Alright, so I've been enjoying Destiny quite a bit. Has a few shortcomings, but I'm looking forward to the future.
One thing I'd really, [b]really[/b] like to see is the "point" and "wave" emotes be useful in, if nothing else, Strikes. The complete and utter lack of any means of in-game communication is a bit absurd, no matter the reasoning. (Be it legit concerns such as the dreaded immersion-breaking trade chat spam to straight up excuses like "console players don't use keyboards :3")
Now, in most cases, it's not a huuuuge deal. But in PvE stuff, Strikes in particular? It is [b]MADDENING[/b]. So, here's my suggestion:
[b]Wave emote: pings the other players and drops a 5-10 second indicator of the player's location on other players' HUDs.
Point emote: does the same, but instead drops a different color indicator on whatever the player's crosshairs is on.[/b]
Pretty basic, and very easy to regulate against spammers. But these two things would add [b]INVALUABLE[/b] communication options to Strike players. A sub menu with pre-fab messages like "hold position," "be right back," "I'm ready," stuff like that, would be fantastic. But honestly just making the two useful-but-not-really emotes already in game ACTUALLY useful would go a long way.
7hanks for reading!
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This was suggested multiple times after both the alpha and beta and nothing was added. I wouldn't get your hopes up.