Keeping your national flag in battle with allies
Hi,
Example of actual situation:
If a US player, allied with GB, join a GB vs Spain battle, he will raise GB flag during battle.
Suggestion:
The US should keep his original national flag in battle.
Why?
There is actually many way to identify if a ship is friendly or enemy:
- name color top of the ship (green/red)
- players list (tabulation)
- battle map
- proximity map
- name color when you point camera on ship (white/red)
- flags
Before diplomatic patch, every player we
However, the notion of a 2 sided battle (with just 2 flags) is deeply ingrained into the engine. It only knows two teams: "Left" and "Right".
And this notion goes far back.
There is also a post from admin in which he states a problem determining winners in a multi-sided battle, but I can't find it anymore.
So first admin has to be convinced to take a look. Then after the look and realization of complexities, we'll have to convince him to take another look.
And then hopefully devs will