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Isredel Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:12 am Posts: 51	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***?
Thu May 17, 2012 4:09 am

Fingon Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:55 pm Posts: 1468	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Isredel wrote: Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***? INCOMING ENEMY VEHICLE _________________ Please support the cause for better CTF PUB games! TOP forum Thread Fingon's montages http://www.twitch.tv/Fingonar -Fingon, Flamboyant Teammember.
Thu May 17, 2012 9:01 am

UltraSexInferno Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:57 pm Posts: 996	Re: Spotting and flood protection. PoisonedAl wrote: Also I think other commands should take priority. Spotting smothers communication. So many times I've heard "I willENEMY DEPLOYABLE NEAR THE ENEMY BASE!" It's not helpful. I just becomes noise and you tune it out. This bugs me the most too. If you turn off VGS it shouldn't turn off the spotting voices.
Thu May 17, 2012 2:35 pm

zarathustra22 Joined: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:02 am Posts: 3	Re: Spotting and flood protection. hvcterr wrote: Simple solution: Have separate counters/cool-downs for VGS-menu vocalizations versus enemy-spotted commands. If someone's really annoying, you can mute them anyway. I see the main purpose of the cooldown as a limit on spotting, rather than a limit on talking. I agree with this. Starting a match I will usually state my role (vsag if raider and such), and then spot and vwe as enemies come and if i see raiders/infils and vdg it will usually hit the flood protection and i'll miss being able to communicate something important. Also is it just me or is left alt a horrible position for spot? I moved it to Q and just switch weapons with the numbers and it works great.
Thu May 17, 2012 3:27 pm

HTooms Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:39 am Posts: 588	Re: Spotting and flood protection. what should bother everyone is that spotting even is part of the game. Especially since the flashing feet bug is still exploitable allowing you to see everyone at any part of the map. _________________ Whiny Bit**!
Thu May 17, 2012 4:36 pm

Wobberjockey Beta Tester Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am Posts: 8726 Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Fingon wrote: Isredel wrote: Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***? INCOMING ENEMY VEHICLE forget that. I NEED A TARGET PAINTED! _________________ original art at http://tinyurl.com/shazbotsig The Tribes READ ME. Quite possibly the most important thread you'll never read
Thu May 17, 2012 8:12 pm

Fingon Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:55 pm Posts: 1468	Re: Spotting and flood protection. HTooms wrote: what should bother everyone is that spotting even is part of the game. Especially since the flashing feet bug is still exploitable allowing you to see everyone at any part of the map. Not everyone is on a voip you know, If I can't spot the HOF will be completely helpless against incoming cappers. _________________ Please support the cause for better CTF PUB games! TOP forum Thread Fingon's montages http://www.twitch.tv/Fingonar -Fingon, Flamboyant Teammember.
Thu May 17, 2012 8:17 pm

Ashesx Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:15 am Posts: 469 Location: Twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death.	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Flood protection should only apply per-target (as well as a global flood protection if you spam at nothing.) This way you could mark several, different incoming targets rapidly from different directions, but could not repeatedly spam on a single target. You could also apply a global cooldown per-target, so that several people are not all marking the same target. Also, it would be great if we could have teams separated into "Squads" for Defense and Offense. Certain VGS commands could be filtered through the Squad, while other could be filtered to the entire team. This would make the VGS system a lot more concise. _________________ Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
Fri May 18, 2012 12:10 am

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Isredel

Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:12 am
Posts: 51

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***?

Thu May 17, 2012 4:09 am

Fingon

Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:55 pm
Posts: 1468

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Isredel wrote:

Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***?

INCOMING ENEMY VEHICLE

_________________

Please support the cause for better CTF PUB games!
TOP forum Thread
Fingon's montages
http://www.twitch.tv/Fingonar
-Fingon, Flamboyant Teammember.

Thu May 17, 2012 9:01 am

UltraSexInferno

Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:57 pm
Posts: 996

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

PoisonedAl wrote:

Also I think other commands should take priority. Spotting smothers communication. So many times I've heard "I willENEMY DEPLOYABLE NEAR THE ENEMY BASE!" It's not helpful. I just becomes noise and you tune it out.

This bugs me the most too. If you turn off VGS it shouldn't turn off the spotting voices.

Thu May 17, 2012 2:35 pm

zarathustra22

Joined: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:02 am
Posts: 3

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

hvcterr wrote:

Simple solution: Have separate counters/cool-downs for VGS-menu vocalizations versus enemy-spotted commands.

If someone's really annoying, you can mute them anyway. I see the main purpose of the cooldown as a limit on spotting, rather than a limit on talking.

I agree with this. Starting a match I will usually state my role (vsag if raider and such), and then spot and vwe as enemies come and if i see raiders/infils and vdg it will usually hit the flood protection and i'll miss being able to communicate something important.

Also is it just me or is left alt a horrible position for spot? I moved it to Q and just switch weapons with the numbers and it works great.

Thu May 17, 2012 3:27 pm

HTooms

Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:39 am
Posts: 588

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

what should bother everyone is that spotting even is part of the game. Especially since the flashing feet bug is still exploitable allowing you to see everyone at any part of the map.

_________________
Whiny Bit**!

Thu May 17, 2012 4:36 pm

Wobberjockey

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am
Posts: 8726
Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Fingon wrote:

Isredel wrote:

Spotting gets "flood protection", but not this s***?

INCOMING ENEMY VEHICLE

forget that.

I NEED A TARGET PAINTED!

_________________

original art at http://tinyurl.com/shazbotsig
The Tribes READ ME. Quite possibly the most important thread you'll never read

Thu May 17, 2012 8:12 pm

Fingon

Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:55 pm
Posts: 1468

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

HTooms wrote:

what should bother everyone is that spotting even is part of the game. Especially since the flashing feet bug is still exploitable allowing you to see everyone at any part of the map.

Not everyone is on a voip you know, If I can't spot the HOF will be completely helpless against incoming cappers.

_________________

Please support the cause for better CTF PUB games!
TOP forum Thread
Fingon's montages
http://www.twitch.tv/Fingonar
-Fingon, Flamboyant Teammember.

Thu May 17, 2012 8:17 pm

Ashesx

Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:15 am
Posts: 469
Location: Twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death.

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Flood protection should only apply per-target (as well as a global flood protection if you spam at nothing.)
This way you could mark several, different incoming targets rapidly from different directions, but could not repeatedly spam on a single target. You could also apply a global cooldown per-target, so that several people are not all marking the same target.

Also, it would be great if we could have teams separated into "Squads" for Defense and Offense. Certain VGS commands could be filtered through the Squad, while other could be filtered to the entire team. This would make the VGS system a lot more concise.

_________________
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

Fri May 18, 2012 12:10 am

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