"Faster teammate repairing", tool-tip for EV changed (or has it been like this for a while? Didn't see it in the patch notes)
Posted Sep 10, 2016, 2:04 AM UTC
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wow. as if 'teammate repairing' wasn't confusing enough. now it sounds like 'IT GOT FASTER CUZ MULTIPLE PEEPS ARE STACKING ON OBJECTIVEEEEE WE NEED MOR PEPPLEEEEEE'
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Yeah, I bet a lot of newbies will understand "faster teammate repairing" exactly like this :/
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I wish it was more concise, just say it straight up.
"Friendly Engineer repairing: Cover them!" Or just directly call the player out. "Your friendly Engineer is repairing. You're a Medic. Go Medic some stuff!" If it's fire support, 'go kill some stuff' if it's Sniper 'go be useless for them on the back of the map!' and so on.
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You even get 1 game mode XP for "repairing"! Must be doing something right!
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Wasn't it also "Another teammate repairing" for a short while?
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Yeah, I'm sure it was supposed like that
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Yes, that's what it was in the previous patch.
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Perhaps instead of telling players that someone else is repairing, it would be more effective to directly tell them to do something else. Maybe something along the lines of "COVER YOUR TEAMMATE" would work?
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There is a voice cue that says cover me when you start repairing.
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Fletcher's one is the best. "I'm repairing the objective! COVER MEEEEE!!!"
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Very true, though I do wonder if even that is too subtle for some newer players.
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Or simply won't pay attention
"Cover me? Looks like I'M GOING TO FLANK THE ENEMY YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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I noticed this yesterday, but still had a very helpful Arty stick around to help me with every single repair of the EV.
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it does say faster repairing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I don't get why it's possible at all to repair if there's someone else already repairing. Just don't even get the blowtorch / pliers out.
Maybe also change the text to "Someone else/faster is repairing". The message is easier to understand. Also the "teammate" in the current message is redundant. Obviously it isn't someone from the enemy team.
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Feels like it's for backup purposes. It would be optimal for the team if an objective was being fired at in burst (grenades, stickies) and instead of trying to cover (won't be as effective against burst damage), try to tank hits instead.
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Why can't they just code it so that when someone else (that's faster) begins repairing, you just stop repairing then and there?
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Why does your merc pull out the repairtool anyways? This is what's making it confusing. I can understand why people think theyre helping when their character is pointing their tool at the objective, even though it does nothing.
If i were to hold F and my merc doesnt switch to the tool, but keeps his rifle, then I would immediately know that I am not helping and that i should fuck off and make myself useful somwhere else.
That little disclaimer text doesnt help one bit. And its even super confusing text that you could interpret wrongly to think you ARE indeed helping.
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It was " Teammate Repairing " but looked like there was only one person could repair . The second one or the others just get the little exp without boosting the bar.
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Changed it to what I think would be more effective http://imgur.com/a/70oeM
It should say, "Faster teammate repairing. Piss off. You're not helping. Go do something useful. Like provide cover for the guy who's actually repairing. Seriously. GO! What are you, illiterate?! WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?!?!?!!!"