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[Trauglodyte]

Target of target would be freaking nice, too

[GRiPSViGiL]

I don't think any of those features usually in most other games are stupid. PGI either does or has no skills to do them.

[Cabusha]

An actual global chat while you're in the mechlab.

[TexAce]

Hey this could be a good pinned thread if you change the overall tone of your post. It will also be very likely that pgi reads it and not just stop at the first "damn" or similar.

So here comes my contribution:

Add in grid overlay on the drop screen (the one where you see the enemy list first time and prepare for drop). There is a map on the bottom right. Put the grid overlay on top of it so people can coordinate and plan their strategy better while waiting. Some don't know all grids out of their mind.

Especially useful when dropping with coordinated groups in CW.

Edited by TexAce, 09 April 2016 - 01:19 PM.

[Navid A1]

I want this:

http://mwomercs.com/...-notifications/

[Exilyth]

Probably mentioned already but can't be rubbed in often enough: Upon changing state, e.g. dying or being autoswitched between spectators (because the spectated player dies) or going from ready screen to dropship sequence or from ingame to after battle report, the chat widget/ui element closes and the currently typed chat line is lost. I think this was fixed some time during beta but then got broken again.

This should be quite easy to fix:
upon changing state, if chat is open or has focus, copy the current text before destroying the old state, create the new state (gui and all) and insert the copied chat line back into the chat widget (also give it focus).

Edited by Exilyth, 09 April 2016 - 02:07 PM.

[TheArisen]

Nice list +1

[Dimento Graven]

TexAce, on 09 April 2016 - 01:19 PM, said:

Hey this could be a good pinned thread if you change the overall tone of your post. It will also be very likely that pgi reads it and not just stop at the first "damn" or similar.

...

My goal isn't to get this pinned. If you want to repost this in flowery, brown nosing, "hurt no feelings" terms, be my guest.

Me? I just want to discuss all the very OBVIOUS crap that's been missing TOO LONG...

And at this point, I've no patience for anything other than a blunt, pull no punches tone for the conversation.

Edited by Dimento Graven, 10 April 2016 - 07:55 PM.

[Gattsus]

my two cents on 'quality of life':

will we have an icon for open/closed missile bays?
will be able to sell special mechs?
will we have have icons showing the installed modules on mechs?
implementing ctrl+arrows and ctrl+shift+arrows to move over/copy words in the chat.
will we have a class% indicator PER server rather than a global one?
will we be able to level up mech skills from the loadout page?
when selling omnipods, will we be able to tell the hardpoints they have?
mechbay-like GUI for selling items and for mech skills?

[Sir Wulfrick]

Bring back the old glowing eyes on the Atlas, and put them on a toggle.

[4rcs1ne]

Here are four things that should be in the game by now:

1. Now that we have actual dropships in the regular queues, why not change the "Play Now" to "Launch" instead? Every other mechwarrior game had this.



2. Add engineers to the mechlab. We have them in the academy, so why doesn't someone man the console in the mechlab?



3. At nighttime, we have absolutely no external lighting from the mech. So, why not add headlights? It may not do a lot for gameplay, but it certainly would improve nighttime immersion.



4. Active vs Passive radar implementation

[Kassatsu]

Cockpit screens that actually work.

Bonus: Potential VR support in the future that moves non-essential HUD elements to the screens (things like heat sinks remaining and their location, internal component HP, ammo locations, hell even your throttle and direction) when using VR, an extra toggle to move *ALL* HUD elements to the screens, and non-VR options for such settings as well.

A battle value system to balance team sizes, mechs, weapons and faction/tech differences.

Bonus: PGI will no longer need to try to buff specific weapons on specific mechs to ridiculous levels for no reason whatsoever.

Easier to read damage displays. What happened to the 'bar' displays from past games? I nearly always switched right to that version so I knew exactly how much HP was left on any given component on my target, rather than going "oh his CT is 'yellow', guess I'll go for his slightly more 'orange' legs".

Bonus: Self explanatory I hope. You have a MUCH better idea of exactly how much HP any given component has rather than trying to figure out if that RT looks slightly more orange than the LT.

A heat scale that actually makes sense. Why is 30 heat capacity with the 'correct' dissipation values so bad? Still waiting on an answer on that one.

Bonus: No more ghost heat.

The part about the weapons: Autocannons that are actual autocannons instead of battleship guns. Could also change up how lasers work as well, with shorter durations, faster refire times and less damage per shot to maintain their current DPS. Ripple-fire and soft locks on SSRMs.

Bonus: Less poke and shoot gameplay using anything but specialized builds designed for it. More of that 'big bad mechs taking and dishing out beatings' feeling due to the lower spike damage potential and heavier reliance on sustained damage over time.

Don't think those last two qualify as 'stupid' or 'minor', but whatever.

[Dibujor]

I didn't find this in the main post list but it probably has been said. When you go into the skill tree screen, how about showing just the mechs you have? Or even, the ones you have actual skill points to spend.

It's freaking stupid having to search every time the mech you are leveling on that ginormous list. A lot of clicks for no aparent reason.

[SmoothCriminal]

Dibujor, on 11 April 2016 - 01:55 AM, said:

I didn't find this in the main post list but it probably has been said. When you go into the skill tree screen, how about showing just the mechs you have? Or even, the ones you have actual skill points to spend.

It's freaking stupid having to search every time the mech you are leveling on that ginormous list. A lot of clicks for no aparent reason.

Agree - the pilot skills need a bit of an overhaul as true end game content. They should be streamlined and reworked. there have been countless threads on this already however... (and shouldn't be included on this list as it is not a small change!)

[TheMisled]

As for number 51, there's a light in the cockpit that will turn red when the missile bay door is closed, yellow when it's opening or closing and green when it's opened.

[TheArisen]

Someone should tweet/msg Russ & Tina about this thread.

[dario03]

Some examples of small changes I would like
-conquest shows the kill counter like the other modes. Just put the kill counter up there next to the resource counters.
-Something that made modules easier to find or just a strip all modules from mechs option.
-A customizable hud would be great but I think just a few small changes would be great. For instance override should have a little symbol or indicator light by the heat meter and a message of override engaged pop up next to the heat level warning when that comes up.
Critical damage indicator moved to down by your paper doll. Could still have it pop up in its current spot when it first happens but then have it go down there, or just go away or have a option of making it go away.
And I think in the large indicator area, shrink the messages down a little bit and have 2 different spots for messages. One for incoming missiles and one for other warnings, like mode specific base under attack.

Here is a highly detailed professionally made image of the examples I talked about (from a old thread I had).




And most everything else that was posted in my similar thread from a couple of months ago
http://mwomercs.com/...t-changedadded/

Edited by dario03, 11 April 2016 - 03:11 AM.

[TexAce]

Dimento Graven, on 10 April 2016 - 05:25 PM, said:

My goal isn't to get this pinned. If you want to repost this in flowery, brown nosing, "hurt no feelings" terms, be my guest.

Me? I just want to discuss all the very OBVIOUS crap that's been missing TOO LONG...

And at this point, I've no patience for anything other than a blunt, pull no punches tone for the conversation.

We had a thread like this once, which was also recognized from PGI as valuable so some stuff in it was changed/added/fixed.

Do you want this to happen now too?
If so, think about your tone. Because with the current one its not very likely they will listen.
That's all I'm saying.

You are practically shooting yourself in the foot.

Edited by TexAce, 11 April 2016 - 03:42 AM.

[zeves]

well the excuse for alot of the stuff is now that they need to upgrade the engine to get new fancy thing like we had in the beta.
but oh no itl take like 6 months minimum and we wont get any new content in that time, like they added so much in the 4 years time.

[DerMaulwurf]

The ability to designate some of your mechs as favorites and filter for them afterwards.