Commander Help option - do you use it?
CrushaK
Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167195Members, NS2 Playtester
Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167195Members, NS2 Playtester
Personally, I wish there was a middle way for that option between "absolute rookie help" and "no help at all".
I consider it really useful to be able to research a trait specialization in an upgrade structure or to upgrade the next weapon or armor level with one click. Or to drop an RT at a location with one click. Or to start researching Jetpacks/Exos or new evolutions in the Hive.
Not only do you save a click but it also gives you some visual feedback about whether that trait structure has finished maturing, whether you can afford to upgrade at that time, whether the previous finished researching or whether infestation is covering an RT location to allow you to drop it.
Those are all really beneficial features to me, but I wish there was a mode for that Commander Help so that it doesn't suggest me stuff like "you might want to place a trait structure here" or "drop a Cyst here" or "you haven't put a Phase Gate and Obs in this room yet". It's extremely annoying if those icons still show up while you are in the process of placing a structure already. You might want to drop the structure exactly where the Help icon is, but instead of placing the structure does it then select the suggested structure instead.
It's a love-hate relationship right now.
I consider it really useful to be able to research a trait specialization in an upgrade structure or to upgrade the next weapon or armor level with one click. Or to drop an RT at a location with one click. Or to start researching Jetpacks/Exos or new evolutions in the Hive.
Not only do you save a click but it also gives you some visual feedback about whether that trait structure has finished maturing, whether you can afford to upgrade at that time, whether the previous finished researching or whether infestation is covering an RT location to allow you to drop it.
Those are all really beneficial features to me, but I wish there was a mode for that Commander Help so that it doesn't suggest me stuff like "you might want to place a trait structure here" or "drop a Cyst here" or "you haven't put a Phase Gate and Obs in this room yet". It's extremely annoying if those icons still show up while you are in the process of placing a structure already. You might want to drop the structure exactly where the Help icon is, but instead of placing the structure does it then select the suggested structure instead.
It's a love-hate relationship right now.
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especially after accidentally clicking one by mistake
Yes... Yes I do.
I usually find it pretty annoying but I didn't even realize there was a toggle for it.
Hey I should make a bug report, shouldn't I?
I'd like a more advanced option set for it so you can turn certain things on and off. Having res tower help and obs phase tech would be good (I'm one of those guys CrushaK that hit the wrong button and beaconed). But at this point I've trained my fingers to do most of that automatically.
But those icons above players' heads would be nice, but prefereably not clickable so they don't screw up any mouse clicks.