Originally Posted by Tempus

Something that I wish was available in the BF2 series is for all squadleaders to be able to see the orders of OTHER squadleaders. This way, when there is no commander, they can see what other SLs are working on and plan appropriately. I wonder if that is possible in PoE2.

This is a great idea.

1. If no Co is around, gameplay is not limited. Boom, that alone gets the thumbs up. IMO, this does not make the CO weaker either.

IMO, the HUD really is the teams biggest asset.
In real life, the CO spends a lot of their time post initial deployment making sure everyone knows were everybody is at and not killing each other.
When you have four grunt squads, two jets on call, and a couple of gunships, arty on station, this is a big chanllege.
Actually in real life, the platoon leader has staff officers from the Company and Brigrade helping him out also and telling him/her stuff.

Anyway, my point is the HUD allows the pace of action to be speeded up because the team is getting instant info on each others position, something that is taken for granted by the players. Truly amazing stuff IMO.

In RL, the CO is going to tell, other squad leaders what other SL are doing most of the time. Espically if it is in their Area of Operations. Now, with these small maps, everyone is in the same area of operations. Therefore, the CO is going to tell every SL what the other one is doing.

Why not just have this show up (on the HUD) for all the squad leaders to see instantly all the time? Hell fire, if lone wolfes who are not with the team show up on the H.U.D. (A.W.O.L.) why wouldn't SL orders be available to all those in a commonding position? I mean, come on. Yet another example of the frustration I have with this game.
Granted this is not as bad as having a chopper that seats 6 instead of 7, but it is up there.

Here is my HUD set up with dots and order icons.

CO= sees all SLs and their current orders. (does not see squad members or lone wolves)
Prevents micromanegment of the CO on individual Squad members. ("uhh, have that dot beside you move to the west more, please." "Yeah, I need that bridge defended better.") Get that stuff out of here. You told the SL to defend the bridge, let them do it already, they know what is going on at the ground level.

SL= Sees their CO and fellow SLs and their current orders. Furthermore, they see their squad members on the map. (They do not see other squad members on the HUD, communication is increased, game is slowed down.) Note: A SL can see up to 14 dots on the screen. 1 CO. 8 Other SLs. 5 members in their squad.

SM= Sees their SL and fellow squad members and their current orders. (They basically see only five other dots on the HUD, at the most. This will allow them to focus on their goal and further depend on their SL to make sure they do not get wasted.)

teen wolf= Sees nothing! Nothing!


This set up would really slow things down, particularly on the maps with Air support. No frindly dots to see if you and another are the only one in the jet squad. Things would be slowed down a lot on infantry maps also.

Some may believe this is too slow. I mean you would atcually need to communicate to get a air strike going.

Anyway. your idea is a great one that would improve gameplay and not slow the game down. why mods have not done this so far is sad.