Valorant Will Allow Players to Ping Weapons to Share Their Location
Thus far, Riot Games hasn’t shared a huge amount of information about their upcoming CS:GO-esque competitive shooter, Valorant. However, fans have already set about dissecting what little gameplay has been shown. As a result, several new features have been spotted, including what seems to be a Valorant ping system; something which is likely to prove very popular.
The Valorant Ping System Spotted in Gameplay
A consistent problem in many team-based shooters is communication. If your team aren’t extremely familiar with every map, it can be difficult to tell your teammates where things are, particularly if you’re relying on text chat. A ping system provides a solution to this. While not every shooter has such a system, Apex Legends is a good example of one that does; you can look at an item and “ping” it so that your squadmates can instantly see its location on their HUD.
While Riot Games hasn’t explicitly discussed the Valorant ping system yet, fans have spotted what certainly looks to be such a system in a recently-released gameplay video. The brief clip shows a player noticing a nearby weapon and seemingly pinging it, presumably letting their teammates see its location. Notably, this ping seems to show exactly what type of weapon it was; another valuable piece of information to share with teammates. After all, there’s no point rushing to a weapon ping only to find that’s worse than what you already have.
It’s worth noting that CS:GO, which Valorant appears to be looking to supplant, does not have a ping system. As such, spotting weapons can be tricky, and communicating their location to teammates even trickier. Valorant could well streamline this process significantly, offering players much smoother communication amid the stress of high-stakes combat. Of course, it remains to be seen whether Valorant will actually prove a significant rival to CS:GO. However, aspects like these are already setting the game apart as mechanically superior. Of course, CS:GO does have a very dedicated audience, and it’s unknown whether technical advancements like this will be enough to lure them over.