[Request] Clearer low ammo icon


(Galaxy) #1

At the moment I normally play the soldier class and while trying to keep the team resupplied with ammunition I’m finding that the low ammunition icons on top of team members are not very helpful the way they are displayed right now.

As it is at the moment (as most would have noticed but I’ll explain just in case) they start with a full line of bullets, which when diminishing leave fainter coloured bullets. When the ammo meter is not full but not yet empty it’s easier to see the contrast, thus showing more clearly how is the ammo count for that player, but the problem is that when all the bullets are gone I find it extremely difficult sometimes to know if all the bullets are full (brighter shade) or empty (darker shade).

I found myself many times just looking harder at the screen trying to figure out if they are full or empty, and many times the only sure way I have to know is to compare the colour tone with that of other players that still have both colours on their icon. I think this is really inconvenient since players normally run out of ammo in the middle of a fire fight when every second counts, and I am forced to waste valuable time trying to decrypt the icons before resupplying them.

So I think the icon display should be tweaked in the future, maybe making the empty bullet icon red for example instead of just a fainter tone of white.


(FireWorks) #2

True, its hard to spot the empty ones in the contrast.


(neg0ne) #3

…and a “out of supplies” indicator, so that the teammates know you din´t give because you are a dick but because you don´t have some at the moment…

… or better: V-Says !


(FireWorks) #4

Oh yea, atm I use keyboard makros for those in chat


(matsy) #5

I think it should be red when your down to two bullet icons.

v-says would be handy too as I hate typing, I NEED AMMO about a hundred times!


(ratioguy) #6

Make it look like medic’s health bars.