Special Button to Call Presently Inactive Truck or Trucks

[macuser]

BTW daltx or should i say dalton, how did you change your username?

[Dalton]

BTW daltx or should i say dalton, how did you change your username?

Magic

[JDW]

BTW daltx or should i say dalton, how did you change your username?

Magic

Magic is only an illusion.

@ macuser : How Magic Works

[macuser]

Ah yes mysql commands

[NoQ]

There is not suppose to be a hotkey for everything, you are should be able to micro manage your units.

Why not? (:
Remembering where all your 15 trucks are is not something you would really like to learn by playing the game (:

[Merowingg]

Well of course it is nice to manage them all manually, so much happens then but imagine 7 trucks building, and 7 are here there and everywhere, and you look for them, one is near comand centre, second near oil, third sent to look for oil, forth have just finished with five upgrading power generator and 3 more so imagine you pers one button 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in 2,5 sec and you have selected them all isnt that great ??

[Yihka]

A hotkey would be nice, I suppose.

It would make life easier to micromanage your builders and save a lot of seconds. if you are one to forget your builder is standing still and have to move all the way to the truck losing a lot of valuable seconds which could be used to micromanage other stuff which means you might be in a disadvantage of possibly 3 seconds while if you had a hotkey it would be under 2 seconds if you are used to it!

And if you forget one truck, the other trucks might be also ready, giving you even more of a disadvantage, making your opponent have atleast 10 seconds to their advantage.

But if the other opponent forgets it too, then he is in the same disadvantage as you. But real pro's will not forget it as often and have a solid build order to make sure they use their builders at their maximum potential.



Overall newbies who don't know about the hotkey will be at a more severe disadvantage ( which they probably were already because I dont think they would use their builders 100% of the time, more like 70-80% if played before. ) while experienced players will be at a more of an advantage as they will lose less time but pro's will be able to micromanage even better giving them the most advantage they can get.

In the end it's all about skill and giving a hotkey will make life easier for everyone.

I support?

[Merowingg]

And thank you

Fianlly a man who knows the matter

I support?

Well dont ask just support

Gentlemen such a key, i men on the screen near the left main menu, maybe at the edge of it ?? would make miracles..

[Wibble199]

Mero, I SUPPORT!

[Black Project]

Merowingg, divide your trucks into groups.

Example: You got 12 trucks, to make things easy, split them up into 3 groups of 4 trucks or 4 groups of 3 trucks & vice-versa.

IMHO, this feature is not necessary and i don't support that, it's a matter of learning to how micromanage your trucks.

Micromanagement should not be avoided. No reasons need to be given.

Regards BP

[Wibble199]

Micromanagement should not be avoided. No reasons need to be given.

I need to be given the reasons, I find micromanagment so annoying, and i'm sure im not the only person who thinks this.

[Merowingg]

Mero, I SUPPORT!

thanx Wibble

Merowingg, divide your trucks into groups.

Example: You got 12 trucks, to make things easy, split them up into 3 groups of 4 trucks or 4 groups of 3 trucks & vice-versa.

Black Project I do so

IMHO, this feature is not necessary and i don't support that, it's a matter of learning to how micromanage your trucks.

Well.. It is still micromanaging It is just simpler to select inactive unit

Ok lets do a compromise Maybe the button woud be optional ?? Beginers turn it on, and advanced players mange their trucks like hell

[Merowingg]

Well shall I understand only fans of micromanging are here ??

Dont you find the idea quite good ??

Maybe it would be good to make it optional off or on

[LZ compromised]

Honestly, I don't see what's the big problem here.

If you have one idle truck, F3 and click the ?

If you have two to four, F3, click the ?, click another ? and send it/them to the same spot to help in the process. Think about it, do you really want all your idle trucks on one and the same task? What if you suddenly need another spare truck the next minute?

Finally, if you have seven trucks doing something and seven more idling all around the place, you should've known better than to build more trucks that you are willing to micromanage.

So about the shortcut key:
Nice? Yes.
Useful? To some, seemingly to a minority.
Necessary? By no means.

[Merowingg]

Well pressing ? is good in case of one truck, maybe two, but what if you want within a second or two call 4 trucks or 6 I think pople do not use ? becuse it takes too long..

Even for some minority if the button would be clearly visible I think pople woud start to use it, and it would be optional of course

And I like your summing up at the end