[AWOL_] M1N1M3 Beta Tester 5 posts 932 battles Report post #1 Posted July 2, 2015 Has this been suggested before? Would be so handy to inform any friendly ships that you are nearby or warn them of a collision. Maybe give it a small cool down to prevent spamming. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IamTroublemaker Beta Tester 2,287 posts 11,047 battles Report post #2 Posted July 2, 2015 Or just shoot at them, they should notice you than Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corpDemon Beta Tester 85 posts 4,005 battles Report post #3 Posted July 2, 2015 i want a custom "la cucaracha" horn! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Interdiction Beta Tester 274 posts 13,524 battles Report post #4 Posted July 2, 2015 Yes please .....Toot tooot ...Too many toots and your tooter stops tooting .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wizlon67 Beta Tester 42 posts Report post #5 Posted July 2, 2015 Definitely would like a klaxon or horn of some kind. Plus we have a collision alert for islands so why not for other ships, surely our ship crew includes more than one lookout. I figure if they gave us horns we would be honking 'em continuously... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SPUDS] Unintentional_submarine [SPUDS] Beta Tester 4,052 posts 8,765 battles Report post #6 Posted July 2, 2015 While I support the idea, it should come with a massive cooldown. At LEAST 30 seconds between toots. If not, imagine the horrible early game spam. Exactly when you need the horn the most it will be drowned out by idiots bleeting away. Also, while it is cool in theory, it is probably not so cool when you have to consider how it will work. What should it's distance be? Will it increase detection? Does it drop off sharply, lightly or does it have a wall? How does the intended target know where you are? Etc etc. Simply speaking, I would love foghorns, but in the end it would probably be too much work, to make them function in a proper fashion, and without making them a pain most of the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Historynerd Beta Tester 4,249 posts 848 battles Report post #7 Posted July 2, 2015 There you go. XD XD XD XD XD 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bortasqu Beta Tester 939 posts 14,845 battles Report post #8 Posted July 2, 2015 Battlefield series haves horns on their vehicles, look there for feedback. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[AWOL_] M1N1M3 Beta Tester 5 posts 932 battles Report post #9 Posted July 3, 2015 Battlefield series haves horns on their vehicles, look there for feedback. 1:00 sir. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrierjack Beta Tester 4 posts 2,385 battles Report post #10 Posted July 21, 2015 Good. I wasn't alone in this.. I keep thinking I miss a foghorn when I: a) see someone a few 100meters away, clearly on a collision course with me in tunnel vision b) see someone creeping behind me, his guns meters from my ship pointed to some guy, through me c) slowly creep through the DD mist and about implementation, they seem to have been going through great lengths to have a sound (and channel) for each ship+individual cannon , so I doubt one mediafile going woooomp for whatever range you consider close enough for secondaries shouldn't be that hard.. and abuse?, even at 10km range it would be less annoying then the ping mini-map-spam which I can see and hear clearly on the other side of the map ;P 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tootmaimington Beta Tester 13 posts 1,446 battles Report post #11 Posted July 22, 2015 Yes please .....Toot tooot ...Too many toots and your tooter stops tooting .... I agree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[RACC] b101uk Players 181 posts Report post #12 Posted July 22, 2015 ships foghorn should reveal your approximate position to the enemy at quite considerable distance, thus make it imperative you don't use said horn, likewise the more enemy that are within the audible range the more precisely your location at the time would be know to them due to triangulation. however if you were to use your foghorn in convoy given any likelihood of meeting an enemy ship/s in weather that has not reduced visibility to dangerous levels and given your radar is still working, then your command of your vessel would be short lived, as your fellow commanders wouldn't want such an idiotic person in charge of a ship, so there is good argument not to implement foghorns at all, given doctrine would be NOT to use them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai__ Alpha Tester 500 posts 1,728 battles Report post #13 Posted July 22, 2015 Pedant mode engaged... I suspect you actually mean, a collision warning klaxon, not a foghorn. Not much fog on any of the maps to date, except smoke, and I don't think you want the enemy to know where you are so don't sound your foghorn in the smoke.... Penant mode disengaged... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BNBS] Sybeck Players 466 posts 11,502 battles Report post #14 Posted July 22, 2015 ....If not, imagine the horrible early game spam. Exactly when you need the horn the most it will be drowned out by idiots bleeting away..... And this is why we're not allowed nice things Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Bug Players 1,428 posts 7,991 battles Report post #15 Posted July 22, 2015 Simply, NO, we don't need horns! p.s. Search is your friend. Has been sugested many times before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bish0ps Beta Tester 56 posts 3,267 battles Report post #16 Posted July 22, 2015 i want a custom "la cucaracha" horn! THIS ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainmakerltu Players 158 posts 1,632 battles Report post #17 Posted July 22, 2015 Or just the same collision warning for ship with ship as is done for ship with island. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirasa Beta Tester 1,520 posts 1,524 battles Report post #18 Posted July 22, 2015 Sure why not, if it highlights you for 20secs on the whole map for the enemy team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[3X] strangers123 Alpha Tester, Master Pirate 641 posts 10,547 battles Report post #19 Posted July 22, 2015 Solution: In game ping message to the recipient only that can only be activated if the selected friendly (or enemy. lol) is within 1km range. The intended recipient receives the message, the team doesn't get spammed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[HIRR] Exodude Alpha Tester 417 posts 5,983 battles Report post #20 Posted July 22, 2015 Afaik this has been proposed before but declined due to the potential spammy nature of having stuff like a horn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghoststalker Players 20 posts 265 battles Report post #21 Posted July 22, 2015 Or just the same collision warning for ship with ship as is done for ship with island. Then you'd either get spammed by messages, or the message would come too late for you to do anything about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BabyAdmiral Beta Tester 473 posts 3,725 battles Report post #22 Posted July 22, 2015 There you go. XD XD XD XD XD That was, I say that was quite funny. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DtXpwnz Beta Tester 1,160 posts 377 battles Report post #23 Posted July 22, 2015 We need Vuvuzelas ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[RAW] Grydneg [RAW] Beta Tester 24 posts 2,582 battles Report post #24 Posted July 22, 2015 Has this been suggested before? Would be so handy to inform any friendly ships that you are nearby or warn them of a collision. Maybe give it a small cool down to prevent spamming. +1 for foghorns! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aldramelech Beta Tester 1,753 posts Report post #25 Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Only if I can have the horn from the General Lee off of the Dukes of Hazzard "I'm in hot purrrrsuit!" Edited July 22, 2015 by Aldramelech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
