It would be great if there was a Local chat option. It would send messages to people within certain radius AND within line of sight. It should use another color.
When I see someone saying "we need a Turret here", and I'm two maps away, I really don't care. I won't get back in time anyway. Similarly, "tyrant under stair" is not very helpful if a map is full of stairs, so it would be good to have a local chat option.
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It would also be great to have names assigned to parts of map, like Q3F does. When when you send a message, it glues your location to it, for example:
(elevator room) We need an engineer.
(initial human spawn) There's alien base here
(lower tunnels) Tyrants coming
I suppose it would require editing the maps, but it works great if done properly, and just placing location markers shouldn't be very hard.
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Something as simple as "We're attacking human base" global message when enemy base is being damaged, (opposite to Our base is under attack) would help coordinating attacks. Additional information is good.
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Interface, related to communication:
- when you have an option to select construction kit/granger, the interface should display number of builders on team and unused build points.
- when you're choosing buildings from list, the interface should show amount of these buildings your team has, so you can easily check how many eggs are there.
