Quick QoL improvements

[ThePiachu]

Hey xenos, I'm currently smoothing over some Xeno stuff in preparation for a bigger tweak. Since I'm here, might as well fix some little things as well. So, please list some small things you'd like to see fixed or improved. Things I've already looked into:

- Intent, hiding and movement persistence across evolution
- Upgrading preserving plasma ratio rather than absolute amount of plasma

[kastion]

re-enabling xeno macros would be the best QOL imo.

[DefinitelyAlone0309]

Xeno macro

Removing the movement intent hotkey because accidentally hitting it is the worst

Evolving and maturing preserving plasma ratio

Letting xeno see through resin structures

Letting xeno see the other side of the tunnel before popping out.

Ckey in Hive Status

[Avalanchee]

Add Xeno macros
Remove the disgusting wield delay.

[Simo94]

Selecting if you want to use middle click or shift click for your xeno abilities at character setup, switching it everytime is annoying.

also gib macros

[Swagile]

give macros, warrior is useless without them

[lurkermain]

Queen tracker should update more often than 100 years.

Big brained QoL change:
Clicking on the queen tracker cycles through hive leaders and the queen.
So you would be able to follow hive leaders like ungas follow their SL.

This one is more of a buff:
Alert the queen if a xeno enters crit with a clickable link that follows the xeno.

[Butlerblock]

custom names

[kastion]

Queen tracker should update more often than 100 years.

Big brained QoL change:
Clicking on the queen tracker cycles through hive leaders and the queen.
So you would be able to follow hive leaders like ungas follow their SL.

This one is more of a buff:
Alert the queen if a xeno enters crit with a clickable link that follows the xeno.

that queen tracker cycling thing would be legit especially if it somehow let you know which leader it was tracking like put a number and the numbers showed in hive status or something

so would the crit thing but that may be overpowered idk.

[DefinitelyAlone0309]

that queen tracker cycling thing would be legit especially if it somehow let you know which leader it was tracking like put a number and the numbers showed in hive status or something

so would the crit thing but that may be overpowered idk.

A shame that another certain server can achieve accurate real-time customizable tracker but ours takes 2 seconds and a 25% chance to update the latest direction.

[CABAL]

A shame that another certain server can achieve accurate real-time customizable tracker but ours takes 2 seconds and a 25% chance to update the latest direction.

I bet it's "feature". It makes sense that this retro-futuristic marine's stuff might work slow. In sense of xenos who share omniscentmind it does not.

[BurnedSweetPotato]

Maybe warriors can get the ability to do a regular grab, instead of an aggressive grab? It's a bit annoying when trying to drag monkeys around the hive and you move super slow.

[kastion]

Maybe warriors can get the ability to do a regular grab, instead of an aggressive grab? It's a bit annoying when trying to drag monkeys around the hive and you move super slow.

I dont play warrior much but when I do I like being able to do the super grab with the grab intent because I suck at clicking so I miss lunge every time. Way easier for me to run up and just grab someone.

[xXen0zS1ay3rXx]

Build menu for drones/hivelord/queen as a drop down instead of a cycle so you don't have to cycle through EVERYTHING each time you need to build something

[JJG]

When following someone through queen vision, make Alt+Clicking follow the clicked xeno.
It's annoying to see a xeno die but you first need to Shift+Click the xeno to find its name, then go to hivestatus and follow from there.

[HKO20006]

When following someone through queen vision, make Alt+Clicking follow the clicked xeno.
It's annoying to see a xeno die but you first need to Shift+Click the xeno to find its name, then go to hivestatus and follow from there.

You can use Ctrl + middle mouse.

[Ketrai]

Remove plasma requirement to evolve, at least for drones. Shouldn't be hard to implement.

[Ketrai]

You can use Ctrl + middle mouse.

You see, these are the kind of tips that should be readily available on the wiki.

[chocolate_bickie]

Make XRT more common. Marines shouldn't evac, only to get PMC or 'not-so-hostile' UPP as back up.

Allow evolution when not on full plasma.

[Pulse Demon]

Make hivelord age faster, the fuck

[Madventurer]

Make hivelord age faster, the fuck

This please.
Even before Carrier was moved to T3, the upgrade speed difference was stupid. There'd be an ancient carrier around the same time hivelords were halfway to elder...

[Swagile]

This please.
Even before Carrier was moved to T3, the upgrade speed difference was stupid. There'd be an ancient carrier around the same time hivelords were halfway to elder...

this is why i stay drone

hivelord takes way too long to be useful, whereas an Ancient Drone almost never runs out of plasma

[Pulse Demon]

This please.
Even before Carrier was moved to T3, the upgrade speed difference was stupid. There'd be an ancient carrier around the same time hivelords were halfway to elder...

Man even NOW carriers who evolve after me reach elder before me, it is so fucking dumb.
Everyone thinks of hivelord as a huge plasmapool fucker which is kind of true but they're not taking into account you spend most rounds as young/mature building thrice as much as all the drones together. Unless you have recovery around (and this is an extremely rare comodity after marines engage and queen switches to warding/demotes you from leadership to give it to a fighting T3) you will be around 0% - 15% of plasma at most times (and if you don't you are playing Hivelord wrong). Thick resin walls are not even that good, at least allow hivelord to age faster so he doesn't depend so hard on pheromones and can replace them at a reasonable speed. You reach elder around boarding the almayer where you are just useful as weeding machine and even then you think to yourself "man I wish I was ancient so I don't get grenade cucked even if standing at the backlines".