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EA_Blueberry
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6 years ago

Re: Map Pinging while Dead

This is a fair Quality of Life submission. Would be nice to be able to ping a further specific respawn point so your random squad member doesn't go for the closest one while 3 other squads are battling it out nearby. 🤔

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  • Monhulio's avatar
    Monhulio
    6 years ago
    @EA_Blueberry
    So it's been nearly a year. You agree completely with this concept still?

    I just watched a new player in ranked take me to a respawn beacon far away from him, towards combat, then proceed to threat scan as bloodhound, reveal an entire team in front of him, then try to respawn me knowing they were right directly in front of him (300-500m away).

    Meanwhile an easy, nearby, safe respawn beacon was behind him, several meters from where I actually died....... But because it's not "in next ring" it cannot be pinged as the nearest beacon.......

    Please either let us ping which beacon to respawn at or fix the game logic that tells players the nearest beacon to include the duration until ring closes. This would require extra work, such as calculating how much time the player gets to the beacon, use the beacon, and for me to actually get out......

    But this current "nearest beacon" system is still as painful as it was back in August.....
  • I agree I remember being able to ping on the map in season 3 and then later it was removed for some reason. Also, people have the ability to mute pings by their teammates so it being abused wouldn't be too much of an issue. This is such a handy tool when trying to guide people in ranked rotates while you are dead.

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