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Title: change the darbar colors
Post by: caldera on July 31, 2025, 08:04:00 PM
For those that switch sides looking for a target rich environment,  the darbars on the map do not tell the whole story.  Given that switching sides can make or break your limited playing time, it would help to be able to make a more informed decision.


Can the dar bars be made to correspond with the GUI colors chosen to represent the other countries?

That would let you know who's winning the battle and who needs help.  I don't want to leave the high number country, only to join the hording side of another lopsided battle.
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: DmonSlyr on August 01, 2025, 09:34:25 AM
For those that switch sides looking for a target rich environment,  the darbars on the map do not tell the whole story.  Given that switching sides can make or break your limited playing time, it would help to be able to make a more informed decision.


Can the dar bars be made to correspond with the GUI colors chosen to represent the other countries?

That would let you know who's winning the battle and who needs help.  I don't want to leave the high number country, only to join the hording side of another lopsided battle.

Ive wished for this before. I agree with the sentiment. Many times ive wanted to switch because there was little action on my side, but couldn't tell who was winning the battle so I could switch and help out the losing battle side and get some fighter action in.

+1
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: uptown on August 02, 2025, 10:56:09 AM
+1 Good idea  :aok
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: icepac on August 05, 2025, 10:36:42 AM
When I see conditions as described above, I still only have to fly a couple minutes to find a fight.   

Is it that you want to find a fight or find a fight loaded with easy kills? 

If you don't have the time to perform a proper mission, you probably have something more important to do than gaming.
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: caldera on August 07, 2025, 06:14:09 AM
When I see conditions as described above, I still only have to fly a couple minutes to find a fight.   

Is it that you want to find a fight or find a fight loaded with easy kills? 

If you don't have the time to perform a proper mission, you probably have something more important to do than gaming.


You sure make a lot of assumptions.

But you are absolutely right.  I only want easy kills, because I'm far too lazy to perform a "proper" mission.

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Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: icepac on August 07, 2025, 10:07:30 AM

Are you speaking for the entire arena population?
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: Molsman on September 01, 2025, 08:39:16 PM
I also think this would be a good ideal so +1
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: icepac on September 03, 2025, 01:25:38 PM
Ahh…..let’s remove more strategy and tactics from the sim.

This idea will surely be gamed.

Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: Devil 505 on September 03, 2025, 01:46:44 PM
Ahh…..let’s remove more strategy and tactics from the sim.

This idea will surely be gamed.

Before I accuse you of being one of the guys that uses "strategy and tactics" to mean "exploiting game mechanics to avoid combat in a combat game", I'll ask you this: How exactly would having country specific dar bars be exploitable? And would that really be worse than players switching to the wrong side because they don't have complete info about which side needs players?
Title: Re: change the darbar colors
Post by: icepac on September 04, 2025, 10:33:28 AM

I fly as rook but spend much of my time at the bishop/knight front when the horde goes there.     
I don't fly around my country if there aren't enemy.     

I also try to troop knight fields that bishops have white flagged.   

This change would make it easier for guys like skyyr to target specific individuals. 

Would these country color darbars also be applied to GV?