A 6th Radio Channel

[LLogann]

Think about it for a moment..........  Country, Room, Squad & Channel...... Those are my four, plus 200.  (I pay 15 bucks a month for 200)   


But if in a Mission, I'd really enjoy to have a Mission Text active.  It currently resides with only newbs who haven't detuned it yet.  But from a strategic standpoint it would make a big difference.  ie....  Once mission starts, Country is no longer needed. (This is where somebody says "room" but many a time, a mission may be more complex than taking off from one base)  Buffs and fighters for instance, or the goon in a capture mission... Maybe even 2 sets of fighters with a fuel disparity.....  Oh and of course a combination gv & aircraft missions.  Now the entire mission can read the same text without losing anything, or causing 30 extra lines per minute on Country.   


When Trainers are in an arena, I would assume they have the Help Channel tuned.  That means they would have to sacrifice one of their channels, probably Room Channel...  But Room can be an important tool for comm.  ei...... I took off 5 minutes ago and Ghosth is upping buffs now and wants to know if it's safe to start climbing and go afk for a few minutes.  ANd the fine Gent that he is, he uses room so as he'll get to the people that know... And, the color is seen fast and responded to fast.  Room that is.   


All seems to get a lot of play in the DA & WWI.... Maybe even AvA?  And it seems that half the people use ALL and the other half still use 200.....  I think that speaks for itself.   



And sure, another argument might be "Well I'm sure in a mission that is complex har har har, there is a member of the same squad in each group right?  Maybe.... Maybe not.  And I don't think there should be an emphasis on Squad when it comes to comms overall.  Squads have a channel, cool, but why make it more difficult for 12 guys, not affiliated, to be able to comm in a semi-private manner? (not bothering the entire country per say)  This is where somebody says....  "They'll do that anyway!"  Some will, true, but others will learn.  Fore we will make them!   


I don't know how difficult it would be to do, but I know we've got another similar keystroke to use for it.   

So what do you think, three cheers for a 6th Channel?   

[BowHTR]

+1 , id liake to keep the help channel tuned at all times but cant due to always have squad vox text, squad vox, all/200 , country, squad text tuned. would like to have an extra one.

[bravoa8]

+1

[Saxman]

I'd like to be able to set more channel colors. I like that Country, Squad, Room, etc. all have different colors, because you can tell at a glance which channel a message comes in on. However if you have multiple numbered channels tuned they ALL come in the same color. Sometimes in the middle of combat you may not have time to filter each message by the <Name> <Channel> ID in the buffer.

[oakranger]

+2

[1carbine]

+1

[Ghosth]

Exactly so!

Or better yet, put something in the gui.

4 channels  (check here)
5 channels  (check here)
6 channels  (Check here)
7 channels  (Check here)

Currently I use the heck out of 4 text radios, plus Vox, plus text on vox.
If I had 7 channels available, I wouldn't have to detune room/range to tune Help channel.
I have no problem swapping god speak in the TA with 200.

But I'd love to have one more channel free for when I'm fully loaded. And someone PM's me.
Much faster and easier for me to do a .radio 7 llogann than to have to .p llogann every line.
Mission channels, wingman channels, private channels all would be extremely handy.

Especially for FSO when your trying to keep your bunch together, plus interface/liaison with 3 other squadrons.
And, still be able to talk on range and country channels when needed.

[ACE]

 

[Delirium]

+1 , id liake to keep the help channel tuned at all times but cant due to always have squad vox text, squad vox, all/200 , country, squad text tuned. would like to have an extra one.

You can do that now make

Radio 1= squad text
Radio2= country
Radio3= channel 200
Radio4= Range channel
Radio5= tuned vox channel  (just hit the / key and the ] key (above enter to type on text of that channel instead of talking on it)

[BowHTR]

You can do that now make

Radio 1= squad text
Radio2= country
Radio3= channel 200
Radio4= Range channel
Radio5= tuned vox channel  (just hit the / key and the ] key (above enter to type on text of that channel instead of talking on it)

it still leaves out tuning to the Help Channel.

[Ghosth]

Del I do all those now, just wish I had the "option" for 1 or 2 more.

[Volron]

+1
The ability to tune into more channels would be very helpful, especially when I'm in a mission and don't want to detune one of the other channels.

Exactly so!

Or better yet, put something in the gui.

4 channels  (check here)
5 channels  (check here)
6 channels  (Check here)
7 channels  (Check here)

Currently I use the heck out of 4 text radios, plus Vox, plus text on vox.
If I had 7 channels available, I wouldn't have to detune room/range to tune Help channel.
I have no problem swapping god speak in the TA with 200.

But I'd love to have one more channel free for when I'm fully loaded. And someone PM's me.
Much faster and easier for me to do a .radio 7 llogann than to have to .p llogann every line.
Mission channels, wingman channels, private channels all would be extremely handy.

Especially for FSO when your trying to keep your bunch together, plus interface/liaison with 3 other squadrons.
And, still be able to talk on range and country channels when needed.

+1  This would do very nicely.

[gyrene81]

Nice suggestion LLogann.

+1 

[JunkyII]

Ghosths idea is great I like to tune to the squeeker sqaud vox, spy vox, sqaud vox, 200, country, and range all at the same time but I cant.


 

[AWwrgwy]

What are you using for tuned vox channel and are you actually using the RED Squad channel for text?

I ask because if you use a tuned vox channel as "squad vox" you can also use the same tuned channel for text by pressing Shift + / and typing.  The text comes over the tuned vox channel this way.

This frees up one more text channel, unless you are actually using the Squad Channel.


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