Player Features and Ideas Discussion

The following idea is a minor patch to the fleet UI that will improve the player-experience when flying with other capsuleers in a fleet. The idea is to give confirmation to the pilot whether or not his broadcast - click had been registered by the client.

The issue :
When you click on a broadcast button (ex: 'need shield'), the only way to verify whether or not the broadcast had been registered by the client is to look at the broadcast history yourself and check if your broadcast message appeared. However, since it is not yet possible to open 2 sepperate broadcast history windows with each its own filter, a good pilot turns off the broadcast shield messages in his filter to avoid accidentially shooting a fleetmember instead of a broadcasted target.
Therefore, there is no way to tell if your broadcast came trough (It is also somewhat unclear as to which actions are delayed by TIDI), an unfortunate result of this lack of visibility is that some pilots start spam-clicking the shield broadcast button.

My Suggestion:
This patch to the fleet window is entirely client side. It involves the broadcast button flashing for a second (or its border turning bold) to indicate the broadcast was registered by the client. It tells the pilot that your broadcast has gone trough. While the broadcast button is flashing (or any animation you wish to put to it), it becomes uninteractable. It is a small fix that will only take like an hour of coding, and will improve the gameplay of many pilots flying in large fleets, logistics and dps pilots alike.

Open to suggestions and questions!

LIKE AND REPLY!

Cleaned the off topic posts from this thread. Please refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic, thank you - ISD Type40.

Deleted a few posts for being off-topic and trolling.

Edit: Please be bros and don't make me babysit this thread.

Done
thanks !

I'll bet you don't even basic education.

Who is this random mofo?

Typo in OP was fixed. "Broadcast flashing" replaced by "Broadcast button flashing"
The argument you raise about

is therefore invalid.

If everyone were to BASIC EDUCATION, then we wouldn't need to discuss these things.

"This patch to the fleet window is entirely client side."

if you want to know whether your shield request broadcast reached others, you'd need a confirmation from server, which automatically invalidates your statement above.

do you BASIC EDUCATION helps us understand such programming intricacies.

Apparently BASIC EDUCATION is not part of the criteria when applying to Test Alliance

Why don't you just press the Broadcast Button ONCE and if you don't recieve reps, die, apply for reimbursement, and get another ship and get out there?

or maybe FLY LOGI SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN SOME IDIOT SPAMS THE BROADCAST SHIELD BUTTON WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S THE PRIMARY AND GET REPS ON THEM.