Alpha players: What is the game still not telling you that you want it to?

[mrhanman]

OK, SONAR was a bad analog.  My point was I think it's some kind of Electro-Magnetic signal that the other Bots pick up and universally decide to go check it out, but it's range won't go any further than the Exo's sensors.  I presume it to actually be a part of the Exo's sensor suite.

[Greywolf22]

Ok, so I have just started playing the alpha, and my first impressions are the game is really fun and I am particularly impressed with the narrative being READ to us, instead of simply having to read it.  Specifically in the beginning, but other sections as well.

I do have one question though, and maybe I missed it while playing (I admit I didn't read through all the text screens like I should), but are exo's you are NOT currently controlling supposed to blow up and disappear?  I realized when my health would get low on one (or I'd run low on ammo) I'd switch to another only to have one of the ones I wasn't currently controlling disappear.  When it first happened I thought I simply had the one I was controlling blow up and switch me to another.  When it happened the second time (in the same game) I knew for certain I hadn't been controlling it.

If this is by design, that's fine, just means I need to focus a bit more on the text before starting 

I just wasn't sure if this was a bug or a design decision.

Back to playing!

Oh and the intro music...fantastic!

[Winge]

I've only seen something like what Greywolf described once--I lost 2 bots to one attack.  I think it was a glitch with self-destruct, but, unfortunately, I don't have a save.

[Histidine]

I always assumed it was something like:
Bot 1 kills Exo 1, Exo 2 spawns
Bot 2 kills Exo 2 in same turn

But I also think I've seen it happen to a single AoE attack...

[Tridus]

There was a bug at one point that could cause mines to do that, but nothing is supposed to kill two exos in the same attack.

[Greywolf22]

I think that's exactly what happened.  It appears to me that I have one exo (the one I was playing) destroyed, and a second destroyed in the same turn (due to either low health, a large explosion...whatever).

In my opinion I think only one exo should be destroyed per turn, but wasn't sure if this was an intended effect or not.

[Tridus]

The log in the top left should have an explanation of what happened.

[x4000]

That was definitely a bug, and is now fixed!

[Greywolf22]

Thanks!  Nice to know I won't lose half my exo's at one time... I need all the Exo's I can get 

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