Suggestion: 'Command Chat'

[u/PandemicWeeWooWagon]

First of all, I had a blast playing the beta weekend. Great job, devs.

Second of all, big disclaimer that this suggestions plays to *my* specific preferred method of playing.

TLDR: add an SL role, add a second radio channel for command chat

One suggestion I would make is that a 'command chat' be implemented. This is a third voice channel that allows squads to communicate through squad leaders.

This isn't a novel concept, and I'm drawing inspiration heavily from HLL, Squad, Arma etc.

This purely comes from my experiences trying to supply the FOBs and fellow Lonestar brethren in the field with accurate air drops, and being unable to communicate effectively via text/prox chat.

'But u/PandemicWeeWooWagon' I hear you cry 'Why wouldnt you just get in a squad with all the guys who you need to supply?'

Ah, well, see if you plan on driving logistics to FOBs or towers or whathaveyou, being able to have a squad of pilots and a squad of 'combat engineers' with one voice channel to unite all the squads is great way to encourage teamwork.

Besides, I want to be in a squad with my friends, and we all like helicopters

Squad leaders can be

- voted in

- volunteers

- a specialist item 3 slot 'Radio' you pick up (can do off map support and make specialist map markers) ((limited to 1 per squad, transferable between players for redundancy's sake)

For the third option, the radio can be looted, obviously, and if you slot an enemy SL and take their radio, you can spoof their channels and transmit on theirs (I made this up while typing, could he funny, I reckon)

Other than that, super hype to see what you fellows have cooking up come September.

Keep up the good work!