Small gripes with 224
antacid
Join Date: 2007-08-07 Member: 61821Members, NS2 Playtester
Join Date: 2007-08-07 Member: 61821Members, NS2 Playtester
<div class="IPBDescription">Fantastic patch overall.</div>224 is a great patch but I find there are a few things that I humbly feel are a step backwards, so I figured we could discuss them.
<b>Alien hit indicator</b>
1. Alien hit indicator is much smaller and harder to see, it is virtually invisible as a skulk in combat, as I do not use the floating number system for graphical sake, I really did rely on the alien hit indicator to determine if I made my hits or not. The new indicator is impossible to rely on, it is much too small, and too dark.
<b>New talk menu</b>
2. My simple greatest concern is the loss of a /chuckle keybind, previously I had the x-3 combo mastered where I could spam chuckles during mid fights, now it is impossible to chuckle, you have to actually click on it with the mouse. Honestly I preferred the old 1-5 keybinding for the commands, that way it kept the mouse free to play the game and was extremely quick. Although I am satisfied with the fact that everything in that menu now has its own hotkey which I now use, there is still no hotkey for Chuckle, which is my favourite speak command and the one I use 10x more than all others combined.
<b>Marine upgrade indicator</b>
3. I have two issues with this, the new marine upgrade indicator really does not do a good job at communicating exactly what level of upgrade you have. On top of that, and probably my biggest issue, is that it just does not fit the current marine HUD at all. I mean the HUD is a sort of LCD glowing blue over the visor, and the upgrades are represented as black and white detailed pictures. It feels like a step back from the original marine upgrade indicator.
<b>Fade jump First person animation</b>
4. The way the fade first person animation moves looks cool, but as someone who spams that jump like a maniac, it is really too much.
Don't get me wrong, the patch overall is a huge leap in the right direction, but I do find issue with the small problems I noted here, mainly the loss of chuckle, I still press x-3 instantly after any kill and it is very saddening to not have it work, I loved that key combo :'(.
<b>Alien hit indicator</b>
1. Alien hit indicator is much smaller and harder to see, it is virtually invisible as a skulk in combat, as I do not use the floating number system for graphical sake, I really did rely on the alien hit indicator to determine if I made my hits or not. The new indicator is impossible to rely on, it is much too small, and too dark.
<b>New talk menu</b>
2. My simple greatest concern is the loss of a /chuckle keybind, previously I had the x-3 combo mastered where I could spam chuckles during mid fights, now it is impossible to chuckle, you have to actually click on it with the mouse. Honestly I preferred the old 1-5 keybinding for the commands, that way it kept the mouse free to play the game and was extremely quick. Although I am satisfied with the fact that everything in that menu now has its own hotkey which I now use, there is still no hotkey for Chuckle, which is my favourite speak command and the one I use 10x more than all others combined.
<b>Marine upgrade indicator</b>
3. I have two issues with this, the new marine upgrade indicator really does not do a good job at communicating exactly what level of upgrade you have. On top of that, and probably my biggest issue, is that it just does not fit the current marine HUD at all. I mean the HUD is a sort of LCD glowing blue over the visor, and the upgrades are represented as black and white detailed pictures. It feels like a step back from the original marine upgrade indicator.
<b>Fade jump First person animation</b>
4. The way the fade first person animation moves looks cool, but as someone who spams that jump like a maniac, it is really too much.
Don't get me wrong, the patch overall is a huge leap in the right direction, but I do find issue with the small problems I noted here, mainly the loss of chuckle, I still press x-3 instantly after any kill and it is very saddening to not have it work, I loved that key combo :'(.