[POLL] remove ctrl + right click = attack move

On April 14 2010 12:27 caution.slip wrote:
So when I micro I a-click to focus fire. I do this so if i misclick my target my units will still fire instead of moving towards the enemy and getting shot at

Unfortunately you can't hold the alt button down and attack move, it doesn't let you

you CAN however ctrl-click while holding the alt button. The unfortunate thing is when you ctrl click, even if you click a unit, it acts as though you attack moved the ground

Would be cool if the made it so it acts like a normal attack move command so I can hold alt to focus fire

On April 14 2010 12:50 foxmeep wrote:


that's interesting. so there is a logical explanation for it then, it allows you to attack move (albeit a location only) while having health bars up.

although in your scenario it wouldn't help you either way, since your units would attack the same way regardless of if you had the health bars up or not since you can't click a unit. i don't run into this issue because i always have health bars up anyways, which is one way to totally avoid this problem. granted, it's an argument to say add in the ability to click a specific unit with control + click.

comparing that with the need to be able to hotkey a group while moving them, i still think the ability to set a group and move your units should take precedence, at high levels anyways. an example being i'm muta harassing, so obviously i'm non-stop right clicking. then my rallied mutas meet up with my existing control group, i need to add these mutas into the group (so i can go multitask and come back to ALL my mutas) while still microing my mutas to keep them alive, however this results in my mutas being issued an attack move command and turning around, even if ever so briefly, to be annihilated by whatever is chasing them down.

for me, at least, the cons outweigh the pros of having this UI mechanic.

On April 23 2010 23:01 apriores wrote:
I can't believe they remove it completely in patch 9... It was one of the best facilities for microing the game... On a 1024x768 (non-wide) resolution and in a battlefield with a dispersed army and with some thors in it, you don't have enough space to fast microing an attack-retreat with a ground A-move without risking to select your own units... and to see at the same time your opponent army. Just unbelievable change...