Michael_Denmark wrote:No Zoom again please, it only lowers the process of getting people to teamwork in the long run anyway.
Hello Michael. I'm sorry but i really do not understand how an increased zoom on the map can "down teamwork" ? From my own experience as commander and SL (far from perfect of course, but i've spent more than a few hours in both roles...), i've never found any situation where a better zoom would have had a negative effect...
More precise orders --> better coordination between squads --> more teamwork
Where does my logic fail?
Michael_Denmark wrote:Zoom is only downing teamwork. Not a thing i am stating to be against the suggestion, but because i know it from game experience. VOIP Communication is actually the key. Zoom is a distraction from VOIP communication. Especially when a battle goes fast.
I agree with you on that point, "VOIP is the key". But orders don’t take place of VOIP, and vice-versa. They're good
complements . Most of the time, i give an order and "comment" it by VOIP, or explain with details what I want, why, and which support does the squad have. I don't think we can get rid of orders. In every situation, squad leader is gonna place a move marker on the map to guide his squad better, and keep them the objective in mind.
Moreover, a more precise order coming from commander means the SL will not have to replace it. You said : "
Especially when a battle goes fast" : But I already give my orders, and the lack of zoom only make me spend more time doing it. IMO, a better zoom only
make things go faster.
Thirdly, as you must have noted, English isn't my native language and i've still problems using it with VOIP. So, i try doing it, but orders only makes things a bit more understandable... and more precise orders would make things much more understandable
[R-CON]OkitaMakoto wrote:I dont think its up to the commander to tell Bravo to move up against a certain wall. Itd be more like go here,take this house. Do whats best on the field.
I also agree with you, Commander's role isn't to micro his troops. But, and i insist in, they are occasions where doing it is efficient. Of course, that doesn’t happen often, first of all because microing means not looking the rest of the battlefield.
However, in the following situation i miss a better zoom for "microing" :
- of course, as Tartantyco reported, when placing assets. Often, especially when the commander doesn’t know the map (Kashan ?) perfectly, it's SL's job to find the most appropriate location. But in urban situation, commander may want a bunker on an exact location.
- when attacking enemy’s last base, given that i don't have to watch the battlefield anymore, i may concentrate on that last attack and want to tell squads the exact locations they have to move to.
- i acknowledge that the order "move along that wall" would not come from commander. However, telling "take and defend that house" is sometimes impossible due to the lack of zoom, or at least needs more times pointing the exact location as if we were adjusting our sniper shot. Through, that kind of orders is often given by commanders, or should be.
As everybody knows, due to no VOIP between them, squads suffer a lack of coordination while moving together. And in case of two squads moving together toward an objective, microing them can be a good and efficient idea. At least by reporting to Bravo what Alpha spotted, and then a move marker is far more efficient than a long speech...
