Mercenary Fleets - What Were You Doing?

  • Hookem2255
    Hookem2255
    Greenhorn
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 4
    Just went from 36 fleets to 32 in about 8 hours. and it look like my timer just rest, got 11 hours on it now...I have not used a fleet since early this morning.
  • 0x0
    0x0
    Potential Threat
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 50
    Whilst I was able to deploy a fleet the other day (see here)

    it has again stopped working for me, despite it being well over 12 hours since deployment...

    user ID: 995424
  • Chris Webster
    Chris Webster
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2012 Posts: 8
    when are you all going to fix the probelm of merc flts going missing when they ain't been used and i've now lost a total of 30 in just the last few days?
  • TotallyInsane
    TotallyInsane
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 472
    I just started noticing that my merc fleets.that i have not been usin,started to launch on there own,said i had 3 hrs before i could launch 1,,at that time had 6 mercs....came back to the game later on,said i had 5 mercs left an 10 hrs before i could launch another.,went to look on the map.there was np merc fleet...disapeared in mid air..lol..please help..very annoying:)
  • Kvic
    Kvic
    Greenhorn
    Joined Apr 2011 Posts: 6
    Sent in a support form. Losing mercs, and not using them, count going backwards.
  • cowboyrob1
    cowboyrob1
    Greenhorn
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 5
    i have lost over 15 mercenary fleets in last 2 weeks
  • rupee1928
    rupee1928
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 12
    yes i had 8 merc fleets. i havent deployed anything for at least a week and all of a sudden i lost one and now i cant deploy one for another 10 hrs :crying: :(:(:(:(:(:(
  • KIXEYE Swag
    KIXEYE Swag
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 3,665
    Guys, you are not reading what I posted correctly. I'm asking for what you were doing the FIRST TIME that you noticed this problem. I don't need to know if this is still happening to you.

    Is this happening to anyone that only has one merc fleet or only multiple merc fleets in reserve?
  • TheRealCore
    TheRealCore
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 5,474
    Guys, you are not reading what I posted correctly. I'm asking for what you were doing the FIRST TIME that you noticed this problem. I don't need to know if this is still happening to you.

    Is this happening to anyone that only has one merc fleet or only multiple merc fleets in reserve?


    Merc fleets in reserve..I am continuously going back and forth from 99-100 Merc's as they launch their selves.

    Starting to think when you accept a Merc fleet from a friend, 1 of them launches automatically(No i don't get to use them, there invisible :p )
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  • the_norseman
    the_norseman
    Potential Threat
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 25
    I haven't launched mercenary fleets in weeks maybe months, but here recently I've noticed my number of mercenary fleets have started to go down and when i click to launch a fleet it tells me I have to wait anywhere from 3-8 hours before i can launch one.

    Any word on how to fix this or if it's being fixed ?

    ID is: 95198
  • sparrow27
    sparrow27
    Greenhorn
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 3
    I just noticed this this week after launching a merc fleet. About 2 hrs before its out, the merc was gone & i did not see anyone attacking it. From then, the countdown timer is always on, so i am not able to launch again.
  • Amy Nordstrom
    Amy Nordstrom
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jan 2012 Posts: 6
    User ID is: 2776327 I launched a Merch fleet to go take a lvl 8 energy, the first problem was that I only had two BB and 3 Levi's on the Merch fleet when I have Wolves unlocked. I started with 5 Merch fleets, launch the one, went back to my base had 4. Checked the map went back to base and had 3.
  • Hipper
    Hipper
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 19
    User ID is: 218275

    Fleets seem to launch themselves into Nirvana, i.e. I can't see them. Used a merc fleet yesterday, wanted to use one this morning, about 18 hours later, system tells me that I can't launch for the next 4 hours. Now I want to launch and it tells me that I have to wait about 11 hours.

    Facebook doesn't indicate a hacked account. External access to my systems is almost impossible.
  • Ron Valk
    Ron Valk
    Incursion Leader
    Joined Jul 2011 Posts: 1,190
    ID: 906019 sequel abouth what i was doing.

    I just logged in, and see a merc again was launched, so....

    I didnt do nothing :lol:
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  • iwrk4dedpr
    iwrk4dedpr
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 895
    Guys, you are not reading what I posted correctly. I'm asking for what you were doing the FIRST TIME that you noticed this problem. I don't need to know if this is still happening to you.

    Is this happening to anyone that only has one merc fleet or only multiple merc fleets in reserve?



    Today... Logged In
    Merc Count = 56 ( login was somewhere 6am local ) ... could not launch it said I had 3+ hours to go .... and no merc in sight
    Now ( 11:39am local time ) count is 55 ... go back and check and now I have 10+ hours to go and again no merc in sight
  • iwrk4dedpr
    iwrk4dedpr
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 895
    ... and pretty amazed... Threads been going since beginning of Feb 2012.. and exactly 2 moderator posts.


    It's code people shouldn't take that long to find all the places where you execute the merc launching module and tag all function calls to export out some sort of tracking feature. Heck even if you have to contact some user and ask them... Hey... we need you to....... blah blah blah

    IDK... Mercs are POS anyways.. But they're my POS, and I treasure the POS given to me by my friends. Let me sink my POS.
  • mkspencer
    mkspencer
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 130
    its still happening to me i want the 15 fleets that have self launched back come on how come you can update things but you cant fix this problem
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  • Dark Lord Chuckles
    Dark Lord Chuckles
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 3,230
    User ID 137690, Sector 412.

    This problem stated for me during the Base Invaders event. I launched a merc fleet, it disappeared and I got the counter. Since then, it has happened 5 or 6 times except I never even launched the missing fleets.
    Yes, I'm back to playing this game. Someone shoot me.
  • Runewolf
    Runewolf
    Potential Threat
    Joined Aug 2010 Posts: 34
    Now each time I log into BP, I am down another merc fleet. I am down 6 merc fleets in 2 days, and I have used none of them.
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  • valentino
    valentino
    Potential Threat
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 26
    User ID is: 377594

    I thought it was fixed because I was finally able to launch a merc fleet, or at least it said I could. Never launched the fleet, but evidently a couple of fleets decided to go rogue and launched themselves. I'm down a couple of fleets, the timer is back, and apparently the fleets that did launch were either immediately destroyed or they figured out how to make themselves invisible.
  • Nems Bond
    Nems Bond
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 365
    My mercenary fleet count decreases without using them

    Hello,

    Just to draw your attention, that whenever i log in from Desktop and continue playing it for week, my merc count increases as per request sent.. but when after a week i start using laptop my merc count falls rapidly to 5-6 fleets low...

    M surprised and i will definately send u on ur contact support but just to know if others are facing same issues like me or not.

    My Estimated Mercs shud be around 130 but its 114 now and decreasing after my log ins..

    Please look into it.

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  • BORDER_PATROL
    BORDER_PATROL
    Potential Threat
    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 28
    i havent used my merc fleets yet it keeps showing the timer saying i cant use them for x amount of time
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  • spencerspitdog
    spencerspitdog
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 13
    I just noticed this problem today but when I looked over to the side and saw that my mercenary symbol was not flashing so I checked and I got the timer. I also realized that I was missing a fleet and it was not outside so I'm guessing it is a new bug in the system but where its stemming from i have no clue. Anyway I hope that you guys will fix it as soon as possible because mercenary fleets are somewhat of a staple for salvage harvesting.
  • Raymond Chow
    Raymond Chow
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined May 2010 Posts: 133
    The problem appears to be back. Immediately after I opened Battle Pirates this morning, I noticed that my mercenary fleet count decreased itself by one and the timer was at 12 hours without me ever launching a merc. However, no merc fleet ever appeared on the map to account for it, and no battle report to indicate that it could have been destroyed immediately after launch.

    I still have 33 mercs in reserve.
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  • Dark_Matter
    Dark_Matter
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 918
    Well I think I can help you narrow down the issue Swag. I looked at my merc fleet and had the standard message to launch it. I launched my other fleets first after setting a fortification. I went back into my base and suddenly had 12 hours to wait before I could launch my merc. I have repeated the same thing a few times now. So it looks like if you want a merc fleet, you can't launch another fleet first. Repeatable. Launch a fleet, the merc fleet timer starts up. At one point I went into the game and saw a 6 hour countdown and did the math to realize I had launched several fleets 6 hours prior.

    It doesn't do that every time, but that seems to be my common action prior to the countdown resetting itself.
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  • Dark_Matter
    Dark_Matter
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 918
    oh, and not sure if it makes any kind of difference. But i have 116 merc fleets and 40 unclaimed resource crates right now.
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  • Daniel Morpheus
    Daniel Morpheus
    Greenhorn
    Joined Sep 2011 Posts: 7
    I'm still losing the mercenaries fleets. It started in the event of Draconians Outpost. Do not do anything to start losing them, simply lost. I have lost far more than 10 mercenaries fleets. I hope they can solve this problem as it affects many in the game ... Thank you for your attention.

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  • Al Anderson
    Al Anderson
    Greenhorn
    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 2
    every time I try to launch a merc-fleet it tells me I have to wait for 11h...min - it is taken off me even so i hadn#t launched one, this has now happened 7 times in the last 10 days, great !!!
  • bonnar
    bonnar
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 5
    sector: 175
    name: bonnar
    level:30

    this has happened to me multiple times. today i logged on to launch my fleet and the same issue happened again. gets annoying when im trying to protect my base with a merc and i cant.
  • Kevin Briscoe
    Kevin Briscoe
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jul 2011 Posts: 6
    yep having the same problem...so far ive lost about 15 fleets total and the timer is counting down again (i havent launched in days)
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