EPTOn the other hand you are right that this takes that "uncertain" momentum out of the game. Now you know for sure what he saw and what not, and you are able to adjust your tactics.
I think i'll go with "I don't like it"
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enemy2010
Germany1972 Posts
On the other hand you are right that this takes that "uncertain" momentum out of the game. Now you know for sure what he saw and what not, and you are able to adjust your tactics. I think i'll go with "I don't like it" | ||
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xajukx
Canada325 Posts
I see it no differently than a siege tank having a different sound and particle effect when shooting in siege vs. non-siege mode. | ||
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enemy2010
Germany1972 Posts
On September 06 2012 15:40 xajukx wrote: I see this as more of a legacy art issue from WoL. The point of the art animation for scan should be to communicate the effect, obviously if it was the same size as the revealed space it would be so big that A) you wouldnt see what was underneath it easily and B) it would be distracting. This is an intelligent way to do what the art should do in the first place, clearly communicate an ability in the game. I see it no differently than a siege tank having a different sound and particle effect when shooting in siege vs. non-siege mode. Don't you see the game changing aspect of this? Before that you could only guess what your opponent saw when he scanned you. Now you KNOW it. | ||
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SupItsG
United States59 Posts
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Anvil666
Germany122 Posts
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Fjodorov
5007 Posts
On September 06 2012 14:06 teamamerica wrote: Another winner! No you can only see your tank range. Or as an observer from 'everyone' perspective, you can see both. Nice sarcasm though! This thread is like a magnet for completely baseless statements about sc2. You can see your enemys tank range, ingame while playing. Just click on it. Haha its true!!! | ||
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fer
Canada375 Posts
On September 06 2012 11:26 theHubble wrote: Yea i think this is really dumb.. i mean we're lucky enough to see the big circle that tells theres a scan but now they have to go ahead and tell us EXACTLY how far they can see? ... why? I don't get people like you. What seems flawed to me in the first place is the misleading WoL scan animation. Ideally it should match whatever it is actually revealing to the Terran player. This HotS thing is dumb however, in that instead of fixing the animation itself, they just added a horrible circumference that looks more like an aid than a fix. And then commences the brainless whining because of it. | ||
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Poltergeist-
Sweden336 Posts
No one says chess isn't a serious strategy game and very difficult yet both players see everything. | ||
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summerloud
Austria1201 Posts
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Andre
Slovenia3523 Posts
On September 06 2012 11:22 Brutaxilos wrote: I actually like this quite a lot. There really is no reason not to be able to tell how far the scan can see. But I feel like the decals forming the circle are a little ugly. There is no reason we don't have auto-mineral stacking on nearest mineral patches. There is no reason MM doesn't stim itself at appropriate times, there is no reason to... Yes there is, it requires you to actually do something. In the case of scan LEARN where the borders are, which isn't actually that easy. Most people will take this new "feature" as a convenience or something, fuck. Blizzard adding in so many "features" it hurts my head. I'm fine with MBS/max army selection/etc, those were put in because of previous UI limitations, this new stuff is just sad. | ||
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Fjodorov
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Fjodorov
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On September 06 2012 17:29 Fjodorov wrote: I would be fine with the animation of the scan fitting the actual size of the scan, but this looks so aweful. With multiple scans in the same location, you can create a blind effect for some time. If the animation would be larger, you would be able to blind a larger part, this could be a balance issue under certain circumstances. | ||
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See.Blue
United States2673 Posts
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
On September 06 2012 19:06 Qikz wrote: I like this change. Makes it more like Broodwar (the animation covered the entire scan in BW) No it didn't. It just made some sparkly blue stars in the middle of the screen but the vision extended much further. Here's a screenshot I just took: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QhmAS.png) | ||
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wcr.4fun
Belgium686 Posts
On September 06 2012 11:59 Grumbels wrote: It removes some mystery and excitement from playing the game. Imo, competitive games like this should not be about definite yes/no things, but about 'feel'. this. You can perfectly 'know' the range of scan if you watch it enough. This scan radius just destroys another aspect of the game. Sc2 is making everything exact science, but it's not a good thing. It's constricting play and making it incredibly easy for anyone. You should be making these decisions based on experience you have with the game,knowledge you gathered from playing a lot. It's just like the in game timer clock. Every bronze noob now knows when to build his spore in time for the fastest cloak banshee on 1 base. It takes no actual skill or game sense any more. You just start building it at 6.30 and you're safe. | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
On September 06 2012 19:19 forsooth wrote: No it didn't. It just made some sparkly blue stars in the middle of the screen but the vision extended much further. Here's a screenshot I just took: Well I'll be damned. Everything I've always believed was a lie. | ||
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Cuce
Turkey1127 Posts
maybe a clearer effect for scan be constant inclusion of "infographics" is not the way to go. | ||
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