make squads apparent to marines dictated by commander

proteinstainproteinstain Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24349Members
in NS2 General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Explanation inside</div>If the commander selects three marines and wants them to stay together he can ctrl+5 to make them squad 5, it would be nice if on the field the players have an icon or something of the sort letting them know they are part of that squad. it would make things easier on the commander and the player rather then the commander having to say " coolbeans you and dr.evil and squirtle go to nano together."

I hope i made it my suggestion clear enough. Thoughts ?
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  • MestaritonttuMestaritonttu Join Date: 2004-07-29 Member: 30229Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
    I'd like to see player names clearly on the map, and a menu to the left where I can click to select/deselect players and assign that group orders.

    Making permanent squads sounds like a hassle. One guy dies, no more squad, one guy doesn't wanna follow, meh. Not that I'm against the feature.

    BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST - give me a goddamn separate mouse sensitivity for command mode. :P Am friggin' dying trying to comm with my low mouse speed.
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  • sharnrocksharnrock Join Date: 2012-11-02 Member: 166084Members
    People scatter so much it's probably easier just to tell them to run left or right. I find the squad assignment works best for the buildings (beacons, arms labs, ect...).
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  • LofungLofung Join Date: 2004-08-21 Member: 30757Members
    funny they have the actual squad 5 section without having an actual squad 5 in game.
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  • YMICrazyYMICrazy Join Date: 2012-11-02 Member: 165986Members
    I sort of agree. Sometimes I find a player that I get along with really great. And tend to work together to accomplish stuff. It's not really needed if you use mics but maybe if we could just form our own squads in game that highlights our team names on the map to get a general idea of where our squad mates are in an instant if I die. Also adding extra functions to squads like marking points on the map where we should go next for our squad to see only. Maybe make it a little more competitive and end the game with how each squab performed just for fun. It would maybe make marines a little more cohesive as well.
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  • proteinstainproteinstain Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24349Members
    this would be really useful if the friends on your team have a special icon above them Makin easier to find/play with.
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  • Ness_FrogKingNess_FrogKing Join Date: 2012-10-18 Member: 162628Members
    It might be worth "borrowing" the squad concept from Nuclear Dawn. Players can bring up a screen and assign themselves to one of four squads, and they get a separate chat channel to chat on (possibly voice as well, I don't remember) for just their squad. In NS2, that could be handled by bringing up the score board and clicking an icon next to your name and getting a list to select from or something, as well as quickly showing who is on what squad (by the icon next to their name, using a unique color and symbol for each squad). Commanders could select a squad and issue orders to it (could default that to 6-0, giving us 5 squads, since I think those are currently unused).
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