EmergencyLemon

How many times have you seen your engineers running around like headless chickens, and wanted to tell them "THE BEACON IS ON THE ROOF YOU IDIOTS!". If you took the time to stop and type this, you could be sniped or any number of things. Now, I know this was not something which was in the original Renegade, but I believe it was due to performance and bandwidth issues, not gameplay. Most other comparable FPS have some form of VOIP nowadays, and it seems like a glaring omission to me. Obviously there is all sorts of TS/Mumble/Vent whatever, but in the game's current state that would only be helpful for clan matches or small organized squads. Though the Ctrl + Alt menus are nice, I don't think they're enough for a modern shooter, like the Devs want this to be. Doesn't have to be complicated, just teamchat. If youre feeling fancy, open it up to allchat at the end, and if were really getting serious, we could have local speak and teamchat separately. I know BETA and all, but this seems like something that should really be in for the final. EDIT: I search "VOIP", and get nothing relevant.... Whatever, thanks for the link.

Oh god, this will give me NIGHTMARES. I would just chuck my mouse against the wall the first time it happened and alt-f4...

I think the issue is that in vanilla Renegade, the Flamer and Chem Trooper (for same price as McFarland) had armor buffs associated with them. Both took much less explosive damage, negating splash, and Chem had near-immunity from Tiberium weapons. This doesnt seem to be the case in X, I haven't explicitly tested it, but any bonuses they may have seem much weaker. I would prefer some armor buffs for them as opposed to nerfing McFarland. Even for a skilled player, the flamer and chem trooper are only rarely preferable to the shotgunner and often useless.

Honestly, I think projectile speeds are all pretty good right now. One exception might be the Med. Tank's cannon, it seems excruciatingly slow sometimes, slower than any other tank, similar to Mobile Arty. You notice it a lot more, though, because it follows a straight path. Just a slight boost to the speed would make it feel more natural.

This should also be connected to the fact that they can be purchased once, and then re-used infinitely without repurchase, even if one changes their sidearm to something else. If you change your sidearm, you can still go back to the purchase weapons screen, then hit Esc, and voila you have it for free again.