Goonhub
08-18-2022, 01:04 PM
I think things that lengthen the character name in chat leads to chat being too verbose to parse reasonably. So while displaying job title in there might offer some extra clarity that could be useful in some situations, the fact that it outputs more text into the window for every message makes it tough.
I could see maybe adding something like the radio headset department icons, but I'm not sure, that sort of thing in front all "say" messages seems like a lot.
If either is something added to every message and attached the the ID of the speaker, it would make picking out imposters even easier in some cases and I'm not sure that's a good thing. And if a player didn't have an ID then it would sorta make every chat output with a player name like broadcasting that they don't have one. I think having department uniforms is and should be, the most obvious thing that broadcasts to those around you what your job is.
I'm thinking, if this is something people really want, the best place for it might be the maptext on alt+mouseover of mobs. But again, that adds more text and in a more cumbersome place too so maybe not. And you can already find it easily enough with an extra click there so I'm not sure that that's super useful.
I could see maybe adding something like the radio headset department icons, but I'm not sure, that sort of thing in front all "say" messages seems like a lot.
If either is something added to every message and attached the the ID of the speaker, it would make picking out imposters even easier in some cases and I'm not sure that's a good thing. And if a player didn't have an ID then it would sorta make every chat output with a player name like broadcasting that they don't have one. I think having department uniforms is and should be, the most obvious thing that broadcasts to those around you what your job is.
I'm thinking, if this is something people really want, the best place for it might be the maptext on alt+mouseover of mobs. But again, that adds more text and in a more cumbersome place too so maybe not. And you can already find it easily enough with an extra click there so I'm not sure that that's super useful.