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Can we, as a community, eliminate the "Grass" and "Snow" in Alderaan?

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Can we, as a community, eliminate the "Grass" and "Snow" in Alderaan?

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Abiyde
06.24.2012 , 12:37 PM | #311
I am a Canadian and we use metric directions, so for me "snow" is what you would call "north" and "grass" is what you would call "south" which gets very confusing.
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Sock_Bramson
06.24.2012 , 12:46 PM | #312
Lol, didn't know they had trolls up in Canada; you guys always seem so polite.

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Retro_Chrome
06.24.2012 , 01:04 PM | #313
East and west are the smart choices here, honestly if you do not understand this than you are just not smart if you need to use directions like snow and grass i suggest taking a class on navigation or camping or hunting or basic survival. heck ask your mom... strangely enough while there are some people who dont even understand concepts such as dps and threat and social skills almost all people understand east and west.

TBH if Bioware would just put a GD "N" at the top of the minimap life would be a heck of a lot better
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Sharee
06.24.2012 , 01:51 PM | #314
Quote: Originally Posted by Retro_Chrome View Post
East and west are the smart choices here, honestly if you do not understand this than you are just not smart if you need to use directions like snow and grass i suggest taking a class on navigation or camping or hunting or basic survival. heck ask your mom... strangely enough while there are some people who dont even understand concepts such as dps and threat and social skills almost all people understand east and west.

TBH if Bioware would just put a GD "N" at the top of the minimap life would be a heck of a lot better
Problem with Left, Right, East and West is that the meaning can be confusing when you change sides from republic to imperial.

For republic. WEST is the same as LEFT.
For imperials, WEST is the same as RIGHT.

If you as a longtime republic player develop a reflex to run to your left everytime west calls for help, then as an imperial you can get confused in the heat of battle, and lose precious seconds getting your bearings. On the other hand, snow and grass are the same from the perspective of both imperials and republic.

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Daiyukie
06.24.2012 , 02:31 PM | #315
Quote: Originally Posted by Sharee View Post
Problem with Left, Right, East and West is that the meaning can be confusing when you change sides from republic to imperial.

For republic. WEST is the same as LEFT.
For imperials, WEST is the same as RIGHT.

If you as a longtime republic player develop a reflex to run to your left everytime west calls for help, then as an imperial you can get confused in the heat of battle, and lose precious seconds getting your bearings. On the other hand, snow and grass are the same from the perspective of both imperials and republic.
Yeah this is pretty prevalent on Novare. I'm quite used to using "east" to mean the turret close to them and "west" to mean the turret close to us, so when it's Pub v Pub and we're on the wrong side, it's reversed and throws people for a loop. Lots of "Go west" ... "east*" in Ops lol
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Jerro
06.24.2012 , 04:44 PM | #316
i hate it in voidstar when people call left or right, some are refering to the minimap and other direction from spawndoor. what is so hard with east or west?

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Apocalypse-
06.24.2012 , 11:55 PM | #317
Quote: Originally Posted by Sharee View Post
Problem with Left, Right, East and West is that the meaning can be confusing when you change sides from republic to imperial.

For republic. WEST is the same as LEFT.
For imperials, WEST is the same as RIGHT.

If you as a longtime republic player develop a reflex to run to your left everytime west calls for help, then as an imperial you can get confused in the heat of battle, and lose precious seconds getting your bearings. On the other hand, snow and grass are the same from the perspective of both imperials and republic.
You do know this is completely illogical, right? Snow/Grass change relative to your spawn the same as east/west....
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Drungus
06.24.2012 , 11:59 PM | #318
The points on the map actually have official names (hover your mouse over the turret icons on the top right of your screen). The turret east is called the Generator site and the one west Crash site.

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Apocalypse-
06.25.2012 , 12:05 AM | #319
Quote: Originally Posted by Drungus View Post
The points on the map actually have official names (hover your mouse over the turret icons on the top right of your screen). The turret east is called the Generator site and the one west Crash site.
Indeed, but what was the natural way you just described which is which?
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Drungus
06.25.2012 , 12:09 AM | #320
Quote: Originally Posted by Apocalypse- View Post
Indeed, but what was the natural way you just described which is which?
Truth be told I always use cardinal directions. I'm still trying to find a vote button for people who ask me which way I'm facing when saying east.