Hoping to gain some traction on this as a feature request, by form of discussion and support for the idea. Also, not familiar with Waypoint, so if there’s actually an official feature request method here, please feel free to point me in the right direction :).
So, I was iffy on the player outlines at first, but I’ve definitely come to love it, as attached as I was to ‘Red vs Blue’, the new alternative of actually seeing everyone’s customised Spartans is a welcome trade off. I love that we can also change the color of said outlines, like many of you it would seem, I am particularly fond of going with gold outlines for my enemies.
That being said, the color scheme has some undesirable side effects - The color you choose for your enemies(and allies) also affects their color on the radar, and the color of your reticule when aiming at an enemy…
In regards to the radar, this admittedly throws me off a bit, for the past 20 years my allies have shown up as yellow on the radar, it’s hard to now see yellow dots on my radar and instinctively remember they are my enemies…
As for the reticule, I can at times struggle to see the color change from white to gold, not the biggest issue in the world, it’s not like I don’t know that my reticule is over an enemy, though the change in color can be good acknowledgement of suitable distance with particular weapons. For the most part though, it’s just ‘nice’ to see it change to red, as is the general FPS standard…
They already have minor customisation for the reticule, in terms of outline and thickness, what I would love to see is a color selector for ‘Aiming at enemy’ (may as well throw in ‘Aiming at Ally’ while they’re at it…). Surely this would be perfectly achievable?
Same goes for the radar, along side Enemy/Ally/Fireteam outline colors, if we had the option to customise the color for the same three on the radar, that would be fantastic. I know full well the intention to keep the player outline/radar/reticule color consistent makes perfect sense, but the option to customise these elements would be optional, and there for those of us that prefer red dots on our radars for enemies/yellow for friendlies, and red reticules for enemies, green for friendlies, regardless of outline color…
Be great to hear everyone else’s thoughts on this?
