Coh2's biggest issue when playing with mutli-lingual people is asking for recon. At a bare minimum we need Attack, Defend, and Recon. More ping options would be even better like WARNING you are being flanked or there is a blob here.
Men of War has had this sh!t for AGES. It is NOT that hard to have a button that you press for generic ping, then hold for a selection wheel of more in depth messages that are LOCALIZED. (I.E. "I'm on my way" "Enemies here!" and it shows up as the other players' native language on their screen).
It may get overwhelming if players are all pinging at the same time. So each ping should also have an option:
- Mute the sound for this ping.
- Dont show this ping.
- Show an abbreviated animation for this ping.
Agree. And pings should have a colored button/ number at the top so you know who made the ping. In addition you should be able to mute pings from specific other players. Maybe it defeats the point, but if you're the kind of dude that pings the fuel points when the game starts, I'd love to mute your pings because I know you're going to be trying to micromanage everyone.
It could be cool to also have an "indicator ping" who can stay on the map to indicate mine emplacement for example.
This would be awesome.