters....

    This is getting ridiculous.... I've lost about 4-5 Merc fleets and not been able to use one for weeks....
  • slingin
    slingin
    Greenhorn
    Joined Sep 2011 Posts: 7
    This has been happening for a while and just found out while talking with my boyfriend that there is a common time. Right now his and mine are at the exact same timer of 7h 50m. Wonder if anyone else noticed this.
  • kristy
    kristy
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 142
    I havent used a merc fleet in 2 days and i cant launch another cause it says i have 6hrs left and mine r disappearin as well. id 534771
    :crying: Dont like cry babies
    :D Yes i coin
    :o aka THE QUEENB from 187 if there is another with another before my number lets dual if u win i will pay to change my original name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sector 187
    Id 534771
  • kristy
    kristy
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 142
    why is it lately u see someone hittin a base then it looks like they came out of the base and its not lit up anymore but the person is still in the base hittin it. it has been like this since after the raid.
    :crying: Dont like cry babies
    :D Yes i coin
    :o aka THE QUEENB from 187 if there is another with another before my number lets dual if u win i will pay to change my original name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sector 187
    Id 534771
  • spud
    spud
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 19
    same thing with me and my son's game too, we haven't use a merc for a week because it keeps telling us that there is hours until we can launch.
    I really needed 1 today :(
    Any tips on fixing this prob

    Drugedup lvl32 sector 66
    User ID is: 175318
  • DarkRage
    DarkRage
    Potential Threat
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 45
    I had 18 merc fleets before the event started and had not been using them and then they started to decrease after the event started I had relocated but this has not effected them before it stopped for a bit and then I've started losing them again I just got back to 17 and they dropped off to about 12 now I did managed to launch a merc yesterday myself but still does not explain why the keep going.
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