<!--quoteo(post=2012735:date=Nov 7 2012, 02:25 AM:name=tarquinbb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tarquinbb @ Nov 7 2012, 02:25 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2012735"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->what exactly is hive sight?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah fair cop, I kind of muddied the water by talking about alien vision in a hivesight thread, sorry about that. I think it has already been answered, but hivesight is the glowing outline of a marine who has recently been parasited or bitten that shows up when there is a wall or something preventing a normal direct line of sight. Currently hivesight only works on marines, but in the past it worked on buildings which had been parasited. Also in the past, rather than seeing a detailed outline it was a simple glowing circle with a label, like "observatory".
Some other changes have happened to hivesight during the beta, such as whether hivesight worked when alien vision was on. Another thing was any marines walking on infestation automatically showed up on hivesight. Later on that required a specific 'infestation hivesight' upgrade on shade hives.
<!--quoteo(post=2013872:date=Nov 7 2012, 10:06 PM:name=_Necro_)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (_Necro_ @ Nov 7 2012, 10:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2013872"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If buildings would cluster up the view to much, make them only visible on the map. Problem solved.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> This! Show all parasited buildings on the map. Maybe if you're really close they could show up on hivesight, but at least show them on the map.
I agree, we dont need hive sight back but parisiting buildings would be great to have back. I still do it out of habbit and always realise I am wasting my time
Why did we go away from the situation of instantly and intuitively knowing where something was being attacked, how far it was, with a single unfocused impression from my peripheral vision. Very alien.
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Yeah fair cop, I kind of muddied the water by talking about alien vision in a hivesight thread, sorry about that. I think it has already been answered, but hivesight is the glowing outline of a marine who has recently been parasited or bitten that shows up when there is a wall or something preventing a normal direct line of sight. Currently hivesight only works on marines, but in the past it worked on buildings which had been parasited. Also in the past, rather than seeing a detailed outline it was a simple glowing circle with a label, like "observatory".
Some other changes have happened to hivesight during the beta, such as whether hivesight worked when alien vision was on. Another thing was any marines walking on infestation automatically showed up on hivesight. Later on that required a specific 'infestation hivesight' upgrade on shade hives.
<!--quoteo(post=2013872:date=Nov 7 2012, 10:06 PM:name=_Necro_)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (_Necro_ @ Nov 7 2012, 10:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2013872"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If buildings would cluster up the view to much, make them only visible on the map. Problem solved.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This! Show all parasited buildings on the map. Maybe if you're really close they could show up on hivesight, but at least show them on the map.
Now I know what was missing!
Why did we go away from the situation of instantly and intuitively knowing where something was being attacked, how far it was, with a single unfocused impression from my peripheral vision. Very alien.
I can't believe they dropped this...?