: I disagree that they're useless. They seem to me like they stay for longer
: than a second-- I don't know if they really do, and I don't think they
: last for two seconds, but they're there long enough to be noticed a lot of
: the time. It also seems like the X fades and a second or more later the
: name fades, so there is a marker there for a little longer. It's helped me
: in figuring out where enemies are and what my team's doing. I'd like if
: something showed this information if you're looking away; IIRC Halo 3
: would put a little red triangle close to the edge of your view pointing to
: any Xs that weren't in front of you, which would be nice. I'm OK with what
: we have now though.

Watch again vagueness, the X goes away when they respawn, and then follows them as they are alive...extremely useless.