Personal Map Markers

[BIttermace 31]

Ok well just a thought can't see it being bought up before but as the game stands now you can double click and create a world map marker, shift+ c.lick to create a way point.

I personally would like to see an addition to this where if you so please can create map markers for your personal reference and think this would create some really good game dynamics.

Say your in a small group and you was to share your locations or create Surveillance routes for your scouts or tactics for your next raid.

One of your team members is on patrol and gets ambushed,

This not only creates a problem for the player who just died but also has the disadvantage of giving away some of your teams strategic locations/ trade or scout routes and in a way creates REAL random events/ missions for the player.

This could also lead to a type of heirarchy within groups who know that keeping the intel within a core group may become essential, the bigger the group with all the intel the more chance your plans have to get spoiled so would lead to players assigning themselves roles of importance,

This could also lead to an enemy scout group tracking movements rather than just going in gun-ho.

This could also lead to a dilema if the group was to have their chosen intel carrier was to get killed, do they run ? do they hide ? or do they have to dig in fight the good fight because they know full well that they need to get that intel back to base camp or there "big plan" could be foiled.

This would both allow for groups of players to work towards common goals and create strategic plans and give enemy groups chance to strike at a bigger force or know where not to go.

I think something as simple as personal map markers has the potential to open up thousands of possibilities and scenarios that I personal would love to see this kind of thing put into action, at the least see a trial of something like this in alpha stage and see what it could lead to.

THis is a basic idea of the sort of thing I'd like to see in a way.

Just thought of this but may also give you reasons to find a pen - common or pencil/ rubber- rare

Can't remove pen marks and would be best to burn your old maps and find new ones and pencils allow for erasing old plans.

anyways I rambled a while cuz Im really excited about the idea but what do you guys think.

Edited August 22, 2012 by BIttermace

[Tabris07 159]

My thoughts on this: the letters C and L are placed too close together on this site.

"Shift + click" shocked and confused me for a moment.

[Wiley 49]

I think it would be neat. Basically make a map an item. On pickup, maybe be able to change the name of it so you can differentiate between your own map and the guy you just killed's map. Maybe same thing for GPS's, with the ability to see their waypoints and marks?

[RiggsUK 69]

Those markers feel like cheating, i don't use them or the map much. I'd love to roll the map out on the floor and never have to break away from the main game screen.