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Revert everything and we're back to square one.
This is a straw-man argument. Talking about balance from a design perspective is not the same discussion about how to strategize most effectively as a player. And yes, difficulty to shoot is a major factor in dame design and balance, for example the hwacha can be considered a 'foo strategy', large effect for little effort, but is surpassed by more difficult guns like the lumberjack. Video related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitZRLt2G3w
I don't necessarily agree with everything said in the video, and don't agree that lumberjack is always stronger than hwacha, but getting into that would take us away from the point of this discussion. For the sake of argument, would a tool that helps people move away from their hwacha "foo strategy" be such a bad thing?
"difficulty to shoot is what balances the guns" is simply not true. When planning a strategy of attack on an enemy ship it's always safer to assume they can hit every shot, and when thinking tactically "oh their gun is difficult so I'm fine" is a mistake likely to end in death against experienced crews or even talented low levels. Plus saying "oh no don't use that gun your crew's not good enough" is a great way to make people not want to play the game, and corrals people that already play the game away from those guns. Not only that, but dedicating a pilot slot and taking time to watch people with the binoculars would create it's own balance dynamic. For instance pilots may ask themselves "if I stay back and the ally protects me can I sacrifice the slot to help accuracy?"
"Hey Kamoba is a CA! We can swap ships with the Novice guy and stack against Kamoba repeatedly for a fuck tonne of wins! It's his job as CA after all." (Yes genuine occurance.)
the reason why your dream of realizing referees in party chat with captains will never work is simple:
referees do other things while the matches are running.
They sometimes tab out, they sometimes chat with other people, they watch things on their other screen, listen to the commentary or music etc.
You cant honestly expect a referee to be focused constantly for 2-4 hours during the event.
There are already enough for a ref to keep focus on, gameplay, lobbies, password, invites, time, loadouts etc. etc.
adding to that list will lead to more confusion, especially when someone talks to you while you are reffing.
The referee party chat is used to talk about scores, lobbies etc.
and tbh, if the ref isnt responding to chat, then he probaly left his pc for a min to do something, so talking wont help
I know its tough luck, but referees are just players who spend their valuable time helping to run the event. They arent professionals paid to do all sorts of things, and more than often referees are new and pulled in 5 mins before the event.
referees dont use voice chat
already suggested long ago that all other crews revert to the old ammo change mechanic of being trapped on the gun to load ammo.
While the gunner has the exclusive ability to quick reload.
I think it'd be a great addition. Emailed them with it as a suggestion a while ago too."Oh, I forgot to pack the luck lochnagar for the side mine..."
Sorry, when do pilots not have lochnagar? o.O
Has anybody in blind testing even noticed the Hwacha change?
Did anybody notice that the Blood and Brass titles get cut off from the victory screen nowadays? Like, "Blood and Brass Champion" just says "Blood and Brass". I mean, I don't mind being the literal personification of a tournament, but that's not what the title is supposed to mean, I imagine.
I like this refined list. It makes sense.
My only issue is the component highlighting. Your description of it is vague. Seems like you considered the issue of cloud concealment and draw distance.
Yesterday i was on an artemis and saw chem sprayed weapons through clouds on a ship i could not spot. Seems like the highlight effect already exists.
Perhaps give it more utility, such as marking waypoints on a map.
Does it need to do anything else beside find the range of the ships? I know that this thread is about making it useful. I also know that many vets won't find the rangefinder useful because they are so use to looking at the map and the sights on their guns.
No. Because then you'll likely have more than 1 rangefinder per ship, and we don't want that. Give the rangefinder and the spyglasses to the crew mates you trust to use them responsibly. Don't dumb it down. Rangefinder should be a bonus for crews who are smart enough to use it.
