UUUUUUUUUUULTIMATE punishment for mutiple action

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by tatsujb, September 2, 2014.

  1. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    not sure if a bug or intentional but latest PTE. rightclick orders make a unit stand still for a second until you stop clicking.

    If you like APM just a heads up.

    Personally I think it has to be a bug or it's bullsht
  2. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Less micro and APM padders? Hooray!
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  3. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    it's like saying no to all the playstyle people have developed from the start such as dox dogging bombers.....

    I don't get how this can be your reaction.
  4. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    That's not a play style. That's micro. No. Micro. I'm fine with a little bit, but otherwise no.
  5. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    well if you can't even dodge bombers it's kinda bullsht no?

    I mean fudge, I've always been on the no micro side of the spectrum : https://forums.uberent.com/threads/...lips-and-the-general-approach-to-intel.49424/
    https://forums.uberent.com/threads/future-queuing-reorganizing-orders-move-build-etas.53140/

    but if you click and you units are like "Okay... I'll do it tomorrow" and then you click more and more because they're not doing it, and the more you click the less they do then you're bound to get super-frustrated no?

    I'm mean it doesn't take a genius to see how this will backfire when released to the grand public.

    I'm sure you can agree that if you can't micro a dox out of the way of a bomber it's complete bullsht
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  6. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    That micro is not supposed to be in the game. If you move your dox beforehand to dodge, sure, that's fine. But he beat you with bombers. No way around it. You whouldntmbe able to dodgenthem. You can move out of the way, but thats it
  7. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    how is it NOT supposed to be in the game? what the hell do we even have simulated projectiles for in this game anymore?
  8. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    For realism.....you can still technically dodfge bombs if you are already moving.

    Learn to macro. You shouldn't rely on micro to win
  9. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I'm fine with people microing. But specifically gimping micro? That's not good.

    There are certain situations for any player of any play style to micro units. It should not be gimped.
  10. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    OMG dude X'D

    do you even know who you're saying this to?

    I get called a "macro autist" because i can't micro to save my life. all I know how to do is ecowhore.

    really the people who should be really concerned by this kind of thing aren't me. I'm really going out of my way for others here.
  11. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Just on the principle of not pushing people away, i have to agree with Brian.
    That's not macro. That's ecowhoring. :)
  12. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    I'd say I'm relatively good at macro.

    tell me : who was macroing and who was microing in this ? :

  13. temeter

    temeter Well-Known Member

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    Idk, i like doing stuff like targeting in some rare occansions. It's a bit silly if the ai constantly shoots on the wrong target. Makes taking units like the firetanks much more useful, though.

    But what is with bots? I thought they are units you're supposed to micro? Their Tier 2 looks already pretty bad to me.
  14. yakcyll

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    What on Earth...
    Pathfinding being redone after every move order has been around for a while, yeah. It's a major pain in the *** since most of us get into habit of clicking a lot (it's like clicking a lot on an unresponsive window, apparently it's a natural reaction to impatience) and I believe there's no reason for it to be that way.
  15. mered4

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    I out-macroed you by heading for orbital. I understood the system's meta and want for it.
    Which isn't to say ur bad at it. You did a good job at it
    Last edited: September 2, 2014
  16. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    I wouldn't classify sending one unit to another planet (and rushing the entire game for this one action) Macro.....

    I think I was handling a rather larger base.

    Either way well played to you, it's not as if if I were to play this match again I wouldn't be tempted to go for what you did instead.
  17. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    I don't think you've tried today's PTE build...
  18. yakcyll

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    I haven't, I'll go give it a try. Previously the effect has been mild, but I assume it has gotten a lot worse this time.
  19. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    it shocked me outright.
  20. epicblaster117

    epicblaster117 Active Member

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    Oh crap please no :C Let me order my troops around properly!

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