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Tropo:
hey guys

i have been playing the game for a while and i feel it really needs a miini map in the bottom right hand corner

i know most games these days and in the passed have had them top right

thanks and love tropo

Dutch Vanya:
The other day i remembered this game has a compass type thing. I NEVER use it, and honestly i wouldn't want a minimap either, I like navigating by sight and sound alone, that's one of the many things that makes this game so unique to me.

RearAdmiralZill:
I too feel it will take away a lot from the requirement to bring up your map in-match, which while "most games" have one, I don't feel fits into Guns. Any person using that map for strategy makes himself vulnerable, so its generally not done during an engagement. If a mini-map was there, spotted ships would always give their facing in addition to position, and would take away from piloting.

Coldcurse:
If you play the game long enough. You won't need a minimap.

redria:

--- Quote from: Dutch Vanya on March 10, 2014, 04:25:41 am ---The other day i remembered this game has a compass type thing. I NEVER use it, and honestly i wouldn't want a minimap either, I like navigating by sight and sound alone, that's one of the many things that makes this game so unique to me.

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The compass in the top is actually pretty useful. It is nice to call out compass directions to an ally when there are no spots yet, or you just caught a glimpse of something. It is nicer to say "enemy west" than to look at your ally, compare their location to the location of the enemy you just saw, and tell them "on your back-right...ish".
Additionally, if you can't visually find something that is spotted (or your ally) it does tell you the vertical level of the ship in comparison to yours, which can be helpful.
The compass gives a nice reference to share with allies and to use for location, if you get use to it. ^.^


--- Quote from: RearAdmiralZill on March 10, 2014, 09:09:36 am ---I too feel it will take away a lot from the requirement to bring up your map in-match, which while "most games" have one, I don't feel fits into Guns. Any person using that map for strategy makes himself vulnerable, so its generally not done during an engagement. If a mini-map was there, spotted ships would always give their facing in addition to position, and would take away from piloting.

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Using the map to determine facing is probably one of the more underutilized features. If an enemy ship is in one of your blind spots but is spotted, you can use the rectangle to give you a rough idea of which way they are turned, and a quick look at the map tells you which way they are facing so you can position yourself to have the advantage first. I am always quite happy to be directly above or below an enemy ship, because I usually feel like I can get from there to a position where I start firing first.
That said, a minimap would obscure some of your view, which would be bad. So there is that.


--- Quote from: Coldcurse on March 10, 2014, 09:55:55 am ---If you play the game long enough. You won't need a minimap.

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I'm pretty sure Tropo, who is level 12/13/14, has probably played at least twice as many games as you coldcurse. Check who the poster is before you bring up experience.

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