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Subject: Communication Without Microphones

Posted by: POKEY CLYDE
If your team doesn't want to communicate, then they don't want to communicate. If they wanted to, they would.

And do you not see how the features in the original post being a little unfair? Tagging an enemy? Really? If he goes behind cover... he is behind cover, you shouldn't see a waypoint over his head. I mean, if there was a weapon, like the lazer where you had to keep your lazer charged on your enemy for a certain amount of time, then he got the waypoint, then yeah sure
But pressing up on the d-pad when aiming at an opponent is just ludicrious. It is unfair. It would make the game extrememly hard to play. It would be like everyone having a waypoint over thier head.

Again, it's not like it would be permanent as in: "Lulz, u got tagged! Skrewed 4 teh match nao!". "More likely it would go down when they die, when the person who tagged them dies, or when the tag timer goes down." It's not 'unfair', it's tactical. And yeah, I think a "Tag Gun" would be a great idea, if not a better idea than just pressing a button.


Also, with targetting an area. How would that work, press down on the dpad when looking at the area you want targetted? This is fair how? Jerks would still be able to grieve.

Target areas every couple of seconds. Having like infinite texts pop up saying here, there, here, there. Grief! How could you stop it? Would there be an option to turn it off? Even then, the option would be turned off unless you were with some buddies. No one wants grievers in the game, people grieve by yelling into thier mics, so you mute them. People grieve by betraying, you boot them. This option just allows another way to grieve.


It's as fair as saying "Sniper at S3" over a Microphone, which is the easiest way to say it, but people don't always know callouts, don't always have their mics working, or heck, don't even speak the language. I'm sure the mute feature could still, as it does now, apply to a single person. Nothing to say you couldn't reject a specific teammate's waypoints. Or like Ohlala's idea of giving a certain number of uses you could get so people don't spam it; and if they spam it and run out of their uses, then great. I can see what you mean, and trust me, grieving is certainly something I want to avoid, but using a waypoint would probably be a 'Once every 10 seconds' kind of thing, not something they could just spam like crazy.


[Edited on 08.04.2009 11:49 AM PDT]

  • 08.04.2009 11:46 AM PDT

"Momma didn't raise no fool."

Sounds pretty cool and helpful when players have no mic.

  • 08.04.2009 11:52 AM PDT


good idea

i would like to see this idea in gameplay

  • 08.04.2009 11:53 AM PDT

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Nice ideas, the ability to let everyone on the team to know the location of enemy targets like snipers, vehicles, and such.

  • 08.04.2009 11:55 AM PDT

Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

I like the tag ideas, but the helmet cams seems a bit too complicated. Also, i think the tags on your team mates should be improved to show their shields and health.

  • 08.04.2009 11:59 AM PDT

Posted by: The EAKLE
I like the tag ideas, but the helmet cams seems a bit too complicated. Also, i think the tags on your team mates should be improved to show their shields and health.


I like this idea alot. Maybe a small area to track their health on your HUD. Every little bit of info the game can give us helps.

[Edited on 08.04.2009 12:05 PM PDT]

  • 08.04.2009 12:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: The EAKLE
Also, i think the tags on your team mates should be improved to show their shields and health.


I really like this idea. It would certainly help during team slayer games being able to know which of your team mates needed a little extra help finishing someone off.

  • 08.04.2009 2:35 PM PDT

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