Hive/CC health bar giving away your teams expansion

thefonz

<div class="IPBDescription">On google moderation page</div>Shamelessly trying to grab attention to my suggestion on the google moderation page.

Don't display hive/CC health upon entering rooms/proximity when growing/constructing. At least require a direct visual first. Very important for Shade builds. I've found a few hives because of the progress bar despite the hive/cysts being shaded.

<a href="http://goo.gl/mod/Q6E6" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/mod/Q6E6</a>

Edit: If this is in bad form, let me know, lock it, and I'll be a good boy in the future.
Just that, more eyes = more voting, and more importantly IMO more eyes = more thoughts on the matter.

Toastie

IMO this is the proper way to do suggestions. Have a thread to talk about it and the google moderation business to vote on it.

Also, I agree.

Timarius

I agree. For places like Departures, you don't even have to walk into the room.

Jekt

Agreed, the bar has always been a terrible idea.

Zenu

<!--quoteo(post=2037450:date=Nov 29 2012, 11:23 PM:name=Toastie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Toastie @ Nov 29 2012, 11:23 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037450"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->IMO this is the proper way to do suggestions. Have a thread to talk about it and the google moderation business to vote on it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I would put my suggestion there also but character limit is too low to present my suggestion Oo.

lwf

I agree, it feels pretty cheap.

_Necro_

Agreed. There is nothing to add.

tk-421

Also agreed and voted. Looks good so far.

Sehzade

There are more problems like that.

e.g. you can see infestation bubbles as marien commander sometimes. or hear the sound of a hive drop
and you can see marines drop structures.
(all with no infestation or players nearby ofc)

I think hearing footsteps at all times is a feature.

BVKnight

There's also a bug with this feature on some maps. Being too close to the hive from the other side of the wall will make the bar appear. Best example is on Refinery: if you go to the RT location in Transit (the one between Flow Control and Smelting), you will see the bar for any hive built in Smelting.

Xarius

<!--quoteo(post=2037812:date=Nov 30 2012, 08:14 AM:name=Sehzade)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sehzade @ Nov 30 2012, 08:14 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037812"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->There are more problems like that.

e.g. you can see infestation bubbles as marien commander sometimes. or hear the sound of a hive drop
and you can see marines drop structures.
(all with no infestation or players nearby ofc)

I think hearing footsteps at all times is a feature.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

This, very important as well. Need to get rid of this if you want to have an actual ability to pull off 'surprises'.

elmo9000

Imo field players shouldnt be able to tell the health of enemy command structures(hive/cc) at all in the first place. Only commander when someone has line of sight/scan so he can click on it. Its pretty weird atm that the players in the field have to report the health to commander and not the other way around.