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[darkthought]

Just a little suggestion that would help all the red-green colorblind people out there with the missile bay doors. Please changes the lights from red = closed, green = open to something else, maybe red and blue? Because I see no difference in the colors of the light, what so ever.

[Skyfaller]

Before you get a sliver of hope up let me tell you to give up now.

Since closed beta we have been asking for color blind support and the devs have done nothing but to continue to add color-blind hostile features.

[Artgathan]

The missile bay door lights need a color change in general. I'm not colourblind myself but often find myself confused when I glance at the light in the midst of combat. The colours are just too similar (a sort of pale yellow and green).

+1

[Wolf Clearwater]

I also cannot tell if the doors are open or not with the light. Red/blue or Green/blue would be nice.

[TwigTech]

I'm not colorblind, but I like this idea a lot. Here's hoping it happens.

[Monky]

They're already hard to tell for non colorblind people, and impossible to tell when using night vision/heat vision.

A small HUD indicator would be a better option (though I'm not asking to remove them). Would be nice to be able to change the color though, after all disco stu likes disco door lights.

Edited by Monky, 17 January 2013 - 07:16 PM.

[Bhael Fire]

I'm not color blind, but right now the difference between the "off" and "on" status is not nearly as drastic as it should be.

I suggest OFF should be off..that is...NO LIGHT (i.e. black). ON should be bright green. That way, upon a quick glance you can tell right away..."Is the light ON? Yep. Ok flaps are open." or "Nope...no light...flaps down."

Edited by Bhael Fire, 17 January 2013 - 07:25 PM.

[Chavette]

Then the red-blue colorblind people wouldn't see it.

[darkthought]

Chavette, on 18 January 2013 - 08:05 AM, said:

Then the red-blue colorblind people wouldn't see it.

*facepalm* Good job talking about something you know nothing about.

http://en.wikipedia....Color_blindness

7%-10% of the male population have some form of Red-Green colorblindness. Blue - yellow is less than a tenth of a percent of total population.

Personally, I don't think that PGI should be making the game harder to play for 10% of their players.

But if you don't like the idea of two colors, how about a light that's either on / off or a hud indicator, as was suggested above?

Skyfaller, on 17 January 2013 - 05:20 PM, said:

Before you get a sliver of hope up let me tell you to give up now.

Since closed beta we have been asking for color blind support and the devs have done nothing but to continue to add color-blind hostile features.

Never give up. Never surrender.

[Valorcalls]

I would rather see it just turned to saying "OPEN" or "CLOSED"... that'd remove the colorblind problem completely.

[JMcFly]

Red X, green O would be the way to go, and i agree it should be repeated on the HUD so zooming doesnt change visibility.

[focuspark]

Can we just get rid of missile bay doors all together?!

The lights doesn't work, it's a myth. I took screen shots, the color doesn't change.

New players get ****** by the doors. I see so many players frustrarted by "random firing lag" with SRM weapons, but it's actually the ******** doors.

They add nothing to gameplay. They're just an annoyance. Who the hell decided to add them anyways?

[Volthorne]

focuspark, on 21 January 2013 - 11:01 AM, said:

Can we just get rid of missile bay doors all together?!

The lights doesn't work, it's a myth. I took screen shots, the color doesn't change.

New players get ****** by the doors. I see so many players frustrarted by "random firing lag" with SRM weapons, but it's actually the ******** doors.

They add nothing to gameplay. They're just an annoyance. Who the hell decided to add them anyways?

Missile bay doors being closed grants a 10% damage reduction to that component.

[focuspark]

Volthorne, on 21 January 2013 - 11:04 AM, said:

Missile bay doors being closed grants a 10% damage reduction to that component.

OK... and 100% annoyance to most people. Also... why on Earth would having the door closed reduce all damage to my 'mech by 10%? My cockpit door is closed, can my 'mech's head get a 10% damage reduction?

Sounds like another stupid hack to keep a poorly designed system in the game. PGI needs to stop doing that.

[Volthorne]

focuspark, on 21 January 2013 - 11:07 AM, said:

OK... and 100% annoyance to most people. Also... why on Earth would having the door closed reduce all damage to my 'mech by 10%? My cockpit door is closed, can my 'mech's head get a 10% damage reduction?

Sounds like another stupid hack to keep a poorly designed system in the game. PGI needs to stop doing that.

Not your whole 'mech, just the section with the missile pod doors (if applicable - Atlas does not have missile pod doors, so it does not take 10% less damage to the LT). The damage reduction was introduced with variable-state missile pod doors to make up for the opening/closing animation delaying firing. Also, it makes sense logic-wise.

[focuspark]

Volthorne, on 21 January 2013 - 12:30 PM, said:

Not your whole 'mech, just the section with the missile pod doors (if applicable - Atlas does not have missile pod doors, so it does not take 10% less damage to the LT). The damage reduction was introduced with variable-state missile pod doors to make up for the opening/closing animation delaying firing. Also, it makes sense logic-wise.

I understand the mechanic and I still think it's crap. A thin metal door makes no sense when compared to think plated armor. 10% damage reduction is the best armor in the game as it's no ablative - you have gotta be kidding me.

Remove the damn door mechanics already.

[Volthorne]

focuspark, on 21 January 2013 - 12:47 PM, said:

Remove the damn door mechanics already.

Sure, let's have missiles fire THROUGH the doors, yeah?

[focuspark]

Volthorne, on 21 January 2013 - 02:05 PM, said:

Sure, let's have missiles fire THROUGH the doors, yeah?

Sounds good to me, or just do not have them. The 'mechs looks better with the missiles showing anyways.

[Volthorne]

focuspark, on 21 January 2013 - 02:11 PM, said:

Sounds good to me, or just do not have them. The 'mechs looks better with the missiles showing anyways.

Disagree. I love the Cat's doors. If I could stomach driving the C4 (not enough reliable backup weaponry slots) I'd stick a pair of six-packs in one, along with a pair of LRM-15s, and pretend the 15s are the only missile system I have. Once all the visual variations start appearing in force, you wouldn't be able to do that without doors, and it's really not THAT hard to press a button once and be done with the doors if you want to keep them open, is it?

[focuspark]

Volthorne, on 21 January 2013 - 02:28 PM, said:

Disagree. I love the Cat's doors. If I could stomach driving the C4 (not enough reliable backup weaponry slots) I'd stick a pair of six-packs in one, along with a pair of LRM-15s, and pretend the 15s are the only missile system I have. Once all the visual variations start appearing in force, you wouldn't be able to do that without doors, and it's really not THAT hard to press a button once and be done with the doors if you want to keep them open, is it?

Opening the doors is simple if you know they're there but most people it seems do not. Instead the suffer missile launch lag, blame netcode, and hate on the game. I'm a C4 pilot and showing my loadout doesn't matter when anyone can just scan me.