Post by bobsoup on Mar 19, 2015 9:32:59 GMT -5
On a couple of occasions I've been busy moving my player around the map and got to "stairs" and have not been able to go up them because I was in solo mode but thought I was in group mode. Or worse. I've been ambushed in solo mode with my team half way across the map.
I realise this is a "stupid user" error and not a bug but I wonder if there might be a way to more visually highlight if in solo or group mode. Its not always obvious if moving long distance and where you click is off the screen from where your team is.
Perhaps a thin colour border around screen when in group. Or instead perhaps the background of the selected users portrait a different colour.
Another suggestion. Instead of blue highlight where you clicked to move, make it green when in group mode, blue in solo. I'm sure you would have even better ideas to prevent idiots like me thinking I'm moving a group ,when instead , I'm sending Vraes into an ambush by himself.
It usually happens when I have mostly completed a level but gone back to camp... I scroll the screen over to where I want to move the player and click on the screen and don't notice three of the team left behind.
Granted... I don't do it a lot... but it's annoying when I do.
There is a subtle change to icon from group to solo but it is subtle and not noticeable unless you're specifically looking at/for it.
I realise this is a "stupid user" error and not a bug but I wonder if there might be a way to more visually highlight if in solo or group mode. Its not always obvious if moving long distance and where you click is off the screen from where your team is.
Perhaps a thin colour border around screen when in group. Or instead perhaps the background of the selected users portrait a different colour.
Another suggestion. Instead of blue highlight where you clicked to move, make it green when in group mode, blue in solo. I'm sure you would have even better ideas to prevent idiots like me thinking I'm moving a group ,when instead , I'm sending Vraes into an ambush by himself.
It usually happens when I have mostly completed a level but gone back to camp... I scroll the screen over to where I want to move the player and click on the screen and don't notice three of the team left behind.
Granted... I don't do it a lot... but it's annoying when I do.
There is a subtle change to icon from group to solo but it is subtle and not noticeable unless you're specifically looking at/for it.
What about having a number next to the glom button, like a 1 to represent one character moving? Or have an arrow indicating where your teammates are (a lot of FPSs and MMOs do this) at the edge of your screen? They could even have colors representing what character is off-screen where.