Squad comms idea

@kregora 

Hi! What I was thinking is that these squad comms would be used as auxiliary comms when moving together between objectives. Objective orders are different from these and when squad leader wants to point out a power position which should be attacked/defended by a squad, you can't do it without talking.

Yes, this is improvement suggestion to Battlefield V version. Many games which are large on scale or tactical uses ping comms system because not everyone uses VOIP for whatever 'barrier' reason.

Agree to most @Teal_Pipo_Fredo ,

But reality is probably as you hint, many players are not either confident enough to join in proper squad/team communication.  Or they simply just don't care.

Matter of fact, even with no VoIP, then a simple ComRose goes a long way for those players who actually cares to coordinate and communicate on the basics between mates in squad and team.  Its both quick and not complicated.  And its even multilingual by design, where even more 'modern' VoIP is not covering anyway if players are not...  So keep the ComRose but do not over complicate it with too many options.  KISS is the way to go, even in a FPS battlefield game.  :o)

I play in Europe, where the number of different languages are pretty high and English/American is not a main language for most of the players.

In-game VOIP is never used in casual game-play, I have been playing a lot of BF (since BF3) and have never heard anyone use the in-game VOIP (literally never, during several thousands hours of gameplay).

But as others have said, the problem is keeping things simple. The ping-system is just point and click and should have no further input, which means it can either ping an enemy or a place on the map, adding additional options (clicks) would probably make them even less used.

But the comm-rose could be improved and the options you mentioned could be implemented there instead.

@CyberDyme 

Thank you for responding! I try to remain optimistic with possibilities. Lack of comms is what has caused Battlefield to become chaotic mess and it may decrease enjoyment of players who want organised play. This idea is trying to break confidence and language barrier. Keeping it simple.

Kindness is underappreciated trait which is why some may not want to speak with strangers.

@cso7777 

Good idea!

I would like to see Dice do something with Coms in game. Much prefer an open mic - its supposed to be a team game anyway. What about an automatic channel between tank crew or pilot and gunner?

So much  more fun when you can hear each other - hate Warzone but love playing quads when everyone is talking. Some great laughs sometimes.

I'd just love to bump into Stone Mountain online when he's doing this. I bet the rest of the squad were more engaged with team than if he wasn't there.