CaptianFordo Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) First a couple questions: 1.) Have you played a Strategy/RTS? (Star Craft, Halo Wars, Company of Heroes, League of Legends, etc...) 2.) Do you know what the ping/reinforcement ability is? If not: a. It allows the player to drag their mouse and click, or a button, or hot-key and mark a place on the map where reinforcements are needed, letting other players know--without voice communication that units need to be sent to that location ASAP! What I'm suggesting - Bring a "Ping!" feature to PVP. It would be a nice feature to implement that could seriously help people who have trouble fighting/typing or who don't have the ability to communicate with the rest of their team via voice-chat. What I'm suggesting is that each pylon or node, or what have you have a click-able symbol by which players could click on that would run a message across the screen like, "Enemy Forces Converging on Pylon/Node [...]!!! Send reinforcements!" Hell...even a symbol on your mini-map for when you don't have a visual on the Huttball carrier would be nice. I really think this would be a nice tool to have in assisting pugs, pre-mades, or anyone else who happens to PVP and has trouble with call-outs. I'm not saying people shouldn't communicate with their team members, but I feel that this would be a good tool to utilize. It could easily be implemented/looked at and balanced accordingly. Plenty of games have this feature... granted it's this isn't an MMO feature I've seen, but I feel it could be a good idea if it's constructed correctly. And it especially helps in those really tight matches where even the slightest second counts to getting people where they need to be. Just my two cents. Hate it or love it. Edited February 16, 2013 by CaptianFordo title update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunayson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 The only thing I know of ping is in portal 2 co op where it shows stuff. This would be a good idea imo, especially for huttball and any form of playing with other players altogether +1 recommend bioware listen to this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptianFordo Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 The only thing I know of ping is in portal 2 co op where it shows stuff. This would be a good idea imo, especially for huttball and any form of playing with other players altogether +1 recommend bioware listen to this guy Thanks! I was hoping at least one person would think this is a much needed addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashogy_reborn Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 i would support the ability to create a group waypoint, as well as a quick-key communication menu. would make attempting to send telepathic messages to my PUG teammates a lot easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenalandavie Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Brilliant idea would put a callout on the map for the other players. then again most ignore the chat, What hope do we have for the map? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzina Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Hell...even a symbol on your mini-map for when you don't have a visual on the Huttball carrier would be nice. Pretty sure that marker is already there. It looks like this: (-) Maybe I'm thinking of the radar. Either way, it's very hard to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashogy_reborn Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Pretty sure that marker is already there. It looks like this: (-) Maybe I'm thinking of the radar. Either way, it's very hard to see. yeah there is already a marker on the map. unfortunately the minimap is pretty crappy in this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighCounsil Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Ping would be awesome to have, but then it would require a good planning to prevent abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldaur Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 While it would be awesome, you would need to change the minimap to fit the whole warzone for this to actually work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kijthae Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Signal spam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunayson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Signal spam Be allowed to ignore a player's ping?! solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptianFordo Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Glad to see some thought going into this idea. Any feedback you guys give is excellent. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaniardInfinity Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Waypoints would be quite nice, as would a ping feature. Even better yet would be voice comm in-game in warzones with the option to mute whomever who wish (players on your ignore list are muted by default). More intuitive teamplay is always a positive on my book. Edited February 17, 2013 by SpaniardInfinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsakenKing Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) This is a nice idea. doesnt help premades who are in coms much but will definitely get pugs more organized. Edited February 17, 2013 by ForsakenKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlesian Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 This could be helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulwave Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Brilliant idea would put a callout on the map for the other players. then again most ignore the chat, What hope do we have for the map? haha LOL..True that!! xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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