Commanders

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by phantomtom, May 9, 2014.

  1. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    I dont think the commanders look strong enught.
    Acaully think they look abit weak, anyone else think they are weak looking.
    They look cool thats forsure but they are really small compaird to everything else?
    Something is off about em, or is it just me?
    I want ur honest opinion. im not hateing on the commander.i like em but just dont think they are as powerful as they shoulde be? too me the commander is just another thing u dont want dead?
  2. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    Dont get me wrong here, i like the commanders. but when u get em in game they look weak, might be just me.
  3. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    You should have seen them in TA, they were about the same size as the Peewee I believe...
  4. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    They seem fine to me.

    They are considerably bigger than the other units.

    They're also not extremely powerful. They're pretty weak compared to the armies and units we can field. They're a liability after all.

    If they were bigger, they would look ridiculous on small planets. And we don't even have astroids yet. It already gets kinda wonky on small planets.
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  5. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    Yeah, makes sense. still kinda think they look weak tho
  6. someonewhoisnobody

    someonewhoisnobody Well-Known Member

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    They look pretty good. I agree that they look a little small though.
  7. BradNicholson

    BradNicholson Uber Employee Uber Alumni

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    That Beast Commander tho.
  8. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    vue_commander_scene_6.jpg
    that dude looks as big as a mountain
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  9. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Well that's obviously not the original game. :p
  10. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    This dude aswell, he`s like fighting awhole army and he`s like superbig and powerful totalannihilation_3_1.jpg
  11. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    But i agree with Brian. they woulde look funky on small planets
  12. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Look at the gameplay, that's box art. Ingame he was the size of a peewee, the t1 kbot.
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  13. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    hehe:D funny. the commander is really small:D guess i like the PA commanders more now
  14. Kursah

    Kursah New Member

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    I like the commanders. They display their size and power presence with ease imho. Sure against a T2 army they will surely meet their doom...but against a T1 army they can do some serious damage. They also take quite a few hits to take out.

    I think the design scheme fits with the current art-style which is maybe where you're getting the feeling they look weak?

    Sure they could have a little more complexity to them, but size-wise I think they should be no larger.
  15. phantomtom

    phantomtom Active Member

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    I <3 U BRAD!:) lol
  16. RMJ

    RMJ Active Member

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    In general imo, PA suffers from scale issues, that its hard to really tell how big something is, because there is little contrast. Sure we are told commanders are big, but they dont seem big.

    Many things in the game atm could use to be a bit larger, commanders, radars comes to mind.

    If planets suddenly had more detailed mountains ranged, and maybe even pre other civilization stuff, you had something to compare it against. or even just random neutral wildlife.

    Maybe its just me. even with zoomed in scale doesnt read well. i mean we have treeøs but what are the tree's are they tiny 3-5 meter tree's or are they redwood tree's thats 100 meter tall.
  17. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Look at the trees for scale.

    I've always imagined they're a standard tall tree that's 30 feet tall or so.

    As I previously mentioned, I think the commander is a good size. It's considerably bigger than units, and it already looks ridiculous enough on tiny planets.
  18. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    That's a Krogoth. Think of a galactic colossus or another bipedal experimental.
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  19. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    I knew that didn't look like either of the commanders. Ah krogath, so UP.
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  20. carlorizzante

    carlorizzante Post Master General

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    I'm with Brian on this. I like the overall size of units. And Commanders feel just right.

    Why you guys have to always find a reason to complain? :D

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