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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Midnight on December 15, 2001, 01:21:00 PM
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I would like to see opinions on HTC adding an option to allow you enable enemy planes to see your name ID on your Icon.
I was thinking that many WWII aces had paint schemes that were identifiable by the enemy. Where we do not yet have the custom paint option, maybe it would cool to show your Name ID to the enemy so they know who you are.
An option similar to tracers, where you select it on or off while in the tower.
I think them we will see who thinks they are "Tough guys" and who are not. Something like put up or shut up.
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It sounds cool to me (if hitech doesn't think he has better things to do with his time). I enjoy the thought of either A) being a tough guy and having people hunt me or B) Having my ego crushed because nobody thinks it's worth their time to do so. Either way it should be a nice ego-correcting feature :).
Hooligan
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yeah, if it were an option I'd be all for it.
enemy icon would be the person's name, but alt-i would id planetype just like for friendlys.
that'd be up there with 'fun' features :)
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Am I the only one who thinks this would be a nightmare?
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Nope.
NUTTZ
Originally posted by Dead Man Flying:
Am I the only one who thinks this would be a nightmare?
-- Todd/Leviathn
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How about something similar to the CheckSix key, but instead, a "Taunt" key...select an enemy aircraft, for example a P-51 and select "taunt" and he hears "Run little Runstang, run!"
It would be the first time Channel One would be quiet! :D
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Leviathn it's voluntary. You don't have to turn on your ID if you don't want to. Of course that just means I'd probably spend all of my time stalking the only unmarked Spit V in the game.
Hooligan
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i think it would be easier just to tell everyone where you are and what your flying
ie: midnight in a niki 15k over axx , come and get me.
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Originally posted by Hooligan:
Leviathn it's voluntary. You don't have to turn on your ID if you don't want to. Of course that just means I'd probably spend all of my time stalking the only unmarked Spit V in the game.
Hooligan
That was exactly my nightmare. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
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You apparently don’t realize that having an icon with your name above your aircraft will make absolutely no difference to you. Your presence is apparent about 5 seconds after you enter the furball because you usually don’t waste much time getting your name into the kill buffer. Even though there are often a cloud of spitfires out there, you are one of the easiest guys in the arena to find. It’s not like you’re one of those anonymous alt-weenies hanging out over the fight for 15 minutes looking for the “perfect opportunity” for a safe kill. You may as well stop kidding yourself and admit that you like the attention.
Hooligan
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Although I like the idea, the art and additional load would be a "virtual" nightmare...as stated by others. Hi ya +Dead! :D
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first of all: ROFLMAO @ lepaul. great idea. secondly: yeppers, i'd be for it. hehe
The Tuckster
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying:
That was exactly my nightmare. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
LOL! Leviathn is DMF?!? No wonder he's so friggin' good, I had no idea! :D
SOB, the clueless
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Sounds good :)
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The last sim I was in had callsigns permanently displayed and it didn't work out too well.
Guys who are popular targets (really good sticks/HTC employees) would have to have aliases. Good sticks attract nma like a me-262.
Bad idea - no way. :)
curly
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Some of you missed Midnight's point
Having your handle displayed to enemies would be voluntary - only for the crazies :)
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Originally posted by Hooligan:
You may as well stop kidding yourself and admit that you like the attention.
I really do not like undue attention, for whatever reason. It's one of several reasons why I've changed my name from DMF to Calamari to Leviathn in AH, not to mention numerous times in the lamentably deceased Air Warrior.
BTW Hiya, K-KEN. :D
And also BTW... SOB is a dweeb!
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by moose:
Having your handle displayed to enemies would be voluntary - only for the crazies :)
I got that part... but it'd still be a nightmare. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Works for me but I believe the name buffer only allows 4 characters ie Hurr, Typh. Wonder why?
Zygote
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Nope again! In a real war you'd have to get pretty damn close to an enemy to see their markings and get them to pose pretty. In here I suspect it would create witch hunts and downgrade game play to heretofore unknown levels. Sometimes it gets downright nasty.
Beeg
Originally posted by Dead Man Flying:
Am I the only one who thinks this would be a nightmare?
-- Todd/Leviathn
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That is one of the best idea's I've heard in a while since sliced bread and churned butter. :D
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Dem's fighten words!
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its a great idea
if its optional who cares? if you dont want em hunting you turn it off - that simple
if you can take it and you dont have a fragile little ego, then leave it on and let em 'brang it owwwwn'. ;)
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Forgot to mention that yes, I did get Midnight's point that it was voluntary but a feature like this would degrade game play in that some will always be sucked away from where they're needed by their country due to desires to prove themselves better than the latest hotstick or to avenge a previous defeat or whatever. War sucks enough, let's keep to the saying of the great Italian ace Vito Corleone; "It's business, nothing personal"
Beeg
Originally posted by moose:
Some of you missed Midnight's point
Having your handle displayed to enemies would be voluntary - only for the crazies :)
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Originally posted by Beegerite:
Forgot to mention that yes, I did get Midnight's point that it was voluntary but a feature like this would degrade game play in that some will always be sucked away from where they're needed by their country due to desires to prove themselves better than the latest hotstick or to avenge a previous defeat or whatever. War sucks enough, let's keep to the saying of the great Italian ace Vito Corleone; "It's business, nothing personal"
Beeg
I think you may be the one missing the point Beegerite. What is this talk of sucking people away from where they are needed? Last time I checked, I play my way and you play your way and I dont have to play your way if I dont want to. If these other guys want to do this, then thats fine by me...as long as I am not forced to do it if I dont want to.
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I dont think it'd be a MA-gameplay changing feature
I think it'd be just fun :)
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could we have a special spitfire with Tucks head on it? :p
that pic still makes me crack up.
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"would degrade game play in that some will always be sucked away from where they're needed by their country "
Step away from the keyboard, and get a life...
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Great idea!
The only thing is with only having 4 letters in the name would be tough for me. Everyone would see Pyro and think I was the "other" Pyro ;) . Man I'd never get my plane off the ground...hehe. I know it's voluntary. But man it I seen Leviathen...well lets just say my CO would constantly say "Pyroman where the hell you going again????
HEHE just teasing Leviathan.
You guys know me I'm for whatevers best for HTC.
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I think it's a good idea. Once again, as long as it's an option it's fine.
J_A_B
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I could finally find Lazs hidin amongst his pals waaaaay down there in the weeds too!
:)
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Great Idea.
Leviathin..we know its you at the merge. You might as well turn the sign on...
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I have no idea if i would use it or not but i think its an great idea :cool:
Seeker : ROFLMAD! nail hit on the head :D
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now comon rude... I'm pretty easy to find as it is! But.. I will turn it on just for you. I am also prety easy to kill... except to all the guys who claim they want to.
call me concieted but I maybe have some "handle" recognition and I bet new guys love seeing that they have killed me. I know when I was new I was allways jazzed when I killed somebody that was recognized as being around a while. Course... ya gotta put yourself at risk for that to happen. It's a whole other game in those furballs.
Besides.... It don't take nostra friggiing damas to figure out who is the low slow -1a in the furball.
lazs
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It doesn't take much to see who's who in Wild wednesday either, which is probably why we have a different winner every week, right?
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Originally posted by Pongo:
Great Idea.
Leviathin..we know its you at the merge. You might as well turn the sign on...
What I like is that you don't know it's me until the merge. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
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I’m all for it. Does this mean I could hide my F4U-4 icon with my nic? The other players couldn’t identify aircraft type? I like it.
Zippatuh
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cool idea, I'm all for it
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Sounds good... but give it to us with a .locate xxxxxx command. If the guy has his tag turned on, then on yer map, if he's in freindly radar coverage his red dot turns purple.
Muahahhahha!
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Leviathn, you flying Rook by any chance this tour? If so, I'll wing up with you. It'll take them a little bit longer to figure out which Spit V is yours. ;)
"Damn it! There's two of them Spit V thingees!"
"Wait, that one is mediocre! The other is Leviathn!! get 'em!" :D
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By looking at the overall count here I see most think it's a good idea. Then I'm all for it as long as it's voluntary.
As far as the extremely conciliatory "Get a life" remark below, thanks I'll go right out there and try to find one.
Beeg
Originally posted by Seeker:
"would degrade game play in that some will always be sucked away from where they're needed by their country "
Step away from the keyboard, and get a life...
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Originally posted by Beegerite:
By looking at the overall count here I see most think it's a good idea. Then I'm all for it as long as it's voluntary.
The problem with making this voluntary is that people can identify by exclusion as well as inclusion. Meaning that if everyone turns it on, then all of the players on the other side will know who the one opponent is who doesn't turn it on. That hardly makes it "optional," even if in theory that's what it is.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by Nifty:
Leviathn, you flying Rook by any chance this tour? If so, I'll wing up with you. It'll take them a little bit longer to figure out which Spit V is yours. ;)
I'm switching sides every few days lately... I enjoy flying with and against my friends from every side. :) I've been Rooks for the past day or so, so if you see me up, give me a hollar. I'd love to wing with ya.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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No need to give my name away in the icon. Just look in your text buffer after the merge: "You shot down BLUEmako" :D