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Offline Sonicblu

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Turn the icon's off
« on: January 14, 2009, 10:13:28 PM »
I would like to see a time or event maybe an arena with the icons turned off.

The pilots would have to have much better SA. Communication and skill.

I can just see it now. A guy diving in for the pick only to get " friendly kill shot " by shooting his own country's plane out of the sky.

One of the things that makes the pick so easy is the icons. Most guys would think twice before picking because they would have to get close enough to see what kind of plane they were shooting at not just an Icon.

I think a lot of the complaints of the game that i see on the BBS and in game would be helped greatly.

A big help would be to at least remove what type of plane it is. So it would take a first merge just to figure it out.

Most of all game play would improve.

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Offline deth13

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 10:15:44 PM »
to go along with that....  :O night flight.
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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2009, 10:18:04 PM »
THought you left!  :rofl
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Offline deth13

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 10:20:44 PM »
im trying its hard!!!  :cry
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Offline Treize69

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2009, 10:22:01 PM »
Quote from: deth13 on January 14, 2009, 10:20:44 PM
im trying its hard!!!  :cry

And it gets harder every day.  :D
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Offline Larry

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2009, 10:45:57 PM »
Quote from: Sonicblu on January 14, 2009, 10:13:28 PM
Most of all game play would improve.


No, it wont.
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Offline Delirium

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2009, 10:50:24 PM »
Lack of icons rewards those with a better computer/higher resolution.

It will never happen, HTC would lose too many customers.
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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 10:55:00 PM »
First of all, as has been pointed out before, no icons simulates legally blind pilots.

Second, you lost me when you said no icons would *decrease* the very historical pick/bounce/surprise you're dead! type attacks.  Uh, no. They would go from being 50% of kills to 95%. I have played "Il2" online sans icons and this is exactly what you get.
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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 11:14:25 PM »
Quote from: Sonicblu on January 14, 2009, 10:13:28 PM
I would like to see a time or event maybe an arena with the icons turned off.

The pilots would have to have much better SA. Communication and skill.

I can just see it now. A guy diving in for the pick only to get " friendly kill shot " by shooting his own country's plane out of the sky.

One of the things that makes the pick so easy is the icons. Most guys would think twice before picking because they would have to get close enough to see what kind of plane they were shooting at not just an Icon.

I think a lot of the complaints of the game that i see on the BBS and in game would be helped greatly.

A big help would be to at least remove what type of plane it is. So it would take a first merge just to figure it out.

Most of all game play would improve.



ya.....'cause that'd work sooo well for those of us flying on tiny monitors.
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Offline Dawger

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 12:33:28 AM »
I've flown no icons in another game and it is intensely fun.

But there are a very few people who would enjoy it.

It requires a completely different attitude.

I like it but I don't think it would ever be popular with more than a handful of players.

The fights are completely different, very much like what you see described in books. The dogfights tend to be fought at much closer ranges without icons and its easy to have a suddenly empty sky.

Its also much easier to bug out of a fight, much like real life.

Its a lot closer to real world fights and that is 90% of the problem. In the real world its damn hard to find another airplane in a sky full of them.

No icons is not for the masses. Heck, I love them but I don't think I would want a steady diet of it anymore. I like my neon targeting computer way too much now.
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Offline FTJR

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 01:49:34 AM »
One of my squaddies "always" plays without icon, he loves it, dont know how he does it though
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Offline warhed

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2009, 02:11:15 AM »
Sonic, in case you are not aware, alt-i will allow you to cycle through icon options, allowing you to remove both friendly and/or enemy icons if you so wish...
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Offline PanosGR

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2009, 03:23:36 AM »
I wish that too, but i know its only a wish.to see that in the MA Enemy icons off - friendly icons on. The game would improved by 100%
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Offline texastc316

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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2009, 03:27:32 AM »
can you imagine the Whine if it happened? I do agree that it would be cool in some instances though, maybe a snapshot or AvA.  Another note, it was nice flying in the dark during Weds. Snapshot........but man am I glad we had the icons.  ;)
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Re: Turn the icon's off
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2009, 04:16:20 AM »
I've made this very suggestion about a year ago. Here's the problem. The visual in virtual reality is not nearly as good as in reality.
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