Comments on: What’s the verdict on coordinated attack?

By: Vorian

Vorian — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:12:52 +0000

Disregard the last post, on closer reading it seems you’re aware of the feature already and were simply adressing the pointless patrol-problem :P

By: Vorian

Vorian — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:09:35 +0000

Sir_Brizz: Actually, it’s already possible to make an engineer / commander / support commander reclaim all scrap material within a designated area. Just make it patrol the area, and it will automatically reclaim all scrap as well as repair all damaged units within the patrol area. :)

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:12:11 +0000

Sir_Brizz: You make a great point. I can’t even begin to say how many times I’ve put engineers on patrol routes, forgot about them, and then twenty minutes later I realize they’ve been circling the same barren landscape for fifteen minutes, having already reclaimed everything in range. I catch all of my idle engineers by using the idle display. If they’re not “idle” in the true sense of the word, but rather, in a pointless support or patrol, it’s way too easy to lose track of them.

By: Will (green)

Will (green) — Fri, 04 May 2007 08:14:22 +0000

Ever played Earth 2150? If you switch the units to “Advanced Battle”, there are very many things that you can change.

By: Sir_Brizz

Sir_Brizz — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:33:10 +0000

SupCom could really use a “do this command in this area” box anyway.

For example, alot of time a single engineer on reclaim duty can do alot of good, unfortunately you have to micromanage their reclaiming duties. It would be really cool if you could click on the engineer, click on reclaim, and then drag a big box over a number of trees and rocks and that engineer would just run around reclaiming that stuff until that area was clear. I’ve thought about that several times in games recently.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:50:53 +0000

It would definitely reduce the amount of micromanagement, that’s for sure. I feel that something like this is the next stage in RTS evolution, bringing us even farther away from tedious micromanagement than Supreme Commander has thus far managed. Units and groups of units really should have selectable unit AI. Units already prioritize their targets to fire at the enemy commander; why not let us customize those priorities further?

By: zordon

zordon — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:43:32 +0000

gryphyn thats a cool idea

By: Gryphyn

Gryphyn — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:25:00 +0000

@Jdude1: To perfect the command, it would be great if groups could have assigned hierarchys to their targets. Maybe simple categories like “None,” “Offensive,” “Air Defensive,” “Ground Defensive,” and “Production” and “Economic.” Check the box, and your group gives priority to those types of targets.

How sweet would it be to throw a group of ground forces into an enemy base with “Air Defensive” targets as their priority? Their sacrifice would be well worth it when your bombers could fly overhead with impunity a few seconds later.

By: Jdude1

Jdude1 — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:22:51 +0000

sorry last post was messed up. How cool would it be to have an “Attack all units in this box, especially those shooting at you first” command

By: Jdude1

Jdude1 — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:21:42 +0000

Originally quoted by Niall “What would really make it useful is an “attack all targets in this box What would really make it useful is an “attack all targets in this box especially those shooting at you” command.