Hints in Loading Screen

[Largos]

I've seen this in TF2 and Dota 2, as the map loads you get a single helpful hint. (I think it might be time to do away with the current loading screen of hints in favor if single, bite-sized hints.)

Examples:

"You can customize each weapon's crosshair in the Fortress Options menu"
"You don't have to hold any direction keys while ramp sliding"
"Scouts do not have much killing power. Focus on moving the flag instead."
"The single shotgun is better for long range, the double shotgun is better for upclose."

etc.

[FDA-]

"The secret objective of Aardvark is to really just ride the boats."
"Blare the Die Hard soundtrack to channel Bruce Willis, and do increasingly better at the soldier class."

But seriously I completely agree. The current wall of text is pretty much an instant TL;DR. Games with the small one liners almost always catch my attention, and I end up reading them even when I've pretty much seen them all. Not everyone is going to read them, but this switch could drastically increase the amount of pertinent information conveyed.

There should be a default loading image for maps that don't have their own, something that isn't drab as hell. And regardless of default or custom loading image, there should be a little place for the game tip. Most games tend to do bottom left or bottom middle of the screen I feel.

[squeek502]

I remember looking into something like this a while back and realizing that we have very little control over that loading screen. I don't remember all the details, though.

Anyway, this would be nice. The default map loading image is definitely useless as is.