Game improvement suggestions - colour themes \ troop listing

[Quantum]

Hi all,

I noticed the other night that at range there can be issues distuinguishing between different sides. Also, it can be tricky to quickly assess a battle when a dozen warriors all wearing beige and whirling about.

I'd like to suggest that the colour schemes for each army become more pronounced. Yes, the shields do have different heraldric colours on them and they're great. It would be excellent to see these heraldric colours and patterns carried over onto armour and clothing.

Secondly, it would be great if when looking at the Scoreboard to see what troop type each person has picked on your own side (not the enemy side) - i.e. so you can see the balance between cavalry, infantry and archer types. Also, if this information was presented as you joined a side for the first time , it would allow players to make more sensible judgements based on current army composition.

Cheers

TheDuke

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[Qwertyman]

You get used to what each faction looks like, they do all have a sort of style to them,  and considering we only have 2 factions at a time- you only need to asses 2 sides in the battle.

I do like the idea of having troop type listed in the scorboard, it will help with tactics to know what your groups strengths are at a glance.

 

[Quantum]

Yes, you're quite correct in that there is a definate style for each side. Sometimes though, things can get a bit muddled, mostly infantry mash-ups. This could be because I am old and a bit blind 

Also, a splash of colour would be cool.

TheDuke

 

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I agree that some of the low-tier armor looks the same for multiple factions.  Adding a few new armors to differentiate would help.

 

[Seawied86]

its pretty easy for me to distinguish between factions, but I'm not opposed to the idea of minor color changes on armor and such to help new players tell the difference as well

 

[Arch3r]

There are fancy heraldic armours in the CommonRes folder (armors_heraldic_new.brf), haven't noticed them before, maybe they're new and we will see them in the next patch.

 

[Tercero]

nords vs vaegirs.. leather leather leather... it is pretty difficult to know who is who...

 

[Arch3r]

Making the nomad cap standard equipment for the Vaegirs (including for infantry and cavalry) and nasal helmet for Nord veterans would be good.

 

[ScientiaExcelsa]

Making the nomad cap standard equipment for the Vaegirs (including for infantry and cavalry) and nasal helmet for Nord veterans would be good.

This.  That hat is hawt.