Could league and team order match, please?


Doctor Roswell

 

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At first, player order in the league window matches the order of the players in the team. But once the league leader starts shuffling people around, this order can and often does change.

For example, imagine you're a defender playing in a large incarnate trial, using the full league team display. Another player in your team, say, the fifth entry in your team in the league window, suddenly drops to a red health bar.
You quickly press shift+5 and activate your healing power... except that you don't, because "you cannot target yourself". Player 5 dies and you stand dumbfounded, until you realize that, in the team window, you are indeed player 5 in your team. (Or player 5 was somebody else not in need of healing.) For some reason, the league team window didn't reflect that and listed players under different numbers.


So, I'd really like the team window and the league window to be in sync with each other. Otherwise, targetting your teammates often comes down to sheer luck.

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As someone who has been That Defender, yes please.


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I normally have my Interface edited slightly for when i ITrial on a support toon so i can click the person and press a button faster then i would need to in a normal team.


 

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I ran into this again last night with an iTrial, and it's incredibly frustrating. The time it takes for me to click a name, then the power (or even press a keybind for the power) is way too long, compared to my normal keybinds. And, I find I can't focus on the game itself as much.

First off, why can't *I* decide the order of the team on my screen? Does it really matter to everyone else if I move the team leader into spot 3, the tank to spot 8, the squishee to spot 1? If I could do that, I could order the team according to who probably will need the most attention, and my teamselect binds will work appropriately. This would be very helpful, even outside of iTrials.

Second, if you can't get the teamselects to order correctly, then maybe give me some way to assign it manually. Perhaps right click on the name in the team window, select "Assign Teamselect Number" -> 1. You may have to do it again once you zone, but that PITA is better than the PITA we have now.


 

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I agree with pretty much everything mentioned here, but there's already something in place that helps with a lot of it.

Right-click on a name in your team/league list and choose "add to focus group." It lets you create a pseudo-team to, well, focus on -- for example, the league members you expect to need healing or buffing the most. Basically useless to most characters, but when you're "That Defender," it's a godsend, especially on trials.


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Thanks for sharing that, Roswell. Now I need to run home and test it. However, if there are no binds available for it (/focusselect 1) then I'm only a little better than now.