War Siren

I think war sirens fit nicely with wars :eek: So...I think it would be nice if the following idea was implemented into Empires:

When a base is beeing attacked I think a war siren should sound to alert people that it is being attacked, but should mainy be implemented because it would sound really good and adds to the war-style environment.

Here is what a war siren sounds like for those who don't know:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nuu2iNisoQc&feature=related

What are your thoughts?

 

sounds like a good idea.. add's to the insanity

They test those sirens out here the first wensday of every month.. haha I usally pull pranks on people with it

 

All good, except it already yells "Our base is under attack!" whenever a base is under attack.

Air raid sirens would work well when aircraft are implemented, though.

 

this would be pretty sick ;D

 

would be kind of cool, but to be realistic it would need to be loud as fuck which means u cant hear people on mic, and i go deaf.

+2

 

Commander-activated might be a good idea, too. Might lead to griefing, but any comm who'll grief that will screw his team over anyway.

 

Damn, that would make ninjaing SUPER ANNOYING.

"keke, i'm gonna kill this rax.."

"WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP"

 

It would be nice to have an alert of some kind which the commander can signal, because shouting FUCK NINJA FUCK FUCK over the mic is a bit annoying.

 

I agree. Some kind of signal in emergency situations would be greatly appreciated for commanders.

 

I guess there would be advantages and disadvantages to this idea in relation to ninjas. Maybe the idea should not apply for ninjas, but only for a proper attack from the enemy. However, sounding an alarm would be beneficial for the commander as he/she would be able to inform the team that there is a ninja in the base without having to yell to everyone that there is a ninja.

 

Good idea actually, not REALLY useful but pretty cool.

 

if it sounded anything like an old destroyer klaxon then whooping with it could also do an odd sort of victory dance thing (if it were tied to the comm chair).

 

I love this idea.
Maybe integrate it with the radar.
Have each radar have its own seperate alarm and let it be activated when a vehicle enters its radius. A switch inside/comm could turn off the auto detect.

 

Possibly when aircraft are implemented it could go off when a plane enters inside of the radar.
Then everyone could run and hide from the bombs

 

I say, change this to the town bell from Age of Empires, so when you ring it, everyone is immediatly teleported back to the barracks and spawns as a roffleman with a HMG and 4 stickies.

 

your thinking wc3

 

There is a similar thing in AoE. (3 at least)

 

it should be commander operated, so it isn't an auto detect. also any enemy within range of the siren should be able to hear it. that'll actually give the ninjas a huge adrenaline rush when they hear it go off.

they are secretly kill the base, then the sirens go off and that's when it hit home: they've been detected.

chaos ensue as the troops look for the lone ninja.

and that's when you switch to your james bond music and see how much you can do b4 you die

(I'm liking this idea of a war siren)

 

haha yeah that would be so sweet.

 

yeah this is good but i want a big bad tank horn aswell and the horn off the general lee for the nf light tanks