Base Alarms

[CrazyJoker]

I've been thinking about the potential for base alarms that could be used before as well as during a base attack. If this was already mentioned then flame away if not then flame away anyways. Before I get into the pros and cons of it here's a basic overview of it.

Since it seems that the typical defensive attitude of groups is going to be mobile defense (i.e. patrols, flightgroups) and not static defense there should be some sort of ability to alert others to the fact that a base is under attack other than just announcing it over the comm.

Again, this may have already been covered... but I think it would be great to be able to check a map and see the potential danger the base is in. Basically the person with the most CEPs and/or BEPs would, while within the vicinity of the base, be able to set it so that the base appears on everyone w/i the empires' maps as a certain color. Thus if I'm checking my map and there are two bases under attack on the continent and one is glowing red and another one is glowing yellow my outfit is going to probably head for the one that is red.

The pros to this system:

-Potential for more BEP points if it is used correctly by the local commander. This would probably not happen just because it's very hard to determine whether the use was effective or not.

-If used properly then it would create larger more exciting battles which are just funner.

-It might lessen the amount of chatter on the comm but probably not.

The cons to this system:

-Stupid commanders. Hopefully there's no need to elaborate.


In conclusion, I'm sure there's a lot I've left out here but hopefully there's enough to spark some intelligent conversation. If not then I guess I'll have to go hang my head in shame and admit to myself that I am a failure like my first grade teacher told me. Or was that my second grade teacher? Maybe it was both of them...