Originally Posted by HAZMAT

Its there to help keep the TKs down.

And in real world situations, I do have a device called the Tacticom its a handheld palm pilot looking device that shows me all of my squads locations on a map and is updated with their GPS signals. But I have to drop my weapon and pull it off my IBA and read it and the batteries only last for one mission.

But as we have seen, a teammate will shoot his buddy right in front of him just to make a shot on an enemy. So the risk is when you hit escape to look at the map your not aiming your weapon and could be killed. Just like in RL.

That makes sense, but I'd imagine if a squadmate is killed IRL, his GPS unit will still be active, so you can't use a Tacticom to confirm a man down. Or maybe it has some way of knowing. Having never been even remotely involved in any organised military force, I really have no idea.

Anyway, would you believe months ago when I was playing TRM on server 2, I didn't even know of the Esc map. Since I discovered it, I find myself hitting Esc far too much, even when teammates use radio comms, just so i can see who's talking and where they are. If there are gunshots fired, I automatically bring up Esc and wait for a teammate icon to disappear, so I know who was shot and where. I know I can control my own actions, but it's psychologically difficult for me to not use it, and it feels like a crutch. I'd prefer not to have the option at all of using it.

It's probably a symptom of a lack of team communication in the first place, and to a lesser extent leadership. The few times I've had someone grab the bomb at the start of the round, organise some fireteams, and give individual soldiers direct instructions are the times I've had the most fun playing.

I feel like a squad leader (or at least fireteam leader) should know at all times where all his men are, and what direction their guns are pointing. And maybe when that doesn't happen, people feel a little less organised, and kinda wander around doing their own thing. And I'm not talking about lone-wolfing, but just maybe watching a corner, and then deciding for themselves that they want to cross the street and watch a different corner.

We're all guilty of it, but when it happens, and it's not the direct result of an order given on voicecomms, then there's always an element of uncertainty, and that's when TKs happen.

Yikes, I probably rambled a bit too much. I hope it makes sense.