Gahlas

I am disappointed by the elitists’ attitude I see in this post. Basically what you have written is that only those you deem good enough are allowed to join your squad. And because you choose not to use a microphone you decide a significant factor in player quality is how well they follow orders issued in chat or the comms rosette. Where is the team building in that?

I think part of your frustration comes from your choice to not use a microphone. Sometimes players have difficulty interpreting the orders on the map. One of the problems with relying on the comms rosette is that many squad leaders use it differently. Some SLs use it at the start of the game and then forget to update objectives, some use it when they want something specific done and then forget to change it after that action is taken, some use it for each and every order. So when people see the map display with an “attack here” or “defend here” they are not always sure if that is what the squad leader wants them to do right now or that is what the order was 5 minutes ago. A player has to interpret the order as best he can; Does he still want me to mine that bridge now that the squad has a tank? Orders typed in chat are sometimes only up there for a second so there is no guarantee that all the squad members see it.

I’ll describe an experience I had once as an example here, this is not meant as a criticism, but to explain what I mean. I was in your squad on Crimea. Your order was to defend Church at the bridge. We were doing that for a while. I died and when I looked at the map I noticed that you were down all alone by the beach village flag moving in to cap it. I assumed that you wanted some help so I spawned on you to help take the flag, then a few other members did also. You got very upset that we were not defending church as you had ordered. The problem resulted from a lack of communication. On my part I forgot to ask you if you wanted help, on your part you did not tell the squad why you were all alone down by the beach flag. If you did type it in chat it got lost in the chat before anyone could notice. All of this could have been eliminated by effective use of VOIP.

No one is perfect. Squad members can follow orders to the best of their ability; they are not able to read the minds of the squad leader. The squad leader must accept that and help his little ducklings along to form the best squad possible. Chat works only if you establish some way to make sure that everyone has read your post.

You are entitled to choose any members you want to be in your squad, however I am disappointed by your post and that you have chosen not to embrace novice or intermediate players and help them improve.

As a final note locked squads are discouraged on the server, especially small ones.
Personally I can only condone locked squads for a few very specific reasons, creating an uber squad is not one of them.