Exact pinpoint coordinates vs a map grid are 2 very different things. Telling people to haul tail over to G3 is more realistic, easier to sort out on the map at a moment's glance, and easier to comprehend for new players. Actual coordinates that you have to wander around and hope the numbers are heading in the right direction doesn't strike me as a "feature" instead of a dev tool accidentally left in.

I'm all for the grid, but for the love of any one of a thousand gods humanity has cooked up over the years, please don't do this coordinate number crap in the thread that was linked to.

The concept is generally the same.

Remotely the same, I'll give you, generally? Not even close.

Ever open a map? Like a real map for a city? Every decent one I've seen uses a grid. You can look up something on a table on the back and it'll say it's in H7 and you can narrow down where you're looking. That other thread talking about a MAG "feature" would be the same as giving every soldier raw GPS coordinates and hoping they can just sort it out with nothing more than their current position. There's a very good reason no military actually does that.

Now granted, modern usage of GPS actually has waypoints that the commanders can give their soldiers and they get a nice big arrow to follow. I'm sure we'll eventually see something like that in DUST as well, but a basic number/letter grid is simple, basic, takes next to no effort to implement (just a texture overlay layer), and would be infinitely useful in the middle of a bitched battle. Arguing for something that's hard to use quickly, is a hack of an implementation, doesn't mirror anything anyone actually uses in even the remotest sense, and is completely inelegant as a solution instead of something so simple just blows my mind.

I'm sure the MAG players got used to it, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea. I mean, how's MAG doing these days anyway?

I did a search for "grid", "map" and "coordinates" and found nothing so here goes.

I'd like to see a grid system on the map (ala Battleship) so that we can call out objectives or targets to our team mates.

Examples:
- "Take out the clone vat at grid B:4!"
- "We've got tanks coming in from H:7!"
- "We need to place snipers on the ridges at D:6, G:4 and C:1!"

The two arent mutually exclusive though are they?

Well no, of course they aren't, by why bother? It's a terrible system that's only a concession for people who were desperate enough to get used to it in a failed game. It's about like going into surgery and seeing your surgeon has laid out a rusty hacksaw next to the scalpels, just in case.

Also I get the sense you dont like the idea of coords just because they were in MAG!

You misunderstand. The only reason people WANT the coords like that is because they were in MAG. If that game had never existed, no one would want that. It's a terrible idea that only has support because players were subjected to it in another game.

I like it.

Also, would be nice to have "beacons" where people could call for help/support and get a flashing beacon on the map indicating the location of the signal.

You misunderstand. The only reason people WANT the coords like that is because they were in MAG. If that game had never existed, no one would want that. It's a terrible idea that only has support because players were subjected to it in another game.