I have personally modified this technique for me since December 2008. One of the things I have found helpful in initially orienting my squad to a threat is to include the basic cardinal direction of the sighting. In this example, it is “Northeast”sfscriv wrote:
This is from a December 2008 post
Communicate
Most everyone in PR uses their microphone. At a minimum, alert your squad of enemy presence by saying “contact.” Follow-up by communicating the direction (compass heading), distance (give an approximate range in meters or just say close, medium range, or far), number of enemy, their activity and a description of their location. Here is an example,
“Contact! Direction 350 degrees, medium range about 150 meters away, two enemy, one of them is a sniper, they have not seen us and they are looking to the North, they are on the roof of the closest building, at the front left corner.”
Here is a shorter version: “Contact! Direction three five zero, 150 meters away, two enemy, one’s a sniper, we’re not detected, they are oriented North, rooftop of closest building, front left corner.”
Even shorter: “Contact! Three five zero. 150 meters away.
Let others get set and gain an understanding of the enemy’s location.
“Contact! Northeast, direction one five degrees, medium range, two enemy moving toward us, along the side of the building”
Even though color coding cardinal directions does not exist on a real compass, I think it would assist PR gamers in quickly determining the direction they are facing so they could more effectively communicate with their squad members. The top image could be the designations for the directions (not seen in-game) and below is a possible in-game example:
The initial post to this thread has been modified to include this update below.
After thinking over the initial proposal and the feedback, I have produced two new versions:
West, Northwest, North, Northeast
Southwest, South, Southeast, East
The color coding would be semi-transpartant and backdrop: NW, NE, SW, SE
or in the last image all cardinal direction have a darker semi-transparent backdrop and NW, NE, SW, SE have light semi-transparent gray bottom border.
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