Average over the last 115 matches (analysed games since 2014-01-18)
Analysis
Beacons made Thunder (our biggest map) much easier to navigate and we had the first human win ever to be reported on that map! Previously, I assume humans mostly got lost while aliens could spread a small empire over the map…
Human bases (still) seem too strong in many scenarious. Among things subject to fine-tuning (turret effectiveness, power supply) I blame the low number of area of effect and ranged attacks at the aliens' disposal as well as the resulting lack of synergy between different classes: Advanced dragoons snipe one structure at a time with or without support, advanced maurauders only profit from other advanced marauders with a similiar strategy, etc.
What's next?
Beacons aren't 100% done, small things might change about them. I'm especially looking forward to removing the current human radar and alien sense and creating new mechanics powered by beacons.
I'm still kind of waiting for CBSE to be available in the gamelogic but I'm afraid I'll have to start diversifying alien (anti-base) attacks before it ships. This means you might be seeing some ranged/AoE attack on the mantis and/or tyrant soon.
Some feedback I left on the channel. Ignore #2, I'm already working on that.
<kharnov> 1. grenade/firebomb model is bugged, it's a tiny spec for some reason, check the scale
<kharnov> 2. i'd like to rewrite the death messages
<kharnov> 3. beacons on a map with a lot of people and structures can get a little grating, i'd increase transparency or reduce size
<kharnov> 4. my weapon sometimes disappears when i spawn with a lot of models visible
<kharnov> 5. feature request: to reduce frustration when buying things while under attack, can we have armory transactions wait until you close the menu to take place?
<kharnov> 6. score list columns aren't properly aligned, sometimes the numbers are off alignment
<kharnov> 7. i can no longer see the skybox on thunder ???
<kharnov> 8. sometimes messages are duplicated on screen
<kharnov> like
<kharnov> [H] dude: hi
<kharnov> turns into
<kharnov> [H] dude: hi
<kharnov> [H] dude: hi
<kharnov> 9. vote string is under the minimap
<kharnov> 10. feature request: check box on spawn menu, to "always pick this choice" which will take effect for the rest of the map
<kharnov> 11. unless already implemented: have the price bar on the buy menu reflect the cost of the thing versus your credits
As you have a GitHub account, you just volunteered to create issues for #4, #6, #8 and #9. #4 will need steps to reprdocue though, e.g. create a layout with a single spawn and lots of structures that allways triggers the behaviour, otherwise the issue will very likely get mothballed and closed in a cleanup one year later. #6 needs a (annotated) screenshot.
#1 is already on the tracker. #2 appears to be done (you need to reference the commit whenever you close an issue as fixed though). #3 is on my radar. #5 sounds good in theory but may be quite a bit work. If you can convince someone to do this, fine, otherwise this sounds like a post-beta task. For #7 you should talk to EmperorJack first, if he can't reproduce or fix you should create an issue with a screenshot and your system specs. I'm against #10, it complicates the UI and its logic and isn't really a valid choice as you are often forced to switch roles. If you build a forward without a defender and get attacked and killed you need to spawn dretch, if there's only one egg left you may need to spawn granger. #11 is something to talk to Veyrdite about.
