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One important point on Sectoids. Their small stature gives them a serious advantage when behind certain kinds of cover. For instance, to see them behind standard fences in the rural areas you have to duck and I think they are definitely harder to spot in wheat fields and smoke. I personally think they are much more dangerous than floaters and am usually relieved when aliens "upgrade" to the silly purple guys. | One important point on Sectoids. Their small stature gives them a serious advantage when behind certain kinds of cover. For instance, to see them behind standard fences in the rural areas you have to duck and I think they are definitely harder to spot in wheat fields and smoke. I personally think they are much more dangerous than floaters and am usually relieved when aliens "upgrade" to the silly purple guys. | ||
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| + | That's a good point, Pherd. If somebody wanted, they could run numbers on how often higher terrain appears, and how often various aliens appear. We hardcore have looked at terrain data e.g. [[TERRAIN|here]]. But I don't think anyone's talked about how often particular terrains appear. Also, height of aliens is [[Height|here]]. If you or anyone else wants to do an analysis, you can find the height of every object using MapView as mentioned [[Explosions#Tile_Characteristics|here]]. | ||
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| + | I had not thought about your concept but it suddenly makes perfect sense - more than once, I've had real trouble with sectoids being hard to see. Until I got Flying Armor, anyway. :P | ||
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| + | Good to have you aboard, commander. Earth needs good X-COM unit commanders in this time of grave crisis! ---[[User:MikeTheRed|MikeTheRed]] | ||
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| + | P.S. Why not take a look at "Community Portal" at the bottom of the Main Page. ALL newcomers welcomed! But sign your name to comments, and use four dashes (----) to separate them. | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 25 February 2006
One important point on Sectoids. Their small stature gives them a serious advantage when behind certain kinds of cover. For instance, to see them behind standard fences in the rural areas you have to duck and I think they are definitely harder to spot in wheat fields and smoke. I personally think they are much more dangerous than floaters and am usually relieved when aliens "upgrade" to the silly purple guys.
That's a good point, Pherd. If somebody wanted, they could run numbers on how often higher terrain appears, and how often various aliens appear. We hardcore have looked at terrain data e.g. here. But I don't think anyone's talked about how often particular terrains appear. Also, height of aliens is here. If you or anyone else wants to do an analysis, you can find the height of every object using MapView as mentioned here.
I had not thought about your concept but it suddenly makes perfect sense - more than once, I've had real trouble with sectoids being hard to see. Until I got Flying Armor, anyway. :P
Good to have you aboard, commander. Earth needs good X-COM unit commanders in this time of grave crisis! ---MikeTheRed
P.S. Why not take a look at "Community Portal" at the bottom of the Main Page. ALL newcomers welcomed! But sign your name to comments, and use four dashes (----) to separate them.