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[DM30]

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place to post this, but it seemed like the best fit from what I saw, so sorry if it's in the wrong place...

Has anyone else found it confusing that when you deploy a turret, it's marked as red on your HUD when you look at it_ I've seen a good number of gameplay vids on Youtube where players have destroyed their own turrets immediately after (accidentally) deploying them because they show up with a red targetting box when you look at them. Cue the "OH MAI GOD IT'S GONNA SHOOT ME *BOOM!*", and voila: wasted item. I almost did the same thing myself the first time I deployed a turret until I realized that it wasn't tracking me.

So, my suggestion for improving the beta is to outline friendly turrets in white, just like with teammate's mechs in team matches, to avoid this confusion. That should hopefully avoid a few deaths of newbie players while they're distracted by their own item.

[Subdivision]

I thought they did. I'm sure mine were white...

[DM30]

Well, all I know is that in both the videos I've seen online and in my personnal experience they've showed up as red, no matter what game type. Maybe there was a patch that I didn't know of or something.

[DarkPulse]

I'm pretty sure it was white, but I would think a player would generally be able to tell if a turret is friendly or not based upon whether it's shooting them.

[DM30]

Huh. Is this a minority issue, then_ I'd say it was just a glitch with my beta client, but again I point to the youtube videos of beta gameplay that I've watched, all of which show a player's own turret in red. (And, like I said, often of said player destroying their own turret because they thought it was hostile. Granted, anyone with a shred of situational awareness probably won't do this.) And yes, I can tell red from white.

Maybe everyone else is just smart enough to recognize where their own turret is and not pay attention to the colour. I'll admit that I've stopped looking at the colour most of the time myself. Really this post was just with new users in mind.

*shrugs*

[Juodvarnis]

In deathmatch, they seem to be marked red, but in every other mode (including team deathmatch) they're white

[ArnieF4440]

Yeah, I've done this a couple times with my own turrets when I first started playing. Had to remember where they were or place them high up where I can't shoot them XD

[DarkPulse]

Juodvarnis, on November 04 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

In deathmatch, they seem to be marked red, but in every other mode (including team deathmatch) they're white

That'd explain why I don't remember seeing it - I almost never play DM.

Too boring.

[Juodvarnis]

DarkPulse, on November 05 2012 - 10:54 AM, said:

Juodvarnis, on November 04 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

In deathmatch, they seem to be marked red, but in every other mode (including team deathmatch) they're white

That'd explain why I don't remember seeing it - I almost never play DM.

Too boring.

Agree, but unfortunately for me, i barely got any other mode to play - all servers except for DM were almost always full when i  was online.

[DM30]

Juodvarnis, on November 04 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

In deathmatch, they seem to be marked red, but in every other mode (including team deathmatch) they're white

That makes sense. Still, it would be nice if your own turrets showed up as white in free for all Death Match too.

[AsianJoyKiller]

DM30, on November 06 2012 - 12:15 AM, said:

Juodvarnis, on November 04 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

In deathmatch, they seem to be marked red, but in every other mode (including team deathmatch) they're white

That makes sense. Still, it would be nice if your own turrets showed up as white in free for all Death Match too.

I doubt they'd let it get out of beta with a bug like that.
I wouldn't worry overmuch.