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Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-08T13:22:28+02:00

Get over myself? What are you talking about?

Statistics: Posted by Lionhardt — 08 Aug 2015, 13:22

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-08T09:55:07+02:00

Get over yourself Lionhardt.

I made a long post with quotes and ref but f*** it. there is no problem, just make support factories.

Statistics: Posted by Cuddles — 08 Aug 2015, 09:55

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-07T15:31:42+02:00

No, engi mod is crucial to game balance, and it increases lower lvl play, originally 90% of games ended in early t2 or in t4 because spamming t2 and t3 was unrealistic, engi mod has fixed that, so there's no reason to change it back

Statistics: Posted by yeager — 07 Aug 2015, 15:31

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-05T13:16:19+02:00

Err.. there is more to engie mod than that.

Statistics: Posted by Lionhardt — 05 Aug 2015, 13:16

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-05T13:02:00+02:00

Would it mean we can fit 500 engies next to one factory? That sounds kinda bad.

Statistics: Posted by JaggedAppliance — 05 Aug 2015, 13:02

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-05T08:07:43+02:00

Cuddles wrote:
This is why engi mod was introduced. If this is implemented should the mod be removed?

ofcourse NOT! Engymod promotes adjacency bonus -the unique feature of FA.

Statistics: Posted by justmakenewgame — 05 Aug 2015, 08:07

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-05T07:53:42+02:00

This is why engi mod was introduced. If this is implemented should the mod be removed?

Statistics: Posted by Cuddles — 05 Aug 2015, 07:53

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T22:15:36+02:00

I would love this, truly a great idea, the micro here is just wasting time and reducing the amount of fun ppl can have

Statistics: Posted by yeager — 04 Aug 2015, 22:15

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T21:56:13+02:00

Ground assist does not allow engineers in the same ground assist group to collide, maybe allow ground assist out of factory, not sure why this was never allowed. It will force people to use it for maximum engie compression though so I'm not sure if it's a great idea or not, but it's an idea.

Statistics: Posted by Aulex — 04 Aug 2015, 21:56

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T21:51:36+02:00

Reaper Zwei wrote:
Valki wrote:But what is the point of the micro?

There is no skill required, even beginning players can micro the engineers to prevent collisions (who didn't play with cars as a kid?).
You can have this, as said pointless, micro in the game, or you can't. Not having it lets players spend their micro on other things with a much greater skill component.

If its so easy then whats there to complain about?

It's annoying, cumbersome and generally not fun. On top of that there is nothing skillful about putting your engies in the right spot. It's merely stupid unit behavior that you have to work around. It's just another thing that has nothing to do with strategy, but with fighting the game itself. It's just a bad thing.

BUT there are way more important and not so easy to work around situations: Your ACU getting blocked in your base because there are engies all over the place. And that you can't really help.

Statistics: Posted by Lionhardt — 04 Aug 2015, 21:51

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T21:05:14+02:00

Valki wrote:
But what is the point of the micro?

There is no skill required, even beginning players can micro the engineers to prevent collisions (who didn't play with cars as a kid?).
You can have this, as said pointless, micro in the game, or you can't. Not having it lets players spend their micro on other things with a much greater skill component.

If its so easy then whats there to complain about?

Statistics: Posted by Reaper Zwei — 04 Aug 2015, 21:05

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T19:58:05+02:00

ckitching wrote:
AFAIK, every time you give a new order it starts the pathfinding calculation again: so panicked clicking will probably lead to your unit sitting there forever.

This is not true for move orders.

Statistics: Posted by JaggedAppliance — 04 Aug 2015, 19:58

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T19:23:09+02:00

ckitching wrote:
AFAIK, every time you give a new order it starts the pathfinding calculation again: so panicked clicking will probably lead to your unit sitting there forever.

yes, however sometimes if a unit is stuck the move order just cancels itself. Happens often to ACU. (or battleships )

Statistics: Posted by Zoram — 04 Aug 2015, 19:23

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T18:56:41+02:00

AFAIK, every time you give a new order it starts the pathfinding calculation again: so panicked clicking will probably lead to your unit sitting there forever.

Statistics: Posted by ckitching — 04 Aug 2015, 18:56

Re: Disable collisions for active engineers

2015-08-04T18:13:55+02:00

if you are right clicking and it's not working does not means that it is broken.

Statistics: Posted by justmakenewgame — 04 Aug 2015, 18:13