Group play - radios/map

[WalBanger 11]

Hi

I have thought of an idea to help friends/clan mates play together....

It involves a Map/GPS and radios (walkie talkies)

See what you think:-

Idea behind it:-

In "real life", if your part of a group, 1 or more people would maybe go out hunting, town raiding etc away from the main group, and if the Main group wanted to help or know where they were they could use the radios and find out that they went to the big tower they found or the train station etc.

How it works you can invite players to your group (this would need to be added to the game)

Items people own------------------------------Result

Map/GPS ----------------------------------------Nothing

Radio----------------------------------------------You would show up as a dot on the other players

------------------------------------------------------maps (that also have a radio and in the group)

Radio and map---------------------------------You can see where other players, with radios,

------------------------------------------------------are on the map..

------------------------------------------------------BUT you can’t see where you are on the map.

Also you could make it a bit inaccurate(upto alf a grid out or something) unless that player has a compass and that would help pin point a bit better and a GPS would be spot on.

This just helps people who play together to meet up when they come online (emmm I mean wake up in the game and see his mates gone out hunting on his own)

2) another possible idea:-

You could also maybe introduce some sort of way bandits could intercept their chatter on the radios and see them on their own maps (but without pressing the "TALK" button they dont show up on the map to the other players, so you could get stalking going on, trap setting (2 people talking and showing up on map and 20 people "runnning silent" hidden around the area).

Maybe have clan channels (i.e 295 frequency) and everyone tunes in on that, so a bandit could find that on the clan forums or keep scanning the air waves in hope of finding other survivors etc. or police scanners?? (im not sure how these work as i have never had one but i believe they keep scanning till they find some chat going on??)

Edited August 8, 2012 by WalBanger

[WalBanger 11]

Well i thought it was a good idea lol

[Bjorn9486 9]

I really like the channel thing; gives bandits the ability to be more bandit-y.

However, without a GPS I don't think you should show up on other player's maps; you might do a "ring" that says they are somewhere in this area but exact location would be very hard without both of you having a GPS.

[WalBanger 11]

Ya a ring is ok, it's just some sort of hint to where you mates are when you log on

[Lillo 22]

I really like the channel thing; gives bandits the ability to be more bandit-y.

However, without a GPS I don't think you should show up on other player's maps; you might do a "ring" that says they are somewhere in this area but exact location would be very hard without both of you having a GPS.

I agree.

By the way I like these ideas.

[WalBanger 11]

cool im glad to see my ideas are going down well, with you 2 :)