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#1 The_Silencer

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Posted May 25 2011 - 03:57 AM

Would be cool to have a visual way to warn your team-mates on that you're, so to speak,  pretty screwed up on the battefield and that you urgently need help before you die.

Howto?. By 1 or 2 flares available and a la Chronicles of Riddick movie. Do you follow me here?

P.S. Distinct flare color per each team.

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Posted May 27 2011 - 09:37 AM

Colour smoke and a system of long range targeting so your team mate can FFE and pull your ass out of the fire.
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Posted May 30 2011 - 07:47 AM

In other words, the idea is a flare launched to the sky.

Although if you put some of dense and cool smoke into its trail then the better, indeed.

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Posted May 31 2011 - 08:37 AM

Gives away your position to the enemy

How about an IR signature that you can emit that is unique to your mech

sorta like whats on a Military uniform
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Posted May 31 2011 - 12:59 PM

1)aKillArmy said:

Gives away your position to the enemy

How about an IR signature that you can emit that is unique to your mech

sorta like whats on a Military uniform

The goal of using one of these flares would be to catch the attention of your team-mates, in a spectacular fashion, in those cases you realize on that your chances of surviving are under minimum.

So to give away your position or not to your opponents would not be so relevant when many of them are surrounding you. On the other hand, you could launch the flare and then to go evasive by jump-jets, or by food using the geometry of the map to hide and avoiding damage, et cetera.

However, I do not know on what's the range of your radar in the game. If your radar covers the entire map then this suggestion becomes senseless, despite its inherent visual coolness factor.

P.S. Have you seen the Chronicles of Riddick movie?... :)

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Posted June 02 2011 - 07:19 AM

Anyway, on certain maps this feature would be pretty senseless due that the complexity of the geometry ( buildings and ext cetera blocking visibility pretty much ).

Alternatively, a radar ping would fill the gap very well in order to warn to your team-mates on that you need assistance A.S.A.P. Probably this may deserve a new thread then...

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