v0.7 Feedback - Minimap Removal

[Clypp]

This thread is for discussion of the absence of the minimap. Please limit discussion to this topic, and refrain from discussing it elsewhere on the forums.




I feel the loss of the minimap is hurting the gameplay and individual experiences.

Minimap pros:
-A group of soldiers who train together daily learn, as any team does, who will be where at any given time. Unless you are in a hardcore clan, this is not the case and the minimap serves to give you this awareness.

-IRL you can identify people by facial, clothing or other characteristics. This is not the case in game and the minimap serves to assist in at least knowing who is in your squad.

-IRL you have more than 90 degrees of vision. This peripheral does wonders in helping you keep a sense of situational awareness. Until PR supports mutiple monitors for being this peripheral the minimap will serve to deliver some of this information.

-It is simple in real life to point to a location. Not so in PR. The minimap allows an easy replication of the effects.

-Improves squad cohesion, improves FoF identification.

Cons:
-Soldiers don't generally carry GPS units IRL and don't tape them to their helmet.

-4 square inches screen space occupied

Will update list as topic progresses.

ATTN PR TEAM: If you are on the PR team and personally do not care for the change but wish to show solidarity please vote for don't care. Maybe I shouldn't have made the poll public so you would not have to face the flack in restricted forums over your slight disagreement.

Also, if you are thinking the Devs know what they are doing it must be right then don't vote. That is not an independent thought and it screws with results.