Comm interface and you.

Well, players complain that commanders often ignore text chat. Why?
Commander operations (Target destroyed, +point for commander, etc..) often spam up the chatbawks.

MY SUGGESTION: Make a semi-transparent chatbox in the top-left corner of the commander screen. This screen is specifically for "player-to-commander" operations. In order to send your comm a message, players prefix their text with, "!c <Message>". These messages will appear in pink as well(Or any other color, doesn't matter..)

Pros
-:Easy commander communication
-:Comms will enjoy the decrease in flames
-:No more spamming chatbox with angry messages to the comm.

Cons
-:Could be spammed...(Maybe input a "silence" button whenever you select someone, so they can't keep spamming.)

½Of my suggestion: Make a new radio-spreadsheet for the commander. "Requesting Refinery At My Location (<location>)", etc. These are only heard by the commander and nearby friendly units.

Thanks!
Steve

 

Or we do move the commander-related text to the right (the ones who tell him that a target is destroyed, etc).

Like the one in WoW, you have one for chat and one for damage, healing etc.

 

My PEQ marker suggestion is better :D

 

Thought of that too, but then I realized that you'd get your chat mixed in with the non-essential stuffs.

@ham

It's half of my suggestion, I'd rather not have it, but it represents the same thing. Just half of what I want really. :p

 

Yeah the target data and that green spam is useless.

 

I rarely even look at the messages that show up for the commander. I get the idea of what is going on from the right of my screen showing who is dying and such.

Removing it completely wouldn't be a loss in my opinion.

 

Yeah, but if it's possible to segregate the menus, then you can get the important messages, such as "Ref D4!" with an unspammable chatbox.

 

Why not just remove all the comm chat spam. Seriously, if you are giving orders like you should be the entire chat screen is going to be full of announcements telling you that someone killed someone else and then got blown away... who cares, infantries are free. If something important is destroyed, you can tell because it explodes and stops working.

 

Yeah, but you CAN'T tell your infantry needs a refinery, nor can you tell when there are 4 apc's rushing and you need to setup some ml's.