New Chat Wheel Commands To Ease The Pain Of Nascar
#1
Posted 30 October 2018 - 03:47 PM
Maybe a way to help this issue is adding 2 new options to the chat wheel, a "HOLDING" or "HOLDING THE LINE" option and a "REPOSITIONING" or "FLANKING" option.
this could have 2 benefits if its made clear that people are holding a spot then others may just stick around and set up as well. but if that's not the case and then the holding people are bombarded with a heap of REPOSITIONING voice overs then they will probs move on and not throw their mech away.
the nature of the game is communication but due to a lack of mic users this could maybe help with that.
#2
Posted 31 October 2018 - 07:10 AM
#3
Posted 31 October 2018 - 09:05 AM
#4
Posted 31 October 2018 - 09:59 AM
And for QP SQ, having the matchmaker randomly select or select based on W/L CCs and LCs might not be a bad idea either.
#5
Posted 18 November 2018 - 12:09 PM
~Mr. D. V. "definitely on-board with this idea" Devnull
#6
Posted 19 November 2018 - 08:47 PM
#7
Posted 20 November 2018 - 01:12 AM
Matmoesa, on 30 October 2018 - 03:47 PM, said:
Maybe a way to help this issue is adding 2 new options to the chat wheel, a "HOLDING" or "HOLDING THE LINE" option and a "REPOSITIONING" or "FLANKING" option.
this could have 2 benefits if its made clear that people are holding a spot then others may just stick around and set up as well. but if that's not the case and then the holding people are bombarded with a heap of REPOSITIONING voice overs then they will probs move on and not throw their mech away.
the nature of the game is communication but due to a lack of mic users this could maybe help with that.
Have you ever pressed a button "Take company command" or "Take lance command"? Try it, you will be surprised
...in general, I am shocked how many people know nothing about this game
Edited by Aivazovsky, 20 November 2018 - 01:22 AM.
#8
Posted 20 November 2018 - 02:34 AM
Aivazovsky, on 20 November 2018 - 01:12 AM, said:
...in general, I am shocked how many people know nothing about this game
In case you couldn't tell, we are talking about adding these commands to the basic command wheel so that evryone can use them and not just the commander
Edited by admiralbenbow123, 20 November 2018 - 03:17 AM.
#9
Posted 20 November 2018 - 09:49 AM
admiralbenbow123, on 20 November 2018 - 02:34 AM, said:
That is, you want to pull the blanket each over, without taking the responsibility of the command? it's wise!
#10
Posted 20 November 2018 - 11:20 AM
admiralbenbow123, on 20 November 2018 - 02:34 AM, said:
Aivazovsky, on 20 November 2018 - 09:49 AM, said:
That's not quite what we're thinking here.
Right now, it is somewhat hard-to-impossible for people to communicate/coordinate off of each other, regardless of whether there is a Commander or not. What is being sought is to expand the number of things that Non-Commanders have, both in order to help a Commander, as well as to help people simply work better together. We do NOT want so many items on the Non-Commander configuration of the Command Wheel that it bogs down like when someone has taken Lance/Company Command. However, we don't want it to remain so few that people can't really do well at signaling to each other in terms of intents, wants, and needs.
Please keep in mind, not everyone has a microphone. While it would be recommended that many should get one, there is still the issue with the language barrier between people from different nations. Not everyone can understand and/or speak English, for example. Worse, this applies for literally every single language on the planet that we all live on in Real Life, including...
- German ("Deutsch", I believe you call it?)
- Spanish (in pretty much any variant, including Portugese and Mexican)
- Chinese (many variants here, including Mandarin)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Russian (Eh... How many different variants of this are there?)
- French (both European and Canadian)
- Italian
- Vietnamese
- Thai (At least, I believe that's what you call the language of Thailand???)
- Indian (as in India... definitely NOT Native American)
- Various Languages from the "Middle East" (I have no idea how many different ones exist here.)
- African (And again, I have no idea how many variants exist here.)
- (many other languages, obviously... this list could go on for far too long)
Further, it absolutely can NOT always be expected 100% of the time that someone comes in with a plan, suddenly able to take charge of a Team and lead them. Due to this alone, having so few things on the Non-Commander configuration of the Command Wheel is already bad design in the first place. On top of this, there are Commanders who want proper feedback from the Team which they're leading, and the current options on there are literally not enough to do that job. Not all the people willing to command others out there are 'absolutists' who only accept just 'affirming' or 'negative' responses. Some people out there really need a lot more input and cross-communication, even if it's only with the equivalent of voice-tagged quick chat messages.
So, I really hope you can see why people need more and better options to communicate with on the Command Wheel. It's better this, than leaving everyone in the equivalent of the Dark Ages. Any chance you would be a Supporter now???
~Mr. D. V. "Does this enlighten you on why the Command Wheel needs a lot of Non-Commander Improvements?" Devnull
#11
Posted 20 November 2018 - 11:26 AM
#12
Posted 20 November 2018 - 11:52 AM
D V Devnull, on 20 November 2018 - 11:20 AM, said:
Right now, it is somewhat hard-to-impossible for people to communicate/coordinate off of each other, regardless of whether there is a Commander or not. What is being sought is to expand the number of things that Non-Commanders have, both in order to help a Commander, as well as to help people simply work better together. We do NOT want so many items on the Non-Commander configuration of the Command Wheel that it bogs down like when someone has taken Lance/Company Command. However, we don't want it to remain so few that people can't really do well at signaling to each other in terms of intents, wants, and needs.
Please keep in mind, not everyone has a microphone. While it would be recommended that many should get one, there is still the issue with the language barrier between people from different nations. Not everyone can understand and/or speak English, for example. Worse, this applies for literally every single language on the planet that we all live on in Real Life, including...
- German ("Deutsch", I believe you call it?)
- Spanish (in pretty much any variant, including Portugese and Mexican)
- Chinese (many variants here, including Mandarin)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Russian (Eh... How many different variants of this are there?)
- French (both European and Canadian)
- Italian
- Vietnamese
- Thai (At least, I believe that's what you call the language of Thailand???)
- Indian (as in India... definitely NOT Native American)
- Various Languages from the "Middle East" (I have no idea how many different ones exist here.)
- African (And again, I have no idea how many variants exist here.)
- (many other languages, obviously... this list could go on for far too long)
Further, it absolutely can NOT always be expected 100% of the time that someone comes in with a plan, suddenly able to take charge of a Team and lead them. Due to this alone, having so few things on the Non-Commander configuration of the Command Wheel is already bad design in the first place. On top of this, there are Commanders who want proper feedback from the Team which they're leading, and the current options on there are literally not enough to do that job. Not all the people willing to command others out there are 'absolutists' who only accept just 'affirming' or 'negative' responses. Some people out there really need a lot more input and cross-communication, even if it's only with the equivalent of voice-tagged quick chat messages.
So, I really hope you can see why people need more and better options to communicate with on the Command Wheel. It's better this, than leaving everyone in the equivalent of the Dark Ages. Any chance you would be a Supporter now???
~Mr. D. V. "Does this enlighten you on why the Command Wheel needs a lot of Non-Commander Improvements?" Devnull
Translations would be quite nice. The problem is that this would take quite a lot of time and effort. But it would be nice to give an ability to communicate to people that don't have a mic and/or are dealing with a language barrier.
Also, side note: there is only one variant of the Russian language. The pronounciations of certain combinations of letters differ from one region to another a little bit, but overall, there's only one variant of the language.
#13
Posted 21 November 2018 - 07:32 PM
Aivazovsky, on 20 November 2018 - 01:12 AM, said:
...in general, I am shocked how many people know nothing about this game
You must be new here on this planet of Earth. It's inhabited by things called "humans." You don't seem to know much about them or their social behavior, so I'll just let you know that very few people are egotistical enough to wear a badge that says "I think I know more than you and these ten other complete strangers."
#14
Posted 21 November 2018 - 11:02 PM
#15
Posted 14 December 2018 - 02:31 AM
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