Marine Weapon's Alien detection

jjr.heartfelt@hotmail.com

I think it would be a nice feature, if when a marine has an alien or Hive on his crosshair.. the marine's Helmet lazer would turn on..

If the alien or hive is kept within the cross hair for 2 to 3 seconds, It should highlight on a radar for all other marines.

and perhaps it could give the commander a little message.


"Your units are under attack" or.. "Your troops have engaged the enemy".

Killer Ricochet

In 3 seconds, 3 skulks can die to a single marine with lmg (with very good aim). So 3 seconds is much time to keep contemplating a skulk raging into you. And, if the time is reduced, you would have your map spammed with "alien sighted", without forgeting that when a marine is under attack, the commander is already alerted. Incase of a hive... Just the fact of it appearing well on your screen should alert the commander (I'm not sure if it happens already, the bots are too dumb to follow waypoints).

GaussWaffle

<!--quoteo(post=1695432:date=Dec 6 2008, 09:44 PM:name=Killer Ricochet)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Killer Ricochet @ Dec 6 2008, 09:44 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1695432"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->In 3 seconds, 3 skulks can die to a single marine with lmg (with very good aim). So 3 seconds is much time to keep contemplating a skulk raging into you. And, if the time is reduced, you would have your map spammed with "alien sighted", without forgeting that when a marine is under attack, the commander is already alerted. Incase of a hive... Just the fact of it appearing well on your screen should alert the commander (I'm not sure if it happens already, the bots are too dumb to follow waypoints).<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Agreed here, The rines will already get this intel with motion tracking (even hive position can be deciphered from motion, just look at where they congregate ;p)

aNytiMe

I think that any structure that enters a marine's LOS should be automatically painted on the map, permanently.

Killer Ricochet

<!--quoteo(post=1695503:date=Dec 7 2008, 06:26 PM:name=aNytiMe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aNytiMe @ Dec 7 2008, 06:26 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1695503"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I think that any structure that enters a marine's LOS should be automatically painted on the map, permanently.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->...and parasited enemies/structures should too.

Nasdero

yea keep them constant, this is future and those marine cpus should be able to keep a location of a chamber and it stay thier till it got ripped, to get it ripped a marine is nesecarry so it would ofcourse in sight disapear from the radar (except grandes, with GL they just disaper when you have sight