Label Ally Npcs Please

[(PSN)IkariWarrior83]

Dudes, we need to talk about this.  It's annoying and obnoxious an the more ally NPCs we get, the more it's gonna suck.

 

Guys, please please please add screen name labels to ally NPCs.  When an ally throws out a specter that they bought, like a MOA, it just says "Shockwave MOA." Instead it should say "IkariWarrior83's Shockwave MOA."  That simple change will have players wasting less time trying to kill invincible ally units.

 

Please do the same for Shadows of the Dead, and/or put "shadow" at the end, so that it says "IkariWarrior83's Healing Ancient Shadow" or simply "IkariWarrior83's Shadow" and remove the enemy name altogether.  I've done plenty of Dark Sector Survivals where my allies are shooting at my shadows because they've never played with a Nekros before, or the game glitches and the "shadow" texture isn't applied.

 

I would suggest doing the same for invasions, too.  Put "Allied Heavy Gunner" or "Allied Crewman." That kind of change is less necessary, but no less helpful.  We kill so many Corpus and Grineer, it's sometimes easy to forget which side we're on, and shooting at the wrong targets.  We quickly figure it out when they take no damage, but it saves time having them labled from jump.

[sekushiiandee]

i find myself shooting and freaking out whenever i see an ally's parasitic eximus charger.....but i like it because it adds excitement and rustles my jimmies

Edited January 28, 2015 by sekushiiandee

[MartianJellyfish]

This one time I did all sorts of combos and air attacks on someone's Osprey Spectre, because I mistook it for a Corrupted Drone.

But then again, I once thought a Nova Spectre was an actual player, and was about to ask her "Y U NO MPRIME", until I got close to her and realised. Fun times though.

Edited January 28, 2015 by kingbaldwin

[flamedance58]

Y'know how you can turn on an option to mark your own Kubrow? Why not have that for summoned allies but for everyone? That way you'll know it's an ally when there's a floating Lotus symbol above their heads? Perhaps even have it built into the mini-map too?

[MartianJellyfish]

Y'know how you can turn on an option to mark your own Kubrow? Why not have that for summoned allies but for everyone? That way you'll know it's an ally when there's a floating Lotus symbol above their heads? Perhaps even have it built into the mini-map too?

 

I think they currently show up as a blue dot on the mini-map. Still, kind of hard to notice when you're being shot at from every direction...

[flamedance58]

That's true, perhaps have those allies have a blue outline when you have them in your crosshairs? Similar to how some of the Eximus enemies have an orange-ish outline?

[(PSN)IkariWarrior83]

or have the reticule turn green, at least? something to show it's a friend, not a foe.

[(PSN)Pharen]

But it's fun to throw out a moa in a Corpus mission....

[(PSN)IkariWarrior83]

I agree, but I'd like to know that it's yours so that I shoot the OTHER badguy corpus. 

 

I have to admit, I'm amazed by how many people sarcastically (or perhaps genuinely) don't want this changed for the sake of trolling others and in some cases, themselves...

[(PSN)Pharen]

So very true. I do it to people all the time, and they can't figure out whats going on, they write things like "this guys invincible" in chat. So much fun. Or throw one down in defence and watch them go nuts. Maybe it's a troll, but it's a lot of fun...

[(PSN)theelix]

So much yes. 

 

i find myself shooting and freaking out whenever i see an ally's parasitic eximus charger.....but i like it because it adds excitement and rustles my jimmies

I haven't heard that expression in quite some time.