Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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Re: Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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Roux Le Corps wrote:camouflage ^_^ its a military so camoflage must appear SOME time yeah?
For the purposes of preventing cheating, camouflage is even worse than cloaking. Aside from severe DRM, it is impossible to prevent cheating by simply changing the colors to something easier to see.

It also goes against the frustration principle. Would you like to spend any proportion of your gameplay time trying to track down and click on hard-to-see units?
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Re: Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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yes, yes i would, but i get your point, other people would crack it not being able to find my camo tanks :'( ragequit FTL
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Re: Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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Someone made a camo patch or mod awhile back. It died a fairly quick death because (wait for it!)...it was hard to see the droids. This is yet another area where the difference between games and the real world shows up.
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Re: Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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Is it possible to order a camo switch? Like actively switch colors?
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Re: Stealth/Cloaking for Units

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camo is in game, on urban maps the darker tiles easily hide a mostly black unit like flashlight retaliation wheels ^_^ so by eye hard to spot ^_^
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