The lack of some type of communication (voice would be best, keystroke menu driven like many other games which are team based - quick keys for quick commands which are repeated over and over, but critical to success or failure in a match) is the make or break factor I think for this game to push past its current state.
Even with CW and other new additions coming in future weeks and months, communications of some type other than how I am right now typing this out on my keyboard seem to be the one element that is crucial to getting past the PUG state we are currently in.
I do know some players work around this with Team Speak, but the mass of most play PUG matches. I think we can admit the sensibility a simple menu driven keystroke based communication and command element would bring to battles. Just today I have read about mechs shooting their team in the back to tell them they are being flanked or hit from behind. I have seen matches where communication could not occur in a fight to take the time to type out a sentence (since you would be standing still and an easy target), where one or two keystroke commands or key bindings to simply say to the team "left flank" would have made the difference before an entire team was wiped out.
I can recommend some games that have examples of this if the Dev team needs a point in the right direction.
Please, if any mod or dev is reading this thread, look in to this. If it is not on the development table...it should be.
Scratchspider, on 01 October 2013 - 07:21 PM, said:
I second this idea. I play War Thunder in addition to MWO and I gotta say their quick command system is excellent. It's only 10 commands, but it sure beats typing when you're in the middle of some intense combat and is surprisingly useful.
You can't type in battle - due to the restrictions of the key input setup of the game you would be standing still, an easy target, and might as well be shutdown. Because of this, little to no communication takes place once a battle has been engaged in PUG matches.
Elder Thorn, on 01 October 2013 - 08:46 PM, said:
we allready asked for this in closed beta.
Forget it!
Does not mean it should not be asked for again.