Ship Names On Map

[NuffimNam]

Suggestion: Show friendly Captain's name or ship name over the ship arrow on Map.

Coordinating with other captains, especially in 4 v 4 would be a lot easier if the captain's ship name or something to indicate whose ship it is was shown in the in-game map. That's all there is to it. I see no cons to doing this if it's only for allied ships. Heck, you could even make it optional.

[Replaceable]

Excellent idea- would look pretty messy though.
Maybe numbers or something?

But yeah 4v4's can get very confusing.

[ShadedExalt]

+1 from me!  Could we have it in every game mode?  While we're at it, could we get some individual sprites for different ships?

[Omniraptor]

+1 different minimap sprites for different ship types would be really nice, and make coordinating in 4v4s much easier. Here is my shitty MS paint rendition of what it would look like



p.s. yes pyramidion is supposed to be that ugly

[Crafeksterty]

the pyra is a christmas tree!

[Arturo Sanchez]

numbers on the ship icons will suffice.

[ShadedExalt]

+1 different minimap sprites for different ship types would be really nice, and make coordinating in 4v4s much easier. Here is my shitty MS paint rendition of what it would look like



p.s. yes pyramidion is supposed to be that ugly

Carrot Pyra is a go, I repeat, Carrot Pyra is go!



Honestly, that's great!  Glad to see someone on board with my idea!  Maybe keep the Pyra as the default marker?

[Arturo Sanchez]

but they're so stupid looking... Plus how would you differentiate ship teams that are all the same ship type?

different icons is just redundant and relies too heavily that people don't fly the same ships. I mean competitive play alone has bucket loads of duo Pyras.

[Omniraptor]

Numbers would be more stupid looking lol, I'm against having text floating over game objects for aesthetic reasons. Yes this includes the current ship names in spyglass spots.

[NuffimNam]

True that super long names may get messy. You could use just the first 5 letters and only be able to see your own team's ship names though to de-clutter it a bit. I like the sprites idea too, but we may need to rework some of those...

[Fiesty]

Custom flags/banners, like war of the roses badges with mount and blade. Excellent and simple way to identify and can be used in both minimap and on warships.

Minimal is a circle, blue or red, with a snap shot of the custom banner (like facebook thumbnails). The warships have the banner hanging off something or a slot on the balloon.

Yes there will be duplicates, but this is not likely due t color opyions and shapes.