What Is "pheromones" Good For ?
Gorge_Orwell
Join Date: 2003-09-07 Member: 20647Members
Join Date: 2003-09-07 Member: 20647Members
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Nothing.
Flayra didn't have enough time (or didn't want) to change it before release. It might be replaced by another ability in later versions.
When i played the game it sucked, Theres about 5 dots behind the enemy and it dont show WHERE hes going.
One time there was 1 light marine he was ahead of a huge HA Train, i saw the dots and went backwards! and ran into the HA train instead of the 1 light <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
This could be fixed by adding arrows of the direction the marines are going and make the arrows last for a longer time.
Errrrm, tbh I don't use pheromones an awful lot, since I know the maps well and can tell where the little blips are moving anyway.
Pheromones are sort of handier for newer players, not familiar with the maps, and wanting to learn routes/paths.
EDIT - should also point out its sometimes handy for seeing if marines have been sniffing through the vents.
On the whole though, I totally agree that its not exactly the most useful upgrade.
Really, phenomones are utter useless. I have tried them once, and it gets so confusing. I thought that it's umbra everywhere <_<
But tbh, when i read the changelog and heard about pheromones being added to the upgrades, i was quite excited...but what i visualized as pheromones was much different than the actual gameplay look. I was disappointed.
What i think it should look like is instead of puffs of smoke, which only hover in the air and don't give any sense of direction, i was thinking of making it look something like a small "trail" where a small river (so to speak) of color would follow marines on the ground and tend to "flow" in the direction that they were moving. Each level up would make the trail a little longer...I would be much more inclined to use pheromones if it showed directions marines were moving without having to actually see where they are in order to get my team to group up and attack a specific location. Just my 2 cents.
When i played the game it sucked, Theres about 5 dots behind the enemy and it dont show WHERE hes going.
One time there was 1 light marine he was ahead of a huge HA Train, i saw the dots and went backwards! and ran into the HA train instead of the 1 light <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
This could be fixed by adding arrows of the direction the marines are going and make the arrows last for a longer time. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or at least make the dots large where the marine has just been and then make them fade away into smaller circles over time. That way its not as simple as an arrow and it still tells you where to go.
thats what i use it for <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
if (onos > half_the_team)
get pheromones;
Yup.
Probably with a upgrade that'll need replacing, too... or become absolutly over-powered. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
It has been said before in this post...
phereomones = useless.. and poo.
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