KatzenfleischJoin Date: 2014-03-21Member: 194881Members, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Community Developer
edited January 2016
So far for me the only cons here are a scoreboard with too much informations for rookies to handle (correct me if I am wrong). In the other hand it would be really helpfull for most regular players and vet. The only remaining issue would be to choose what to include and what to exclude there.
So since this is already implemented why not enable a switch on the option (on/off), disable by default and make everyone happy ? the integration time for this feature should be pretty fast.
WyzcrakPot Pie AficionadoJoin Date: 2002-12-04Member: 10447Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
TGNS hides from new guests scoreboard icons which don't regard gameplay. That's not an argument for hiding gameplay-relevant icons from rookies.
Having played plenty of games with the feature now, I'd argue for showing tunnel and upgrade icons on the Marine and Alien scoreboards of all players. Rookies can manage this, especially with the educational tooltips.
Wouldn't mind but would like this kind if info to be toggleable, maybe while pressing tab. For me personally it's a lot if info I don't need or can gather from the map if I did need it. would otherwise be distracting visual clutter for me, but can see how some of this would be helpful to new players. The rest I think is more important for commanders and spectators, and most of that info is already provided to them.
2) Letting players state lifeforms or khammander preference. Aliens only.
First look at some pictures so can visualize what I am describing.
Scoreboard without selection.
Example of scoreboard after selection.
Another example of scoreboard after selection.
Below is a quick 22 second video showing this in action. In the above pictures I edited out the additional scoreboard feature TGNS has that are unrelated to my suggestion.
In the video focus on the bubbles where people select their lifeform preference.
I am necroing this thread. This would be a real QoL improvement that would help organizing pubs at all skill levels.
And it would help players understand why they cannot go gorge midgame to do random stuff.
In this same threat there have been some proposals of how to improve this system. But the important thing is that we really need a way to be able to announce your lifeform before the game starts.
IeptBarakatThe most difficult name to speak ingame.Join Date: 2009-07-10Member: 68107Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow
I'm in as long as the scoreboard gets an overall aesthetic upgrade, it's been pretty much the same since the alpha with only slight differences being the teams aren't stacked vertically anymore and there are a boatload of little icons scattered about now.
I'm not sure which server it was (TG maybe) but one of them has an extra number next to kills in ()'s that tracks how many res towers you kill...
It was a nice addition that could even lead to encouraging more people to attack res.
That was TG. I really don't like that myself, at least how implemented, because you have no way of knowing what it is unless told. It is also not exactly easy to read at a glance.
I'm not sure which server it was (TG maybe) but one of them has an extra number next to kills in ()'s that tracks how many res towers you kill...
It was a nice addition that could even lead to encouraging more people to attack res.
That was TG. I really don't like that myself, at least how implemented, because you have no way of knowing what it is unless told. It is also not exactly easy to read at a glance.
Still you have to admit with better implementation it would be a really nice addition...
After all it's another number/stat that casual players can focus on, and like i mentioned it would encourage res killing...
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So since this is already implemented why not enable a switch on the option (on/off), disable by default and make everyone happy ? the integration time for this feature should be pretty fast.
Having played plenty of games with the feature now, I'd argue for showing tunnel and upgrade icons on the Marine and Alien scoreboards of all players. Rookies can manage this, especially with the educational tooltips.
Toggleable while pressing tab. Like tab + j toggles extra info on/off
I am necroing this thread. This would be a real QoL improvement that would help organizing pubs at all skill levels.
And it would help players understand why they cannot go gorge midgame to do random stuff.
In this same threat there have been some proposals of how to improve this system. But the important thing is that we really need a way to be able to announce your lifeform before the game starts.
I would also really really like to see the welder, hand grenade, and mine icons make it into the scoreboard still.
It was a nice addition that could even lead to encouraging more people to attack res.
That was TG. I really don't like that myself, at least how implemented, because you have no way of knowing what it is unless told. It is also not exactly easy to read at a glance.
Still you have to admit with better implementation it would be a really nice addition...
After all it's another number/stat that casual players can focus on, and like i mentioned it would encourage res killing...