Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: CptTrips on January 06, 2011, 01:01:04 PM
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Just an odd thought. …
What if there was a “Defend” button on the clipboard when you are in tower mode. Clicking it will automatically take you to the field or VH that most recently went into flashing state. If there are no fields in flashing state, the button is not enabled.
The idea is that the best way to stop a field capture is as early in the process as possible. So a field that has just started flashing is better to jump to (on average) that a field that has been under attack for a while.
It also encourages people to join in defense by making it easier and quicker. You don’t even look at the map to figure out what field is under attack. If you go to tower and hit that button , boom you are sent somewhere where your effort is needed. Sorta like defense “instant action.” ;)
$0.02,
Wab
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I would use that feature. I like playing defence and would like a quick way to get to an airfield/v-base that is just about to be attacked. The problem I can see is, what about those times when an enemy passes close enough to flash the field but is really on their way to a different target? would people start to not use that button because it keeps redirecting them to "false alarm" fields? Still a +1 vote from me though :aok
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I would use that feature. I like playing defence and would like a quick way to get to an airfield/v-base that is just about to be attacked. The problem I can see is, what about those times when an enemy passes close enough to flash the field but is really on their way to a different target? would people start to not use that button because it keeps redirecting them to "false alarm" fields? Still a +1 vote from me though :aok
A valid point.
However, I'm not sure its any different really than if you were looking at the map yourself and saw a field flashing, decided to go there, only to see them pass by. I don't see it as being any worse.
:salute
Wab
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Or how about a "Fields On Alert" tab on the clipboard? This would show every friendly field number with flashing radar. Kind of like a country-wide intelligence gathering. Not that much harder to scan the map though. Just a thought.
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Or how about a "Fields On Alert" tab on the clipboard? This would show every friendly field number with flashing radar. Kind of like a country-wide intelligence gathering. Not that much harder to scan the map though. Just a thought.
Thats a good idea. Let me suggest a synthesis...
One column of that list is "Time in Alert" and the list is sorted in ascending order.
By default when you click on that tab, the initial selection is on the top item (i.e. the most recently flashing).
You can then immediatly click on the "Defend" button on the "Fields on Alert" tab and get taken to the most recent field. Or you can select a different one first.
That way you get the best of both worlds. You can just accept the default selection and go "Instant Action" or pick another one instead.
:salute,
Wab
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+1 :aok
Waiting for the NOE perpetrators to object in 3...2...1...
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+1 :aok
Waiting for the NOE perpetrators to object in 3...2...1...
BUT WHAT EVER WILL THE HORDES DO?????????? :furious
:D +1 for this
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Stay low nobody's there
um sir
quiet and concentrate on staying low
well um sir there are
QUIET I SAID
*booombooombooombooombooombooombooombooom*
WTH I'm in the tower!!!!
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#1 Yes! This would make it easier.
#2 No! I don't want it easier.
I am going to go with #2, but thanks.
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I am going to go with #2, but thanks.
You're welcome. :lol
Hey, I like a good NOE as much as anyone, but I still think this would be a good idea.
:salute,
Wab
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Interesting idea. And like any feature (like detailed terrain, shadows, stall limiter, etc.), if implemented would be the player's choice whether to use it or not. Everybody wins.
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+1 If dar gets taken out, then the base wouldnt be shown.
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Interesting idea. And like any feature (like detailed terrain, shadows, stall limiter, etc.), if implemented would be the player's choice whether to use it or not. Everybody wins.
OK, never thought about that, I don't have to bother using it and it would probably make it alot easier on the new guys. I know I was lost when I first started here, the hardest thing for me was finding the enemy so I change my mind to #1,
Good job.
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+1 If dar gets taken out, then the base wouldnt be shown.
What fields show up on this list would follow the same logic as what fields are flashing. Its just a list of flashing fields.
I can't remember right now...do fields not flash if their DAR are down?
Wab
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doesnt this defeat the idea of a NOE or GV raid?
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doesnt this defeat the idea of a NOE or GV raid?
I suppose that depends on who you ask. ;)
I don’t think it harms them any more or less than a flashing field icon on the map, except in that it might encourage a more timely defense by making it a little easier to just jump to where the action is. Just to clarify, it doesn’t show any field in this list unless its icon is already flashing on the map. Its just a more efficient view of the data.
The NOE is still going to be just about on top of the field by the time it will show up on the list.
I personally like it when people start trying to launch when a NOE I am in arrives. It just adds to the excitement of the time crunch, and they make nice targets.
I think its superior to the “Base under attack” message. That gets old after a while and really doesn’t tell me much. I suspect it stops even getting peoples attention after a while. Uhhh which base? Five bases flashing on my map…uhh which is the one that just started?
Regards,
Wab
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SA in the tower is the same as SA in your bird.... Thought you AK's knew that?
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OK, never thought about that, I don't have to bother using it
Yeah. Sorry if I was unclear on that.
The normal mode of viewing the map and selecting a field is still there.
What is suggested is a separate tab to provide a defensive "Quick Start" interface. If you don't want to use it, you'd never have to.
Wab
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SA in the tower is the same as SA in your bird.... Thought you AK's knew that?
Heh. Well, I’m dummer than your average AK. :neener:
I think this would prove useful for the same reason there is a majority of people who prefer just to punch “join mission” and be told where to go in the offense case. Sure there are player who like to analyse the map, plan the attack and setup and run the mission; and then there are people who just say “Fine. Just tell me where you need me to go.” I, and I suspect many others, generally fall into the latter group. ;)
This would be the defense version of the “join mission” button. They can just go to the tab and say “Fine. Just tell me where you need me to go.”
Regards,
Wab
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What fields show up on this list would follow the same logic as what fields are flashing. Its just a list of flashing fields.
I can't remember right now...do fields not flash if their DAR are down?
Wab
if dar is up and a base starts flashing, you will hear the "base under attack" message and it will flash on the clipboard.
But if this gets added, if the dar is already down and is not being attacked and someone starts attacking it, it should not be put to the front of the line to be defended just like it is now. If dar is out, then you dont get the verbal warning its under attack, so the same should apply to this new feature.
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Was on my phone and couldn't edit...... Forgot to add the :D
:neener:
Regards,
Wab
:D
:salute