Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: FBLazy1 on April 30, 2012, 09:07:51 AM

Title: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: FBLazy1 on April 30, 2012, 09:07:51 AM
I kicked this question to the Knights and got some ok feedback. Would be nice to see the country that so pilot is flying for when landing kills. For me when somebody lands kills I have to either look up the name in the roster (which is not fun when trying to keep my SA.  :airplane: ) or type .s <name> to see if they get a salute. Just trying to be nice and saying good job to all that land kills. If anybody has a better way of doing this then please let me know, besides the advise of saying Nothing to anybody when they land kills.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: ImADot on April 30, 2012, 09:45:35 AM
It's an Ok wish, but I'm confused about your statement about using the .s command.  You don't need to know, nor can you tell, what country someone is on when you use the the .s command to salute them...it's arena wide and everyone can see it.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Lusche on April 30, 2012, 09:54:30 AM
You don't need to know, nor can you tell, what country someone is on when you use the the .s command to salute them...it's arena wide and everyone can see it.

You can't salute players on your own country :)
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: ImADot on April 30, 2012, 10:45:33 AM
You can't salute players on your own country :)

Well then...change it so you can.  :D
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Lusche on April 30, 2012, 10:47:43 AM
Well then...change it so you can.  :D

 :headscratch:
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: ImADot on April 30, 2012, 11:30:26 AM
:headscratch:

Why not let .s <playername> go out to someone on your own country? If somebody wants to salute somebody else, why should it matter what country they're in, or why someone wants to send a salute? It doesn't have to be as a result of a fight with "the enemy".

So, change it so you can .salute anyone no matter the country.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Torquila on April 30, 2012, 11:33:17 AM
Love the idea!

+1

Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Lusche on April 30, 2012, 01:13:15 PM
Why not let .s <playername> go out to someone on your own country? If somebody wants to salute somebody else, why should it matter what country they're in, or why someone wants to send a salute? It doesn't have to be as a result of a fight with "the enemy".

So, change it so you can .salute anyone no matter the country.

Ah yes, I get it. I was a bit slow  :uhoh

And now that I get it... I'm against it  :P

Why? Because I'm afraid it will further clog the text window. Right now, we have all the "oinks", "slurp!" "WTG" and other forms of virtual high fives limited to each country's own channel. If you can .s your own side, memebers big squads will routinely start so .s each other (and more often than they do the 'enemy'), with showing up on every players screen in every country.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: 4Prop on April 30, 2012, 02:34:07 PM
so lets say that  ":devil" is the rooks.

if someone on the rook side lands kills then

 "( :devil) mofo has landed 4 kills."
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: W7LPNRICK on April 30, 2012, 05:04:49 PM
 :noid
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: RedBull1 on April 30, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
I like the idea!  :aok
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Butcher on May 01, 2012, 09:09:41 PM
I think the idea is great.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Ruah on May 01, 2012, 11:11:28 PM
yah, it is a good request. . .but I keep my eye out for certain people, and i know what country they are on - or - I do for that day.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Babalonian on May 02, 2012, 04:18:53 PM
+1 to universal salutes.

Im partial to country tags in landings though.  Neighther +/-

Let us remember, it has long been refered to as "getting your name in lights".  Enabling the tags - I see two imediate negative effects.  1) Country chat spam... as it is, we get a number of complaints saluting our own squadies and more-renowned fellow countrymen when they land a sucessful sortie.  2)  Further ENY issues as newer or bandwagoning players (for all the good or bad reasons, lets not focus on that) to group up on the country having the most success at that time in the arena... as it is, the "base rolling hordes" also stir up quite a negative communtiy reaction.  Otherwise, I like the idea of some more country recognition and credit in the buffer, especialy on maps where a good pace would be 1-2 base captures an hour.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Megalodon on May 03, 2012, 11:18:54 AM
Why? Because I'm afraid it will further clog the text window. Right now, we have all the "oinks", "slurp!" "WTG" and other forms of virtual high fives limited to each country's own channel. If you can .s your own side, memebers big squads will routinely start so .s each other (and more often than they do the 'enemy'), with showing up on every players screen in every country.

I agree with ^^THIS

Bad Idea,
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Slade on May 03, 2012, 11:32:49 AM
+1
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: Bruv119 on May 04, 2012, 01:47:25 AM
-1 

don't care which team i'm on,  I landed those kills for The Few and not some smelly chess piece.   :old:
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: JunkyII on May 04, 2012, 04:32:43 AM
-1 

don't care which team i'm on,  I landed those kills for The Few and not some smelly chess piece.   :old:
^^^^^^^^^This
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: tunnelrat on May 04, 2012, 04:21:42 PM
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,331305.0.html
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: bustr on May 04, 2012, 04:40:36 PM
All Hitech has to do to the message is add a (B), (K), or (R) before or after the name.

HOST: (X) CatLicker Landed 5 Hairballs in a Dyson Tornado Vac of the Free Kitties Couch Shredders.
Title: Re: Specify Country When Landing Kills.
Post by: shotgunneeley on May 08, 2012, 07:37:19 AM
To take this a step further, I'd like to see the vehicle the enemy was in along eith the team icon and player handle.

E.g. "you shot down a B-17g flown by [bish icon] ShtGn"

Guess it could work for the flip side...

"a B-17g flown by [bish icon] ShtGn shot you down"