Please allow marines to throw flares onto darkened tiles.

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Dogar
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Please allow marines to throw flares onto darkened tiles.

Post by Dogar » 24 Nov 2016, 03:11

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Pretty much what the title says. As of now, marines can only throw flares onto tiles they can see.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): This would reduce the tedious job of shuffling flares across the battlefield every 5 tiles a throw, and leave more time for fun stuff like killing xenos. Plus it makes sense. In RL you wouldn't need to see the spot that you're trying to land a flare on, you'd just need to throw the damn thing as hard as you can. Also, imo the marines are waay too vulnerable to ravagers, since they're basically close enough to charge you and rip your head off by the time you can see them coming out of the darkness. The same goes for chargers and screeching queens. This change would make dealing with them a bit less frustrating.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Pretty simple concept. The above sentences pretty much cover it I think.

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Re: Please allow marines to throw flares onto darkened tiles.

Post by forwardslashN » 04 Dec 2016, 10:54

Impossible with how the lighting system works. Maybe in the future, with a new system.
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