Why Was Enhanced Sight Removed?

ZiGGY · September 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">I liked it :(</div> Enhanced sight was like the most bitching upgrade in the world, essentially SoF for dark visible places it made enemies n stuff bright white. This is a seriously useful upgrade, perhaps too useful? I was wondering why it was removed, because frankly I have yet to find a single use for pheremones.

Dopple · September 2003

Why do you need enhanced sight if you have Scent of Fear?

MagiTek · September 2003

It was definitely not "too useful", perhaps the least useful upgrade in the game. However, it was still better than Pheromones. If Pheremones included the Enhanced Sight bonus in addition to its current effect, I might consider using it.

Psycho-Kinetic_Hyper-Geek · September 2003

I always liked it best when I was lerk, made it much easier to target marines with spikes. Really I think it was far more useful that pheremones is.

sk84zer0 · September 2003

Was enhanced sight the sensory upgrade for 1.0x?

Psycho-Kinetic_Hyper-Geek · September 2003

Yeah it made marines glow like like the aliens do when you turned on the alien flashlight.

Gadzuko · September 2003

Cloaking definitely pwned enhanced sight, but now that sensory chambers do that enhanced sight might be more viable.

Grimm · September 2003

Enhanced Sight was always in my arsenal of upgrades. Sure, you can see where Marines are in a vent or around a corner with SoF, but once you get them in view they disappear if they're in a dark spot. ES solved that problem instantly, just hit F and you've got neon-Marines. It was also very helpful for seeing marines way way way below you, like if you were a lerk flying above their base in ns_castlewars.

MadCow · September 2003

I loved enhanced sight with lerks. Let the spiking commence! It's way better than pheremones.

ZiGGY · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dopple @ Sep 8 2003, 06:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Why do you need enhanced sight if you have Scent of Fear?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
because enhanced sight isnt shown when in visual range like hivesight, however its often too dark to actually see them.

ZiGGY · September 2003

man im tired <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> apologies for the repost on the reason of usefulness thought Id made it clear to begin with and the other guy was kind enough to post the answer anyhows.

Scuzball · September 2003

I liked it because in the chaotic melee of skulk attacks, it always lit them up real good, so you knew when there was a chunk of rine flesh right in front of you. Really helped me aim while I did backflips and spun around to dodge at point blank.

Saying it's better than pheremones is a moot point.

ToastOMator · September 2003

I have posted this some time ago in the S&I forum. IMHO this is a good way to improve Pheromones:

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
I m wondering why scent of fear ist still called scent of fear. It currently enhaces the hivesight, it gives you an improvement to your hud. So i think scent of frear shold renamed to Enhanced Hivesight and pheromones becomes scent of fear. The tail of pheromones will vary from yellow to red depending on the marines health, so those dog <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'>s can hunt down the injured marines. Additonaly the marine models shold be brightend up and have a red tint depending on health, so this new scent of fear helps detecting marines in dark corners and picing out the injured in groups.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

Flash · September 2003

Sounds good to me. When you walked into a room full of marines you would straight away get a feel for their true strength. At the moment pheromones feels like a bit of a place holder.

DarkFrost · September 2003

Has anyone noticed that hivesight doesnt exist anymore in line of sight of a friendly? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>
I was very disapointed that for a marine to show up on hive sight he has to be parasighted and not just in visual range of a friendly alien... YET now marines can see all aliens in their radar range.... hummmm

Lightning_Blue · September 2003

EHS was also very usefull for spotting grenades, so, I would usually take it if I was lerking and giving umbra, because grenades meant RUUUUUN! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif'>

Fang-CE · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkFrost @ Sep 8 2003, 06:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Has anyone noticed that hivesight doesnt exist anymore in line of sight of a friendly? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>
I was very disapointed that for a marine to show up on hive sight he has to be parasighted and not just in visual range of a friendly alien... YET now marines can see all aliens in their radar range.... hummmm  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
You still have the overhead map. Pull it out and you can see any marines that around aliens. I usually have it out when I gestating or building. It's kind of fun to watch an overhead battle between a marine and a skulk who keeps on missing him.

DC_Darkling · September 2003

I am one of the persons on a server who msot use it.. also great fun if you are a guard on any side.

ZiGGY · September 2003

so... question to devs again? Why was it replaced with pheremones?

Racer1 · September 2003

If pheremones showed where the marines are GOING to be, then it would be worth something <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

I am all for merging enhanced sight with the current pheremones. At least it would be worth something then.

Geronimo · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ZiGGY^ @ Sep 8 2003, 12:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Enhanced sight was like the most bitching upgrade in the world, essentially SoF for dark visible places it made enemies n stuff bright white. This is a seriously useful upgrade, perhaps too useful? I was wondering why it was removed, because frankly I have yet to find a single use for pheremones.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Because you didnt need it if you had high brightness and lame spotting skillz

Xzilen · September 2003

I asked the same question myself Ziggy. Maybe because Phermones is like it, since it shows you their trail when your up close?

Pyroclasm_Inferno · September 2003

what does with pheromones when is scent of fear? and enchancer sight is much better than pheromones..................... want it back tooooo

Why Was Enhanced Sight Removed?

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