Thread: Olivia's Frontline Guide 2.21

In regards to you comments about commanding:

You can call the best moves and do everything right and still lose. That's the nature of a 3 way game with rng elements after all. You can't win every match, but you can up your chances significantly with calls.

If the general player base had macros for their limit break and incoming pinches we'd be much better off for certain. The more buy in we have with communicating with our team the better.

I don't lay out a good groundwork for how to start commanding and progressing down that path. I think a general road map would be a good addition. Start simple and work your way up.

Finally... I don't outright state you should be in a premade to call. I do highly suggest it.Playing with your friends and putting a comp together, having peeps already following you, and winning the first engagement is going to make your team much more interested in listening to you. This is doubly so if you're unknown.

Originally Posted by OliviaLugria

You can call the best moves and do everything right and still lose. That's the nature of a 3 way game with rng elements after all.

Isn't that ever a reality.

Originally Posted by OliviaLugria

If the general player base had macros for their limit break and incoming pinches we'd be much better off for certain. The more buy in we have with communicating with our team the better.

While I do agree more communication is always better, I would stray from the LB macros given the nature of 24 teammates and potential chat/ sounds effect spam. If SE put in a LB bar above each person's section in the alliance/party tab, that would give much better insight to the LB power of the team, and no one would need to let their team know of the status of their LBs.

Originally Posted by OliviaLugria

I don't lay out a good groundwork for how to start commanding and progressing down that path. I think a general road map would be a good addition. Start simple and work your way up.

I think it was a great groundwork roadmap! Each person is free to develop their own macros/ leading guidelines, but laying out potential macros, and showing a commanding point of view gives newer players a decent starting location, even if all they do is receive commands and never issue any.

Originally Posted by OliviaLugria

Finally... I don't outright state you should be in a premade to call. I do highly suggest it.Playing with your friends and putting a comp together, having peeps already following you, and winning the first engagement is going to make your team much more interested in listening to you. This is doubly so if you're unknown.

I do agree buy-in is a lot easier if you have a team composition that can get that first decisive win. I do agree that premades make for better commanding, that shouldn't discourage anyone from trying their hand at leading, regardless if they are in good company or by themselves. I like to think if the orders make some sense and you get buy-in from your team, people will listen regardless if you're new or a veteran. Moreso if no one else will step up to the plate.

Originally Posted by Aubrey_A

While I do agree more communication is always better, I would stray from the LB macros given the nature of 24 teammates and potential chat/ sounds effect spam. If SE put in a LB bar above each person's section in the alliance/party tab, that would give much better insight to the LB power of the team, and no one would need to let their team know of the status of their LBs.

Oh, let me clarify. You shouldn't put sounds on lb notifications!!! Just put it in yellow/yell. If a slew of yellow text comes up in chat you know it's about to be clobbering time. Just having lb bars above your party mates would be perfect as well, they already do that in CC. Should be in every pvp mode.

Originally Posted by OliviaLugria

Oh, let me clarify. You shouldn't put sounds on lb notifications!!! Just put it in yellow/yell. If a slew of yellow text comes up in chat you know it's about to be clobbering time. Just having lb bars above your party mates would be perfect as well, they already do that in CC. Should be in every pvp mode.

Oh, you detailed that in your guide, my bad! But I do stand by the fact SE should put teammates LBs into the UI somehow.

Those UI suggestion would be extremely helpful. Unfortunately I find even one person spamming multiple commands with sounds to be really distracting, just the thought of one person taking multiple lbs with sound seriously added was !