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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.10 17:16:00 -
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Hmm, this is actually an implementation mistake. We are looking into reversing it. These are essentially roles even though the naming sort of implies them being levels but at the heart of the technical implementation they are roles and forcing them to be something else breeds confusion and bugs.
Actually when we started to do the accounts also the security levels become more akin to divisions with in the corp, with no hierarchy implied (apart from maybe calling one recruitment).
So currently I am a bit tempted to take out the implied hierarchy derived from calling this Security Level and change the 5 levels to 7 divisions (i.e. Recruiting, Management, Purchase and sales, Manufacturing and Research, Military, Liaison, Logistics). It would be easy enough to change it so that the division names could be user definable per corp so basically we define that you have 7 hangars and 7 accounts + 1 general and you give them names and assign access to one or more account/hangar combo per employee. Note that 5 levels become 7 divisions as we had already added 2 special purpose hangars (market and factories).
As both solutions have + and - I would value your input on the matter. The role/division one allows for more flexibility and is therefore less directing, while the Security Level one is less flexible and more clearly defines the climb up the corporate ladder.
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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.10 20:59:00 -
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You can assign more than one role per employee, the nature of roles, although we have had too many over loaded roles; I want to break them up to have the most flexibility.
I take it then that you prefer the division approach (with 7 customisable division names)?
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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.11 13:22:00 -
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Ok we are going ahead with the sec group/divisions approach. First cut will be on the test server in a couple of hours (marginal change over the levels). Next layer of features will be pushed over to next week to have time to do them properly. Next week update will include divisions accounts, naming of divisions, selectable account/hangar for market orders, in/out for factories and a system to allow for the use of blueprints without taking them.
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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.11 16:52:00 -
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Please don't mix topics Any way the sec level -> sec group change is out along with the last batch of balance changes 1074 is the code (save some mini fixes) that will go out tomorrow.
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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.12 11:19:00 -
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Eldariel are you sure you were using 1074+?
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Hellmar
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Posted - 2003.06.12 15:28:00 -
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There is no "edit security level tab", the sec groups are just roles as anything else.
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