make secondary fire reticles blue

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

As the title suggests make the secondary fire reticles blue.
Some people use mixed fixed weapons that have varying projectile speeds so having all reticles orange can cause an issue in knowing which weapon to fire.
having the secondary fire trigger reticles be blue would help people in differentiating their weapon firing triggers.

 

[Killnine]

An excellent suggestion!

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

Thanks!

 

[Axle Reese]

This would be a huge help with some of my loadouts.

 

[juddadredd]

Good idea

 

[dm06]

But faster weapon has reticle which is closer to target so you can get a clue which weapon to shoot...

 

[Stabby_Dave]

Yes, but still a good idea.

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

But faster weapon has reticle which is closer to target so you can get a clue which weapon to shoot...

While that is indeed true there are scenarios that can make them hard to differentiate.

 

[60mm]

I've suggested this before, drives me nuts that there is no visual distinction. My suggestion was to give the secondary a broken circle for it's reticle, but different color works.

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

I've suggested this before, drives me nuts that there is no visual distinction. My suggestion was to give the secondary a broken circle for it's reticle, but different color works.

Yeah my train of thought went "why not make them the same color as the secondary color in firegroups"

 

[60mm]

Yeah my train of thought went "why not make them the same color as the secondary color in firegroups"

Hadn't considered that, very practical!

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

Hadn't considered that, very practical!

thanks!

 

[DaggerSnake]

If like to be able to change the reticle point to other shapes. We only have all the same color dots. How about triangles, x’s hollow shapes? Squares. Color change is a good idea. Having all weapons use the same color solid dot can get confusing

 

[Lestat]

I would think a better idea would be is being able to edit the shape of the reticle vs different colours. Because some players have different colour schemes for their ships PC only.

 

[Bigmaec]

Not necessarily blue, but excellent suggestion! +1

 

[Amanojaku]

If you could just do that Fdev... that would be great. sips coffee

It would really help builds with a mix of fixed and gimballed weapons too. Sometimes I run a PA or 2 on my secondary fire group, and my reticle gets swarmed by group one gimballed reticles like bees on honey.

 

[Azmuth Divarchchron]

If you could just do that Fdev... that would be great. sips coffee

It would really help builds with a mix of fixed and gimballed weapons too. Sometimes I run a PA or 2 on my secondary fire group, and my reticle gets swarmed by group one gimballed reticles like bees on honey.

Maybe one day, i hope.

 

[Voracity_T]

While that is indeed true there are scenarios that can make them hard to differentiate.

Actually this is very true. To become competant with dumbfired ordinance whilst using other fixed weapons is a very difficult skill to learn due to the severely different angles that can be involved in order to obtain a targeting solution.

 

[Ouberos]

Actually this is very true. To become competant with dumbfired ordinance whilst using other fixed weapons is a very difficult skill to learn due to the severely different angles that can be involved in order to obtain a targeting solution.

I'm in that exact situation. Fixed Cannons and dumbfires at the minute ( Quite Epic!) I have to fire a couple of rounds before combat to remind myself which is which.

 

[Sylow]

First i wrote something along the line that reticle shape change would be better. But after a little pondering i concluded that this might be a trap. So yes, color change might work if done properly. I just am not sure which colors would be good, i consider it very likely that i'd loose track of a blue reticle when my railguns fire away.