Gameplay: Marking targets

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PS1 was great fun when you where able to communicate with your fellow team mates or with the gunner/pilot to coordinate attacks through voice chat. But as soon as you didn’t have access to this or had a stranger in your squad/vehicle you lost the way to properly communicate. Chat wasn’t really an option, it takes too long and during battle people tend to miss messages send.

Most MMO’s what support large scale raids having something similar, allowing to mark targets with an icon/symbol. Through the use of these marked targets, the need for communication through chat or voice is not needed. That is, if everyone clear on what needs to be done, but that’s a different story

I’m hoping that PS2 will offer an option to quickly mark a location or target for a brief moment with a simple button press (or through quick chat, “Target marked!”) for other to notice in there HUD. An arrow indication in what direction to turn to face the marked target and targeting brackets, blinking aura or something else to have the designated target stand out from others ones in view.

Mostly in vehicles with a driver and gunner setup I really wished we had something to tell my gunner there ware a bigger threat or a more important target to shoot at quickly.
HUD assistance target marking, to aid in overall game play and basically communicate with your fellow team mates. As a driver might see things the gunners doesn’t and vice versa, even with voice communication it was tricky to quickly explain.

I’m pretty sure people will fear this might get abused and everyone is marking targets like crazy and there for it needs to have Limitations.
-Spam control, Allowed to mark only 2 targets per "x" minutes (the 2nd to make corrections)
-Marked target duration is very short, long enough to turn and face your target and a few seconds more.
-Marked target will only be reported to those who are able to obtain a line of sight (able to turn to see the target)
-Marked targets, will be lost if it can no longer obtain a line of sight, (target moves behind cover, goes indoors) (no through wall tracking!)
-Can only be used with in a squad (/ platoons) and in vehicles (multi-user vehicles)
-Display 1 most recent marked target (color) at the time
--Optional, different colors to indicate who marked the target. Squad leader, squad member, platoon leader, vehicles (pilot/gunner) giving the option to display multiple marked targets
-Requires training (certifications) to Mark targets


Rough sketch of the idea floating around in my brain...