Move map tag icon layer above everything else

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RemiFlan
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Move map tag icon layer above everything else

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TL;DR
Make map tags a priority layer on the map.

What ?
Make map tags and their icons a lot more visible and therefore more useful.

Why ?
Currently, map tags are always below other layers on the map. That doesn't make ANY sence, because (at least in my opinion) tags exist to make important marks or notes on the map. Other layers, especially Logistic and Turret coverage, cover the tag's icon completely, and tag's text is sometimes too small to read. Having an ability to add icons to your tags is amazing, because a lot of people would 'process' images faster than text, but this ability is useless if you can't see the icon under other layers. A few examples on how bad it looks:
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inb4 someone says "Just turn off other layers, duh". I understand that alt mode is a thing, but imo that shouldn't be a solution to an underlying problem: tags made by people give more information to a person about a certain map location, because it was created with an idea in mind and marked by an icon that is associated with that idea. Other layers give general, repetetive and "only-one-type-of" information, and should have lower priority than tags.
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Re: Move map tag icon layer above everything else

Post by AileTheAlien »

This would be a really nice quality of life improvement to the UI! :)

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