Mercenary Fleets - What Were You Doing?

  • PRICEisWRONG
    PRICEisWRONG
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Oct 2010 Posts: 276
    edited 22 Aug 2013, 1:51PM
    How old is this glitch now? I haven't launched a merc fleet since the last event. I attempted to launch one ahead of the event today. I'm disappointed.

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  • cp6
    cp6
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Aug 2012 Posts: 685
    I have over a 100 mercs can't use them same for players everywhere. I click to send one out and get the same bs message that i need to wait to use  one. Been  doing this for a YEAR come on.
  • Azrakhul
    Azrakhul
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined May 2012 Posts: 882
    Lol, Merc Fleets are out of date...
    They said to hold them accountable, "to put their feet over the fire..."
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  • stonewolf01
    stonewolf01
    Greenhorn
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 9
    kixeye took 2 of my merc fleets and i did not use them

  • Vlad Vladikoff
    Vlad Vladikoff
    Greenhorn
    Joined Aug 2012 Posts: 19
    I've gotten a response from Kixeye developers. The are well aware of this problem but it is not important enough for them to attend to anytime in the future. They are busy creating fancy new hulls, weapons and counter measures. So to put it simple screw you and your complaining it will not do anygood.
  • WTF_KiltedClown
    WTF_KiltedClown
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 781
    Ok then give me 100 merc fleets and I`ll use them as I can.. Mine still disappear if I don`t launch as soon as I get them.. So if your too busy/lazy...whatever to fix the problem give me mercs.
  • Drumar6
    Drumar6
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jun 2013 Posts: 150
    I can honestly say i haven't encountered any of this, but then again, i don't launch merc fleets anymore as they are pretty much worthless anymore.
  • Peter Engelen
    Peter Engelen
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Nov 2012 Posts: 119
    friends are sending merc. all the time! sometimes they show up sometimes they are gone for days
  • TheComms
    TheComms
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Sep 2012 Posts: 302
    Yes, the Mercenary Fleets, what a joke?!?

    I'm level 56 and I just sent my Mercenary Fleet to hit a lvl 55 Elite, what's the outcome?

    Not a single ship sunk!!!

    Now what's the purpose?? Just a **** waste of time!! If we are going to have Mercenary Fleets, that also are identified by Level, then, they should be represent that level!

    Redo Kixeye, do Correct!!! I expect my Level 56 Mercenary Fleet to act as a Level 56 Fleet!!!!
    Hulls: I have so many hulls.
  • DrJordano
    DrJordano
    Force to be Reckoned With
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 1,604
    ****,cry,whine, the merc fleets are for lowies, kix knows they don't work, kix doesn't care 
    You can do anything you set your mind to. Yeah I'm talking to you reading this. 
  • The Whaler
    The Whaler
    Force to be Reckoned With
    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 1,842
    mackjsf23 said:
    ****,cry,whine, the merc fleets are for lowies, kix knows they don't work, kix doesn't care 
    there not even that useful for low levels either.
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  • DrJordano
    DrJordano
    Force to be Reckoned With
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 1,604
    mackjsf23 said:
    ****,cry,whine, the merc fleets are for lowies, kix knows they don't work, kix doesn't care 
    there not even that useful for low levels either.
    right b/c they don't work it's simply known to not bother use them/rely in any form on them 
    You can do anything you set your mind to. Yeah I'm talking to you reading this. 
  • Chris Mears
    Chris Mears
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jul 2012 Posts: 145
    I had to research maelstrom 4 in order to use Siege rockets. When I did that, my mercenary fleet became completely useless as it replaced the mortars with rockets. Now I can't get close enough to do any damage before dying
  • vetehinen
    vetehinen
    Master Tactician
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 2,232
    when you do not have that last rocket researched to be able to use drac siege rockets it still is usefull ... but when you do it goes from usefull to useless piece of junk 
  • MillionDlrBil
    MillionDlrBil
    Moderator
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 2,674
    So are mercenary fleet's not meant to just disappear without warning? 
    Mine disappear as if I've launched them but I'm never able to actually launch them. I've actually watched to timer count down to where it said I could launch, clicked launch, then got nothing but a restarted timer... I think I've used 2 out of about 20 in my nearly 50 levels of game play so I requested them to not be sent to me anymore. It's funny cause many people say they've got hundreds of merc fleets saved up to use and mine just disappear. 
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  • Cassandra Shea
    Cassandra Shea
    Greenhorn
    Joined Oct 2012 Posts: 23
    Just need to take them out of the game. Would be one less thing in the game that screws up constantly.....
  • Dr Spork
    Dr Spork
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2013 Posts: 12
    I only use mercs for missions. When I try to use the first one, I usually get a timer. My mercs also frequently disappear. They seem to disappear one at a time.
  • Richard Reynolds
    Richard Reynolds
    Potential Threat
    Joined Mar 2012 Posts: 55
    i only want to say  yes merc flts are good for ppl who are any lvl up to i would say  40  ...  then they are to slow  and are just good enough for target practice 
  • Wizpc1
    Wizpc1
    Potential Threat
    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 35
    I have never been able to have more than 1 merc at a time, never has accumulated for me, and when I do have one it'll disappear about an hour after I get it if I don't use it 
  • Jack-sparrow1
    Jack-sparrow1
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jul 2012 Posts: 18
    it seems like the fleets self launch but you dont actually get the fleet you just end up with less than you started with i have had some times 2 to 3 fleets seem to self launch 1 after the other but there is no sign of the fleet outside my base other times just the 1 fleet no real pattern to it other times i dont get any launching on there own its wierd
  • ken.schall.9
    ken.schall.9
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Sep 2013 Posts: 141
    So is this ever going to be fixed or am me and others just screwed .... In the last couple weeks i have been sent around 7 merc flits and have NOT once launched a flit and it says i have 1 merc flit

    Today i was sent one and it launched its self right away and i never got to use it or the other 6 i have lost .....

    PLZ make it the same game for ALL so either fix it or turn it off till you do fix it
  • ken.schall.9
    ken.schall.9
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Sep 2013 Posts: 141
    well i guess you can disregard my post just looked and seen you have had this prob for 2 years LMAO
  • Pilot
    Pilot
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 188
    yep it's been going on for 2 years a still no **** has been given to fix it....
  • chris.bartley.395
    chris.bartley.395
    Greenhorn
    Joined Nov 2013 Posts: 2

    Looks like it's been 3 months since someone reported that this is still happening, might as well be me.  This is the second day in a row where my merc fleet has mysteriously launched itself and fallen off the edge of the world, having never gotten used or even seen by a living soul.  First instance I've ever seen of pirates scuttling themselves. :)


    I've got 6 1/2 hours before I can launch another, and about 5 1/2 hours since I received a new one from my neighbor.  Perhaps the two are interconnected somehow?


  • jim.vodraska
    jim.vodraska
    Potential Threat
    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 59

    My merc fleets from friends are not coming in at the level of my highest level fleet. I thought they updated as your fleets went to higher levels.

  • Neil Tobin
    Neil Tobin
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jun 2012 Posts: 6

    I have the feeling this problem will never be fixed, seems to me Kixie is too concerned about how people can spend coins and coming up with new hulls.


  • ancil.collett
    ancil.collett
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2014 Posts: 21
    GooberOT said:
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    I've done nothing. Everytime I want to launch a Merc, I get a x amount of time. Have kept the same amount of Merc's though, they are not going down. I believe in my case the timer just resets after the 12 hours but not launching them. I have not been able to use them for about 2 weeks now.

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  • ancil.collett
    ancil.collett
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2014 Posts: 21

    how did predator came back in and hit me again after the pertection sign came up, you should watch the video

  • jhaglund
    jhaglund
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined May 2012 Posts: 637

    Yeah, I've noticed Mercs come and go. I suspect it's in-relation to an update, while a cooldown timer is still going.

  • Burnside
    Burnside
    Incursion Leader
    Joined Oct 2012 Posts: 1,152

    I have the feeling this problem will never be fixed, seems to me Kixie is too concerned about how people can spend coins and coming up with new hulls.


    Nail on head. You can't buy them and you can't repair them so there is no way of spending money on mercenary fleets (although why would you anyway?). They are never going to put much effort into fixing this

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