Tweaks for 'Overwatch' Player

[Jon]

I'll probably see about posting this in both the Discord and Steam Discussions, but I am currently loving the game when playing with friends. This is terrifying and it's great. But on to the meat of things. One thing we noticed when playing is that if you have a player who dedicates themselves to staying on the ship and performing overwatch and information supplying through radios, they are doomed to never get any XP what-so-ever really. It would be really nice if things could be changed so that they could profit off of actually helping the team succeed!

Since there are a good few mechanics the game has already that incentivizes someone performing the Overwatch kind of role, the fact you can watch the map layout around each player, you can call out loot and enemies alike, and most importantly, there's the doors requirement that if you need it open or closed someone needs to be back at the ship. And it is a literal life saver if you have someone doing that job well - in a game just today, two of us were saved from a hoard of... something because our Overwatch friend was quick to react. It saved our lives and our loot. I think this style of gameplay should be rewarded as a result! It can be an incredibly useful role to play, and it already naturally comes with other game mechanics.

I think a few changes could be made to enable something like this. The game could track the various inputs made on both the camera screens and the computer made for opening doors and such, perhaps even checking Bestiary entries for info? And once you pass a certain threshold, you are now considered the 'Overwatch' man by the game, and at the end of missions you get a fraction of XP for each loot returned successfully to the ship by the other members of the team. This way your Overwatch man still can level up alongside you, and they don't feel like they are getting left out of the gains for performing a vital role. If there are any worries about people exploiting this, then perhaps track the inputs for every player - and only the highest one gets the bonus XP at the end.

Anyway, I hope this idea is a good one, as I know my friends and I would love it! If changes could be made for this, that'd be splendid! But regardless, thank you for your work, as we are loving it so far!

[hairynuts74]

the only thing i really want is a compass kinda thing on the hud so its easier to point out where the things are, north south etc