Call-outs in Planetside 2 - Do you use them and what do you call things?

So I'm wondering if anyone uses call-outs and Planetside 2 and what they tend to call things.

Obviously everyone probably says things like "3 coming out of spawn room", or "2 in gen room building", or "a bunch in C building", but when you're calling enemy positions, do you use anything more specific?

Or do you not use them at all because the minimap tells all?

One of the basic rules in my outfit's squads is to always use a compass direction to call things out, along with a reference point

For example, "Deployed Sundy NW of Alpha 3's location" or just "Deployed Sundy NW" depending on how grouped up we are.

if we are at a base my outfit usually uses the point as reference with another feature. so its "sundy due NW of point, parked at outer wall" or " sunder due north of point behind X-building" (we have names for most of the cookie cutter structures strewn around the game)

I LOVE call outs! So many times I have been alerted to, and able to hunt down stealthers and LAs up on towers by following the "Enemy medic here!" and "Your best is my worst!" sounds. Please keep using them!

This isn't the thread I thought it would be, I thought you meant V key macros in game.

Our standard is to either use 'my position' or (e.g.) 'NW of A point', along with what it is you're calling out, though in some point hold scenarios it would be 'big push on south bridge' or something similar instead. We mostly call out sunderers unless we're picking out targets in a tank battle or something like that.

Banana building.

"There are enemies in... Nevermind killed them all they were [...]"

L-building
Triple Stack
Banana/Crescent moon
Point
Spawn
N/E/S/W
As Platoon leader I use Waypoints to designate high value targets, as squad leader you can use smoke.

I love it when people know how to use smoke correctly because you can help more then just your squad find things with it. a quick /re of "sunder on green smoke" can get the zerg to do a lot.

I let my Q button do the talking.

I'm going to assume [...] was a detailed description of what hats they were all wearing.

sadly the hats are too often obscured by my Reddot Purpledot

I NEED REPAIRS!


About the only call-out I use. Occasionally I beg for a medic to save my MAX suit and/or make my KD look better though.

Well, and I use "thanks" and "sorry" when the situation calls.

The automatic reloading call-outs are great when working with my outfit. If I hear that, I'll consciously wait to reload my main.

so... that isnt what this is about?

reading through it ive come to the conclusion that ive no idea what people are talking about