Team health station/Ammo Station visibility

(Deaf2heart) #1

Just joined forums, I usually never participate in community forums but I’ve been enjoying this game so much I wanted to share a thought and see if anyone else had the same:

I feel like Aura’s health station and Kira’s ammo station could serve a greater purpose as a team guide or just in general do a better job of communicating their placement to the team with an in game blip, outline, or otherwise through-walls visibility.

I main Aura obsessively I love being helpful and rezing teammates. However I keep noticing team mates calling out for medics even though I have the health station up. Plus some teammates end up wandering too far out from their supply chain and, fps noobs aside, I wonder how much of that is due to them not knowing about my placed station. I’m sure Kira’s ammo station has similar problems. (Don’t mean noobs as an insult, gotta start somewhere)

It’s difficult to keep the station mobile, not impossible, but it’s no Sparks medpack you know what I mean? The stations seem to be much more immobile and do a better job of holding a line than small packs.

It’d be cool I think to have greater team visibility of stations, might help medics direct the flow of combat more, and also better communicate their services.

Or maybe even a medic card perk that puts a big marker over their head on teammates that need health?

Certainly not a game breaking problem, just thought it worth sharing.

(Mr-Penguin) #2

Yeah, Kira’s station is a bit hard to see and could benefit to some sort of glow or something to make it easier to see for teammates.

If stations were marked on the minimap, this whole problem would be solved, as well as giving the map an actual purpose.

(Jostabeere) #3

There is VOIP, also called communication. You can say people the station is up and the exact position on the map.

(Edzer) #4

This, have been wanting this for ages. Always wondering when I see Kira’s if there are any ammo stations up.

(SteelMailbox) #5

Why would you want to destroy them?
You gain ammo from hostile ammo stations as well as friendly.
Lets just say if there is a group of enemies with an ammo station in the clusterfuck then its probably hostile.

(Ghosthree3) #6

There’s a map now?

(MTLMortis) #7

This is why I tell people exactly where I’m dropping the station right at the start countdown. Especially since I like dropping it in places where the glow isn’t so self-evident.

(capriRocket) #8

on mobile.
i think he means minimap, though a big overlay map woild be nice to have!

or just give every friendly station an icon. maybe a differently colored plus icon and ammo for kiras.

(JesseKomm) #9

Or we can go SUPER elaborate and incorporate a very complex system of nodes into the map so when you are on low health you get a waypoint that directs you to nearby health stations!

Kidding of course, but a mini-map icon, or even just a HUD icon through walls would be helpful. Hopefully the latter, because looking at a map in any FPS can be certain death, even if you think you’re safe.

(Lumi) #10

I’m definitely for that kind of solution. I’d love to see a through wall glow like the kind you get in left 4 dead for your downed teammates. But of course it would only show when you’d be down on ammo or health as to not clog the view.

(DMaster2) #11

Sparks have a similar problem, people tend to NOT notice her medpacks. Way too many times i throw packs near a low health teammate and he doesn’t notice the pack. Make them more noticeable please.

(Ghosthree3) #12

People don’t notice regular med packs either though.

(Deaf2heart) #13

I DO know there’s voice chat in game but I personally can’t stand in game voice chat. Tends to get very negative. So I typically mute everyone asap.

(KattiValk) #14

We already get crosses for deployed med bags, why not add it to healing stations?

Apply this to ammo too. We even have the symbol already. Stations (healing and ammo) could have some unique aspect to them that made them different too.

(Amerika) #15

I think Aura’s station is fine how it is with the blue/red light. I do think the ammo stations for Kira (and Stoker soon) could benefit from the same thing. Sure, you can tell people where things are over voice coms but not everyone listens or might have music going. I wouldn’t mind seeing stations (either healing or ammo) through walls though like you can with other items. I run for health packs constantly that I see through walls.

And yes, put ammo dump location and even ammo stations/healing stations on the minimap. It currently doesn’t have much of a purpose and those two things could at least help a bit if the devs don’t want to make the stations show up through walls (to keep distraction down). Also, while they are there, they should default the map to not rotate. Anybody who likes their map to rotate as you move is just WRONG!!! :smiley:

(Edzer) #16

People don’t notice regular med packs either though.[/quote]

It’s just overall new players not noticing health/ammo packs in general. They’re quite easy to notice honestly.