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Zaigou
08-09-2009, 03:21 AM
Hello S2 and community, I hope these are fresh, or at least pushing the ball forward on a solution if possible.

-Some sort of interface to be able to view all heroes for newer players to familiarize themselves with. Possibly accessible while in the lobby, or via an overlay like the community panel F6 provides. As far as how detailed this is outside the regular hero select screen, or if it's accessible in game is more a programming point. (3d model and abilities perhaps? viewable within game if a person is unfamiliar with the enemy heroes(and maybe a highlight, or a segmented selection of the teams))

-When playing a character with a heal or support spells, in big team battles with creeps all over the place it's very difficult to pick out allied heroes to target, especially considering how crucial a well timed heal can be to turn the tide of battle. I don't have a particular solution, perhaps other hero health bars are their color like in the lobby? The health bars for heroes feel prominent at present, but I think they need to be more distinguishable.

Other than that, I've bought S2 games since the original Savage. You guys always do good work, and you games are so well programmed it's always a pleasure to play something new from your studios. :D

Anyways, just my 2 cents.

Slayn
08-09-2009, 07:22 AM
1. very good idea, agree with this

2. you can cast on the hero icons on the left, so you dont have to click on the model

Zaigou
08-09-2009, 06:17 PM
2. you can cast on the hero icons on the left, so you dont have to click on the model

This is true, but I find other factors make that a bit cumbersome in the middle of a full out team battle with creeps. Often range is a big deal, what if one person is more hurt, but running and judging by the icons I should heal them, even though they're less likely to need it or cause damage from the AoE heals. I also prefer the precision of having my cursor hovering around the battle usually in the center of my screen rather than wasting time to drag the mouse all the way to the icon and back to my next target. More of a nitpick thing I suppose.