Author Topic: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good  (Read 1719 times)

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Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« on: June 21, 2010, 05:00:54 pm »
So you go scout, and your scout dies. :) All you are left with is the data of number of ships and all, and where the wormholes are on that planet ;) and the last image of the planet is blank, which kinda sucks.


This is an idea from red alert 2, where you still get to see the last image you saw of the area , before you left or got killed.

So in ai war, after your scout dies from all the random things, you get to see (or count ;D) the number of the ships personally, see all the buildings that were there at that time and since buildings don't move, it's very useful information when raiding.

you say to pause during the game, but yeah, we don't need this information now, we need it later , at least to know where all the guard posts are, command station and high value targets.
« Last Edit: June 21, 2010, 05:02:38 pm by rubikscube »

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 05:08:53 pm »
Are you playing on the latest betas?  It already does that for the fixed-position ships, just not the mobile ones.
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2010, 09:09:36 pm »
another +1 post from rubik?

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2010, 09:29:57 pm »
In general it is not worthwhile to write a post solely about the posting habits of another forum member.  Unless it's about Chris's 5-digit mountain of posts ;)
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2010, 10:04:52 pm »
In general it is not worthwhile to write a post solely about the posting habits of another forum member.  Unless it's about Chris's 5-digit mountain of posts ;)

He does post a lot but I think a lot of people are just accustomed to being a bit harsh on him for things that should be behind us by now, which is a shame. He's gotten much better, I was fairly impressed with his response to the thread made by ttomm46.

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2010, 10:06:34 pm »
In general it is not worthwhile to write a post solely about the posting habits of another forum member.  Unless it's about Chris's 5-digit mountain of posts ;)

He does post a lot but I think a lot of people are just accustomed to being a bit harsh on him for things that should be behind us by now, which is a shame. He's gotten much better, I was fairly impressed with his response to the thread made by ttomm46.

Yes, I think that's a great way to put it.
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 09:45:50 am »
another +1 post from chris?

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 09:49:49 am »
another +1 post from chris?

Well, as the (reluctant) arbiter of disputes around here, it's rather relevant for something like this.
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 09:57:22 am »
but, but..... keith gave me the go ahead to troll you  :P

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2010, 09:58:35 am »
 :P
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2010, 11:05:08 am »
Hmmm, this is following a familiar pattern of a certain poster from the eve o forums.. So, sorry guys for linking the game there.  :P

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2010, 11:07:46 am »
Maybe the game needs to popup a yes/no box at the start asking "Are you an EvE Online player?", and if they click yes it spawns a few GoonSquad Avengers on top of their home command station, with the chat message "Then I bet you're used to this!" ;)
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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2010, 11:46:16 am »
Oh god, please do that.  ;D

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Re: Last image of planet after you leave it isn't good
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2010, 06:29:17 am »
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHHA! That was hilarious :D Yes, please do :P
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