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SL Hints and Tips

There are a few tips to becoming that great Squad Leader, knowing and perfecting them are the key to mission success.

  1. The Squad Leader must ALWAYS keep in contact with the rest of the squad. If the SL cannot perform this task, then the mission will be a failure. Also, the SL should set waypoints to all important locations (rally points, target objectives, enemy AMS, ect..).
  2. A good SL should always choose a point man, this point man will lead the squad to its targets. The point man should be either the SL himself or a MAX unit. If the SL cannot be the point man for some unspoken reason, they should most always appoint a MAX unit to take his place simply because of there many strengths.
  3. A good SL should always keep a verity of troops. You should always have at least one of the following...
  4. Sticking together is the key to squad success. If a squad does not stick together, then what is the point of having a squad in the first place? The SL should keep in constant contact with the ENTIRE squad at all times.
  5. Ask for status reports from the squad members regularly so you can get an up-to-date report on their current situation.

If you follow these simple, yet important tips, you should be able to achieve anything.


The folks at PS Universe bring you a video on leading a successful squad, Click here




Communications

Command

 Performs:
/l [text] Local chat. This text will be sent to all players within range of you. (Also /local [text])
/b [text] Broadcast chat. This text will be broadcasted to any friendlies in the SOI, or throughout the whole sanctuary. (Also /broadcast [text])
/s [text] Squad chat. This text will be sent to all members of your squad, regardless of location. (Also /squad [text])
/o [text] Outfit chat. This text will be sent to all members of your outfit, regardless of location. (Also /outfit [text])
/p [text] Platoon chat. This text will be sent to all members of your Platoon, regardless of location. (Also /platoon [text])
/pl [text] Platoons Squad Leader chat. This text will be sent to the 3 SL's in the Platoon.
/t [playername] [text] Tell (Private Message). This text will be sent to the player specified. (Also /tell [playername] [text])

Commanders
/c [text] Command chat. This text will be sent to other commanders near you. (Must be CR2 or higher.) (Also /command [text])
/report [text] Sends text to commanders that are 1 CR above you. (Must be CR1)
/comam [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Amerish. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comcy [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Cyssor. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comce [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Ceryshen. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comes [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Esamir. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comfo [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Forseral. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comho [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Hossin. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comis [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Ishundar. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comos [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Oshur. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comse [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Searhus. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comso [text] Sends text to all friendlies on Solsar. (Must be CR4 or above)
/comsan Sends text to all friendlies on your Sanctuary. (Must be CR5)
/comall Global Chat. This text will be sent to every friendly player on the server. (Must be CR5)

Squads
/invite [player] Invites player to your squad. (Must be squad
/cancel Cancels the last invite to squad that was sent. (Must be squad leader.)
/kick [player] Kicks player from your squad. (Must be squad leader.)
/promote [player] Promotes player to squad leader in your squad. (Must be squad leader.)
/leave Leaves your current squad.
/disband Disbands your entire squad. (Must be squad leader.)
/accept Accepts an invitation to join a squad or outfit.
/decline Declines an invitation to join a squad or outfit
/pleave You leave the current Platoon you are in (Must be SL, but you don't have to be Platoon Leader (PL)
Platoons
/pinvite [SL Name] Invites a squad into your Platoon (Must be PL)
/pkick [SL Name] Kicks a squad out of the Platoon (Must be PL, a message will be sent to all members in Platoon informing them of the kick.
/pdisband Disbands the Platoon all together. All the squads will stay intact as long as they have 2 or more members. (Must be PL)

The Official Platoon Manual is located here.

Other
/macro [macroname] [macrocommand] This will create a macro to put on your hotkey bar. Macro Name can not exceed 3 characters. (Example: /macro Hlp /l HELP! would produce: YourName says, 'HELP!')
/ignore [player] Adds Player to your ignore list. You will not receive any messages from this player once they are on your ignore list.
/who [text] Uses text provided to search for a player name that contains your text. Returns first 25 people.
/who [player] Returns player's Empire and the continent they are currently on.
/who teams Shows how many players are online for each empire
/loc Returns your current location in X,Y,Z coordinates format.
/stats Brings up a small HUD that shows Ping, Packet Loss, and FPS
/time Returns the current local time and the current Auraxis time.
/alarm Allows you to set an alarm that will alert you when the timer is up.
/bug Brings up a window that makes it easy to report a bug in-game.
/appeal Brings up a menu that allows you to report things to Customer Service. (Example: Report a serious griefer, account problem, character problem.)
/recall Recalls you to sanctuary.
/quit Quits the game