Base and Tower Radar Ping

[bwzman]

The idea is that player with Command Rank 4 or above will be able to 'Ping' an outpost on the map. These outposts include anybase with interlink benifits, or watch towers.

-To ping, you must bring up your continental map and bring up the info on a base that meets the requirement or double click a watch tower. If you have Command Rank 4 or higher there will be an option at the bottom of the base info pane to 'Ping radar'. Press it and a radial wave will emit from the base (on your map) and will reveal all enemies and friendlies inside the SOI. Using 'Ping radar' on a watch tower will reveal all friendlies and enemies within a distance 140% larger than a base SOI. You can only ping one base/tower on the map once every 3 minutes. Enemies and Friendlies revealed by the map disappear in only 2 minutes. Finally, you can only ping bases/towers owned by your Empire.

Concept Art:


-The SOI is the Ping Radius of a base.
-140% larger than SOI is the Ping Radius of a watch tower.

Summarization (Quick Read):

-Only Cr4 and Cr5's can use 'Ping radar'
-Only bases that have interlink benefits can be 'Pinged'
-Friendlies and Enemies will be revealed if in the SOI of Pinged base.
-Watch towers can be 'Pinged' and have a Ping radius 140% larger than a base SOI.
-Both friendlies and enemies will be revealed in Ping radius of Watch tower.
-You can only Ping friendly bases and towers.
-You can only Ping one base/tower on the map once every 3 minutes.
-Enemies and Friendlies revealed by the map disappear in only 2 minutes.

[myrtar]

my first idea is to increase the restrictions. timer up, make it cr4 only, etc., because it's a very powerful tool. it would mean no more hiding AMSes inside an SOI, which would be bad news.

[bwzman]

Yes that's true...hmm how about this:

It only reveals uncloaked armored enemies,
This includes:
-Ground Vehicles
-Air Vehicles
-Maxes
This excludes:
-Soft Infantry
-Anything inside an AMS bubble.

This nerfs it significantly

[Hayoo]

Neat idea. I was just about to mention the cloak thing. :)

[myrtar]

or, how about mooshing it up a bit, make it more of a general motion detector thing, based on motion in polar or cartesian sectors...

images coming after dinner