Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

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Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Dyne » 28 Aug 2015, 18:08

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Currently only Queen is speaking special in the hivemind chat.
As there are no other channels others currently have the same size and font, be it Larvae or Crusher.
I propose higher iteratons to use bigger font, or otherwise be more easily distinguishable in chat, akin to Marine comms system.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Will help aliens to coordinate packs and efforts, especially but not limited to Queen dead/SSD.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
Pretty simple- higher castes will more easily form a "nucleus" and coordinate the hierarchy.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):
Make higher tiers speak more noticeably, in colour or font size, or any other way that is easy to notice BUT not confusing with Queen.
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Jack McIntyre » 28 Aug 2015, 18:11

+1 it is easier with marines side to hear commander, SL's, XO's, and BO's. Helps to hear leaders with the big text.

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Post by Jeser » 30 Aug 2015, 06:14

+1, seems totally useful and won't hurt.
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by MikeBluer » 30 Aug 2015, 11:36

+1 Useful, more coordination and lore friendly if we talk about xeno castes/ranks

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Post by Complete Garbage » 31 Aug 2015, 21:52

+1, I think this would be good for the Queen, they could assign T3s to coordinate attacks without having to micromanage themselves while also worrying about eggs/jelly/hive-building.
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Post by Astralenigma » 01 Sep 2015, 09:17

+1, The queen already has a lot to keep her mind busy than having to micromanage hunters she doesn't see.

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Post by Arachnidnexus » 16 Nov 2015, 15:57

+1 Still a good idea and shouldn't be too bad to implement considering there's a similar thing in place on the Marine side already.

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Post by Lostmixup » 16 Nov 2015, 22:39

I like to imagine the queen's just like "OMG STAPH PUSHING ME" in like 200 size font.
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Dyne » 16 Nov 2015, 22:47

Queen is loud enough, others, sadly, arent.
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Wickedtemp » 16 Nov 2015, 23:36

+1

The aliens have a hierarchy, the chat should reflect this hierarchy. It would make it so much easier for the higher tier'd xenos to give commands when needed, or asked to by the Queen.

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Post by Toroic » 17 Nov 2015, 01:30

+1.

Of course, there are exceptions (drone who lingers as a drone because the queen is an obvious dipshit) but generally T3s are alive for a reason.
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Post by apophis775 » 17 Nov 2015, 05:18

This is easy. Accepted.

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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by UnknownMurder » 17 Nov 2015, 22:02

Would be nice if they had their own set of colors. Just to make it look beautiful.
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Jdobbin49 » 18 Nov 2015, 02:52

Not even if every alien had their own colour but maybe make the hive mind chat stand out a bit more as it is just black with a purplish tint

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Post by UnknownMurder » 18 Nov 2015, 07:31

...I meant the tiers would have their own color. Not every aliens.
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Post by coroneljones » 18 Nov 2015, 07:47

So ravager red,hivelord...pink?praetorian blue,boiler....yellow?
And crusher.....Black but bigger?
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by Jdobbin49 » 18 Nov 2015, 08:30

nah I mean like just make the hivemind chat just more noticeable, it blends in with the normal chat apart from the purplish tint on the normal say, I just mean maybe make like the entire hivemind chat a different colour than black, but now understanding what UM is saying it sounds better than what I was previously stating, like larva green, t1 blue or yellow, t2 orange and t3 red

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Post by LordLoko » 18 Nov 2015, 10:18

+2 if you make larva's with smaller texts
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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by UnknownMurder » 18 Nov 2015, 13:58

I can think of endless possibilities for diversification for either color or size either way does not matter or both. Just to make hive look 'beautiful'.

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Post by Yealsey » 22 Nov 2015, 18:03

+1
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Post by hockeylife68 » 22 Nov 2015, 19:17

cool beans

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Re: Make higher aliens more "loud" in the hivemind

Post by apophis775 » 23 Nov 2015, 21:33

I'll get this done when I do my next chat stuff.

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