Invalid Blinking signal for share overdrive

[Eithern 412]

Many times happens that you have the overdrive at 100% and you try to call others so you could share it with them but nobody come...

I think it could be usefull to add a blinking signal (for example the star will starts to blink) that you can choose to activate. I'll explain better:

You reach the 100% charge for the overdrive, and you want to share it with your team. You press a button and your star icon starts to blink so all the players who see it comes quickly near you.

What do you think?

[Maf 32,338]

Under review

 

This is rather pointless. Your teammates can see the star above your tank at any distance (as long as there's line of sight) and many of them simply don't want your overdrive or are too far away to get to you. If they wanted to come, they would have, so having a flashing star symbol won't help.

 

Although it is a good idea to change the symbol so that it can be seen through any walls and obstacles.

[Nicola_M 1,563]

Considering many STILL don't know how to use it, a good suggestion would be changing the star to this:

 

PRESS

SHIFT

[Nicola_M 1,563]

I see a downside to this.

Flashing star, the other side get some advance warning there's going to be a large-ish group around that flashing star.

Give it a few seconds, and one Magnum shot's taken out a sizeable chunk of your team in one go.

[Maf 32,338]

I see a downside to this.

Flashing star, the other side get some advance warning there's going to be a large-ish group around that flashing star.

Give it a few seconds, and one Magnum shot's taken out a sizeable chunk of your team in one go.

No, the idea is regarding the white star indicator (visible to you and your teammates only), so enemies wouldn't be aware of this.

[Eithern 412]

I proposed this idea because many tankers don't use it (they prefer to save it for a gold box or something else), so when you see a player with a star above him you don't know if he will use it or not. With this system instead you have the certainty that the player will share it with you, but if you see a star without blinking you don't waste time by waiting near him (or pushing him like some players do).

I think it is a simple feature that could improve the teamwork.

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

Sorry I didn't read... Sounds good, a switch to make the star blink.

 

That will reduce all the pushing and shoving.

 

Do this until your remove Overdrive for ever, I Hate it.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

"Flashing stars" hurts my eyeballs. Too Damn flashy. <_<

[RIDDLER_8 5,558]

Yeah. A blinking overdrive is good and having an overdrive symbol that is visible through walls and building is an even better idea.

[PetoAbyssus 20]

I usually share my OD with teammates, especially if some are low on health. But if I'm going into enemy territory to face an annoying Magnum, I need all the help I can get and will activate it just before entering enemy territory of at a better advantageous spot where a mine would help, too. 

 

Many players will activate OD right on the flag standard, which negates the mine. I'll stand off to one side to make the mine good. But some players don't realize what I'm trying to do and will ignore me. If my star was flashing, they would know I'm willing to activate it and will travel a few cm's to take advantage of the "group hug." 

 

The way this could work it to press shift (or whatever key is assigned to OD in settings) twice. Once to flash the star, second time to activate it. 

[Eithern 412]

Even in these days I see lots of players who try to alert other teammates in such strange ways, but often nobody notice them and they use it alone. I hope that this idea will be accepted soon.

[lukey0 27,543]

When I read this why do I think of Hazard Lights on a car. :LOL:

[Maf 32,338]

I actually kinda changed my mind about this idea. Lately I've often been finding myself looking for a group of teammates to use my overdrive on, so having a flashing star would help gather everyone around myself. Also at times when two players have overdrive and are about to activate it, this would help prevent situations where both use their overdrive at the same time and basically waste it.

 

But then again, let's not forget that eventually hulls will have different overdrives, and only for a few of them this feature would actually be useful.

[Eithern 412]

Yes I think this could be helpful with the actual overdrive system, I don't know when the new one will be release and how it will be supposed to work.

[danygel94 3]

Nice idea, any news?

[Maf 32,338]

Interesting, I was looking through old idea topics and wanted to check what my reply here was. Surprised to see that I didn't like the idea when I first approved it, because nowadays I really want this feature to be added. It would be great if you could indicate to your team that you are about to activate overdrive. That way people will go towards you knowing that they can use your OD, and if anyone else next to you has OD ready they will know not to activate theirs (which would be wasted).

[fordmustang12345 3,910]

Add something that tells people how to use OD, really pisses me off seeing half my team going an entire battle without using it even ONCE

[Maf 32,338]

Idea no longer applicable due to only Dictator's overdrive being possible to share. For Titan's OD this feature is unnecessary.

 

Invalid, closed.