to keep abuse and misuse down, htc could use symbols instead of writing.
JB73 i see what your saying but id like to point out that this request has nothing to do with waypoints. waypoints are very crude and cannot preform the complexity of my request.
im talking about a whiteboard that the commander can draw out a plan, present it to the mission so everyone involved knows where to set up shop and what to do. they can pull it up at anytime (until the commander wipes the board clean) and see the plan. also, wanting this more for squad ops than big country wide missions posted but i think it would work great both ways.
example: lets say i want 5 panzers to travel to a certain point and hold position. and i have 3 m8s or lvta4s and an m3 also holding position near a field. once the panzers are in position and holding they will move toward the field in a certain pattern dictated by the whiteboard. once the panzers have taken down all ground opposition then the m8s and lvts would move toward the field or town in yet another pattern. as the panzers are doing their thing and protecting the rest of the mission, the others will move into the town and do their work. all subject to change by the commander running the mission on the whiteboard.
the problem with waypoints is that they are only for telling a group of planes to go here and nothing else. you cant create a complex gameplan with waypoints alone. this is where the whiteboard idea comes into play. as far as im concerned, waypoints only really usefull for carrier groups. if you can imagine a football coach standing in front of a chalkboard or a commander doing the same thing before a mission....then you understand my idea.