tracking enemy on minimap

I wish when you locked an enemy that they did not know it, why should they be able to see where you're dot is on the minimap. if you're cloaked and lock and enemy whats the advantage of being cloaked if they know you're coming. id like to see this changed to where the person who has the lock is the only one who can see the dot on minimap

 

You are a red dot and you have to be close enough to get the lock. I can see a red dot cloaked or not coming unless you are flying a Spearhead with one of the specials activated is the only time your concept will work.

 

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I have a spearhead and when i go ultimate cloack and then lock onto another (enemy) player they ALWAYS get my location and can straight to me, so the spearhead cloack won't protect you from this neither, which is preaty bad for ultimate cloacking :L

I suspected it was becasue i used target marker but when i didn't use it they still new my location.. it's just like an enemy player who attacks you and then flies away, you can keep track of its position for a short while even though you don't have lock on him...

 

i never get seen, so you're just bad a cloaking LOL plus i never see others. How do i know? Base guarding, being locked by someone, decloaking them, they cloak back up and run, they then ultimate cloak, disappear from map, then poof i see them again.

to OP: oh and no, if you have seen any movies or tv shows relating to locking on, there is always a system where someone sees someone has locked onto their ship. Shame you have missed this obvious and plain as day point. Good day to you sir, your idea sucks, and is honestly stupid.

 

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Probably because you are FE and people will think twice about comming after you...

 

Oh please, i play GA1, too many bug users there lol you see someone come for you when they would clearly have no chance get ready for some odd fighting.

 

I think what he is saying is that when you lock a player, they are able to see where you are on a map regardless of how far you are until you lock something else.

 

Exactly, which is stupid in my opinion, especially for spearhead :L

Besides, were not all that good ^^

 

Yes and it should be kept since it is realistic. Planes and boats have systems that alert them when another vehicle have achieved a successful lock, or attempting to. I say it should stay, even though I hate it. It works in your favor too

 

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Good for you maybey, but if you would be in a FE spearhead, then lock and mark a target and wait for backup, just in case... you would also hate it if that target would start to flee because it knows that somebody locked it, it then isn't a suprise attack anymore which i think it should be if attacked by spearhead.

Futhermore, as a non-elite player this is really annoying...
Thankgod there is Ultimate cloacking...

 

lol don't lock ships you are not able to kill alone.
good side of spear is that you can run a way and get rid of anyone with ultimate cloak.
i like to know when someone locks me. that way i know that he/she is is going to attack me. before when i was spending lots of time on 5-3 and when i sit still and my pet collect pally, ships fly by me and then after some time some noob lock me and wait thinking i am afk lol and then i know that he is going to attack xD
btw if you are on pvp map collecting and you lock some stronger player like that you can if you see him coming for you click on your pet and fly in other direction.

 

That's your problem then, you clearly don't know how to hunt. I always lock targets in a pile of npc and i wait for the right moment if i know they could make it. It's called strategy and skill, which you clearly show lack of.

 

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See, that's the diffrence, your're a hunter with much better equipment, in only want to mark other targets for group or so that i know where they are going.

I thinks your're a bit prejudiced there, and what do my skills have to deal with this problem? Which is that if you lock somebody else AS A SPEARHEAD which is ment as a ,scout ship, that other person gets your location to, without a lock, for normal ships i would probably think your're right, but not with spearhead.

You clearly seem to disagree and I don't


(In my opinion, most of this game is about is about good weapons and armory, the rest are skills. Skills can be learned in a few months, while real good armory takes way longer.)

 

Answer is simple, don't lock them, find the general area he would stay in and get the others to go there.

 

I killed people in my spearhead no problem so you can't complain there lol. you just suck at pvp clearly.

 

Eh, i think someone said it best when they said that its realistic, if a jet fighter is locked by an enemy jet fighter, it will be alerted, so why should DO be any different since its a pvp game. Secondly, its all about strategy, you shouldnt be locking on a target if you cant handle them right there and then. If you are waiting for back up, then wait until they arrive so that you can target the ship. BUt you have to also allow a ship to take defensive measures, and seeing the enemy when they get locked is one of them.

 

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Thank you, that's what I wanted to hear.

 

Note: The thread will be re-opened only if the OP requests for it.

Enjoy the game.

Closing due to inactivity.