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Change icon for dead knights on Mini-Map

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Sun, 10/21/2012 - 22:42
No-Thanks

Change the icon for dead knights on the Mini-Map, so we can distinguish them easier from living knights.

I'm curious, if anybody likes/dislikes the idea.

It can be a pain to go searching for dead knights. Maybe some people appreciate the difficulty and don't want it to be even easier. I hate being dead, because a game isn't fun, when there's nothing to do, so i tend to revive teammates ASAP.
But sometimes knights have similar colors and i don't know which dot on the map to run to.
Sometimes the dot/arrow isn't even visible on the map, because there's some sprite or knight covering it or something like that.

I don't know, if this sounds like a joke. I just remembered mentioning it in FSC, because usually most people don't speed revive others and i have to search the damn corpses, so i should at least write down the idea. After all, it's just a suggestion.

Still! Tell me, what you think.

By the way, i thought a cross would be nice, but i just remembered, that black/white knights don't exist. That could be used, too.

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 04:44
#1
Juances's picture
Juances

The fact that they dont move is enough.

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 05:08
#2
No-Thanks
they do

they do fly around occasionally lol

i think from horse attack or something

then again some polaris needle user with similar color could be standing around or an arrow could be too far away to tell if the knight is moving or not

its not like that tiny mini map improvement is much to ask for, either - just a minor tweak

any more thoughts?

let me ask it this way: would u like the change or not?

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 06:30
#3
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Thunderbog
Approved by Philosodragon

+1

A small marking that shows someone is dead can make things easier in minimap so we'll know where they are.

But at the same time, ye'll probably had already noticed who died unless the colour was the same as somebody else's.

Yerp, definetally a need.

PS: hi futuramma jacnues(didn't mean to scramble yer name but it looks attractive to me)

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 13:01
#4
Effrul's picture
Effrul
+1

Good idea! Could be as simple as turning the solid blot into an empty ring?

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 13:05
#5
Darkbrady's picture
Darkbrady
Can't you just ask them? I

Can't you just ask them? I mean, the game does have a chat function...

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 13:12
#6
Skyguarder's picture
Skyguarder
No.

Why can't you just send them a tell on where they are? If you are in a big mob, just go get some coverage and message. They will watch you and tell you what direction.

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 19:10
#7
No-Thanks
obviously

the whole point of my idea is to quicken up things

of course i have the capability of finding them in another way...and communication isnt my preferred method, id much MUCH rather go search the old school way

again, pls tell me if ud like the implementation of my idea or not

i do not like the way, YOU would fix MY issue. if u really have a suggestion for ME, then take into consideration, that it is like a race against time for ME and i do not want to end up dying while trying to revive somebody either! if u do know a simpler way to determine whats a corpse and whats not, ill be thankful for that, but dont make a fool out of me by pointing out, what is obvious...

once again, it is a minor improvement. if ur trying to bypass it with more complicated methods rather than taking my method into consideration and comparing it to the current situation, then u dont contribute to telling me if my idea is good or not, because believe it or not..i can figure ur OBVIOUS methods on my own :/

despite that, even if u do not like the idea of changing the icon, pls let me know!
if u want to point out the obvious, pls save it for another thread.

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 19:33
#8
Luguiru's picture
Luguiru

All THIS constant CAPITALIZATION instead of USING tags is getting silly.

"I'm curious, if anybody likes/dislikes the idea"

And now you know.

Knowing is half the battle.

"It can be a pain to go searching for dead knights. Maybe some people appreciate the difficulty and don't want it to be even easier. I hate being dead, because a game isn't fun, when there's nothing to do, so i tend to revive teammates ASAP."

Good, you revive teammates at the first opportunity because you care about other people. Remember to drop vials while dead yourself like health pills so your buddies can get health to revive you. Because teamwork involves helping each other.

"But sometimes knights have similar colors and i don't know which dot on the map to run to."

Well, look over to the party listing. Which name is dead? Do you remember where they were, or is your whole party just flying around the whole map because working together is bad now apparently? Oh, Billy went down the hall over there, but he has the same personal color as Gumbo. But wait, I know Gumbo is over in some other place being spicy and delicious, so it must be Billy being dead in some way I am going right now while monologuing out loud.

Dead knights do not move as living ones do. Dead knights can still type to tell you they are dead. Dead knights can switch to the perspective of another knight to see what they are doing and give directions. It only takes a "who dead" to get a response unless your party is slower than a sock full of artichokes. Who put those in there?

"if u want to point out the obvious, pls save it for another thread."

Space is big. Liquids are soggy. Communication with your party is not anywhere near as difficult (seeing as typing and voice chat already exist) as creating a new feature because you have problems keeping track of people flying around with hippopotamuses who are also flying.

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 19:55
#9
No-Thanks
"And now you know."

"And now you know."
no i dont know

#3 and #4 tell me good, but..

#1, #5, #6, #8 dont even judge my suggestion, they only talk about the issue...

"Communication with your party is not anywhere near as difficult (seeing as typing and voice chat already exist) as creating a new feature"
i disagree with u. changing an icon is very little work and ive pointed it out many times, that this feature is tiny and not much to ask for

i still dont know if #1, #5, #6, #8 would like a different icon for dead knights or not. but if this garbage keeps up ill graveyard the thread

idk what ur talking about with teamwork crap. i do random party fsc runs twice a day and i dont follow anybody i have my own rythm. me reviving others has nothing to do with teamwork, i just want them to be able to enjoy the game. i dont like your exaggerations and i dont like, that u can write a whole page of raging at me without telling me if ud like a different icon for dead knights or not

i hope to get at least 1 person to tell me that he would not like the idea of having different icons for dead knights, before i toss this thread into the graveyard

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 22:41
#10
Darkbrady's picture
Darkbrady
idk what ur talking about

idk what ur talking about with teamwork crap. i do random party fsc runs twice a day and i dont follow anybody i have my own rythm. me reviving others has nothing to do with teamwork,

And that, right there, is why no Dev will ever read your posts again, or take this thread seriously. Not even Devs, just players in general will never take you seriously again, actually. Not to be harsh, but you're being incredibly close-minded and ill-considered to the group element of the game. You want this feature purely because you refuse to take part in an integral factor of the game. You can't step outside the boundaries then demand changes to suit your rebellion.

i hope to get at least 1 person to tell me that he would not like the idea of having different icons for dead knights, before i toss this thread into the graveyard

I believe you've had a few people now say that.

Graveyard, tall-ho~

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 23:23
#11
No-Thanks
nope

idk what kind of rebellion ur talking about. it is a tiny tweak for the game..

u still havent given me any signs of having considered my idea, but im sick of getting this kind of responses. thank you for encouraging me to graveyard the thread

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 23:42
#12
Autofire's picture
Autofire
*sigh*

I do agree with the suggestion. I could be helpful. Just keep in mind it isn't ABSOLUTELY necessary, like the others have said. I think it could be possible just to make the dots on the map blink. To take it a step further, anybody on the map could flash white whenever taking a hit, and flash black when dead. This might help in the heat of LD, also...

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