comm under attack!!!

Not to add more to the to do list but....... a nice distinct sound indicating your comm is under attack would be great!! For instances when you're viewing another planet that your comm is not on....

Definitely. Last night I lost a game because while I was killing off an enemy base, the guy sent in 200 (!) bombers to kill my commander. I learned this only after he succeeded ofcourse, because how on earth are you supposed to know your commander is under attack right now?
It felt very, very unsatisfying to lose in this way.

There is, in fact, already a distinct noise. Granted it's not all that different from the normal 'under attack' sound.

Ah well we the people demand the ta siren!!!

I lost in a similar manner last night but really my fault in the end for not protecting him, and.... for being cocky and going for the planet smash. He had fled to another planet but I pursued with advanced sat, laser and a mess of avenger s. Instead of ending the game then, don't think he ever knew I had that orbiting his new planet, I went for planet smash. He lands a fab on my moon with comm , and kills him with a catapult XD I didn't even know it was happening..... so lessons learned if you can end it, end it

Instead of having sounds to signify key assets being under attack...a nice softly spoken womans voice would be better "Commander is under attack!"

there is one it's like the sound when under attack only it's 3 beeps instead of 2, but yes maybe a more different sound wouldn't hurt

I would wager that a notification would not have helped in this case

Well, ofcourse you should keep an eye on him, but that is far more viable to do during the early game.
Once you occupy several planets and have multiple projects and armies to watch, that is nearly impossible to do if you don't get some message.
And after all, the commander's death is important because he is the embodyment of the player, he is your personal avatar. And if I was under attack, I'd damn well know it

EDIT:
And @iyenrithe, yeah haha that would be doubtful indeed but I could have at least done SOME thing, move him into range of some AA turrets and scramble fighter jets, or still die horribly. Considering he is vital to winning or a defeat, it's the very least Uber can do.

That's what happened to me we both expanded across the system and he was placed by the wayside and forgotten

There is a unique noise. It'd a double beep that is a different pitch than the regular under attack noise.

merged the double posted thread into this one

TA SIREN FTW!!!!!!

Yea cell phones......smh dunno how that happened

Interesting. But how should I be able to tell one from the other, or what they mean at all, without the experience of trial and error? It's nice that those sounds are in, but they are useless to a new player. It's not user-friendly.
They need to be redone imo, and they need to tell you what is going on. No meaningless beeping or other noise that could signify anything.
Hell, get the guy who voiced the Kickstarter trailer to do it or something, make it sound epic.

It's beta. They have plans to overhaul the notification system.

They've talked about notifications that pop up telling you what is being attacked and on what planet. If you click on it, then the screen goes there.

Thought that's just one of their ideas. We'll see what ends up happening.

Either way. They'll have a more intuitive notification system down the line.

Ooooo ^ I like that!!!! Guess I should watch more live stream... that sounds great

But still the TOTAL ANNIHILATION SIREN!!!!!!!!! Also I was thinking the narrator would make great notifications much akin to halo

lol, all I can imagine is a bunch of ants going down and the guy screaming killing spree!!!

A healthbar under/next to your name in the top left corner would be nice. Maybe make it flash bright when you are under attack. Right now, the name itself could flash violently when you are under attack, no healthbar needed.

Is what I would suggest, from my experience on the mods other players download.

I would like a list of resent alerts, it would be easier to manage multiple fronts. I dont think I've ever heard the commander under attack sound. So I would like a more obvious sound/alert/voice.