I don't think this petition is worthy of signing. What you are asking for is already elegantly implemented with waypoints. You can create any patrol route of any complexity or length desired just by shift-clicking your patrol destinations in sequence.

Furthermore, as anecdotal evidence, the # use of waypoints for me is to manage my scouts and ensure they give me as much reconnaissance as possible for my credits. Your scouts should never be sitting idle in a grav well.

(* #1 use is to prioritize focus fire)

shift+click.

I'll sign this.

Although you can shift click etc, it takes a long time, and you can't easily loop it.

Lol, ok

/signed

I sign.

I'd like the option for two different patrol series, either cyclic (123123123), or backtracking (123212321).

Honestly, there's really no reason not to add this. Yes, you can use waypoints, but waypoints run out eventually. It takes more time than it should to setup a patrol route using waypoints. Waypoints are designed for travelling a single pre-set route, not for a repeated patrol.

i sign

Adding a patrol button could make the interface a bit too clumsy looking, but a simple yes/no option in the hud menu would fix this.

On large systems I often wish I could have a scout patrol, or to defend more spots easily (and make me look alot more active)

The negative part of patrolling is it can be hard to find a patrolling unit sometimes.

/SIGN

With how slow the pace of the game is, it's very easy to keep shift clicking to loop, and just a few clicks has the scout busy for a long time.

A patrol would be nice though. I'm not saying it wouldn't be, I can just think of much more useful features I guess I'm trying to say.

I am reverse signing. When this anti-sign comes into contact with a regular sign, this thread will explode and give off massive amounts of gamma-rays.

I lol'ed at this.



Yes, I agree. Censoring a thread of all the people that disagree with you is the most efficient way of making everyone agree with you.

/sarcasm

There's a reason you can't even edit your post after someone else has posted after you (apart from the OP). What's said is said. If people are making jackasses of themselves, it's there for everyone to see. The fun part is - people get to make their own decision based on what is written. You can't force anyone to feel the same way you do, you have to either convince them or just disagree with them. Going around editing or removing other peoples' posts in 'your' thread, even if you had the capability, would be acting like a spoiled infant. If other people are making fools of themselves, why should you want to stop them? It's more evidence to prove you correct - if you are correct.

A patrol in this game I wouldn't mind, but it'd be almost useless in multiplayer where you have to micro your scouts anyway. As innociv said so very concisely, 'shift-click.'

I usally have to waypoint a dozen times from a frontline system to an
adjacent opponent's frontline system with a scout to quickly jump back
and forth between them for up to the minuet info (Until they get exploded)

A patrol feature would help immensly (I'm a lazy bastard)

/signed

/signed