Didn't you read the story? The bacterium is interfering with the nanogrid, greatly reducing the comms capabilities. Only being able to see what marines are seeing is explained with this, which could be extended for this case (marine's interface helps establish blah, blah blah....).
CheeseLork on the ClorfJoin Date: 2003-12-15Member: 24396Members, Constellation
hmm
- stop Commanders from hearing everything that makes a noice all over the map + cheaper Scans (perhaps a Scan that ALiens cant see?) so he just uses his scans to check really importnat areas instead of "cecking" the whole map + Medpacks/Ammo/Structures just near a Marine
<!--QuoteBegin-tjosan+Jan 21 2005, 08:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (tjosan @ Jan 21 2005, 08:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yesyes, and while you're at it, ban everyone that goes commander more than once!!!
Seriously, commanding is boring as is, and the community lacks decent commanders all around, dont take another element of experience/skill out please. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> How exactly does it make sense for a commander to hear things that none of his rines or sensory equipment hears? Why can he hear it but not see it? It makes no sense whatsoever, not to mention how unfair it is.
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- stop Commanders from hearing everything that makes a noice all over the map
+ cheaper Scans (perhaps a Scan that ALiens cant see?) so he just uses his scans to check really importnat areas instead of "cecking" the whole map
+ Medpacks/Ammo/Structures just near a Marine
Seriously, commanding is boring as is, and the community lacks decent commanders all around, dont take another element of experience/skill out please. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
How exactly does it make sense for a commander to hear things that none of his rines or sensory equipment hears? Why can he hear it but not see it? It makes no sense whatsoever, not to mention how unfair it is.