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Piemanlives:
So someone on the steam forums was encountering the infamous encounter with unresponsive players, specifically engineers thinking they're gunners holding guns that the gunner of his ship needed access, I won't include details about the following debate however steam user Darth Cannabis proposed the following idea.

--- Quote from: Darth Cannabis ---I actually have an idea about this. Since it is clear that allowing gunners to kick isn't a solution, what about a prompt set up.
Basically if you walk up to an occupied gun and hit E, the player on said gun gets a prompt that someone want to take gun over, and hit E to swap spots.
While its easy enough to tell the engineer this if you have a mic, it is rather slow to do so if the gunner needs to type or use v text options. A prompt set up would be the compromise. It would notify the engy on gun quickly, while not forcing a kick off, and speed the process of gunner and engy switching spots. (rather than engy off gun and then gunner having to hit e to get on it, the switch would be instant when engy hits e)
--- End quote ---

What do you guys think? Would this work or not, do you have any ideas to improve this or do you have an alternative?

Richard LeMoon:
I like it. Just don't pop it up in the middle of the screen where it could be troll-y, or in the log where it will be unnoticed.

shaelyn:

--- Quote from: Richard LeMoon on August 24, 2014, 02:44:59 pm ---I like it. Just don't pop it up in the middle of the screen where it could be troll-y, or in the log where it will be unnoticed.

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if it could pop up in a similar implementation to the current voice commands, that may be the happy medium.

yeah, +1, this is a really good idea.

sparklerfish:
I like this idea.  It's pretty frustrating to be, say, gunner on a goldfish standing helplessly behind your occupied gun getting increasingly annoyed as they ignore you while the ship is going down in flames... "Hey, I need to use that gun... Uhhh.... can you get off the gun?  Dude.  GET OFF MY GUN.  THE HULL IS ON FIRE.  I HAVE A PIPE WRENCH.  GET OFF THE GUN!!!!!!"

(nearly direct quote from a match I played the other day in which this exact scenario happened... minus the profanity that probably came out of my mouth :P)

Hoja Lateralus:
+1, good idea

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