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    • ? Offline
      A Former User
      last edited by A Former User

      The markers are awful. People use them to ask to give them something and sometimes don't state their name. I play with my allies blue and my enemies red and I sometimes have problems with colors, especially on these markers. Each time this happens, I have to change player colors hoping to be able to distinguish their color from the rest, find their color in the scoreboard, gift, change player colors back. And they are too lazy to type like 3 letters of their name.

      I stopped giving these people engies.

      Can't we just remove colors from these markers?

      And don't tell me about this new feature posting markers in chat. The chat is a different thing, and I have a lot of notifications activated there, and my chat windows has minimal height, and I would have to scroll up.

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      • deletethisD Offline
        deletethis
        last edited by

        How would removing the color from those markers help exactly?

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        • ? Offline
          A Former User @deletethis
          last edited by

          @deletethis They would be forced to state their name.

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          • maggeM Offline
            magge Global Moderator
            last edited by magge

            Sometimes there is so much stuff going on in chat, that I miss it as well, but was never a big issue TBH - However, would it be possible to indicate the name under/next to the marker who created it, until it gets removed? Maybe even toggable in the options for people who do not like it.

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            • gabrilendG Offline
              gabrilend
              last edited by

              Maybe if you mouse-over the marker it shows the name of the player who created it and a button to remove it from your screen?

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              • ? Offline
                A Former User @gabrilend
                last edited by

                @gabrilend CTRL+SHIFT+RMB removes them. And I feel like only 20% of players know it.

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                • ZeldafanboyZ Offline
                  Zeldafanboy
                  last edited by

                  Please don't remove colors from markers as 9/10 people play with normal color settings and its helpful

                  put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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                  • JipJ Offline
                    Jip
                    last edited by Jip

                    These markers should also generate a chat message.

                    edit: even though you don't want to hear about it.

                    A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned

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                    • QuietJoyQ Offline
                      QuietJoy
                      last edited by

                      I disagree, colors should stay. It is the OP who is playing in the non-standard method of having all allies blue and enemies red. He's making the issue occur.

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                      • BlackYpsB Offline
                        BlackYps
                        last edited by

                        Having a lot of game messages in chat while simultaneously having minimal height just sounds like asking for a bad experience

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                        • Pearl12P Offline
                          Pearl12 @QuietJoy
                          last edited by

                          @serpentor said in Players asking for engies using markers without stating their name:

                          I disagree, colors should stay. It is the OP who is playing in the non-standard method of having all allies blue and enemies red. He's making the issue occur.

                          Not done by the majority, but available in the standard game.

                          If it was a mod, I'd agree with you. But it's not a mod—it's a legitimate option available in stock FAF.

                          Anyway, don't map markers appear in chat now as chatted by the player that placed them?

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                          • ? Offline
                            A Former User @QuietJoy
                            last edited by

                            @serpentor What if I am somewhat colorblind? "To hell with these people, they are playing a non-standard way"?

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                            • JipJ Offline
                              Jip
                              last edited by

                              That is why there is a chat message.

                              A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned

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                              • veteranasheV Offline
                                veteranashe
                                last edited by

                                Is typing in chat who wants an engie really too much to do?

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                                • F Offline
                                  Freedom_
                                  last edited by

                                  You can always just ignore them, it's a valid tactic that I implement regularly

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                                  • TheWeakieT Offline
                                    TheWeakie
                                    last edited by

                                    Dont let magnum here of this

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