Remove Comm's ability to give targets

My god, are you trying to get banned? If you don't stop raging, I can assure you will get banned soon.

 

But seriously, his posts...

 

I used to be similar. I saw a stupid post and I went as ragey as you. I got rewarded with a ~8 month ban that was only lifted because it was XMAS and arklansman was feeling generous.

 

Oh that don't seem like fun. I edited my post.

 

I was replying to another post saying that right now, you cannot target any buildings by dragging.

If targets were big round area attack targets, the com cannot get people to focus their attack. If there was a barracks and vehicle factory right next to each other, they would both be in the circle, and the people will not know which to attack, so they will just pick one randomly, making them not as efficient as if they attacked a building together. Some people will just stand still trying to kill the infantry when the com really wants you to take out the barracks first.

 

Well, then just shout out, "Attack the barracks!".

 

I wish that that would work, but some people only pay attention to their hud. Some even mute all ingame voice...

 

If they don't know the dangers of a barracks then they will shortly.

Players will kill what they want. 90% of targets given are ignored. Those that arn't get cheated out of the element of surprize.

 

The suggestion is just to make area attack orders big round general 'kill things here' circles (rather than placing wallhack diamonds on every enemy in the area.) Individual-target attack orders (at least on buildings) would still work... to the extent that people listen to them now, anyway.

It isn't even that I have anything against 'wallhacks' as a gameplay mechanic (enhanced senses or sensor equipment or whatever granting it is fine by me, say.) I just dislike the gameplay mechanic that encourages the comm to repeatedly click-drag the area to buff their troops with wallhacks -- it's unintuitive to new comms, it's repetitive, and it basically feels a bit silly. If we want comms to grant wallhack-powers, I think it should be a more clearly-defined comm power with some sort of limitation.

 

What do you think players would rather attack? just a normal enemy, or an enemy with a big kill me on it? Sure players will make important decisions, such as killing the person that is shooting at them first even if they are not targeted, but the targets do draw attention.

having small static targets for buildings might work, but what if you wanted to give higher priority moving targets, namely the enemy commander? If the com moves and the target moves with him, it defeats the purpose of changing the system we have now. If the targets stays still, you'll end up targeting nothing, or have the com desperately trying to update the attack order on the com, which is pretty silly too.

 

What is so hard to grasp that allowing target for one unit is not game breaking? I have said before that one target is fine, becouse then it would be a tank/building/ninja or commander, a target of high priority, butt mass attack needs to go. Yeah it would be wallhack but it would be fine. Or what flasche said.

I hate you and think that you are dumb.

 

Well, then that's why removing mass attack orders is good. You can focus the firepower of players instead of having them attack random targets.

 

I think that mass target should be kept for standard buildings ONLY (e.g. anything BUT turrets, walls, and cameras/mini-radars). There is no reason why the commander shouldn't be able to mark a ton of buildings if he/she so wishes. If the commander wants a vehicle targeted then it should be limited to 1. Infantry should be excluded from commander targeting all together.

 

There is a place, though, for the targeting system. Just not the spam. Buildings should be markable. They're large structures and the commander should be able to specify which ones to take out first. Tanks should be limited, but not gone. Its a freaking tank. Tanks should NOT be able to sneak. Infantry, for obvious reasons I could write a 3 page essay on, should be excluded all together.

 

that was uncalled for...
Even though people know that the barracks is more important, I see people attack the vf first all the time. Having an area target might work for buildings, but not for anything that moves. How are you going to target their commander? keep clicking where their com is?

limiting the targets to one makes it very hard for the commander. its already hard right now to right click on the enemy, most of the time when I try it, it gives a move order. Having it draggable makes it impossible for the computer to know which enemy inside your rectangle is the one you want to target

 

Hamster: The VF can spit out spawn points AND tanks, thus making it a bigger threat.

 

Exactly! you need smaller more focused targets so you know which one to kill

 

Attack orders should just flash the targets so that the player has to pay attention to the general area of his enemy. Alternatively, attack orders should not be in real time.