Opinion: Was the December pathing change good?

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 05:23 AMTobis

There is no benefit to this at all if you know how to use the reverse hotkey, and it gets in the way of normal movement sometimes.

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 05:23 AMTobis

There is no benefit to this at all if you know how to use the reverse hotkey, and it gets in the way of normal movement sometimes.

Pros:
Nothing

Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2016, 16:25 PMAustralian Magic

Yellow arrow to point direction.
Green - what I expect.
Red - what actually happens
Arrows on green/red lines show front of the tank.
In other words, I think vehicles should TURN first and then move instead of moving in first place and turning at the end of the road (showing rear armor all day long).

Right click and show image for bigger picture.

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 07:48 AMMr.Smith

The December pathing change has actually brought a single benefit to unit behaviour:

When you try to move multiple Vehicles from one area to another, the new pathing will cause significantly less vehicle rotation (and thus less of a traffic jam).

This is PARTICULARLY useful when the enemy tries to summon a sneaky artillery barrage (e.g., stuka dive bombing) right in the middle of your armoured column. With the old behaviour, it would be very difficult to salvage your vehicles. With the new behaviour, you actually have a chance.

With that being said, I would rather they reverted to the old pathing, unless they plan to refine new pathing very very soon.

Possible ideas to fix:
1) When the player gives a move-facing command (hold right-click), the vehicles should first rotate before moving
2) Reduce the no-rotation distance from 50-ish to something smaller (e.g. 30-ish)
3) When the player uses an attack-move command, again, the same

Personally, I prefer #1 and maybe #2 as well on top of that. #1 will make things more predictable.

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 16:41 PMTobis

I was not aware that they had made any changes to vehicle rotation besides deciding whether to reverse and rotate.

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 17:19 PMMr.Smith

The nature of the change was exactly what you describe.

We all know the negative side-effects of the change.

The positive side-effects of the change are the following:
1) The tank would close the distance to the destination faster (thus getting you out of the danger zone)
2) Since tanks are now on the move, it is more likely that they phase through one another rather than create a monumental traffic jam.

That is to say a tank that would normally have to rotate before (and thus block ALL your other units) will now no longer block your entire column.

Have a look here:
http://www.coh2.org/topic/31417/vehicle-phasing-a-how-to-guide

Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2016, 17:22 PMTobis

Why couldn't that all be achieved with selecting all the vehicles and telling them to reverse out of the way?