Remove team colors! | Forums

[UbiInsulin]

I'll pass this thread on to the team! Thanks all.

[SnizzyWizzy]

yea they look so dumb. its so easy to tell who's your friend. i never even look at the colors, plus u can't even target friends.. they look bad for sure. id rather have a flag over my head then were team colors.

[DefiledDragon]

Ok so here is the thing, you have one person's anecdotal evidence, your own, they have experiments they ran with eye tracking software telling them where people were looking when people were saying that they were unable to distinguish who their allies were. Yes some people look at the icon, but if they've done the work behind it I trust that they have pulled the data they need to from it.

Ultimately, yeah, I look at everything available, icon, map, also whether they are wearing warm or cold colours, it's all part of a whole.

Yeah I recall them saying this too, but I wouldn't mind seeing how they break down the data. When are they tracking peoples eyes? If it's actually during a fight then yeah, you're going to be watching your opponent without a doubt, but during a fight you're not wondering which team they are on. I'll bet most people use the icon to establish team colours when they're not actively engaged in combat though and when you are actively engaged, it's not exactly difficult to tell who's trying to kill you.

[Yuoru]

I have my concern about whether or not the wider color range will mess up our ability to identify our teammates before getting hit in the face while wondering.
Tbh, im just sick of fifty shades of blues and greens in the different places, in a different tones, each is uglier than the former.

I never look at the colors, If someone really checks who is an enemy and who is not by checking what colored pants he/she is wearing you could aswell just check the big bright red/blue colored shield near their name, or look at the radar.

[Arekonator]

Easy solution is to have player-side switch to enforce team colors on their client and let others to customize all they want.

[mrmistark]

Yeah I’ve been on board for a long time as well.

I actually think the color scheme HINDERS my identification of some of the enemy amongst enemy minions. Shinobi? Peacekeeper? Same dang size as the minions. Talk about trying to stand out, mofos blend right in. You HAVE to look for the icon in this situation anyways especially when they’re hidden from the map.

[Soldier_of_Dawn]

I'll pass this thread on to the team! Thanks all.

Could we do a test server on this and then have an official vote afterward? I feel this one should be the community's decision.

[Soldier_of_Dawn]

Team colors should be strictly reserved for competitive gaming. The rest of us want to enjoy the game more. As the others have said, we already have icons and the radar. That is enough.

[Kryltic]

Team colours should definitely stay.

That said, why not let players choose what colour and shade they want to use for the 3 choices? That way the only restrictions needed would be:
Main colour has to be relevant to the attacking/defending team palette. Not including black/white/grey.
The secondary and tertiary options must be black/white/grey or the relevant attacking/defending palette.

That way you can come to a sort of middle ground.

[Xil_h]

Team colors are almost not showing on the Chinese heroes.
And it wasn't a problem in the test.
That said I don't really care.