Rally Point Colors

MarineSeaknight · Post by **MarineSeaknight** » 2008-03-09 19:13

I'm sure most of us have come along this problem at least once while playing:

Your squad leader sets a rally point, being the great team-player he is. After everything's all set, your squad moves out, and gets mowed down by CAS aircraft. No big deal, right? Just spawn on the rally point.

But wait!!! While your squad was away, another friendly squad thought it was a good idea to set their rally RIGHT next to your rally. On the spawn selection screen, there are now TWO white dots in too close proximity to tell which one is yours. (Not even by zooming in on the map can you tell the numbers apart). Picking the wrong dot will result in being spawned back at main base, 20 minutes worth of walking gained.

Because of this problem, I propose a small fix:

Change the color of YOUR SQUAD's rally point to GREEN, so when rally points are placed too close to tell the number, you can always just pick the green one, knowning you won't be gaining 20 minutes worth of walking.

For those of you that'll say, "Why, just don't place rallies close to each other!" My friend, there are somethings in this world that we'll never be able to control, even on a mature community such as PR. It just happens, and this fix won't harm anything.

I posted this being unaware of the DEVs decisions to keep/take away rally points or bring back/keep away SL spawnining.

Cheers.

[T]Terranova7 · Post by **[T]Terranova7** » 2008-03-09 19:18

I posted something similar in an earlier topic too. This would help a lot.

If it's not possible, would it simply be possible for squad 1's rally to have a different background color than squad 2's? For example, squad one's rally is always blue, squad two's red, squad three's green etc.

Basically anything that could be done to help distinguish your rally from other squads would help greatly.

Jimmy_Smack · Post by **Jimmy_Smack** » 2008-03-09 19:52

Um, sorry to spoil your rant but, if you click on ANY rally you will automatically spawn at your squads. (That is if you have one). You can click on a rally across the map, in the water, upside down, and it will still kick you back to yours.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2008-03-09 20:11

Jimmy_Smack wrote:Um, sorry to spoil your rant but, if you click on ANY rally you will automatically spawn at your squads. (That is if you have one). You can click on a rally across the map, in the water, upside down, and it will still kick you back to yours.

This.

Pariel · Post by **Pariel** » 2008-03-09 20:36

Jimmy_Smack wrote:Um, sorry to spoil your rant but, if you click on ANY rally you will automatically spawn at your squads. (That is if you have one). You can click on a rally across the map, in the water, upside down, and it will still kick you back to yours.

Yeps. I think this was only implemented in .7, as I remember it being a pain in the butt in .6.

BloodBane611 · Post by **BloodBane611** » 2008-03-09 23:35

It was in .6, didn't notice the change. But good to know. Props DEVs.

Cyrax-Sektor · Post by **Cyrax-Sektor** » 2008-03-10 01:37

Jimmy_Smack wrote:Um, sorry to spoil your rant but, if you click on ANY rally you will automatically spawn at your squads. (That is if you have one). You can click on a rally across the map, in the water, upside down, and it will still kick you back to yours.

Wow, I didn't notice that was changed in .7. I remember the pain this was in .6.

Devs, always thinking!

Safekeeper · Post by **Safekeeper** » 2008-03-10 02:59

Um, sorry to spoil your rant but, if you click on ANY rally you will automatically spawn at your squads. (That is if you have one). You can click on a rally across the map, in the water, upside down, and it will still kick you back to yours.

Now that's pretty awesome. Thanks, Devs.

Post by **Masaq** » 2008-03-10 20:57

On that basis, locking